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Reza Mirsajadi, PhD candidate at Tufts University, was a distinguished guest lecturer for our graduate Global Ancient and Classical Theatre course this fall. He presented his research on contemporary Iranian theatre and its use of the Western canon as well as a presentation on the history and contemporary status of...

[Beth's] working with JeffCo school district now to have them adopt this show as a 12-session curriculum for 4 th grade (with the understanding that it could be adjusted for other grades too), standards-based. It is being piloted at Stober Grade School this spring and will be performed for their...

Exerpts from Kenna Bruner 's article from Dec. 3, 2018 When Emmy-nominated screenwriter Leigh Fondakowski asked why there wasn’t an online database of audition materials for transgender performers, K. Woodzick jumped at the opportunity to create such a resource for people who do not identify as male or female. Woodzick,...

Fahmy (back row, far right) joins young the women’s vocal empowerment group in Boulder in 2017. Photo courtesy of Beth Osnes. By Jeff Thomas • Published: Dec. 3, 2018 When Sarah Fahmy, a master’s candidate in theatre and performance studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, returned to her native...

CU Theatre professors Beth Osnes and Marcos Steuernagel recently attended the Consortium for Doctoral Programs in Theatre and Performance Studies at Tufts University in Boston from Oct. 5-6, 2018. In attendance were 30 Directors of PhD programs from the US, Canada and the UK. We came together to engage in...

On Saturday, October 13, CU Boulder Department of Theatre and Dance hosted the one-year anniversary performance of The Non-Binary Monologues Project in the Loft Theatre. Woodzick acted as host and performed two monologues, and the rest of the non-binary and gender non-conforming cast of six was made up of CU...

Amanda Rose Villarreal was awarded the First Place Prize in the annual Scholarly Debut Paper competition hosted by TETA's Higher Education Academic Symposium. Her paper, which detailed the planning, process, and results of a performance activism piece which occurred across three collegiate campuses over several months, will be published in...

Set against a backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, Inside the Greenhouse premiered its latest performance-based project that features Grandmother Refrigerator, singing wind turbines, and a very hungry caterpillar. Drawdown Act Up leads participants in embodied youth engagement in climate solutions. Participatory activities and games physicalize the science behind a Drawdown...

Beth Osnes likes to have fun. When she created Shine , a musical performance about how energy, climate and humans are interrelated, she did what came naturally and made it joyful. Set against a hand-drawn backdrop representing 300 million years of earth’s geologic history, youngsters dressed in colorful costumes symbolizing...