Theatre

Dr. Lynne Conner, chair of the Department of Theatre, has been named a Distinguished Visitor at the University of Alberta at Edmonton, one of Canada’s premiere research universities. She will visit the campus for five days, giving a keynote Town and Gown address to the university and Edmonton arts community on September 16 as well […]

Assistant Professor of Acting Kaja Dunn has published an essay in Volume 27 of the Theatre Symposium Series, issued by The University of Alabama Press. The book, edited by Sarah McCarroll, explores bodies and embodiment in theatre. Dunn’s essay is entitled, “Hidden Damage: When Uninformed Casting and Actor Training Disregard the Effect of Character Embodiment […]

Dean Adams, associate dean of performing arts services, and Kaja Dunn, assistant professor of acting, presented at the national conference of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), which took place in Orlando, Florida, August 7-11. The 2019 ATHE conference theme was “Scene Changes: Working through the Transitions.” Assistant Professor of Physical Theatre Carlos […]

Three members of the College of Arts + Architecture family recently participated in the development of a new play at Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. Theatre student Ginger Duchi, theatre professor Kaja Dunn, and dance alumnus Alex Aguilar joined playwright L.M. Feldman and director David Winitsky for a week-long professional workshopping of Feldman’s play, Tropical Secrets: […]

The Nouveau Sud Project, a contemporary social circus initiative founded by Associate Professor of Theatre Carlos Cruz, is one of 24 finalists for a National Theater Project Creation and Touring Grant, awarded by the New England Foundation for the Arts. The finalists were chosen from among 107 applicants and have the opportunity to submit a […]

The UNC Charlotte Department of Theatre will host the Costume Society of America 2019 Southeastern Region Symposium & Annual Meeting in Charlotte, November 7-10. Assistant Professor of Costume Design Aly Amidei is the symposium chair. The symposium, entitled “Fashion Queens,” will present original scholarship on the history of dress, adornment, and the future of fashion. […]

The reviews are in for Associate Professor of Directing Robin Witt’s most recent work in Chicago, where she has spent the past semester on a reassignment of duties. Witt directed W. Somerset Maugham’s play, For Services Rendered (pictured), which is at the Griffin Theatre Company through July 6. “Robin Witt’s new production is about as […]

Associate Professor of Theatre Education Beth Murray, with Associate Professor of Psychology Lori Van Wallendael and Jeanmarie Higgins of Penn State University, have been conducting research for the “Second Story Project,” a unique collaboration between Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte. This research, funded by the Reemprise Fund through the Foundation for […]

Theatre major Amberlin McCormick will perform leading roles in two upcoming regional productions. Beginning Friday, April 19, she will perform the role of Eurydice in the Warehouse Performing Arts Center production of Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice. The show runs at the Warehouse, in Cornelius, through May 4. In July, Amberlin will perform the role of Viola […]

The National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) has granted full membership to UNC Charlotte’s Department of Theatre. Gained through an intensive peer review process, membership is granted only to institutions that meet all of the rigorous accreditation standards established by NAST. Founded in 1965, the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) is an […]