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MFA Design Alumni are making their mark on Broadway

January 28, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The recent Broadway revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, now playing at Studio 54 in an open ended run, features the talents of two UMD recent MFA Design grads.

Adjunct Professor, Aaron Posner's off broadway hit "My Name is Asher Lev" was just extended Off Broadway

January 28, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS adjunct faculty member Aaron Posner's critically acclaimed play, My Name is Asher Lev has been extended Off- Broadway at The WestSide Arts Center.

MFA Dance Student, Kwame Opare, Brings the Joy of Dance and Self-Understanding to His Students

January 25, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Kwame Opare believes that dance is about building a community.  In this photo gallery, the MFA Dance candidate from the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies leads his students in a joyous dance celebration, accompanied by three African dru

Professor Scot Reese to direct The Cricket in Times Square at the Kennedy Center

January 25, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Scot Reese is director of the NSO Family Concert, The Cricket in Times Square, a world premiere retelling of George Selden's Newbery Honor book composed and adapted by Chris Brubeck.

Emily Warheit, PhD candidate, is awarded the James F. Harris Visionary scholarhsip

January 24, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

PhD student Emily Warheit has received the first ever James F. Harris Visionary scholarship.

TDPS and Visiting Professor Jared Mezzocchi featured in the Washington Post

January 11, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Katherine Boyle featured Visiting Professor Jared Mezzocchi as well as the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance studies in her article titled 

American Theatre features co-production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in January 2013 issue

January 07, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

"Co-productions are popular, but they get even more enticing when artists from far-flung parts of the world join forces to create a singular, bilingual super-production", writes Eliza Bent of American Theatre.

Professor Jared Mezzocchi Featured on BroadwayWorld.com

January 03, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

See Broadway World's story on Visiting Professor Jared Mezzocch

UMD and TDPS Performances Win DC Metro Theater Arts Honors "Best of 2012"

January 03, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

University of Maryland's School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, and Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center productions were chosen as the “Best of 2012” by

Students in Dance in Global Context course reveal research topics

December 18, 2012 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

DANCE 784, Dance in Global Context, end-of-semester presentations in early December included works-in-progress of class participants drawing on ideas from the dance ethnography model of The Dance Event.