Recent News

Thank you to UB Now for their great coverage of Professor Anne Burnidge's "Dancing DNA: Embodying the Human Genome" course.

Timiyah Love is a Buffalo-based actor, who was also born and raised in the area. She recently earned her Bachelor in Fine Arts as a Theatre Performance student from SUNY Buffalo in the spring of 2021 and continues her education here, working towards a Master’s degree in Theatre and Performance Studies. She has begun the final year of the two-year program.

Heartfelt congratulations to all of the Theatre and Dance students who have received College and SUNY awards and distinctions this year!

In spring 2022, UB Arts Collaboratory's Working Artists Lab hosts Buffalo native Asad Raza, an internationally renowned multidisciplinary artist.

Second year MFA Dance candidate Anna Caison Boyd is a choreographer, teacher, and performer from South Carolina. She graduated from Oklahoma City University’s Ann Lacy School of Dance and Entertainment Business in 2020 and is currently pursuing an MFA at UB with a Teaching Assistantship position.

Congratulations to Professor Tom Ralabate on his recent feature article on UB Now, by Jackie Hausler.

Theatre and Dance is pleased to announce a full slate of events as supplements to enhance and illuminate the department's upcoming production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, directed by Danielle Rosvally, Clinical Assistant Professor, from April 21 - 24, 2022, at the UB Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre.

Nicole Benoit (MFA Music Theatre ’09 and MA Dance ‘10) is  a "triple-threat chameleon” in dance, voice, and acting. After more than a decade in New York City, she recently made her Broadway debut in Chicago. We spoke with her at length about what it takes to get there.