<p><img src="/sites/drama/files/styles/portrait/public/images/rainn-wilson.jpg?itok=2MvThQF7" alt="Rainn Wilson" class="image-portrait" style="margin: 10px;" caption="false" width="200" height="250" align="left" />UW Drama honorary alum Rainn Wilson will give a talk entitled <em>Philosophy, Soul Pancake, and the Baha'i Faith</em> on Friday, October 18th at Kane Hall. The event is free and open to all.</p>
<div>A clinic on theater education, workshopping, and strategies for young actors. </div>
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<div><strong>Avant-Garde Geographies: Race, Policy, and <span color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Experimentation</span> in the Urban Frontier</strong></div>
<p>All UW undergraduates are invited to an informal Q&A about our summer 2020 study abroad opportunity in Edinburgh, Scotland. </p>
<h3>About the Drama program in Edinburgh: </h3>
<h4>Dates: August 1-31</h4>
<p>The Center for Performance Studies is happy to announce that the Native American playwright <strong>LeAnne Howe</strong> will be a guest at Coffee and Concepts next Friday, January 24, 2:00-4:00, at Hutchinson 154. This event follows the <a href="/events/2020-01-22/staged-reading-savage-conversations">staged reading of her new play <em>Savage Conversations</em>, which will take place on Wednesday, January 22, 6:00 - 8:00, at the Henry Art Gallery</a>.
<p>The Center for Performance Studies invites you to a conversation with the Iranian playwright and theatre scholar <strong>Naghmeh Samini</strong> on Friday, January 31, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, at Hutchinson Hall 154.</p>
<p>You are invited to a virtual showcase of the work of graduating costume, lighting, scenic, and sound designers, as well as stage managers, from the University of Washington School of Drama, Seattle University Theatre, and Cornish College of the Arts Performance Production.</p>
<p>Click the link below to visit the showcase and explore the designers' work!</p>
<p>By William Shakespeare<br />Directed by Scott Kaiser<br />October 31 – November 10, 2019<br /> Previews October 26 & 29<br /> Pay-What-You-Can Wednesday November 6<br />Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse</p>
<blockquote><p>“Lovers and madmen have such seething brains<br />Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend<br />More than cool reason ever comprehends.”</p>
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<p>Adapted by Julie Kramer from the book by Rona Jaffe<br /> Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton<br /> February 6 – 16, 2020<br /> Previews February 1 & 4<br /> Pay-What-You-Can Wednesday February 12 <br /> Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>“I suggest you decide which kind of girl you want to be. Otherwise, someone else will make that decision for you.”</strong></p>
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<h2><strong>The 3/6 - 3/15 performances of The Women of Lockerbie have been cancelled. </strong></h2>
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<p>By Deborah Brevoort<br /> Directed by Kristie Post Wallace<br /> March 5 – 15, 2020<br /> Previews February 29 & March 3<br /> Pay-What-You-Can Wednesday March 11<br /> Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre</p>
<p><span>Run Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes, no intermission.<br /><em>Please note that this production uses fog. </em></span></p>