September 12, 2023
Recently the School of Education's communication team spoke with Nora Wondra, a UW–Madison junior who is pursuing a double major in theatre and drama and textiles and fashion design, about her experiences.
Department of Theatre and Drama
School of Education welcomes nine new faculty members to campus
August 29, 2023
The UW–Madison School of Education is bringing another talented and diverse cohort of new faculty members to campus for the start of the upcoming fall semester.
‘Sherlock flipped’: Introducing UW–Madison’s summer production, ‘Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson — Apt 2B’
July 18, 2023
The Department of Theatre and Drama, housed in the School of Education, is doing a season of female-identified playwrights. The summer selection is a queer, feminist adaption of the classic Sherlock Holmes.
UW–Madison’s Amidei wins costume design award
June 8, 2023
UW–Madison’s Aly Amidei, an assistant professor of design in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, was recently honored with an award from the Costume Society of America.
New book co-edited by UW–Madison’s Kelly helps actors forge deeper connection with poetic text
May 12, 2023
UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly is the co-editor of a new book, titled “Building Embodiment: Integrating Acting, Voice, and Movement to Illuminate Poetic Text,” that was recently published by Routledge.
Meet some of the School of Education’s amazing spring 2023 graduates
May 10, 2023
On Saturday, May 13, UW–Madison will celebrate its Spring 2023 Commencement. We reached out to a few of our graduating students from bachelor’s to PhDs to learn more about their favorite memories, advice for incoming students, and future plans.
University Theatre gets set to stage ‘The Scottish Play’ April 20-30
April 18, 2023
University Theatre is gearing up for its upcoming production of “Macbeth,” Shakespeare’s haunting tale of ambition and madness, opening April 20 in the Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre.
UW–Madison’s 2023-24 University Theatre schedule announced
April 15, 2023
The School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama has announced its 2023-24 schedule. Below are the performances and their details.
UW–Madison researchers write chapter on augmented reality in live theatrical performance
April 5, 2023
A team of UW–Madison researchers, including the School of Education's Daniel Lisowski and Caleb Probst, are co-authors of a chapter in the "Springer Handbook of Augmented Reality" that is titled, “Augmented Reality (AR) into Live Theatrical Performance.”
Mark H. is new faculty artistic director of Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives
March 30, 2023
Mark Hairston, an assistant professor in the School of Education's Department of Theatre and Drama, is the newly appointed faculty artistic director of UW–Madison’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI).