Department of theatre
This new season of plays will explore power in its many shades and manifestations, and students will learn about an array of theater genres and styles through performance, design and play research opportunities.
Kendall Wakefield of Winfield, Alabama, who is earning a degree in writing and media, will be the first woman in her family to earn a college degree when she graduates May 2.
This collaboration, now in its third year, allows theater students to work professionally while still in college and brings a bold new interpretation to this powerful Tony, Grammy and Olivier award-winning musical.
Students earning degrees in studio art, communication, writing, music, theater and more are being recognized for their outstanding creative work.
The community is invited to experience the arts being created by UAB students and faculty with this curated list of performances and happenings.
Kelley Schoger directs her first Theatre UAB production, taking audiences on a wild, wickedly funny and emotional ride with mystery writer Agatha Christie’s world-famous detective Hercule Poirot.
An intensive exploration across a range of disciplines, the BFA program of study at UAB prepares students to pursue careers as artists and designers or continue to graduate school.
The UAB Department of Theatre is committed to supporting new voices in theater and moving new works forward. The latest is “Don’t Ask” from 2018 graduate Hayley Procacci.
Up for the challenge are senior Sammy Sledd, who stars as every member of the D’Ysquith family, and costume designer Cade McCall, who is graduating in December.
A distant heir to a family fortune sets out to speed up the line of succession by using a great deal of charm, and a dash of murder, in this hilarious musical.
A dead man’s cellphone rings incessantly in a café until a troubled woman answers it in this imaginative and darkly comic exploration of love, death and technology by Sarah Ruhl.
Kelly Allison received the ACT Hall of Fame Award for Pioneers in Alabama Theatre, and Dennis McLernon was honored with the Dorothy Schwartz Outstanding Educator Award.
Set for this season are “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” “Don’t Ask,” “Murder on the Orient Express,” and “Dear Evan Hansen” with Red Mountain Theatre.
Whether lighting up a Broadway marquee or a screen, the two-time Tony Award winner delivers unforgettable performances that leave audiences inspired and uplifted.
The Emmy-nominated film won 14 Telly Awards, including Gold for General: History in the Television category and Gold for Craft: Original Score in the Film & Shorts category.
The National Association of Schools of Theatre Commission on Accreditation reviews applications and votes on accreditation and reaccreditation for colleges and universities across the United States.
The Florence native, 22, is graduating from UAB with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theater, then working professionally this summer, signing with an agency and moving to New York.
UAB Head of Musical Theatre Valerie Accetta and theater student Sammy Sledd star as an overworked mother and her teenage daughter who magically swap bodies and have just one day to put things right.
UAB has one of the most technology-fluent programs in the state, if not the region, ideal for students seeking careers as designers, stage managers, technical directors and other production-related professions.
Presented by the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, Arts Week events showcase students from the departments of Art and Art History, English, History, Music, and Theatre.