April 30, 2024
Aly Amidei, an award-winning costume designer and new faculty member in the School of Education, was spotlighted in a Q&A in the Spring 2024 issue of On Wisconsin magazine.
Department of Theatre and Drama
Embark on a time-traveling journey across centuries in University Theatre’s ‘Orlando’
April 17, 2024
Based on Virginia Woolf’s feminist classic, University Theatre’s newest production, “Orlando,” runs April 18-28 in the Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre in Vilas Hall.
Theatre alumna is honored for costume design work
March 27, 2024
UW–Madison alumna Brittany Graham, who earned her MFA from the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama in 2018, was recently recognized for Best Costume Designing at the Swedish International Film Festival.
Shining a light on neurodiversity in higher ed
March 15, 2024
Department of Theatre and Drama faculty member Megan Reilly, who was diagnosed with autism at age 41, says social awareness, campus resources, and acts of kindness can help neurodivergent students succeed in college.
University Theatre presents ‘Wine in the Wilderness’ March 7-17
March 6, 2024
University Theatre's newest production, "Wine in the Wilderness," by celebrated writer Alice Childress and directed by Mark H., will run March 7-17 in the Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre in Vilas Hall.
Q&A with Ann M. Shanahan, artistic director of University Theatre
March 4, 2024
Ann M. Shanahan, who started this fall as a professor in the Department of Theatre and Drama and as the artistic director of University Theatre, embraces the power of theatre for making change in the world.
The School of Education’s 2023 year in review
December 21, 2023
As we approach the end of another year, we wanted to look back and reflect on all of the great work that has happened across the School of Education in 2023.
UW–Madison faculty member designs costumes for Jane Austen-inspired holiday play
December 1, 2023
Costumes designed by UW–Madison faculty member Aly Amidei are featured in Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s current production, “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley,” which opened Nov. 16 and continues through Sunday, Dec. 17, at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
UW–Madison’s Kelly spotlighted in Black Masks magazine
November 7, 2023
UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly is spotlighted in an article, titled “Baron Kelly: From the Streets of New York to the World’s Stages," in the fall 2023 issue of Black Masks magazine.
‘If music be the food of love, play on’: University Theatre presents musical inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ Nov. 9-19
October 31, 2023
Conceived by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub, and featuring an original jazz-funk score, University Theatre will present this fresh take on Shakespeare’s classic Nov. 9-19 in the Department of Theatre and Drama’s Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre.