‘Emma’: Regency With a Twist
Contemporary Music, diverse cast, inventive costumes mark TDPS’ modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic tale.
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Congratulations to Gabrielle Welsh on being a finalist for a 2017 University Medal from UMD!
Congratulations to senior Theatre major Mia Levenson on winning first place in the Undergraduate Scholar Award competition by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF)!
Congratulations to Dance major Emily Ames on receiving a Maryland Summer Scholars Award from the UMD College of Arts & Humanities!
Jefferson Pinder and Mahwish Chishty won for their work in fine arts.
Congratulations to MA candidate Leticia Ridley (and her advisor, Professor Faedra Carpenter) on receiving a prestigious Predoctoral Fellowship award from the Ford Foundation!
Congratulations to Jonelle Walker on being awarded a UMD Flagship Fellowship to continue her studies as a PhD student at the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies!
Kate Spanos (PhD ‘16) has been awarded a postdoctoral Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to study dance in Brazil for six months starting in January 2018.
Congratulations to Professor James Harding, whose anthology The Sixties, Center Stage: Mainstream and Popular Performances in a Turbulent Decade was published by University of Michigan Press in March 2017.
Congratulations to Professor Jared Mezzocchi on being accepted into the MacDowell Colony this summer, as well as being nominated for a Lucille Lortel award for his projection design on Vietgone!
It is with enormous pleasure that we share the appointment of a new Assistant Professor of Dance, Crystal U. Davis to the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, beginning in the fall of 2017.