This class uses the occasion of the pandemic to re-visit the great plagues of the past by sampling the literature they inspired. From Oedipus to the first AIDS plays of the 1980s.
<p>Local makers, led by UW Drama alum Candace Frank (MFA '10) get creative to counter the lack of medical gear on the COVID-19 front lines.</p>
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<p>Meet Kyu C. Lee, a School of Drama alum who graduated with a BA in Drama in 2000. Today he is the founder of a production company in Los Angeles and Seoul, Korea, after more than a decade at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
<p>After three years of intensive training, our third-year PATP actors are ready to officially launch their professional careers. Click through to learn more about each of these exceptionally talented artists. </p>
An in depth exploration of the work of contemporary, female playwrights of color like Lynn Nottage, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Tanya Saracho, and Kristina Wong.
Students of all majors will explore styles of working with people to shape effective environments for communication and collaboration in pursuit of creation, problem solving and discovery.
Explore how musicals have both reflected and shaped American culture, especially around issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, social justice, and equality.
Engineers, scientists, poets, visual artists, theatre makers, and more: build your visual literacy and understanding of how images are constructed to work with and against the way we see.
<p>Meet Rosemary Jones, a double major in comparative history of ideas and drama, specializing in stage management. This is Rosemary’s second year at UW and she will be graduating in the Fall of 2020. Rosemary grew up in Gig Harbor WA, completed running start in high school, and then chose to attend the UW. Initially, she wasn’t intending to be a drama major.</p>
<p>Today we have bittersweet news to share. Professor Tim Bond, an alum of the UW School of Drama’s Professional Director Training Program (MFA 1983) who has taught acting and directing at the School of Drama since 2016, will become the new Artistic Director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Bond will take the helm from founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley, who will have served an extraordinary fifty seasons in that role when he steps down in June 2020.</p>