Theatre

The College of Arts + Architecture is pleased to welcome these new full-time faculty beginning August 14. Dr. Rob Conkie, Robinson Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare Studies in the Department of Theatre, integrates practical and theoretical approaches to the teaching and research of Shakespeare in performance. He is the author of Writing Performative Shakespeares: New Forms […]

Tom Burch, associate professor of scenic design in the Department of Theatre, has just returned from six weeks in Italy, where he designed two opera productions for La Musica Lirica, an intensive opera training program for young professional singers. Premiering first in the town of Novafeltria, each production traveled to additional locations in the Emilia-Romagna […]

Faculty in the College of Arts + Architecture are among the recipients of prominent grants announced recently by the City of Charlotte Infusion Fund and the Arts & Science Council. The funds will support the development and performance of new works over the next 12 months and the continuation of an annual festival. Four projects […]

The College of Arts + Architecture welcomes David Janowiak as the new chair of the Department of Theatre, effective July 1. Janowiak comes to UNC Charlotte from Western Oregon University (WOU), where he has spent the past seven years as professor and chair of the Creative Arts Division, following 17 years leading the WOU Theatre […]

Two plays by Professor of Theatre Lynne Conner were recently recognized by theatre festivals. Earlier this month, Conner’s The Mother was named a semi-finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, one of 148 plays chosen as semi-finalists from 614 applicants. The Mother, which was a 2018 and 2019 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist, received its […]

Actor Education: BS in Nursing, UNC Charlotte (1998)BA in Theatre, UNC Charlotte (2000)MFA in Acting, University of Florida (2003) Hometown: Born in Manila, Philippines; Grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and Tucson, Arizona Don Castro fell in love with acting at an early age. When he was in the 6th grade, he saw a mime artist perform at […]

Hometown: Richmond, VA and Charlotte, NC BA in Theatre and a Minor in Psychology 2026 How did you first get interested in Theatre? I’m going to be honest, I can’t recall a specific moment where I fell in love with acting/moving making in general. It was more of just an unconscious love for the stories this […]

CarlosAlexis Cruz, associate professor of theatre and the program director for the forthcoming Master of Fine Arts in Community Centered Practice, has received the 2023 Bonnie E. Cone Professorship in Civic Engagement. Formerly the Provost’s Faculty Award for Community Engagement, the Bonnie E. Cone Professorship in Civic Engagement was renamed in 2017 and is awarded […]

By Rayden Leeder What do you get when you take a zany and imaginative poetry book for children and put it in the hands of passionate and creative theatre education students? Well, you get UNC Charlotte’s newest traveling show, A Hatful of Dragons. This month, the Department of Theatre presents an original children’s play adapted […]

Hometown: Greensboro, NC BA in Theatre Performance with an English minor 2024 How did you first get interested in theatre? I became interested in theatre my sophomore year of high school. Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind was the theatre production that year, and I loved every minute of it! After that, I was hooked. The […]