By Todd London When we read or see plays, we look more intensely at the world beyond those plays.  Works of theatre raise questions about that world, shed light into dark spaces, or, to use the painter Francis Bacon’s phrase, “deepen the mystery.” Similarly, when we think about training theatre artists and scholars, we look beyond the classroom to the theatre as a whole.  How does the theatre sit in our lives and culture, and what are… Read more

The title – Never Finished – may be in part an exasperated sigh to the feeling of the work for the piece never ending, but LILIENTHAL|ZAMORA’s new installation at Suyama Space also takes its name from its composition. “I think we’re looking at one slice of something that goes on and on and on,” says Ben Zamora, who earned his MFA in Lighting Design from the University of Washington School of Drama in 2005 and is… Read more

Scott Hafso is more than the double-threat certified by his two Masters Degrees, a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from the UW School of Drama and a Master of Music from the UW School of Music. He is a playwright, a composer, a director, a performer, a voice coach, a conductor, and always a teacher. In addition to being a Senior Lecturer at the School of Drama, where his responsibilities include singing and speech training for the Professional… Read more

“A playwright picks out images. A playwright can talk to someone for ten hours and get a really good story out of them. There are probably a lot of people who can do that – a therapist, a sociologist, a journalist,” muses playwright Karen Hartman, new Senior Artist in Residence at the University of Washington School of Drama. She continues, “A playwright is then going to pull out the images and string together a distilled narrative. It won’t… Read more

Tlaloc Rivas (MFA 1999) received the 2014-2015 Gielgud Fellowship from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation. His award will send him to Chicago to work with Charles Newell on Iphigenia in Aulis at the Court Theatre. Michelle Granshaw (PhD 2012) was awarded the American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS) Vera Mowry Roberts Research and Publication Award for her Theatre Survey article, “The Mysterious Victory of the Newsboys: The Grand Duke Theatre’s 1874… Read more

Cold Empty Terrible - World Premiere devised by Whit MacLaughlin & the ensemble Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Oct 15-26 More info Performing Arts Lecture Series: Ruby Blondell "Helen of Troy on the Silver Screen" Glenn Hughes Penthouse Tuesday, October 21, 7:30pm More info Performing Arts Lecture Series: Cathy Madden "… Read more