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Stage Combat with Chelsea Russell and Emily Norris

UK College of Fine Arts staff

In our first episode of 2026, we take a trip back to summer of 2025 with two College of Fine Arts alums, Emily Norris and Chelsea Russell, to discuss their work as professional fight directors, performers, and teaching artists.

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Department of Theatre and Dance welcomes the Kentucky Theatre Association

More than 300 Kentucky high school students from 11 schools will be on the University of Kentucky campus November 21 and 22 for the Kentucky Theatre Association State Conference (KTA).

Students rehearse for the fall touring company show in the lobby of the Fine Arts building

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.

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Theatre alum living the ‘Life of Pi’

By Tom Musgrave. Originally published in UKNow on Feb. 4, 2025.

Department of Theatre and Dance graduating seniors popped balloons to reveal the six offerings in the department’s 2025-26 season.

UK Theatre and Dance announces 2025-26 season

By Mark Mozingo, published in UKNow January 30, 2025

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Student work read at community store and cafe

Published November 21, 2024

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

Published October 22, 2024

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UKDOT faculty, student work on Off-Broadway premiere

Published October 8, 2024

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Peter Stone wins award at Delaware Film Fest

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

By Peter Allen Stone, Published January 29, 2024

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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.

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

Published February 24, 2023

Film still of "Va Bene Così" a comedy short film written and directed by Peter Allen Stone that was filmed in Florence, Italy, woman in red coat stands on a bridge over looking Florence.

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

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

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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.

Talking with Dr. Broadway - alum Kristin Stultz Pressley

Published July 28, 2021

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

By Whitney Hale and Alexander Pettit | Eugene O’Neill Review, Published May 6, 2021.