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. Scroll down to learn more about these graduates — who are just a handful of the …
By Kari Dickinson 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. This vigorous new production, directed by guest artist C. Julian White and featuring a talented cast of UW–Madison students, aims to lay bare the dark …
The School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama has announced its 2023-24 schedule. Below are the performances and details. “Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson — Apt 2B” By Kate Hamill July 27 to Aug. 6, 2023 and Sept. 14 to 24, 2023 An irreverent, darkly comic, modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous …
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.” Lisowski is an associate professor with the School’s Department of Theatre and Drama, while Probst is a PhD …
Mark Hairston is the newly appointed faculty artistic director of UW–Madison’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), home of the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Scholarship Program. OMAI is housed in the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement (DDEEA). The Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives provides culturally relevant and transformative arts programming to promote …
UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly is a recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Excellence in Theatre Education. Kelly is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the Department of Theatre and Drama who also holds a concurrent appointment with the Odyssey Project in the Department of Continuing Studies. The Kennedy Center Gold Medallion honors individuals or organizations that …
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts has announced the recipients of the 2023 Creative Arts Awards, who will be recognized at an award ceremony on Tuesday, May 9. Among the award winners are 12 faculty and students from the School of Education. These awards celebrate artistic achievement, recognize service to the arts, and support arts …
By Kari Dickinson “Fences,” August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play about the African American experience, is University Theatre’s newest production, opening March 1. The play, directed by UW–Madison Professor Baron Kelly, tells the story of Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro Baseball League who toils as a garbage man in …
Professor Chris Walker and alumna Shasparay Irvin of the UW–Madison School of Education will be spotlighted in three Badger Talks LIVE Quick Picks throughout the month of February. Quick Picks are a new, short-form version of Badger Talk LIVE, featuring brief talks ranging from 10 to 15 minutes. On Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 12 p.m., …
By Kari Dickinson First they run the stairs and work their quads and core. Then they move on to a ball passing drill called the “spiderweb.” You might think this is an athletic team warming up for practice. But these are not athletes, they are actors — and these kinds of drills have become routine …