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Lighting Designer Jane Cox joined her former professor and mentor Penny Remsen, along with current students and faculty from all areas of theater design, for a Zoom presentation on Thursday, April...

Senior theater major Kit Newell is the fourth theater major in the span of two years to receive the designation of Rising Researcher. 

As a woman studying in the humanities and fine arts at UMass Amherst, I was pleased to have had the opportunity to interview a successful woman making her mark in the entertainment industry....

As health care workers battle the COVID-19 pandemic on the front lines, they currently face a nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), including face coverings of all types. When Kristin Jensen and Felicia Malachite of the Department of Theater’s costume shop at UMass Amherst learned that masks were being shifted from facilities such as veterinary clinics to human hospitals to help address the scarcity, they decided to make cloth masks for animal doctors and other non-emergency health care workers so they can extend the life of their existing PPE supplies.

Purple-haired Librarian Annette Vadnais '99...

UMass Department of Theater Professor Anya Klepikov practices what she teaches. A seasoned scenic and costume designer with a national profile, Klepikov’s designs have graced productions such as...