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Third-year MFA dance candidate Samantha Schmeer grew up in upstate New York on a rural road in a small town. Time spent in her family’s gardens and the Adirondack wilderness forged a strong connection to the natural environment which permeates her choreographic and performance research work. A self-described “eco-artist-scholar,” Schmeer is invested in interdisciplinarity.

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.

The course awards credits to students who perform in a play under the direction of the adjunct instructor. The instructor will develop concepts, coach undergraduate performers, lead rehearsals, and collaborate with faculty, staff and emerging design and technology practitioners to realize the full-length play Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl.

UB Department of Theatre and Dance seeks a lighting designer/technician for MFA Dance Showcase at the Katharine Cornell Theatre, Ellicott Complex North Campus.

UBTHD would like to invite ALL UB students to audition for a role in our upcoming spring season.

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.