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The Journey from The Clarice to Casting Hollywood’s Stars

From campus productions to Hulu’s biggest series, Lindsey Kasabian ’03 reflects on trusting her instincts and building a career in casting.

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May 21, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

TDPS Alumni, Faculty and Students Win 2025 Helen Hayes Awards

They were honored for their outstanding achievements in regional theater.

May 01, 2025 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Production Behind the Production

TDPS student helps set the scenes for shows at The Clarice.
April 17, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Dance Principal Lecturer Alvin Mayes Receives Board of Regents Faculty Award

Mayes is recognized as a scholar, educator, mentor and leader in the local dance community and beyond.
April 11, 2025 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Art of Making Merry

Go behind the scenes of the Maryland Opera Sudio’s production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”
February 14, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

TDPS in the 2025 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

Congrats to the TDPS alumni, faculty and guest artist nominees!

December 11, 2024 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants Announced

Arts for All announces the recipients of the Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants.
October 10, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

‘Emma’: Regency With a Twist

Contemporary Music, diverse cast, inventive costumes mark TDPS’ modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic tale.
July 01, 2024 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Fall 2024 Leadership Appointments

Dean Stephanie Shonekan announces new leadership appointments.
May 24, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

TDPS Faculty and Alums Win 2024 Helen Hayes Awards

Professor Misha Kachman and alums Frank Labovitz, Alberto Segarra, Kelly Colburn and Dylan Uremovich were recognized for their achievements in DMV theater.

TDPS in the News

May 21, 2025

TDPS Alumni, Faculty and Students Win 2025 Helen Hayes Awards

They were honored for their outstanding achievements in regional theater.

April 17, 2025

Dance Principal Lecturer Alvin Mayes Receives Board of Regents Faculty Award

Mayes is recognized as a scholar, educator, mentor and leader in the local dance community and beyond.
February 14, 2025

TDPS in the 2025 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

Congrats to the TDPS alumni, faculty and guest artist nominees!

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Prof. Scot Reese in "Broadway - My Favorite Things!" on the Millennium Stage

February 01, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS Professor Scot Reese will perform with musician Victor Simonson in "Broadway - My Favorite Things!" on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage on February 1, 2015 at 6pm.

Congratulations to Prof. Dan Conway on Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award nomination

January 29, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to Professor Dan Conway on his nomination for an award from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award for his set design work on The Tempest for the American Repertory Theatre!

UMD's Dance program nominated for Best College Dance Program by MD Theatre Guide's Best of 2014 Readers' Choice Awards

January 29, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to our Dance program, which was nominated for Best College Dance Program by MD Theatre Guide's Best of 2014 Readers' Choice Awards.

Feldenkrais Method: Awareness Through Movement sessions with Seth Dellinger

January 28, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Feldenkrais Method: Awareness Through Movement sessions with Seth Dellinger are back again this semester!

Superb showing of TDPS faculty and alumni in Helen Hayes Nominations

January 28, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to our TDPS faculty and alumni for their superb showing in the Helen Hayes Awards Nominations!

Review of 32nd Annual Choreographers' Showcase in DC Metro Theater Arts

January 27, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to faculty member Christopher Morgan

Dancing Ireni: Addressing Youth and Violence Through Dance

January 23, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS will be hosting Dancing Ireni: Addressing Youth and Violence Through Dance from February 12 - February 15 as part of Professor Karen Bradley's Dorothy G. Madden Professorship in Dance.

TDPS Dance faculty and students featured at 32nd Annual Choreographers' Showcase

January 23, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Five of our Dance faculty and students will be performing original works at the 32nd Annual Choreographers' Showcase on Saturday, January 24 at 3pm

MFA Dance candidate Sarah Oppenheim wins Choreographer' Commission Grant

January 22, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to 1st year MFA Dance candidate Sarah Oppenheim on receiving one of Dance Metro DC's Choreographers' Commission Grants!

Helen Huang's work chosen for exhibit at the A. A. Bakhrushin Museum in Moscow, Russia

January 13, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Professor Helen Huang will represent the United States of America through her costume design work of The Monkey King and Measure for Pleasure at Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015 international exhibition.

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