UC San Diego Theater Alumnus Steals the Spotlight with Prestigious Award
August 31, 2015
2013 M.F.A. graduate Joshua Brody wins a Princess Grace Award that he will apply toward a 12-month apprenticeship at La Jolla Playhouse.
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Horror & Hope: A Conversation with ‘Man in Love’ Director Stephen Buescher
November 20, 2019
Opening Nov. 20 for a limited run, the second production in the Department of Theatre and Dance fall season is “Man in Love,” a “horror and hope” play about race, love and terror. First time directing at UC San Diego, Stephen Buescher said students are easily early career artists.
UC San Diego Theatre Alumni Win Princess Grace Awards in Triplicate
August 5, 2016
…San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance is one of the top theater training programs in the nation for a reason—it produces promising artists. This fact wasn’t lost on the Princess Grace Foundation-USA, an organization that supports emerging artists, when it recently named its Princess Grace Award winners for 2016.…
Four Works to Premiere at Wagner New Play Festival
April 12, 2013
David Jacobi’s new play “Ex Machina” is based on news coverage of the factory in Shenzhen, China, where Apple products are assembled.
At Qualcomm Institute, MACHINAL Is First Tech-Infused Performance of 2017
January 9, 2017
On January 12, graduate students from UC San Diego will stage MACHINAL, a live performance and interaction with live audience to explore how technology and machines have changed the landscape of human interactions..
UC San Diego Alumna Wins Inaugural Humanitas Playwriting Award
February 5, 2016
A 2013 University of California, San Diego M.F.A. graduate in acting, Ngozi Anyanwu, has won the inaugural Humanitas Prize for “Good Grief,” a play about a first-generation Nigerian girl dealing with love and loss in a small Pennsylvania town. Chosen from more than 230 submissions, “Good Grief” will be presented…
La Jolla Playhouse’s New Spin on ‘A Christmas Carol’ Puts UC San Diego Talent in the Spotlight
November 26, 2024
Marco Barricelli, professor of acting, shines as “Scrooge” in a clever twist on Dickens’ holiday classic, written by MFA alumna Anna Ouyang Moench.
UC San Diego Playwrights Premiere New Dramas at Wagner New Play Festival
May 5, 2016
…3 – 12, in The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theatre District located on the La Jolla campus. Two of the premiere pieces, described as highly personal and powerful, are by award-winning M.F.A. playwrights in the Department of Theatre and Dance.
Wagner New Play Festival Showcases Top-Notch Student Work
May 3, 2018
…Work Annual Department of Theatre and Dance event gives opportunity to all, from MFA playwrights and faculty to undergraduate actors, designers and assistants With five different productions running May 8 to 19, the 2018 Wagner New Play Festival offers a unique look at the talent and power of UC San…
Acclaimed Director Lisa Portes Named Chair of Theatre and Dance at UC San Diego
January 3, 2024
Lisa Portes recently joined UC San Diego to become chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance. A highly regarded Cuban American director, educator, advocate and leader, Portes’s aim is to promote a new theater narrative that expands our understanding of what it means to be human.
