The Summer 2022 edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. This latest issue centers on “Rising to the Challenge.” The nation is divided on a range of topics and ongoing divisions are making it difficult to solve problems. In this environment, School of …
When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner. As the date unfolds, Casey and Aaron’s inner critics take on a life of their own as supportive best friends, manipulative exes, and protective parents sing and dance them …
An interview with acclaimed actor Randall Duk Kim by UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly was published in the Journal of American Drama and Theatre. Kelly is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama. He holds a concurrent appointment with the Odyssey Project in the Division of Continuing Studies. Kelly spoke with Kim …
Four faculty from the School of Education are among the 32 extraordinary members of the UW–Madison faculty who have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. senator, and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908). Three School of Education faculty were named to Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships, an …
The UW–Madison Department of Theatre and Drama’s newest production, “Heathers the Musical,” will be a hilarious, heartfelt, and homicidal show based on the 1980s cult classic film. Directed by Jake Penner, an artistic associate for American Players Theatre, performances will take place April 14-24 in the department’s Robert E. Mitchell Theatre in Vilas Hall. The show tells the darkly …
The inaugural Arts Crawl will take place on the UW–Madison campus from Thursday, March 31 – Saturday, April 2. Arts Crawl highlights a collection of arts events held over several days in the arts departments and co-curricular arts units at UW–Madison, including the School of Education’s departments of Art, Dance, and Theatre and Drama. It is an opportunity to have creative …
UW–Madison’s Colleen Conroy is a co-author of a new article published in Voice and Speech Review that is titled, “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Gender Affirming Voice Training.” Conroy is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama. She and her co-authors on the article — Owen Karcher, an art therapist, and …
Focusing on a tumultuous era in our history, the UW–Madison Department of Theatre and Drama’s upcoming production of “A Piece of My Heart” presents a potent message on the human cost of war and the scars that still remain. Written by UW–Madison alumna Shirley Lauro and directed by Professor Baron Kelly, the play shares the true stories of …
Latimer is a successful heart surgeon. When his much younger girlfriend, Nina, unexpectedly gets pregnant, Latimer must break the news to his grown daughter, who is struggling to start a family of her own. Forward Theater Company’s upcoming world premiere of “The Mytilenean Debate,” by Quan Barry, is directed by UW–Madison’s Mark H., an assistant professor …
An inspiring story about UW–Madison alumnus Edward Wortis appears in the Winter 2021 issue of On Wisconsin magazine. Wortis, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Department of Theatre and Drama, has struggled through his lifetime with dysgraphia, a neurological disorder that impairs the ability to write. Despite this, he yearned to be an author. Under the …