Welcome to the summer issue of our academic e-newsletter, The Through-Line. On a quarterly basis, The Through-Line keeps you informed of the work being done by our students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
You'll notice that The Through-Line looks a bit different than our monthly e-newsletter. Whereas each month we give you previews of our productions and snapshots of the work being done by our alums, here you'll find us diving deeper into the people and programs that make up the character and community of the University of Washington School of Drama.
We hope you'll enjoy reading The Through-Line, and we welcome your thoughts, questions, and suggestions. Please get in touch with us at: katrinae@uw.edu.
Letter from the Executive Director
Dear Friends,
In this edition of the School of Drama Academic e-Newsletter you will meet my successor as Executive Director, Dr. Todd London. After twenty years at the helm, I am retiring and do so with pleasure knowing the School will be in Todd’s exceptionally capable hands. It has been an honor and a rewarding enterprise to work with our multitudes of courageous students, and to lead an extraordinary group of faculty and staff as we have striven to maintain the traditions of excellence… Read more
Introducing our new Executive Director: Dr. Todd London
In May, we announced the appointment of Dr. Todd London as the new Executive Director of the UW School of Drama, and we are thrilled to share the news with you here as well. Dr. London comes to us from New York, where he was the Artistic Director of New Dramatists. He will officially assume his new role on August 1.
“I’ve followed the vibrant work of the UW School of Drama for thirty years, both through friends and colleagues who have graduated its programs and through its enormous impact on… Read more
UW Students at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
From July 29 to August 30, fourteen University of Washington undergraduate students will travel to the renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival with School of Drama professors Andrew Tsao and L. Zane Jones. The course is sponsored by UW Study Abroad, and will focus on the study and experience of current global trends in theatrical practice, with an… Read more
Artist in Residence: Whit MacLaughlin
For the first three weeks of spring quarter, our Professional Actor Training Program students worked alongside company members of New Paradise Laboratories (NPL) and under the direction of visiting artist, and director of the first show of our 2014-2015 season, Obie award-winning NPL Artistic Director Whit MacLaughlin. Whit recently answered some questions via email, reflecting on the three-week residency and the pieces born out of the experience.
What influenced you to take on… Read more
Alumni Spotlight: Lydia Fort, MFA '06
Lydia Fort (MFA Directing ’06) has made a few cross-country moves: First, graduating from New York University with a B.A. in Media Studies and Theater. Then earning her MFA in Directing from the University of Washington, only to move back to New York, where she became a Time Warner Foundation Fellow of the 2012-2014 Lab at Women’s Project Theater, an Affiliated Artist with New Georges, a TCG New Generations Future Leaders Grantee, New York Theatre Workshop Directing Fellow, and Drama League… Read more
2014-2015 Main Stage Season
It's official. Our 2014-2015 season will have laughs, singing and dancing (and not just in the musical!), cross-dressing, and who knows what else! No really, who knows!? We're excited to kick-off our season with a new devised work created by our students and New Paradise Laboratories and directed by NPL Artistic Director Whit MacLaughlin.
We're also looking forward to the thesis shows of two MFA directors… Read more