September 4, 2024
To celebrate our alumni excellence across the arts, health, and education, the School of Education has selected four notable UW–Madison alumni to receive a Distinguished Alumni Award. This year's award winners are: Julie Causton (BSE ‘95, MS, ‘99, PhD, ‘03); Adrienne Dixson (PhD ’02); Deborah Dryden (BA ‘68, MFA ’72); and Deborah Harris (PhD ’83).
July 9, 2024
This summer and fall, University Theatre will launch its 2024-25 season with the staging of Tony Kushner’s acclaimed two-part play, “Angels in America.” Widely regarded as one of the most important American plays of the last century, the two-part epic delves into the lives of a diverse group of Americans during the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.