May 31, 2017
…Department of Theatre and Dance easily commanding the spotlight. Ranked among the top five acting programs in the world by Hollywood Reporter, the department’s students graduate well-prepared for the theater profession. Cast with experience — due in part to a dynamic partnership with its acclaimed neighbor, La Jolla Playhouse —…
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.
June 3, 2024
As the University of California San Diego School of Medicine wraps up the academic year, first year Native American medical students were recognized, honored and blessed as they celebrated the completion of their first year of medical school with a traditional blanket ceremony.
August 5, 2016
…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. Among them…
May 3, 2018
…Department of Theatre and Dance MFA students to leading industry professionals across the country From left, MFA candidates Yonatan Gebeyehu and DeLeon Dallas at the Graduate Actor Student Showcase in Los Angeles. Photos by Erik Jepsen/ UC San Diego Publications As a new class of UC San Diego Department of…
November 8, 2012
…department of theatre and dance, the video highlights key events that happened during each chancellor’s tenure at UC San Diego. Investiture You won’t want to miss the investiture of Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla, eighth chancellor of UC San Diego. An investiture is a ceremony at which someone is placed in…
February 8, 2018
…Melding poetry, music and dance Urrea’s book of poems “The Tijuana Book of the Dead”—a moving account he calls a cry against the current political climate for immigrants—landed in the hands of Steven Schick of the Department of Music, who happened to be in the planning stages with the San…
May 28, 2015
…department of theatre and dance Theater Residencies Enhance Resumes and Jumpstart Careers UC San Diego’s graduate theater program, one of the nation’s top training grounds, emphasizes invaluable professional experience UC San Diego graduate student Mandy Nussbaum is living a dream – serving as a valued member of the stage management…
May 3, 2018
…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 Diego graduate…
November 8, 2018
…Department of Theatre and Dance is set to give it a modern makeover. The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is one of three productions for fall quarter from the famed department, ranked fourth in the world for its MFA acting program and named a top five undergraduate drama program to launch an…
