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“Penny-Approved”: Two alumni, two decades apart, share a mentor
Matthew Richards graduated in 1995 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Theater; Erin MacDevitt graduated last May. Both are lighting designers, both count Professor of Lighting Design Penny Remsen as their mentor, and both benefitted from Remsen’s generous policy of connecting current and past students professionally.
The Department of Theater celebrates the new Ed Golden Scholarship
Friday, October 21, 2016
It’s been years since he trod the boards at UMass Amherst, but Jeffrey Donovan, star of Burn Notice and RFK in Rob Reiner’s upcoming LBJ, still credits his UMass Department of Theater mentor,...
Updates: October 2016
Saturday, October 1, 2016
As ever, we love updates from friends and members current and past!...
UMass in South Africa — reflections on the summer past
Saturday, October 1, 2016
UMass Theater is not establishing a satellite campus in South Africa, but it would be an understandable misconception after the summer we’ve had. Dramaturgy faculty member Megan Lewis took a crew...
Sri Lanka beckons: Harley Erdman travels across the world on a Fulbright
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Spanish-language theater research, translation, and adaptation is dramaturgy professor Harley Erdman’s thing, and as he began to plan for his spring 2016 sabbatical, traveling to Latin America to...
Donor Profile: Mike '65 and Joan Haley remember adventures in film
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Mike Haley was the first person in his family to go to college. “It was my dime,” he said, and initially, his approach was “what can I major in to get a job?”...
