June 6, 2013
…Wagner’s 90 Years and Department’s Four Decades of Theatrical Education True to form, Arthur Wagner stole the spotlight at celebration of his 90th birthday at the Mandell Weiss Forum Theatre, where a crowd gathered to both pay tribute to a grandfather of theater at UC San Diego and to celebrate…
November 4, 2021
…Jolla Playhouse Brings in Theatre and Dance Talent, Expertise for their Latest World Premiere Lora K. Powell is a stage management faculty member at UC San Diego. Photo courtesy Department of Theatre and Dance. Stage Management faculty member Lora Powell says she’s in the right place at the right time…
April 14, 2016
…these skills, the division’s departments of music, theatre and dance, and visual arts invite undergraduate applicants to submit arts portfolios showcasing their creativity. Since 2014, when the Arts Portfolio Option was initiated in partnership with the Office of Admissions on campus, applications to the Division of Arts and Humanities have…
September 24, 2024
Ana María Álvarez calls herself an “artivist.” 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. “Art has the capacity to shift worlds and redefine narratives.”
February 11, 2021
…the UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance production of "Much Ado About Nothing." Photo by Manny Rotenberg Theatre and Dance Student One of 15 Selected for National Diversity-Focused Scholarship ‘Changemaker’ undergrad seeks to increase Asian American representation both on stage and behind the scenes Alex Luong is one…
March 9, 2017
Twenty-three individuals, departments and organizational units were recognized on March 2 at the annual Diversity Awards for outstanding contributions in support of UC San Diego’s commitment to diversity. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Honoring UC San Diego’s Diversity Champions 22nd annual Diversity Awards recognize exceptional contributions to diversity,…
October 19, 2017
…Twist, features work by Department of Music ensemble red fish blue fish. Photo by Landon Nordeman. Without Walls Festival Showcases UC San Diego Talent Collaboration, professional development key to this year’s four-day, site-specific theater fest The La Jolla Playhouse’s third Without Walls (WOW) Festival takes over San Diego Oct. 19-22,…
December 11, 2014
…of a style of theatrical writing called hyper-realism, Shank brought the same innovative spirit to her teaching. She joined the UC San Diego faculty in 1981 as a lecturer, when the department was still called the department of drama, and became permanent faculty in 1984. Shank served as chair from…
April 25, 2019
…Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theatre District Tickets for the 2019 Wagner New Play Festival at UC San Diego are going fast, and guests have five world-premiere productions to see: each one written by current students in the Department of Theatre and Dance MFA playwriting program. The 2019 festival runs in…
October 28, 2016
Faculty and students from UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance excel on Broadway, in theaters nationwide, and in the film and television industry. Playwriting alumna Rachel Axler ’04, who just won her third Emmy Award for the critically acclaimed HBO show “VEEP,” is one example.
