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A noteworthy trip: grad students shadow the creation of a new musical

It’s not every day first-year MFA students get to shadow a renowned lighting designer while he’s working on a Broadway-bound show — but that’s exactly what Hyejung Kang and Drishti Chauhan did on a whirlwind trip to Chicago this summer, thanks to Tony-nominated lighting designer Ben Stanton ’99, ‘22G. 

October 22, 2022
Chloe Soto '20 applies her theater education to community programming

A story slam, a summer cultural festival, an ambitious mural project: These Holyoke-based projects share a common organizer in University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Theater alum Chloe Soto ’20. 

April 8, 2022
Midori (Harris) MacLean '05 Remembers the Renaissance Center's Arthur Kinney

We were very saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Arthur Kinney, a good friend of the Theater department and one of the more delightful, brilliant, and indefatigably productive professors who ever set foot on this campus. 

February 24, 2022
Lights up: on tour with alum Jordan Mitchell '20

Has Cats come through your town recently? If it did, you should know that a recent alum, Jordan Mitchell '20, was the one responsible for making sure the lights did what they were supposed to.

February 11, 2022
Lily Kaufman '12 brings a new Robin Hood to the stage

For the Arts Administration graduate program she’s enrolled in at Boston University, Lily Kaufman ‘12 had to assemble an imaginary Broadway musical production. 

January 11, 2022
WAM Theatre brings UMass alums and students into its activism

Where Arts and Activism Meet: This is the abbreviation and mission of WAM Theatre in Lenox, MA.

January 3, 2022
UMass alum Kathleen Doyle '92 uses her theater-making skills to raise awareness of climate change

This is Qanuk Nanuk — which translates to Snowflake the Polar Bear — and she was created by theater-maker Kathleen Doyle who graduated from UMass in 1992 with a BDIC in Costume Design, Fashion History, and Textile Printing. Originally created two years ago as a collaboration with the Museum of Natural History to educate children about the effects of climate change, Qanuk Nanuk has since traveled throughout New York City and beyond to delight and warn viewers of all ages in equal measure.

November 19, 2021

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