April 18, 2023
Every year, the Muir Musical Ensemble produces a Broadway-scale musical; this year, they chose the epic adventure, Into the Woods. Get a behind-the-scenes-look at how the musical comes to life.
April 17, 2024
A University of California San Diego current graduate student in the Department of Theatre and Dance and an undergraduate alumna from the Department of Bioengineering are are among 30 recipients of the 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
November 17, 2016
…as the “Mother of Theatre and Film,” in Iran, culminating in her recognition as the best female actress of the year at the age of 80, according to her son. “The endowed chair will honor the memory of my mother, Roghieh Chehre-Azad—most notably her talented, courageous and astute efforts to…
December 21, 2015
The University of California, San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities is growing to better address important global issues. One of its new enterprises is the Institute of Arts and Humanities (IAH), a centripetal hub established to unify several existing programs that have been operating independently within the division. With…
March 14, 2024
Robert Brill, professor of design and an alumnus of UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance, shares his experience designing the set of a new Broadway musical by Alicia Keys called ‘Hell’s Kitchen.’
September 21, 2015
The theme for the University of California, San Diego’s 10th annual California Native American Day celebration is “Unsettled Stories: Reclaiming This Land,” and will include a kickoff event Sept. 25 as well as an undergraduate research symposium, a Native American film festival, spoken word performances, a powwow and more throughout…
March 14, 2013
…In the Mandell Weiss Theatre lobby, an actor moaned with his mouth wide open, warming up his voice an hour before the curtain would rise on Pirandello’s “Tonight We Improvise.” His loud utterances blended right in with waves of chatter from a throng of high school students from The Preuss…
March 13, 2017
The University of California San Diego’s Division of Arts and Humanities is welcoming its first visiting artist under the newly established Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship. “Parissa,” Iran’s most distinguished female vocalist, will visit UC San Diego during the first part of spring quarter to share her deep knowledge of the…
February 1, 2013
…cutting edge of digitally-mediated or enhanced music, visual arts, theatre and/or dance.
July 25, 2022
UC San Diego has named Colleen Kollar Smith as the inaugural Executive Director of the newly created Campus Performance and Events Office, led by the Division of Student Affairs.
