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DoT faculty rep at ATHE’s Summer Conference
July 30, 2025This year’s Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) 2025 Summer Virtual Conference (July 28 – Aug 1) is chock full of the inspiration and expertise of five of our very own Department of...
Alumna Hannah Salas receives Fulbright Award
July 15, 2025Call for Proposals: Amplify & Ignite -Artists Off Stage
June 28, 2025Amplify & Ignite -Artists Off Stage: Creative Work for a Changing World November 7-9, 2025 at the University of Utah In a time of mounting precarity, political repression, and cultural...
Calling Theatre Teachers!
April 29, 2025We are excited to offer our 2nd Annual Professional Development Theatre Teaching Workshop on June 14 from 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM. This is our one-day intensive in which participants...
New Plays Workshop 2025 presents two new student works
April 11, 2025THEA 4220, otherwise known as the New Plays Workshop is the one class in the Department of Theatre when almost all the emphases come together creatively. Hitherto unproduced new plays, most of them...
Announcing U Theatre’s 2025-2026 season
March 27, 2025The Department of Theatre is thrilled to announce our 2025-2026 Season of productions. From timeless classics to contemporary offerings and a world-premiere, we look forward to sharing a season that...
Charting Neverland: Mapping Memories and Magic
March 13, 2025Guest post by Penelope Caywood Adjunct Assistant Instructor, Artistic Director Youth Theatre At the heart of Charting Neverland lies a simple truth: the stories we tell are the maps...
Pure joy (on skates)
February 04, 2025By Emeri Fetzer The musical comedy Xanadu first debuted on Broadway in 2007. Based on the 1980 cult film of the same name starring Olivia Newton John, the production was no-holds-barred camp –– a...
People who love and care
November 07, 2024Spring Awakening, presented by the University of Utah Department of Theatre November 8–17 in the Babcock Theatre, “is about love, rage, grief, and trust,” said Kaitlyn Losada, assistant...