The Real Inspector HoundBy Tom StoppardDirected by Desdemona Chiang, MFA '09 October 16-27Jones Playhouse We are thrilled to welcome back UW alumna director Desdemona Chiang as she takes on Tom Stoppard's hilarious1968 play-within-a-play. Since graduating in 2009, Desdemona founded the critically acclaimed Azeotrope theatre in Seattle and is currently the Associate Artistic Director of Impact Theatre in Berkeley. The Real Inspector Hound is an Agatha Christie-style murder-mystery… Read more

For the second season of our Performing Arts Lecture Series, professors from the School of Drama and Ethnomusicology consider the weaponization of performance across genre and media. There are two lectures remaining in the series. Join us on Tuesday, October 15 as School of Drama's new Associate Professor Scott Magelssen explores protest theatre and environmental activism. More info

Scott Magelssen holds a PhD in Theatre History, Theory, and Dramatic Literature from the University of Minnesota, and teaches Theatre History and Performance Studies. His work treats the ways tourism, businesses, and the military use live simulation and performance to create and reinforce meaning for participants. His book Simming: Participatory Performance and the Making of Meaning, will be published this year by University of Michigan Press. He is the author of Living History… Read more

Love SongBy John KolvenbachDirected by Rosalind PhelpsOctober 24 - November 3Cabaret Theatre The Undergraduate Theater Society kicks-off their 2013-2014 season with John Kolvenback's off-beat comedy, which walks the line between imagination and reality and explores the power of love in all its forms. Beane is an exile from life—an oddball. His well-meaning sister, Joan, and brother-in-law, Harry, try to connect with him and alter his outlook, but find their own busy lives too absorbing.… Read more

Summer might be the time of easy living, but UW School of Drama faculty, students and alums were busy acting, directing and creating plays across the country. If you haven’t been following us on Facebook and Twitter you may have missed our bragging about the following accomplishments of our students and alums: Ron Simons, MFA '01, premiered two films - … Read more

Seattle Repertory Theatre’s The Hound of the BaskervillesNovember 15 – December 15, 2013 Expect suspense and laughs alike in Seattle Repertory Theatre’s world premiere of this popular Sherlock Holmes tale adapted by veteran Seattle theatre artists David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright. Witty sensibility is brought to this classic Victorian whodunit about an attempted murder tied to the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound. Tickets at seattlerep.org Huskies receive 10% off tickets… Read more