Department of Theatre and Dance News

UK Theatre and Dance to Launch New Performance Touring Company for Fayette County Elementary Students

The UK Department of Theatre and Dance is bringing the magic of storytelling to local classrooms with the launch of its new Performance Touring Company, directed by Nancy Jones, professor of theatre and director of the musical theatre certificate program.

Theatre alum living the ‘Life of Pi’

UK Theatre and Dance announces 2025-26 season

Student work read at community store and cafe

Dance students visit Berlin for UK's first dance-specific education abroad

UKDOT faculty, student work on Off-Broadway premiere

Peter Stone wins award at Delaware Film Fest

Department of Theatre and Dance Moves Towards Sustainability

Theatre and Dance alum Taha Mandviwala makes Broadway debut in "Life of Pi"

Department of Theatre and Dance alumnus Taha Mandviwala recently made his Broadway debut in the play Life of Pi.

“Lucidity: A New Musical” to premiere at Southeastern Theatre Convention Fringe Festival with a cast of UKY Theatre students

UK Theatre's Peter Allen Stone Enjoying Award-winning Film Festival Season

From UKNOW by Whitney Hale and Mark Mozingo, Nov. 2, 2021.

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.

Talking with Dr. Broadway - alum Kristin Stultz Pressley

UK Professor Discovers Letter Between Storied American Playwrights Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’Neill