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UCSB New Plays Festival
01/11/2008
Call for Submissions. Due February 1st, 2008 by 5pm.

San Francisco Mime Troup
01/22/2008
Ed Holmes and Will McCandless of the SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE, will be on campus offering a presentation/workshop on the history and methods of their (in)famous guerilla theatre group.

Santa Barbara Dance Theatre presents Motional Stories
01/3/2007
The company returns to the UCSB Hatlen stage for performances in January 2007.

Graduate Directed One Acts
01/31/2008
Please join us for the upcoming Graduate-Directed One Act Play Marathon! The marathon begins this Sunday, February 3 and runs through Wednesday, February 6 in the Studio Theatre at 7pm each night.

Hot New Course!
01/9/2008
Theater 3, The Life of the Theater, An introduction and exploration of live theater and all its components. Fulfills GE requirement in Area F as well as UCSB writing requirement.

Call for Directors
02/11/2008
Call for applications to direct in this year's New Play Festival. The plays will rehearse and be performed during the Spring Quarter 2008.

Bill Irwin as Michael Douglas Visiting Artist for 2009
02/12/2009
The department is honored to present BILL IRWIN to the UCSB campus as this year's Michael Douglas Visiting Artist. Please join us for this special lecturer and demonstration in the Hatlen Theatre on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 4:30 pm.

Idiot's Delight
02/13/2008
Opening February 29, 2008 Idiot's Delight, by Robert Sherwood, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1936.

Mnemosyne
02/17/2009
One night only! Mnemosyne - written and performed by two students in the Theater Graduate Program.

SEAGULL
02/18/2009
A hallmark of modern theatre, "Seagull" is directed by Irwin Appel using a new adaptation of the Anton Chekhov classic by Libby Appel.

UCSB Department of Theater and Dance opens its ticket office!
02/20/2009
Patrons can go to on-line, follow the prompts, and purchase tickets for upcoming shows with a credit card with our online partner, Ticket Turtle.

Department of Theater and Dance moves to new building.
02/22/2007
The department faculty and staff have moved into their new offices on February 15-16, 2007. Studio and classroom space in the new building is available spring 2007. Be sure to visit our exciting new and expanded facilities.

Freshman Dance Company
02/24/2009
Two nights only - Come see our talented freshman students perform - February 27 and 28th, 2009.

Plays selected for festival...
02/26/2008
Jessica Fleitman, The Average-Sized Mermaid, Stacy Johnstone, The Blue Elephant, Nathan Kuljian, Bellows, Allison Menzimer, Winter Fruit, Shannon Sullivan, Antibiosis.

Auditions
02/26/2008
Auditions for Plumfield, Iraq scheduled on Sunday, March 9th 10am-6pm.

Graduate Directed One Acts
02/4/2007
Starting February 4th and continuing through February 7th are the one act plays directed by students in our graduate program.

All Undergraduate Department Majors Meeting
02/8/2007
An all majors meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 21st at 5pm in the Hatlen Theater. Faculty and staff will outline the new undergraduate department emphases and new BA degrees which will take effective during 2007-08.

Audition for the Dance Major!
02/9/2009
Students interested in exploring this exciting and artistically rewarding career path are invited to audition for the dance major on February 14th.

One Person Shows
03/11/2009

Dynamic work by senior BFA acting students with performances March 12-14th.

Dance Honor Projects
03/11/2009

Exciting performances by two talented dance students on March 12 and 13.

Senior One-Person Shows
03/13/2008
Senior One-Person Shows take place March 13-14th in the Studio Theater.

Audition for Dance
03/16/2009
Students desiring to attend UCSB as dance majors must audition for acceptance into the major and to determine placement in the modern dance and ballet technique series.

BREAKTHROUGH
03/19/2008
The Theater UCSB season continues with Breakthrough, the Department of Theater and Dance's annual spring program of original choreography.

UCSB Dance Company in Performance
03/3/2009
This week, the UCSB Dance Company performs the repertory they have been building since September and will tour to northern California and China in the spring.

RUN CREW NEEDED
04/23/2008
The costume shop is still in need of crew members for both New Plays Festival and Plumfield, Iraq. Run crew is part of the Theater 29d, 49 and 149 sequence of the theater department requirements. Other students can also take it as an elective. Both of these crews are worth 2 units and are completed in two weeks.

Michael Douglas Distinguished Visting Artist 2007-08
04/28/2008
Playwright Barbara Lebow is named as the department's "Douglas" lecturer for 2007-08. The department is presenting Ms. Lebow's Plumfield, Iraq, this spring directed by Risa Brainin.

Graduate Student Directed One Acts
04/29/2009
Upcoming public performances of plays by Tony Kushner, Craig Pospisil, Stephen Gregg, and Daniel MacIvor directed by our graduate students.

Pouring Tea
04/30/2009
E. Patrick Johnson presents Sweet Tea: A Performance in the Words of Black, Gay Men of the South at the Multicultural Center on May 5th.

Department Name Change
05/1/2007
The department has changed its name to the Department of Theater and Dance. New emphases in design, directing, playwriting and theater studies will be instituted beginning with the 2007-08 catalog year. More information will be forthcoming at our website.

2009 New Plays Festival
05/20/2009
Exciting new work by our talented students.

 

 

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