In just a couple of days, undergraduate Elizabeth Wu's directorial debut with the Undergraduate Theater Society opens at Hutchinson Hall. Elizabeth is a senior majoring in Drama and English. In addition to her coursework and directorial duties, Elizabeth serves on the Drama BA Council and as the student representative to the School of Drama Advisory Board. This is her second blog post reflecting on her work on David Henry Hwang's 'Yellow Face.'

January 19^th, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, came at an important time for our country. It gave us a period to reflect on our nation’s current events; to think about the dream set out by Dr. King to end racial profiling and violence against people of minority and color. More than ever it gave us pause to think about our own first amendment rights—what we can do (in our own power) to end racial discrimination. It’s in this period of reflection that Yellow Face celebrates its opening in Hutchinson...

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My name is Colton Sullivan. I am a drama major and I recently acted in Sweet Charity – the inaugural production of the UW Musical Theater Program. I played the roles of Monte the Cop, Marvin, Pompeii customer #9, and Daddy. I will be telling you about my experience as a drama major in this flagship production.

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I must tell you when I was asked to write this, the thought was to reflect on my experience – as a drama major – acting in Sweet Charity, a play with an ensemble of dance students, vocal students, and the new musical theater students. The problem with this frame of writing, though, is that in this ensemble of 22 actors and a massive team of designers and crew members, there were a lot more than just those four majors represented. There were biology, scenic design, environmental...

Judith Shahn, Senior Lecturer in Voice and Dialects at the UW School of Drama, has been a leading voice specialist in the Northwest for the last twenty five years. Her innovative approach to dialect training has been documented in the Voice and Speech Trainers Association's publication "Essays in Voice and Speech." An actress and director as well, Judith has coached dozens of productions at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Intiman, ACT, as well as the Oregon and Utah Shakespeare Festivals. Most recently she coached Intiman's 20th anniversary staging of "Angels in America." She coached Intiman's original production 20 years ago. In this blog post, Judith reflects on the annual VASTA conference.

This past August, I attended the 2014 Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) Conference in London. As a VASTA board member, I am required to go, but this was a conference not to be missed! I have...

Anna Lamadrid is a third-year MFA candidate in the Professional Actor Training Program. At UW, she originated the role of Rachel in Reading to Vegetables and got to sass it up as Aunt Sally in 5th of July. She'll next be seen in the world premiere of Cold Empty Terrible, a devised piece directed by guest artist Whit MacLaughlin and created in collaboration with UW School of Drama MFA students. In this blog post, Anna reflects on the process of creating Cold Empty Terrible and what that experience has brought to the surface for her as an artist. 

As I begin my final year at the University of Washington, and the more we dive into Cold Empty Terrible rehearsals, I can’t help but reflect on my experiences in the School of Drama and what those experiences have taught me.

I...