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CU Theatre professors Beth Osnes and Marcos Steuernagel recently attended the Consortium for Doctoral Programs in Theatre and Performance Studies at Tufts University in Boston from Oct. 5-6, 2018. In attendance were 30 Directors of PhD programs from the US, Canada and the UK. We came together to engage in...

Congratulations to CU Theatre & Dance faculty member, Nada Diachenko! Last week, Nada was honored as one of 2018's "Legends of Dance in Colorado." Since 2004, the annual "Legends of Dance in Colorado" honors individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to dance. About Nada: Nada Diachenko’s 43-year career as...

On Saturday, October 13, CU Boulder Department of Theatre and Dance hosted the one-year anniversary performance of The Non-Binary Monologues Project in the Loft Theatre. Woodzick acted as host and performed two monologues, and the rest of the non-binary and gender non-conforming cast of six was made up of CU...

Amanda Rose Villarreal was awarded the First Place Prize in the annual Scholarly Debut Paper competition hosted by TETA's Higher Education Academic Symposium. Her paper, which detailed the planning, process, and results of a performance activism piece which occurred across three collegiate campuses over several months, will be published in...

Set against a backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, Inside the Greenhouse premiered its latest performance-based project that features Grandmother Refrigerator, singing wind turbines, and a very hungry caterpillar. Drawdown Act Up leads participants in embodied youth engagement in climate solutions. Participatory activities and games physicalize the science behind a Drawdown...

Beth Osnes likes to have fun. When she created Shine , a musical performance about how energy, climate and humans are interrelated, she did what came naturally and made it joyful. Set against a hand-drawn backdrop representing 300 million years of earth’s geologic history, youngsters dressed in colorful costumes symbolizing...

This event was to celebrate student scholarships and to recognized our College's generous scholarship donors. Both student speakers for this 400-person event were THDN family, Peter Rock (Theatre minor, Dance minor) and Mattie McGarey (BFA in Dance). Friend of Dance, Noel Hefty, was in attendance with her scholarship student, Hannah...