In March, UW students, faculty and staff came together for a “fitness rave” -- a participatory experimental performance and collaboration between artists and fitness influencer Hyperbody.The project is part of a UW Arts-led initiative to create unlikely collisions between disciplines, people, and forms of practice at UW.

Dear Friends of Drama,Happy Spring! It’s exciting as always around here as we head into the final stretch of the 2025-2026 academic year!This month, we close out our 85th season with our final show, Pulitzer-prize-winning Branden Jacob-Jenkins’ Everybody, based on the 15th-century morality play, Everyman. Professor Chi-wang Yang directs an all-undergrad cast in this production, in which each…

Professor Chi-wang Yang and a group of UW Drama graduate students attended the 2026 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in Vancouver, Cananda. In addition to seeing shows at PuSh, they also saw shows at the Hold On Let Go Festival. Both festivals featured works by local Canadian and international contemporary performance artists. You can find more information on the PuSh Festival…

Cathy Madden, co-chair of the Acting department, has recently published two new articles in The Congress Papers: The Embodied Mind in Action. This book is a compilation of articles published by the Alexander Technique Congress Association and offers a mix of practical and theoretical prospectives on the Technique. UW Libraries does not currently hold a copy of The Congress…

Congratulations to Drama PhD candidate Rachael Herren on receiving the 2026 Excellence in Teaching Award and the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award! The Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes two graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate outstanding skills in the classroom. Rachael also received the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award at the UW Undergraduate Research…

Physicians-in-training are learning from student actors in an innovative collaboration of the UW Medicine Department of Neurology and the University of Washington’s School of Drama. For more than three years, the partnership has paired neurology residents with drama students who portray patients and clinicians in fictional patient-care scenarios that prepare the doctors for real-life situations.…

Thanks to a School of Drama connection, an 19th-century illustrated Shakespeare edition with an interesting backstory is now part of UW Libraries Special Collections.  Continue reading on UW College of Arts & Sciences News

Come curious. Leave inspired. The UW offers an exciting lineup of in-person and online events. From thought-provoking art and music to conversations on culture, history, and science, the UW community invites you to explore, learn, and connect across disciplines throughout the University. Sign up to receive a monthly notice when the ArtSci Roundup has been published. ArtSci On Your Own Time or…

The cultural icon and former UW student will be seen by even more people on envelopes carrying their mail. Featured on University of Washington Magazine

UW Drama presents Bunny, opening March 12Seattle, WA – The University of Washington School of Drama proudly presents Bunny, written by Hannah Moscovitch. Directed by MFA student Ren Langer, the play spans 20 years of Bunny’s life and looks at the how “desire doesn’t follow rules.” The production runs March 12 – 21, 2026, with previews March 6 and March 9. …