Theatre

Andrew Hartley, Robinson Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare in the Department of Theatre, has written a new young adult fantasy-adventure-mystery for young adult readers. Steeplejack: A Novel will be released by Tor Teen on June 14. Set in 19th-century South Africa, the book has already received glowing reviews, particularly for its young female protagonist. The monthly […]

For the second year in a row, Assistant Professor of Theatre Robin Witt has won a Joseph Jefferson (Jeff) Award, honoring non-Equity Chicago theatre, in the category of “Best Director (Play).” Witt won for the production London Wall, which also won the award for “Best Production (Play).” London Wall was presented by Griffin Theatre Company […]

What is the relationship between the food we eat, or the clothes we wear, and the earth? Assistant Professor of Theatre Education Beth Murray led a multidisciplinary arts education initiative in 2015-16 that brought together 15 teachers from six local schools to address that question through arts and storytelling. The project, Cotton & Collards: Unearthing […]

The online theatre journal, HowlRound, has recently published an article by Assistant Professor of Theatre Jeanmarie Higgins that describes the work that dramaturgy students do in the Department of Theatre at UNC Charlotte. “The Youngest People in the Room: Dramaturgy in Undergraduate Theatre Programs” presents the challeges and opportunities that undergraduate theatre students encounter as […]

Assistant Professor of Theatre Education Beth Murray is serving a three-year post as editor of Youth Theatre Journal, through 2018. Youth Theatre Journal is the research publication for the American Alliance for Theatre and Education. It is published twice annually by Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group and will celebrate the 30th anniversary edition later this year. […]

Theatre students Sammy Hajmahmoud and Jennifer Huddleston will be featured performers in the Charlotte Symphony’s “KnightSounds” concerts on May 20 and 21. In connection with the international celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the program presents Romeo and Juliet in a montage of orchestral pieces, opera arias, a ballet pas de deux, and […]

Physical theatre expert CarlosAlexis Cruz, an assistant professor of voice and movement at UNC Charlotte and an Artist-In-Residence at McColl Center for Art + Innovation, will present his main stage production of “Nouveau Sud, Nouveau Cirque” April 29-30 at Booth Playhouse at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (130 N. Tryon St., Charlotte). Funded by ASC’s $25,000 […]

An ambitious six-year project to address all of Shakespeare’s plays before the 400th anniversary of his death comes to completion on April 23 with As We Like It in the Anne R. Belk Theater at Robinson Hall. Tackling six plays a year in formats ranging from lectures to full-blown theatrical productions, the “36 in 6 […]

A new book by UNC Charlotte alumna Caridad Svich has been published by Intellect Books Ltd., UK, and the University of Chicago Press. JARMAN (all this maddening beauty) and other plays is a collection of three poetic works for live performance, accompanied by scholarly essays. The playtexts include Jarman, a lyrical meditation on the legacy […]

Professor of Theatre Bruce Auerbach is the co-editor of the second edition of Practical Projects for Teaching Lighting Design: A Compendium, Volume 2, published by The United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) in 2016. The book, a collection of practical lab projects that can be used in a lighting class, was edited with […]