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  • Dr. Ariel Nereson Selected for New York Public Library for The Performing Arts 2021 Dance Research Fellows
    6/30/21

    Assistant Professor of Dance Studies Ariel Nereson, PhD, is among six scholars from across the country to be selected as a 2021 Dance Research Fellow by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

  • Grad Student Spotlight on Robyn Horn
    6/22/21

    Robyn Lee Horn is a third-year doctoral student whose research focuses primarily on the intersection of religious performance and tourism.

  • Announcing Fall 2021 THD Show Auditions
    4/26/21

    Auditions for fall 2021 theatre and music theatre productions are due MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021!

  • "Pipeline:" Reflections on Racial Justice in 2021
    4/14/21

    Co-directed by Sydné Jackson and Tioga Simpson-Worthington, Pipeline is the first play to be presented by Theatre and Dance’s Dreams Affirmed collective, an alliance of students of color from across the Department. It is also a part of the annual Student Directed Series.

  • Choreographies of Self and Community
    4/11/21

    The MFA Dance Thesis Concert will feature new works by third-year MFA students Kate Mackey and Phil Wackerfuss. There will be four online performances: April 16-17, 2021 @ 7:30pm, and April 18, 2021 @ 2pm & 7:30pm.

  • When "Trifles" Mean Everything
    4/6/21

    Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, opens this Friday, April 9, 2021, for the first of four weekend performances. We interviewed student cast members Jessica Snyder and Tim Nunez about the one hundred year old show and their roles within it.

  • On "Trifles:" An Interview with Dr. Meredith Conti
    4/5/21

    Susan Glaspell’s 1916 feminist murder mystery Trifles is the second production of UB Theatre and Dance’s spring 2021 online season, with online performances from April 9 – 11, 2021. We interviewed show director Dr. Meredith Conti about the one hundred year old play and how it speaks to contemporary audiences.

  • Making The Most of it While "Topsy Turvy"
    3/18/21

    We’re less than two weeks from the opening of Theatre and Dance’s (THD) spring 2021 virtual season! The first production of the semester is Living in a Topsy Turvy World: The Theatre of Gilbert and Sullivan, guest directed by Gary John La Rosa, with music direction by associate professor and director of music theatre Nathan R. Matthews.

  • From Seoul and Buffalo: Video Theatre With Yoonie Yun
    3/17/21

    Second year Theatre and Performance MA student Yoonie Yun is a director, lighting designer, and theatre-maker. She has studied and practiced theatre arts both in South Korea, her home country, and the United States.

  • UBNOW: Hollywood favorite enlightens students on life in ‘the biz’
    3/8/21

    Hollywood manager, producer and UB alumnus Shep Gordon, BA ’68, returned to campus recently to connect with students and offer advice to those interested in a career in Hollywood.

  • Announcing upcoming Spring 2021 productions
    2/16/21
    Buffalo, NY (February 10, 2021) – Join the University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance (THD) for a unique spring season of virtual musicals, plays and dance – where nationally recognized directors and choreographers work with esteemed faculty and emerging student talent from UB to produce innovative original productions which both entertain and explore the human condition. Given the challenges of the global health emergency, the arts offer welcome comfort, perspective, escape, joy and intellectual stimulation.
  • Hope Through Dance During A Pandemic
    1/8/21
    Second year MFA candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant Jacqueline Cherry is a dancer, choreographer, and actor, plus a Buffalo, NY native. As part of Theatre and Dance’s fall 2020 virtual dance concert Home and Away she choreographed and starred in a solo piece titled “Be Alright,” filmed in downtown Buffalo outside of her church, which is currently closed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.