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Theatre & Dance News

May 05, 2020

Chatting with Charney

If you think that this is going to be a column that describes loss and overly sentimentalizes the past, you’re wrong. Sure, we lament losing opportunities that we worked hard to create, but I’m here to assure you that, in the process of adapting to new challenges, we’ve proven that we are flexible, resilient, and imaginative.

April 02, 2020

Sweeping the Festival

Each year, dozens of students from the School of Theatre and Dance participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. At this year’s region 6 festival, held in Abilene, Texas, students presented work in facets of theatre including design, performance, playwriting, criticism and dramaturgy.

Allaina

April 01, 2020

Finishing Online

“At TTU, I’ve learned that students should not be afraid to take the initiative to make their own art. As I graduate, I know that I will both look for and make opportunities happen in the future, whatever the challenges.”

Ryan

April 01, 2020

Keep Swingin' On

Before the social distancing guidelines for COVID-19 were implemented, Ryan Fay had been hard at work on his thesis project: devising an adaptation of Jungle Book for the stage, based on the famous classic by Rudyard Kipling.