The College of Wooster Department of Theatre and Dance presents student theatre production
The College of Wooster’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present Third World, written and directed by senior Victoria Silva ’23 on Oct. 28 […]
The College of Wooster Department of Theatre and Dance presents fall productions Oct. 3-5
The Department of Theatre and Dance at The College of Wooster will present its fall productions of Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell, and CAGED, […]
For Every Adaptation Belonging to Me as Good Belongs to You: Analyzing Intertextuality in Lauren Gunderson’s Literature-Based Plays
Name: Brian Luck Majors: English and Theatre & Dance Minor: Education Advisors: Dr. Shirley Huston-Findley and Dr. Susanna Sacks This Independent Study explores the ways in which playwright […]
The Play’s The Thing: An Analysis of Professional and Amateur Queer Theater from 1967-1987 Through the Lens of Star Trek: The Original Series Fandom
Name: Cat Moreschi Majors: Theater and Dance, History Advisors: Christina Welsch, Naoko Skala (Advisor) For generations, queer people have struggled to find representations of […]
Professor Baird publishes investigation into body awareness of undergraduate dancers
Emily Baird, visiting assistant professor of theatre and dance at The College of Wooster, published an article this spring in the Journal of Dance […]
Jimmy Noriega receives Fulbright to Austria to create multimedia theatre piece
Jimmy A. Noriega, associate professor of theatre and Latin American Studies at The College of Wooster, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award […]
Performance of CAGED at Belgium international theatre festival features Wooster students and director Noriega
Jimmy A. Noriega, associate professor of theatre and Latin American studies, will travel to Belgium with his theatre company, Teatro Travieso/Troublemaker Theatre, to present […]
Three Wooster students present papers at online communications conference
Three students from The College of Wooster recently presented papers at an undergraduate online communication conference hosted by Ball State University. Sam Caley ’23, […]
Theatre productions return to Freedlander Theatre Oct. 4-6 with The Day the Music Came Back and Far Away
The Department of Theatre and Dance is offering two productions next week as live theatre returns to Freedlander Theatre at The College of Wooster. […]
Uniting Different Worlds Through Dance and Independent Study
Every August, students come to The College of Wooster from various locations – down the street, out of state, or even overseas – to […]
Community service and performing arts interests combine in internship experience
Teresa Ascencio ’23, a communication studies and theatre and dance major at The College of Wooster, found a way to connect her passions of […]
Jimmy Noriega directs Under the Sycamores by Les Hunter for Cleveland Festival
Audio play about downtown Cleveland’s historic Erie Street Cemetery runs July 22-Sept. 30
Jimmy Noriega’s Women of Ciudad Juárez to be staged in Mexico
Theatre professor’s production will tour to three cities for play’s anniversary
Jimmy Noriega elected president of the American Society for Theatre Research
Theatre and dance professor focuses on the society’s transition from the pandemic
Wooster Department of Theatre and Dance spring productions to be presented on Zoom April 27
The spring productions of The College of Wooster Department of Theatre and Dance include a presentation of Blind Date, directed by Shirley Huston-Findley, professor of […]
Wooster Department of Theatre and Dance releases fall theatre productions online
Theatre and Dance Chair Jimmy Noriega commissioned and directed five new plays by BIPOC artists
Catastrophic Imaginings: Human-Driven Catastrophe, the Anthropocene, The Skin of Our Teeth, and Lungs
Name: Hayden Lane-Davies Major: Theatre and Dance, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Advisors: Dr. Jimmy Noriega, Dr. Natasha Bissonauth (Second Reader) This Independent Study […]
New student organization promotes inclusivity in performing arts
Teresa Ascencio ’23 and Victoria Silva ’23 founded the BIPOC Performing Arts Alliance at Wooster to empower students who are underrepresented in the industry
Noriega to direct four plays for international theatre festival March 16-19
Wooster theatre chair explores new ways to make theatre despite pandemic challenges
Wooster’s Fall Dance Concert released in video form
Theatre and Dance students come together to perform amid pandemic challenges