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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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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.

Foxworth Creative Enterprise Grants Announced

December 19, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Grants will fund courses to embolden communities through arts and humanities.

Collidescope designers, directors, cast and crew receive extraordinary press coverage and reviews

December 03, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

From Washington Post to TCG to Metro Theatre Arts, the coverage and reviews of the School's production of Colliescope are numerous and positive.

Associate Professor Esther Kim Lee awarded Graduate School Research and Scholarship Award for Summer 2015

December 03, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Dr. Lee's research project is for a new book tentatively titled A History of Yellowface.

Leslie Felbain selected to receive Foxworth Initiative Grant

November 18, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Professor Felbain's course, Theatre of the Oppressed, receives recognition by the College of Arts & Humanities

Sam Mauceri, nominated to Omicron Delta Kappa honor society

November 10, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

6th student of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies to be nominated to ODK in the last 4 years! Another name on the mall!

Graduate students from Nigeria and United Kingdom selected for Fellowship by UMD Teaching and Transformation Center

October 31, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Samy Selim and Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene selected as a 2014-2015 TLTC-Graduate School International Teaching Fellows

The School is looking for a Communications and Marketing Coordinator

October 29, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

To apply to the position of Communications and Marketing Coordinator, Click Here.

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