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Student work read at community store and cafe
This October, Elizabeth Watson, a junior in arts administration and theatre, experienced her first community reading of her play “Little Flashes”.
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Dance students visit Berlin for UK's first dance-specific education abroad
Nine students attended the Summer Dance Immersion in Berlin July 5-23 2024.
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UKDOT faculty, student work on Off-Broadway premiere
DOTD student Autrey Brown enjoyed her first Off-Broadway credit this summer with professor Kate Field.
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Peter Stone wins award at Delaware Film Fest
A film by Peter Stone, associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, won the Committee's Choice Award at the Newark Independent Film Festival in Delaware this August.
Department of Theatre and Dance Production Manager and Technical Director, Zack Stribling, joins students around a set piece onstage at the Guignol Theatre.
Department of Theatre and Dance Moves Towards Sustainability
The Department of Theatre and Dance is focused on a sustainable future, was recently awarded a matching Improvement Grant from the Office of the Vice President of Research to upgrade the lighting system in the Guignol Theatre.
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Theatre and Dance alum Taha Mandviwala makes Broadway debut in "Life of Pi"
Taha Mandviwala, UK Theatre alum and London, KY native, made his Broadway debut this summer in "Life of Pi," and reflects on his time at UK.
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“Lucidity: A New Musical” to premiere at Southeastern Theatre Convention Fringe Festival with a cast of UKY Theatre students
UK Theatre students Devin Landis and Emily Gardner upcoming original musical is to be performed by UK theater students later this month at the Southeastern Theatre Convention.
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UK Theatre's Peter Allen Stone Enjoying Award-winning Film Festival Season
"Va Bene Così," a short film written and directed by Peter Allen Stone, assistant professor in the University of Kentucky Department of Theatre and Dance, is enjoying a busy and award-winning film festival season.
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UK Theatre and Dance Represents at 2021 Kennedy Center Regional Festival
Work by several students and faculty from the University of Kentucky Department of Theatre and Dance was recognized at the virtual Region 4 Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival Feb. 4–7, 2021.
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UK Professor Discovers Letter Between Storied American Playwrights Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’Neill
American theatre researchers will benefit from the major discovery of correspondence between two of the nation’s most storied playwrights — Tennessee Williams and Eugene O’Neill.