Theatre

Professor’s New Book Brings a Theatrical Perspective to the Study of Churches and Temples

Categories: News, Research Tags: Theatre

Bloomsbury Publishing has today released European Churches and Chinese Temples as Neuro-Theatrical Sites, a new book by Professor of Theatre and Film Mark Pizzato. It is his eighth book. Drawing from his extensive research and travel in Europe, China, and the Holy Land, Pizzato examines more than 80 religious buildings, with a wealth of visual […]

Grad’s Next Chapter Could Be a Cinderella Story

Categories: News Tags: COA+A, Theatre

You could say that Kiana Vazquetelles owes her very existence to UNC Charlotte. Years before she entered the University as a freshman theatre major, her parents were themselves Niners. Vazquetelles’s father, Darren, played shortstop for the baseball team; her mother, Dee-Dee, cheered on the dance team. Both were psychology majors. After graduating they married and […]

Theatre Alumna Caridad Svich Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

Categories: News Tags: Theatre

Caridad Svich ’85 has received a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Cruz Receives Engaged Faculty Award from NC Campus Engagement

Categories: News Tags: COA+A, Theatre

Associate Professor of Theatre CarlosAlexis Cruz has received the 2024 Engaged Faculty Award from North Carolina Campus Engagement (NCCE). Each year, the Engaged Faculty Award recognizes one faculty member in North Carolina for exemplary engaged teaching and scholarship, including leadership that advances students’ community and civic learning, conducting community-based research, fostering reciprocal community partnerships, and […]

Rick Moll

Categories: Alumni Spotlights Tags: Theatre

Production Electrician with Performing Arts Services, College of Arts + Architecture

College of Arts + Architecture Announces 2024 Distinguished Alumni

The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) will honor five Distinguished Alumni on Friday, April 12, in the tenth annual celebration of alumni achievement. The award ceremony will take place at 1:00 pm in Rowe Recital Hall and will be open to the public. The Distinguished Alumni Awards were created by the College of Arts […]

Madison King

Categories: Student Spotlights Tags: Theatre

B.A. in Theatre with a Technical Concentration and Minors in Africana Studies and Dance

Lydia Elder

Categories: Student Spotlights Tags: Theatre

B.A. in Communication Studies with a Concentration in Rhetoric, Culture and Social Change and a Minor in Theatre

Professors’ Loray Mill Strike Musical Receives Cultural Vision Grant

Categories: News Tags: Music, Theatre

Professors Sequina DuBose and Laura Waringer have received a Cultural Vision Grant from the Arts & Science Council in support of their project to create a new musical theatre work based on the story of the 1929 strike at the Loray Mill in Gastonia. The $20,000 grant was announced on December 6. Cultural Vision Grants […]

Farewell to Our Graduating Office Assistants

Categories: News Tags: Art & Art History, COA+A, Dance, Theatre

As College of Arts + Architecture student office assistants, Lysa Fakir and Rayden Leeder have brought friendliness and professionalism to the CoA+A main office for the past two academic years. They are both graduating, and we will miss them! Lysa is receiving a BFA in Art with a concentration in illustration and a Minor in […]