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Written by Michael Thomas Walker and Kristen Adele
Deadline to Submit to the 2019 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition
Attention all Writers! Submissions are now being accepted for the 2019 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition. Open to ALL Washington University in St. Louis students, the deadline for submission is January 18, 2019 at 4 p.m.
Theorizing Threaded Media; or, Why James Bond Isn’t Just a Failed Attempt at Star Wars
Colin Burnett, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
Angels in America: Bringing Social Work, Public Health, Policy and Racial Implications to the Forefront
To be, or not to be, [in London]. Shakespeare at the Globe
Immersing the student in an intensive exploration of Shakespeare; his plays, the historical-political-cultural context of his time and the stage skills necessary to perform his work.
London, England, July 8 - August 2, 2019.
Applications are open to Washington University students as well as students from other colleges and universities.
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
written by by Tony Kushner and Directed by Henry I. Schvey
Approaching Millennium: Reflecting on 40 years of AIDS and Tony Kushner's "Angels in America"
2019 Marcus Artist-in-Residence: Lecture Demonstration with Company Wayne McGregor Dancers
“The Choreographic Process and How it Translates to Dancers on Stage”
Historicizing Chinese Dance: Socialist Legacies and Contemporary Trajectories
Emily Wilcox, Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
MFA Student Dance Concert: Reel2Real
Artistic Direction by Christine Knoblauch-O'Neal
Performing Morrison: A Convening at Washington University in St. Louis
Performing Morrison is a convening towards the preparation of the forthcoming special issue of College Literature: A Journal of Critical Literary Studies: "Toni Morrison and Adaptation" to be released Summer 2020. The special issue, co-edited by Stacie McCormick (Assistant Professor of English at Texas Christian University) and Rhaisa Williams (Assistant Professor of Performing Arts at Washington University in St. Louis), considers Toni Morrison's work in the contexts of performance genres such as theatre, film, and opera.
WashU Dance Collective: UnTethered
Artistic Direction by Cecil Slaughter
The ‘New’ Hamburg Dramaturgy: Translation as Scholarship in the Digital Age
Wendy Arons, Professor of Dramatic Literature, Carnegie Mellon University and Natalya Baldyga, Instructor in History and Social Science, Phillips Academy Andover
Florida
Written by Lucas Marschke and Directed by Jeffery Matthews
The Performing Arts Department Lighting and Technology Class presents "Retina Burn"
Interested in Careers in the Entertainment Industry?
Washington University Alumni, Russell Schwartz, Senior Vice President & Head, Original Programming Business & Legal Affairs at Starz and Barbara Schaps Thomas, Actress and former Senior Vice President & CFO of HBO Sports.
Spring 2019 Proposal-Writing Information Session
Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities; Informational panel discussions and Q&A for faculty and post-docs humanities & humanistic social sciences interested in pursuing external funding - Please RSVP
PAD 2019 Annual Banquet
Join us for dinner, awards, senior toasts and a celebration of another successful year for the Performing Arts Department!
The Black Rep presents: "Nina Simone: Four Women" opening May 15, 2019
Performing Arts Department Graduation Reception and Handprint Ceremony
For the Class of 2019.
Placement Class for Ballet, Jazz and Modern Dance
Dance placement class is for incoming freshmen and transfer students who wish to enter ballet, modern and jazz classes above the beginning level.
Auditions for the Performing Arts Department 2019-2020 Season
Audition Information Session
2019-2020 Drama Auditions
2019-2020 Drama Auditions
Casting Call for the role of "Bruiser" in "Legally Blonde"
2019-2020 Dance Auditions - Washington University Dance Theatre
The Black Rep presents "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" September 4 - 22, 2019
2019-2020 Dance Auditions - WUDance Collective
A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival 2019
A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition 2020 Announces Selected Plays
"Order and Beauty": Ensemble-Made Chicago
Chloe Johnston, Associate Professor of Theater, Lake Forest College
Ain't Misbehavin' - The Black Rep Gala - 2019
Lesley Malin presents "Managing Shakespeare: Text, Company, Playhouse"
In this two-part event Leslie Malin, LA '88 will talk about what it takes to manage a successful theatre; followed by a hands-on workshop which will delve into Shakespeare's text focusing on form, presentation, diction and delivery.
Legally Blonde
Music & Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin; book by Heather Hach
based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture
Skin Temperature: Air Conditioning and Cross-Racial Identification in "Orfeu Negro" (1959)
Julia Walker, Associate Professor of English and Drama, Washington University in St. Louis
Trezana Beverley: "Perspectives from a Black Theater Woman"
Winner of the distinguished Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway show "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf," Trezana Beverley will be presenting a Lecture followed by a Master Class*.