Recent News

Theatre and Dance’s (THD) spring musical “The Pajama Game” continues through this weekend at UB Center for the Arts from May 2 - 4, 2025. For tickets: www.ubcfa.org 

Theatre and Dance’s (THD) spring musical “The Pajama Game” opens for a two-week run at UB Center for the Arts next Friday, April 25 – May 4, 2025. For tickets visit: www.ubcfa.org

Congratulations to new THD Costume Shop Manager / Assistant Teaching Professor Max Levitt aka Pinwheel Pinwheel for their nomination for theatrical excellence in Costume Design in 2024 for “Reefer Madness: The Musical” by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.

The department’s production of "The Pajama Game" was registered as an Associate Production in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 2 program. As such, it received a response from its recent two-week run.

The department’s production of "Fefu and Her Friends" was registered as an Associate Production in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 2 program. As such, it received a response from this weekend's run.

The Zodiaque Dance Company Celebration 50 Spring Program runs from Feb. 27 –March 2, 2025 at UB Center for the Arts. Learn more about the show and ZDC’s mission and history in a new interview and podcast with co-directors Kerry Ring and Michael Deeb Weaver on Buffalo Rising.

Congratulations to the students and faculty who proudly represented the Department of Theatre and Dance (THD) and UB at the 57 annual Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) at the Playhouse Theatre in Pittsburgh, January 14-18, 2025. KCACTF is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from universities across the country. It exists to celebrate the educational and creative process of college theatre. There are eight regions in the United States and winners of regional festivals advance to the annual national event hosted in Washington D.C.

Earlier this month, Clinical Assistant Professor of Theatre Lana Sugarman directed staged readings of the new play The Vase by Tyler Whidden, with Seat of the Pants (SOTP), an ensemble-based, process-driven theatre company in Cleveland.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Ariel Nereson, PhD, on being awarded a Research Fellowship from the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) to help underwrite research expenses of scholars undertaking projects significant to the field of theatre and/or performance studies.

The department’s production of "Ride the Cyclone" was registered as an Associate Production in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 2 program. As such, it received a response on Friday evening.

There are many Spring 2025 Theatre and Dance courses which are open to all UB students. Several classes also satisfy your PATHWAYS requirements towards graduation. View the full list of eligible classes below!