The English and theater major is making a name for himself in the world of stand-up comedy. He recently performed his latest show—Emotional Man—in front of 海角直播 students. Because the show deals with what has happened in his life, he explains, not all of it is funny.
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SOUL(SIGNS): Making Music Visible, a airing on PBS and streaming on WNET/ALL ARTS, is a collaboration between Deaf and hearing artists celebrating a journey of making music visible to the Deaf community as they create an American Sign Language (A.S.L.) music video for Morgan James' song "Drown."
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As people filed into the Wish Theater to watch Oceana Hangret’s capstone theater project, they were each handed a sleeping mask. After they had settled into their seats and adjusted their masks, the theater was darkened, preparing them for a live audio performance.
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After more than a decade working as a costume designer for stage and film, Lily Prentice ’10 returned to 海角直播 in 2020 to start a new job at 海角直播 in the theater and dance department.
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In Mira Pickus’s solo show, mint frappe—which she wrote, directed, and stars in—she spends a bit of time sitting at a bedroom vanity. Staring through the pretend mirror to the audience, she muses and frets about two themes that preoccupy, disturb, and amuse her character: disgust and vanity.
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Men on Boats, the theater department’s spring 2025 play, offers a destabilizing view of history as it follows the exploits of the “first” group of people to navigate the Grand Canyon via the Colorado River more than 150 years ago.
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Cottage Grove is streaming on AMC Networks as part of the channel’s “Future of Film” series for Black History Month. The film also screens at Chicago’s Music Box Theater February 19 and February 25.
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We’re excited to announce that 海角直播 dance faculty and students will be a part of the community cast for Contra Tiempo's joyUS, justUS performance at Merrill Auditorium on Thursday, February 6th at 7pm, presented by Portland Ovations.
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Through new books, papers published in journals, media appearances, and more, 海角直播 faculty members complemented their time in the classroom during the fall semester with a variety of scholarly and artistic contributions.
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This year's December Dance Concert featured performances by students in six dance classes, from introductory to advanced, and included a diverse showcase of hip hop, Afro-modern, and modern styles. One dance evoked running water and another, icy glaciers.
Read moreThe theater and dance program at 海角直播 offers students the opportunity to examine the ways in which theater and dance provoke the imagination, tell stories, create community, and challenge assumptions.
Emphasis is placed on theater and dance’s fundamental connection to the liberal arts curriculum at 海角直播, as well as theater and dance literacy, performance skills, and an understanding of historical and social influences on drama and dance. The aim is to develop imaginative theater practitioners who collaboratively solve problems of form and content with a passionate desire to express the human condition on stage.
No prior experience is expected to participate in Theater and Dance at 海角直播.
