Academics
The Department of Theater offers a major, a minor, a Multicultural Theater Certificate, and a graduate program that allows for specialization in one of five areas. Our productions are a laboratory for our students, and we welcome campus community members to be artists and audiences with us.
Our training has led alums into careers in theater, both onstage and behind the scenes; in television and film; and in a whole host of fields where collaboration, creative problem solving, and thoughtful research are valued.
Our 2024-2025 Season
We're thrilled to announce our 2024-2025 season. We celebrate the wonder of being alive and living in the moment, of finding your rage and your voice — and the joy of art and the roller disco. On sale soon!
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Jane Cox wins a Tony!
The Tony Awards were extra-celebratory for us when another member of the UMass Theater family took home an award.
Lighting Designer Jane Cox won for Best Lighting Design of a play for her work on playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate. It was her fourth nomination and first win. Her other nominations were for MacBeth, Jitney, and Machinal.
Rising Researcher Claudia Maurino ’24 brings dreams to life on stage
Claudia Maurino ’24 has produced and directed two plays at the UMass Fringe Fest, including one she wrote herself.
Her work participating in and advocating for student work and Fringe Fest has made her a Rising Researcher.
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Monumental Creativity
In 2021, when our ability to produce in-person theater was severely curtailed due to the pandemic, we presented Monuments of the Future, "a series of installations that Seven beings rise up from the earth, Seven symbols move across a campus. Seven spokes on a wheel take us through the never-ending cycle of change."
Conceived by Professor Anya Klepikov, the series drew in faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate student collaborators both on the design team and as performers. While the presentation itself was unusual, the piece serves as an excellent example of the way students at all levels have the chance to leave their creative fingerprints on events we offer to the public.