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Taha Mandviwala has immersed himself in professional theater since graduating from the University of Kentucky in 2016. His latest role is Pi Patel, the title character in the three-time Tony Award-winning Broadway play “Life of Pi.” In the Broadway production, Mandviwala played supporting roles, but he was cast as Pi for the play’s North American tour.

This October, Elizabeth Watson, a junior in arts administration and theatre, experienced her first community reading of her play “Little Flashes”.

Nine students attended the Summer Dance Immersion in Berlin July 5-23 2024.

DOTD student Autrey Brown enjoyed her first Off-Broadway credit this summer with professor Kate Field.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.