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TDPS at the Kennedy's Center's Page-to-Stage New Play Festival

August 26, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS Playwriting professor Jennifer Barclay and undergraduate students Shuping Yang, Whitney Geohagan, and April Monu will present their new work at the Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage New Play Festival on Monday, September 5th.

TDPS Production Manager Cary Gillett publishes "Production Manager's Toolkit"

August 18, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS Production Manager Cary Gillett publishes The Production Manager's Toolkit: Successful Production Management in Theatre and Performing Arts with co-author Jay Sheehan.

UMD TDPS Dance faculty Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig in Senegal

August 17, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

This summer, dance faculty Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig traveled to Senegal to meet with dancer, choreographer, and educator Germaine Acogny and her dance school, École des Sables (School of the Sands) in Toubab Dialaw outside of Dakar.

TDPS at BTN and ATHE 2016 in Chicago

August 15, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Faculty and students recently represented TDPS at the 30th Anniversary Black Theatre Network Conference and the 30th Anniversary of Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference in Chicago. 

TDPS Alum Kenneth Lewis ('81) featured in Terp Magazine

July 07, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS alumnus Kenneth Lewis ('81) is featured in this summer's Terp Magazine for his work as chief of the division of performing arts and production manager at Wolf Trap National Park.

2016-17 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Recipients

July 07, 2016 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Nine ARHU doctoral students receive 2016-17 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships.

Professor Jennifer Barclay awarded 2016 Smith Prize for Political Theater

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

Congratulations to TDPS playwriting professor Jennifer Barclay on being awarded the 2016 Smith Prize for Political Theater.

Alvin Mayes honored with Provost's Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty

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

Congratulations to Dance faculty instructor Alvin Mayes on being honored with the Provost’s Excellence in Teaching Award for Professional Track Faculty.

Sara Pearson named Dorothy Madden Professor of Dance 2016-2018

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

Congratulations to our new Dorothy G. Madden Professor of Dance, Sara Pearson.

Congratulations to TDPS alum Kwame Shaka Opare on BAM Chuck Davis Emerging Choreographer Fellowship

June 01, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to MFA Dance alum Kwame Shaka Opare on being awarded the Brooklyn Academy of Music's (BAM) Chuck Davis Emerging Choreographer Fellowship this past weekend at DanceAfrica 2016!