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Join us for a free film screening of Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America on February 5th, 7-9pm at the CFA Screening Room. 

When Moises Serrano was just a baby, his parents risked everything to flee Mexico in search of the American dream. Forbidden to live and love as an undocumented gay man in the country he calls home, Serrano saw only one option—to fight for justice. 

Applications to participate in the Center for Diversity Innovation’s Distinguished Visiting Scholars program are sought from exceptionally accomplished faculty who, through their record of scholarship and/or creative endeavors, teaching, mentoring, and service, as well as their skills, experiences, underrepresentation, and areas of scholarly and/or creative expertise, can substantially advance diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Buffalo.

Auditions for the Student-Directed Series' production of Harold Pinter's THE LOVER will be held on December 9th and callbacks on December 10th in AA 190 starting at 6 pm.

In the wild west show of the late 1800s, an entertainment genre dominated by feats of muscular athleticism and simulated violence, the acts of female sharpshooters operated as deviations from the show’s staple depictions of frontier masculinity, as well as appealing, if not problematic, amplifications of the mythic narrative of the U.S. American West. 

Music Director, Nathan Matthews, Director, Keith Andrews, and students Hannah Keller and Michael Wells were interviewed this morning on WIVB, Channel 4! Guys and Dolls opens tonight! 

Sean Cullen has appeared in the Oscar-nominated Michael Clayton (with George Clooney) and Lincoln Center's Tony-Award-Winning South Pacific (Kelli O'Hara). Sean is currently recurring as FBI Director William Webster in season two of Mindhunter (Netflix). This year, he will co-star with Elizabeth Lail (You, Netflix), in the independent film Unintended, written/directed by Anja Murmann. Join us for a Talk Back on Jan 30, 2020 with Sean Cullen. 

The UB Department of Theatre and Dance is offering enhanced PhD Fellowships starting in Fall 2020 in line with the University's new PhD Excellence Initiative. Highly competitive packages will be available. Minimum stipends will be $20,800 plus tuition and fee waiver, reduced teaching loads, and no teaching duties in two of the five years. Students may also be eligible for consideration for a Presidential Fellowship or the Schomburg Fellowship Program. 

The UB Department of Theatre and Dance’s MA student Darryl Semira Heusinger directs “Speak to Us Of…,” a devised piece inspired by Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet. Created by the cast of seven UB students comprised of both majors and non-majors, the show will have one public performance at UB’s Katharine Cornell Theatre on Sunday, November 3 at 7:30pm.

“I create echoes through time and space; the beauty, value and majesty of my ancestors and our stories. We are infinite. Our power, excellence, wisdom and legacy continue to grow with time and through natural order.”

With this ethos, Eniola Dawodu will share her creative research and explorations across costume, garment, and sculpture. Moved to release boundaries and reframe her practice with intention and attention to materiality rooted in the ancestral, she will speak to the narrative potency of ancestral African dress practices and the cultural significance of honoring one's personal truth.