Theatre and Dance

Featured image: Gracie Shreve ’24 worked with mentor Suwatana “Pla” Rockland, costume designer and costume shop supervisor for theatre & dance, to design the award-winning costumes.

Gracie Shreve receives Costume Design Excellence award at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Gracie Shreve ’24, who is completing her degree in theatre & dance as well as music at The College of Wooster, earned the top […]

Suwatana “Pla” Rockland, costume designer and costume shop supervisor, recently completed the colorful costumes and folk art for the Sarasota, Florida, production of Once on This Island by the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.

Suwatana Rockland inspires students and costume creations

The College of Wooster’s costume designer and costume shop supervisor draws much of her creative inspiration from nature before transforming the vision into magnificent […]

The College of Wooster presents Fall Dance Concert

The College of Wooster Department of Theatre and Dance will present its annual Fall Dance Concert, titled Stage Door: Fall Dance Concert, Thursday, Nov. […]

Emily Baird '16, Maria Witt-Kelly ’17, Gabrielle Croes ’17, Madi Hunt ’17, and Claire Smrekar ’19 in a performance for Drift Dance Collective

Dance collective founded by Professor Baird releases first project

Drift Dance Collective, a group founded by assistant professor of theatre and dance Emily Baird ’16, released their first project, a dance film titled […]

Mali Chappell-Lakin '25, Sabrina Clinger '27, and Ethan Juhasz '27

The College of Wooster Department of Theatre and Dance presents fall production Oct. 19-21

The College of Wooster Department of Theatre and Dance will present its fall production, Stop Kiss by Diana Son, Oct. 19–21 at 7:30 p.m. […]

From pollination to performance: Biology and dance student brings the honeybee waggle to Wooster

As a member of The College of Wooster Dance Company and the cheerleading team, Katie Spence ’23 is no stranger to the stage. She […]

Theatre & Dance and Anthropology alumna combines theatre with social activism

Stephanie Castrejón ’16 came to The College of Wooster as a self-described shy student who had difficulties speaking up in class and realizing where […]

Theatre student examines and executes stage adaptation

Theatre major Audrey Klosterman ’23 went to London in July 2022 as part of a TREK program. After one of the 15 shows she […]

Students performing in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"

College of Wooster Department of Music presents You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

The College of Wooster Department of Music will present the musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown on April 27 and 28 at 7 […]

Jimmy Noriega, professor of theatre and dance

Jimmy Noriega co-edits new book on queer US theatre

Jimmy A. Noriega, professor of theatre and chair of the Department of Theatre & Dance at The College of Wooster, is the co-editor of […]

Third World: Bolivia, The United States, Democracy, and The Art of Putting it on Stage

Name: Victoria Silva Majors: Theatre, Political Science Minors: Latin American Studies, English What is the conflict of democracy? Is it reliable? Is it real? […]

Jimmy Noriega awarded Kennedy Center Gold Medallion

Jimmy A. Noriega, professor of theatre and Latin American studies at The College of Wooster, is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion, […]

The College of Wooster presents Spring Dance Concert April 13 to 15 with featured guest artist Hot Crowd

The College of Wooster’s Department of Theatre and Dance and the College of Wooster student Dance Company will present the annual Spring Dance Concert […]