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TDPS MFA Candidates Design for "The Call"

September 28, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Second year TDPS MFA Design candidates Tyler Herald, Jeannette Christensen, and Dylan Uremovich will all have their designs featured in TDPS’s production of The Call, opening this weekend in the Kay Theatre at The Clarice.

Photos from TDPS Scholarship Dinner

September 20, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Check out these photographs from our fabulous Scholarship Dinner on Sunday, September 18th.

The gift of goosebumps: The Randy Lord and Steve Fessler Graduate Assistantship in Theatre

September 19, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

After a lifetime of encouraging young adults to pursue their passions instead of searching for the most lucrative job, UMD alumn Randy Lord '77 and his husband, Steve Fessler, hope to facilitate future artists' ability to "follow their goosebumps."

We're hiring! Assistant to Director/Coordinator of Graduate Services position open

September 14, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies is hiring for the position of Assistant to Director/Coordinator of Graduate Services. Check out the job posting here: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/45969.

TDPS Dance Artist-in-Residence Christopher K. Morgan, Dance Omi Program Director

September 13, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

This past summer, TDPS Dance Artist-in-Residence Christopher K. Morgan served his eleventh year as Program Director for Dance Omi International Dance Collective.

TDPS Design Professor Jared Mezzocchi Completes First Summer as Artistic Director of Andy's Playhouse

September 09, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Over the summer, TDPS Design Professor Jared Mezzocchi led his first season as the Artistic Director of summer youth theater Andy’s Summer Playhouse in Wilton, NH.

Arhu 2016 Service Awards

September 09, 2016 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Six exceptional faculty, staff and students received an annual ARHU service award.

TDPS Dance faculty at Brain on Art conference in Cancún

August 31, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In July 2016, TDPS Dance Professors Karen Bradley and Miriam Phillips attended and presented at Your Brain on Art: International Conference on Mobile Brain-Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity in Cancún, Mexico.

BA Dance student Amber Chabus completes summer internship at Trisha Brown Dance Company

August 29, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Amber Chabus, a junior in the BA Dance program, recently completed a summer internship at the Trisha Brown Dance Company in New York City.

Professor Frank Hildy featured in Terp Magazine for Globe research

August 29, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Professor Frank Hildy is featured in the latest issue of Terp Magazine for his innovative research contributions to the reconstruction of Shakepeare's Globe in London.