In this hands-on course, you’ll work as assistant director, director of photography, camera operator, sound operator, lighting and grip technician and script supervisor.
In this fun and social course for non-majors, you'll learn about what goes into creating theatre by reaching, watching, and talking about plays.
<p>Welcome to the 2020-2021 academic year! We're excited to welcome new faculty and staff and to celebrate new appointments. </p>
<p>The UW School of Drama is thrilled to welcome Libby King to our faculty. Libby will begin her appointment in the fall of 2020 as Assistant Professor of Acting, Directing & Devising. </p>
<p><span>TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s new artistic director, UW Drama alum and former faculty member Tim Bond, tries to balance with nimbleness with caution as he looks toward an uncertain future.</span></p>
<p><span>In this second installment of our <em>[Here/Now]</em> series of quarantine interviews, members of the company of our COVID-cancelled production of <em>Cabaret</em> talk about their process, what it meant to lose the show, and what they've gained from the experience that they will bring into their future work. </p>
<p>UW Drama professor and Head of Directing Valerie Curtis-Newton, co-founder and Artistic Director of The Hansberry Project, speaks with the South Seattle Emerald about her work supporting Black artists, and how it is impacted by the pandemic.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Congratulations to our 2020 scholarship recipients. </strong>These students' scholarship, artistry, and citizenship embody the best of the School of Drama community. Thank you to the many generous supporters that make these scholarships possible each year. </p>
<p>Professor Emeritus <strong>Barry Witham</strong>'s new book, <em>From Red Baiting to Blacklisting: </em><span><em>The Labor Plays of Manny Fried</em>, was published this month by Southern Illinois University Press. Professor Witham is the editor of Theatre in the United States: A Documentary History, and the author of The Federal Theatre Project: A Case Study and A Sustainable Theatre: Jasper Deeter at Hedgerow, along with numerous other works. </span></p>
<p>Our new series of quarantine interviews, <em>[Here/Now]</em> kicks off with MFA directing student <strong>Kristie Post Wallace</strong> and 2020 MFA acting grad <strong>Alyssa Franks</strong> talking about the School of Drama's production of <em>The Women of Lockerbie</em>, which opened and closed on the same day due to COVID-19.