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Faculty Accomplishments

This past summer, professors from the Department of Performing Arts shared their expertise worldwide.  Professor Anthony R. DelDonna delivered a keynote at the Università della Basilicata,…

September 25, 2025

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Dancing with Purpose

When Darlene Leysath Robinson (SFS’87) and Valerie Settles McDowell (B’87) were students, they noticed a void in Black representation and activities engaging Black students at Georgetown…

November 14, 2024

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New Theater Professor Van Tran Nguyen’s The Motherload to premiere at Hawai’i Film Festival

Newly appointed Assistant Professor for the Theater and Performance Studies Program, Van Tran Nguyen is a Vietnamese American artist-scholar, filmmaker, curator, and multimedia artist. Her research…

September 9, 2024

‘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.