Costume Director Triffin Morris has been awarded a course enhancement grant from the Ackland Art Museum for use in graduate costume production coursework. The program will receive $2,500 to support the use the Ackland’s collection in creative contribution to the … Read more

PlayMakers Repertory Company  A History Edited by Bobbi Owen, Adam Versényi Available now via UNC Press  

The faculty of the Department of Dramatic Art and the staff of PlayMakers Repertory Company expresses its grave concern over the decisions that led the BOT not to take action towards the granting of tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones and asks … Read more

Please see the Endeavors article on Professor Bobbi Owen  

As members of the Black Arts Theatre Company, dramatic art majors Aubree Dixon and Liz Howard are uplifting students of color both onstage and behind the scenes. Read the full article here.

Dear All, As you may know, the Dramatic Art faculty took a hard look at the requirements for the Drama Major this past Fall and decided to make several changes to the Core Curriculum for the Major.  Primarily, this affects … Read more

The Carolina Arts & Sciences magazine has recently published an article detailing the ways that our Playmaker’s Repertory Company is navigating its 45th season through a digital medium. Despite the obstacles presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Drama department has … Read more

Department Chair and PRC dramaturg Adam Versényi was recently interviewed in the Carolina Arts & Sciences magazine, in which he discusses his spring COIL course entitled “Theatre and the Pandemic, Theatre After the Pandemic.” This course connects UNC theatre students … Read more