September 24, 2024
…positive social change. As head of UC San Diego’s dance area in the Department of Theatre and Dance, she is expanding the notion of dance as a tool for imagining new futures.
March 14, 2013
…join UC San Diego theatre Alumni at The Old Globe Thanks to their experience in student productions and the training they receive at UC San Diego, alumni from the department of theatre and dance make significant contributions in film, television, Broadway, off-Broadway and at major regional theaters. In fact, two…
October 31, 2013
…of UC San Diego’s Dance Program Establishes $100,000 Endowment Margaret Marshall came to campus in 1975 as its first full-time dance faculty member The first dance concert at UC San Diego was held in Mandeville Auditorium on March 19, 1977. Professor emerita Margaret C. Marshall, founder of the dance program…
December 14, 2023
The New York Times published their annual “Best Theatre of 2023,” which featured two standout UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance alumni playwrights. Dubbed the “year of dramedy,” the plays explore serious topics like the complexity of consent and familial dysfunction.
July 2, 2015
A graduate student in the University of California, San Diego, Division of Arts and Humanities will sharpen his playwriting skills when his new work, How to Use a Knife, is featured during the 10th Annual M.F.A. Playwrights’ Workshop at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington,…
February 22, 2012
Theatre and Dance Alum Returns to Direct Campus Production of ‘June Moon’ Vi Flaten and Jack Mikesell rehearse a dance moment in the play “June Moon.” Photos: Jim Carmody Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy may get girl in the end? The plot is simple. But the real story…
April 17, 2012
…the UC San Diego theatre and dance department focus on producing plays written by students in the MFA Playwriting Program for the Baldwin New Play Festival. This year has been no different and the result is BNPF 2012, featuring four world premiere productions April 18 through 28 in the UC…
May 8, 2023
The Wagner New Play Festival will return to UC San Diego from May 8 to June 10, 2023, showcasing seven new plays written by MFA playwrights in UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance.
February 8, 2018
…at the Mandell Weiss Theatre on Feb. 9. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Issues of Identity: In Conversation with Hilton Als Pulitzer Prize-winning theater critic joins UC San Diego neurobiologist to discuss access and student mentorship In celebration of Black History Month, the UC San Diego Department of Theatre…
November 9, 2015
…case during a recent visit to UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance by long-time educator and arts supporter Lois Chant. Her $1.25 million legacy gift will boost the department’s efforts to continue its top-ranked theater training program.
