Archive: Theater News

• Georgetown Voice: A spotlight at the end of the tunnel? Theater reopenings prompt questions of accessibility

  A new article from The Georgetown Voice explores the future of theater, including an interview with Lab Co-Director and Dept. of Performing Arts Chair Prof. Derek Goldman.

  Categories: Announcements, In the News, Theater News Tags: Faculty, Theater

• Georgetown College’s Tropaia 2021 Student Award Winners

  Every year, Georgetown College honors its top academic achievers in the annual Tropaia ceremony. Congratulations to our two Department of Performing Arts seniors who received 2020-21 awards in recogn

  Categories: Announcements, Music News, Theater News Tags: Music, students, Theater

• Prof. Soyica Diggs Colbert’s biography of Lorraine Hansberry Reviewed in New York Times

  Congratulations to Prof. Soyica Diggs Colbert, whose "loving, lavishly detailed" new book on Lorraine Hansberry, "Radical Vision," was featured on the New York Times front page on April 14, 2021! "S

  Categories: Announcements, In the News, Theater News Tags: Faculty, publications, research

• Sunbath, Created by Fatima Dyfan (C’21)

  SNAPSHOTS from SUNBATH, a work-in-development by FATIMA DYFAN (C'21) in her first stumble-through of the whole piece! Created from memories, imagination, research and creative collaboration over the

  Categories: Announcements, Theater News

• The Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics Presents World Premiere Original Virtual Production “Here I Am,” in Conjunction with Emancipation Day the Week of April 16 (Opening Night April 15th at 5:30 p.m.)

  An Original Performance by Mélisande Short-Colomb, Descendant of the GU272, Bringing Her Family's History of Slavery to the Table of Acknowledgement Washington, DC - The Laboratory for Global

  Categories: Announcements, Press Releases, Theater News Tags: Faculty, students, Theater

• Acclaimed Playwright/Director Prof. Natsu Onoda Power’s Interactive “Okinawa Field Trip” Invites Virtual Audiences to Join a Bus Exploration of Islands and Military Presence April 19-29, 2021

  Part of Georgetown University Theater & Performance Studies Program season, creative participatory project combines protests, Pacific beaches, and puppets  Washington, DC -- Singular playwright-di

  Categories: Announcements, Press Releases, Theater News Tags: Faculty, Theater

• Looking back at Fall Semester 2020: A Virtual Semester with Real Impact

  https://performingarts.georgetown.edu/fall-2020-a-virtual-semester-with-real-impact/

  Categories: Announcements, Dance News, Music News, Theater News Tags: COVID-19, Dance, Music, pandemic, Theater, virtual

• Letters and Poems

  Hybrid in form, the Letters and Poems project is a moving way to encounter the archives & diversify memory and performance. Consisting of read-alouds and performances of great letters and poems by th

  Categories: Announcements, Theater News

• Take the Guerrilla Costuming At Home Challenge Dec. 4-7, 2020

  Join the GU Theater & Performance Studies Program’s Guerrilla Costuming At Home Challenge and compete for amazing prizes!  Below are the links to the short video and all three of the design rendering

  Categories: Announcements, Theater News

• Georgetown Voice: Arena Stage welcomes Georgetown, Howard students in exploration of playwriting

  Students Rose Dallimore (SFS '22), Fatima Dyfan (COL '21), and Timmy Sutton (COL '20) had the opportunity to participate in a prestigious playwriting program through a partnership between Georgetown,

  Categories: In the News, Theater News Tags: Arena Stage Partnership, Playwriting, Theater