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Professor Michael Bracy Hosts the Music Policy Forum Intensive at Georgetown University

Professor Michael Bracy is the founder of the Music Policy Forum, an organization that seeks to highlight the value of music and music education through strategic partnerships with businesses,…

February 12, 2026

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April Brassard Directs Orlando by Sarah Ruhl 

This past November, Professor April Brassard mounted her production of Orlando by Sarah Ruhl in the Department of Performing Arts’ Gonda Theatre. A stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s…

February 12, 2026

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Prof. Van Tran Nguyen Delivers Keynote at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conference

Screenshot This past fall, the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) sought to deconstruct the binary between real and virtual. Professor Van Tran Nguyen was featured in a keynote…

February 12, 2026

‘Remember This’ Review: A Stark Portrait of Resilience

Derek Goldman returns as director alongside Jeff Hutchens, and Strathairn is once again a one-man tour de force.