Cary Bland Simpson (UNC English ’14 w/ minors in Creative Writing & Dramatic Art), Development Manager for Only Make Believe in New York City, has just overseen OMB’s successful 20th Anniversary Gala at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway, Monday, November 4th, 2019. … Read more
Professor Samuel Gates, one of the Department of Dramatic Arts’ acting instructors, is performing as Dayton in Fairview at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC. The play, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, opens September 9 and will run through October 6. … Read more
Costume Production graduate students Erin Rodgers and Cami Hubert were each honored at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Southeast region master classes this past weekend. Both will receive registration to the USITT National conference in April of … Read more
This past June, Dramatic Arts senior and playwright Gage Tarlton joined the Youth Advisory Council for the new off-Broadway theatre company, The COOP. The COOP’s mission is to create a community of artists based in New York City that utilize … Read more
Professor and resident costume designer Bobbi Owen spent much of the summer identifying designs, costumes, and accessories for an exhibit about the great costume designer, Willa Kim. Bobbi is the author of The Designs of Willa Kim (2005). “The Wondrous … Read more
Third year graduate student Dani Soldat is admitted into the Young Designers and Technician’s Forum at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT.) The forum brings together talented students and allows them to present their work to established shop … Read more
Kathy A. Perkins designed the lighting for the World Premier Play “Cadillac Crew,” discussing activism and feminism the day of Rosa Parks’ speech during the Civil Rights Movement, at the Yale Repertory Theatre, opening tomorrow night. You can find more … Read more
Bobbi Owen was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre at the Kennedy Center over the Easter weekend. Congratulations Bobbi!
Assistant Professor Jacqueline Lawton is the 2019-2020 recipient of the UNC Institute of African American Research’s (IAAR) Faculty Fellowship. The fellowship supports research by UNC-CH faculty who are engaged in studies of African Americans and/or the broader African diaspora. Lawton … Read more
Mary Graves, the widow of long-time former faculty member Russell Graves, recently passed away and has left the Department of Dramatic Art a bequest of $75,000. We are immensely grateful to her for these unrestricted funds, a portion of which … Read more
