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“La Esperanza (Hope)” by Javier Cruz-Ginez (BA, moving-image production ’25) has been selected in this year’s Tribeca short program.
Through candid conversations, observational…
Sixteen students in the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts attended the May 2026 "Arts Career Trek" in Atlanta, Georgia, where they met with film and media employers and Ohio State alumni…
Dead Man’s Cell Phone
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Beth Kattelman
October 28 – November 6
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MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, has awarded 134 Fellowships to visionary artists working across seven disciplines for its Spring Summer 2026 season. These distinguished…
Assistant Professor Rasel Ahmed's film, Goodbye, Snoball, is headed to the Ann Arbor Film Festival at the end of March.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington, D.C., swings…
Associate Professor Alex Oliszewski co-designed media and narrates The Survivors' Way at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. Oliszewski brings together…
The department’s newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Hao Zho, is getting recognized for his work in documentary filmmaking.
“Ru Ni Sua Yuan” (“Correct Me if I’m Wrong”) is a…
We're looking for a Film and Video Equipment Coordinator to oversee the use and maintenance of the department's film and video production equipment. For complete details, see the application.
On October 29, students from the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts participated in a Career Immersion Day at WOSU Public Media, sponsored by ASC Career Success. The in-person event…
On Friday, September 19, students in Film Studies and Moving-Image Production attended a Career Immersion Day with Spacejunk Studios, a motion graphics and live-action studio in Columbus, OH…
The National Review Panel of the 2025-26 EMOS Ecodrama Playwrights’ Festival is pleased to announce the results of the competition: Acute Exposure, by August Hakvaag (First Place) and
Eleven majors in The Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts attended the 2025 “Arts Career Trek” which took place in May in New York City. Students met with film and media employers and Ohio…
Associate Professor Maggie Flinn was nominated for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work for Drawing (in) the Feminine: Bande dessinée…
Assistant Professor Maranda DeBusk has been named to the inaugural Engaged Scholars Academy. The academy is a one-year, cohort-based leadership and professional development…
Associate Professor Maggie Flinn was shortlisted for the Comics Studies Society Edited Book Prize for Drawing (in) the Feminine: Bande dessinée and Women.
The Ohio State University Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts is pleased to announce its 2025 – 2026 theatre season. Tickets go on sale in September.
The Squirrels…
The department is hiring a Post-MFA Scholar/Artist in Playwriting and New Work Creation. This is a two-year, full-time position beginning August 2025.
Accepting applications…
After graduating from Ohio State in 2017 with a BA in Theatre, Zachry J. Bailey (center in photo) attended the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, where he earned an MFA in stage management…
The Ohio State University Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts is pleased to announce the autumn shows in its 2025 – 2026 theatre season. (Spring titles will be announced when rights are…
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures and Professor of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts (by courtesy) Yana Hashamova has been…
Dr. Beth Kattelman (Professor of University Libraries and Theatre, Film, and Media Arts (by courtesy) and Curator of the Theatre Research Institute) has been awarded a Greater Columbus Arts…
The department is hiring a narrative filmmaker at the rank of assistant professor. This faculty member will lead undergraduate narrative production classes focusing on visual storytelling…
The Ohio State University Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts is pleased to announce its 2024 – 2025 theatre season.
August Wilson's Seven GuitarsGuest Directed by Terrence…
The National Academy of Television Arts Ohio Valley Regional College Student Production Awards selected Gibson Davis (BA, moving-image production '24) as the winner of a student…
Dinner at the House of Odysseus by Stratos E. Constantinidis offers a new and different treatment of Homer’s familiar epic tale about the Second Trojan War and its…
Lecturer Scott Spears along with Christina Paolucci won an Emmy in the Documentary--Historical/Nostalgia category for A Higher Law: The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858. They received…
Professor Mandy Fox is featured as the voice of The Chemist in Sumerian Six, a new video game from Artificer and Devolver Digital. A real-time tactical stealth adventure…
A group of department undergraduate students attended the 2nd Annual Arts Industry Trek to Los Angeles where they met with executives and alumni at Buck Design, Warner Bros. Animation, Amazon MGM…
Idris Goodwin, artistic director of the Seattle Children’s Theatre is the 2024 recipient of the Margo Jones Award.
The annual award honors "that citizen-of-the-theatre who…
Professor Laura Podalsky was named Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor.
Professor Linda Mizejewski received the Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award.
The Office of Outreach and Engagement named Lord Denney's Players a Program of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship. To support and promote high-impact engaged scholarship, the Office of Outreach and…
Associate Professor Tom Dugdale received the Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award.
Associate Professor Kevin McClatchy (MFA, '12) has been named The Ohio State University Artist Laureate.
The new home of The Ohio State University's Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts was celebrated on April 6th with an open house and speeches by university and college leaders.
Moving-Image Production Major Maddie McSteen won the Ohio Student Film Award for her documentary In English, & Then Spanish at the 51st Athens International Film + Video Festival.
Doctoral student Gabriela Trigo-McIntyre is one of the 2023-24 Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA) recipients. This award is the premier award for creating excellence in teaching at the…
Two alumni and three current undergraduate majors have work screening at the Athens International Film + Video Festival on April 12th: Rory Klein (BA, moving-image production; political science, …
Linda D. Taylor is screening her documentary Champions Together: An Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement Practitioner Works with Special Needs Children and Their Parents on Friday, February…
Assistant Professor Rasel Ahmed was elected to the Board of Directors of Amnesty International, USA on Friday, December 1st. The Nomination Committee identified Ahmed as a potential…
Esther Kim Lee (PhD, '00) received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society for Theatre Research at its annual conference in Rhode Island. The award is given each year to a…
Sophie Barbour (BA, film studies; English '21) is interviewed in Film Matters Magazine about her article "Divines and the Constructed Self" (Film Matters, Volume 13, Issue 1,…
Alum Rory Klein (BA, moving-image production; political science '23) has been selected for the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival. Klein created his short film, World Between Our Ears (co…
The department is hiring a Recording Studio Engineer to oversee the daily operations of the recording studio and sound mix/screening room. This is a new position within the department to support…
Production Manger Sherée Greco is featured in an Ohio State Alumni Magazine article on mentoring. The piece focuses on her and Zach Bailey (BA, theatre '17) who is currently an assistant…
Esther Kim Lee (PhD, theatre '00), Frances Hill Professor of Theater Studies, International Comparative Studies, and History and Director of Asian American and Diaspora Studies at Duke University…
The department is hiring a Video Equipment Coordinator to manage and maintain our film and video equipment, including equipment check-out for our Moving Image Production courses.
Accepting…
The Wexner Center for the Arts is presenting Scrap Heap, Associate Professor Kevin McClatchy's one-man show about a US Army Special Forces veteran transitioning from military to civilian…
The Columbus Museum of Art is hosting a loop-based film performance by Professor Roger Beebe. Lineage is a loop-based film performance for four 16mm projectors using Norman McLaren's…
Bonnie Milligan (BA, theatre '06) won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Kimberly Akimbo. Kimberly Akimbo features a book and…
Professor Stratos E. Constantinidis' essay, "Playing the Persian Queen" appears in Building Embodiment: Integrating Acting, Voice, and Movement to Illuminate Poetic Text, edited by Baron…
The department is hiring a Sound Stage Manager to oversee the daily operations of the sound stage and media production lab. This is a new position within the department to support filmmaking…
Three faculty members within the department were promoted during this year's tenure and promotion process. Dr. Joseph Fahey (Mansfield) and Mandy Fox were promoted to professor. Tom Dugdale was…
Chad R. Mahan, scenic studio manager, received the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Staff Award, recognizing staff members in the college who have demonstrated sustained excellence in…
The Ohio State University Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts is pleased to announce its 2023 – 2024 theatre season (rights pending), the first season produced in the new Theatre and Film…
Professor Jeanine Thompson has announced her plan to retire at the end of this academic year. She has served the Department of Theatre and then the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts for…
Adrienne Kennedy's (BS '53, DRH '03) Ohio State Murders opened on Broadway last night at the newly christened James Earl Jones Theatre with six-time Tony-Award-winning Audra McDonald as…
Visiting Scholar Hongliang Zhou successfully completed his PhD degree in China this week. He defended his dissertation (220,000 words) before a six-member committee of faculty from the Shanghai…
SITI Company has announced that the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute (TRI) will be the recipient of its physical archive. Since 2017, SITI Company has been developing the SITI Legacy…
Alumnus Blake Anthony Edwards' (MFA '18) play The One and Only Sarah Stonley is the development production at CATCO's New Works Festival for Young Audiences. The two-week festival …
USITT-Ohio Valley Section announced the 2022 Ezekiel Award Winners. Third-year MFA student Jessica Hightower received the Ezekiel Award of Distinction for her scenic design of Sweat and…
USITT-Ohio Valley Section announced the 2022 Ezekiel Award Winners. Third-year MFA student Braden Graves received the Ezekiel Award of Outstanding Achievement for his scenic design of Violet…
Doctoral Candidate Adrienne Oehlers has been awarded a 2022-23 American Fellowship by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). This fellowship will enable Oehlers to focus on…
Ohio State Murders by Adrienne Kennedy (BS '53, DRH '03) is headed to Broadway in November. This will be the first time one of Kennedy's plays opens on Broadway despite a long and lauded…
Associate Professor Vera Brunner-Sung is one of six Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists selected for a new fellowship program by the Sundance Institute and The Asian American…
Toni-Leslie James (BFA, Theatre '79) has been nominated for her 4th Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Paradise Square. This new musical…
Doctoral student Josh Streeter is heading to the United Kingdom. His paper "The Haunted Skene: A Practice-as-Research Case Study of Nikokhares' Fragmentary Herakles Khoregus" has…
Doctoral candidate Adrienne Oehlers is one of the recipients of the Graduate School's 2021-2022 Graduate Associate Teaching Awards. This award is Ohio State's highest recognition of teaching done…
Professor Stratos E. Constantinidis' article "The Didymus-Herodicus Hypothesis: Did Aeschylus Choreograph and Perform the Puns in Persians?" was published in the Fall 2021 edition of
Post-MFA Artist Rasel Ahmed curated an online oral history exhibition, "Moving Memories", about the queer Bangladeshi migrants (documented, undocumented, asylee) living in the United States. This…
Congratulations to Associate Professor Ana Elena Puga, Assistant Professor Victor M. Espinosa (Ohio State Newark, Sociology), and Associate Professor Harmony Bench (Department of Dance) for their…
Post-MFA Artist Rasel Ahmed and Graduate Teaching Associate Lydia Cornett both have works in the Wexner Center for the Arts Unorthodocs 2021 Shorts. They will be screened this Friday, October 22,…
The Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts at The Ohio State University seeks an accomplished nonfiction filmmaker with a terminal degree in cinematic production (or a related field with…
The Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts is proud to congratulate Moving-Image Production majors Maya Neyman and Gibson Davis on their nominations for the 2021 College…
The Dramatist Guild bestowed its highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, on Ohio State alumna Adrienne Kennedy (BS '50, DRH '03). The award recognizes distinguished lifetime achievement in…
The Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts seeks an equipment and studio manager to oversee the use and maintenance of all film and video production equipment. See the job listing for full…
Ohio State Murders by Obie winner Adrienne Kennedy (BS, education '53; DRH, '03) is receiving a lot of attention this season. In addition to being produced as part of the Round House…
Over the past three semester, the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts has graduated nearly 100 undergraduate and graduate students. Congratulations to you all. We wish you all the best!
Alum Emily Jeu (BA, theatre '14) won Season 1 of the Burgschneider Challenge. Burgschneider, based in Frankfurt, Germany, supplies medieval clothing for festivals, stage, and screen.
In the…
The Department of Theatre has traditionally recognized a select group of students for their outstanding contributions in service, creative activity, scholarship, and teaching. Each individual has…
Adrienne Oehlers is one of the recipients of the 2021 Graduate Associate Performance Award.
This award is Ohio State's recognition of exceptional performance of graduate students while…
The Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts is currently seeking to fill two positions: costume studio manager and a post-MFA scholar.
MFA Student Kylie Logan's short "Family Tree", created as part of the outreach and engagement project, has been accepted into the Ohio Shorts Film Festival through the Wexner Center for the Arts.…
Theatre graduate students have organized a three-day workshop with members of the SITI Company, April 9 - 11, 2021. Thanks to the sponsorship of four student organizations--The Graduate Theatre…
The Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts is offering a new minor available for students looking at careers in entertainment. The Minor in Entertainment Design and Technology …
MFA Student Kylie Logan will premiere "Free Flow" on April 11 at 5:45pm EDT.
"Free Flow" is a short documentary that attempts to destigmatize menstruation. "I think I wanted someone to help…
In collaboration with the Oberlin Heritage Center and Diverse Media Zone (Columbus), Ohio documentary filmmakers Scott Spears and Christina Paolucci were awarded over $40,000 in grants from the…
Professor Jeanine Thompson, director of the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, is moderating a discussion--SITI Thought Center: On Performance Archives--with SITI Co…
Assistant Professor Tom Dugdale is presenting NoBody There at Hopkins Hall Gallery. This interactive theatrical installation explores intimate encounters with strangers--how impossible…
Third year MFA student Connor Graham is presenting 2020 Vision: Making the Invisible Visible at the Hopkins Hall Gallery. Inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, Graham's piece is a…
Third-year MFA students Erin Alys and Connor Graham are presenting Here We Go, a devised piece they were set to tour last summer. COVID-19 restrictions eliminated that possibility, so…
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is presenting a lunchtime workshop with Associate Professor Ana Elena Puga and Assistant Professor Victor Espinosa. They will discuss their new book
Nicolas Shannon Savard received a Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Themes Mobile Methods and Practices Grant for $1,500. The award will partially fund the Trans AND Digital Performance…
Dr. Nadine George-Graves has been named Co-Editor at Dance Research Journal. Her selection as co-editor is a change in editorial structure at the journal, which formerly had an editor-in…
The award-winning playwright and Ohio State alumna Adrienne Kennedy (BS '53, DRH '03) is the featured artist of a month-long festival entitled "The Work of Adrienne Kennedy: Inspiration and…
The New Yorker is distributing Assistant Professor Vera Brunner-Sung's short film "Character" on its website. "Character", selected for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, focuses on actor…
Filmmaker Allyson Morgan (BA '04) has written and produced a short film to stream on Hulu as part of 20th Digital Studio's series Bite Size Halloween. "First Date" is one of 30 diverse, genre…
Doctoral candidate John Michael Sefel’s book, At…
Please join us in congratulating Vera Brunner-Sung on her recent selection as a 2020 Sundance Institute FilmTwo Fellow. The fellowship, supported by Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, provides…
Please join the Department of Theatre in congratulating and sending best wishes to Dr. Rebecca Turk! After nine years as the Costume Studio Manager, Dr. Turk has accepted the position of Visiting…
"Dennis A. Parker, age 78 of Dayton, Ohio (formerly of Columbus) passed away on July 30, 2020 after a short illness. He was born on September 27, 1941 in Port Huron, Michigan to the late Margaret…
On June 10th, Professor Jeanine Thompson, director of the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, interviewed Jesse Eisenberg and Lorin Eric Salm (2020 Theatre Research Institute Award…
Congratulations to Francesca Spedalieri (MA, '11; PhD, '17) as she was appointed to a tenure track position at State University New York Stony Brook. Her split position is with the Department of…
Elizabeth Wellman (MA, '11; PhD, '15) has accepted a tenure-track position teaching theatre history and dramatic literature in the Department of Theatre at the University of North Carolina…
Graduate student Jessica Hughes received a Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Grant for Research on Women, Gender, and Gender Equity. The Women's Place, awarded $1,000 to "Far Away: Research…
Executive Dean Gretchen Ritter has appointed Professor of History of Art Andrew Shelton to serve as the interim chair of the theatre department from July 1, 2020 to July 30, 2021.
Shelton…
Each year, the Department of Theatre recognizes a select group of students for their outstanding contributions in service, creative activity, scholarship, and teaching. Each individual has been…
The Gerald R. Black Scholarship Fund for Recognition of Excellence in Theatre was established in 1974 in memory of Gerald R. Black, a 1924 graduate of The Ohio State University. The scholarship is…
Doctoral Candidate Aviva Neff has been elected to serve as chair of the Council of Graduate Students' academic affairs committee for 2020-21. In this role, she has also been appointed to serve on…
Joshua Truett attended the American Society Theatre Research conference “Theatre’s Many Publics”. At the conference, he gave the presentation “Muxe Velas and Fiesta Queens: Indigenous…
MFA student Rina Hajra's film My Sekret War is headed to the 2020 Phoenix Film Festival this March.
The film depicts a young woman's struggle to overcome the cruelty she…
Assistant Professor Vera Brunner-Sung has received an Ohio Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council.
Individual Excellence Awards are peer recognition of a creative artist's body of work…
Swan Isle Press recently released a collection of Emma Dante's plays, mPalermu, Dancers, and Other Plays, translated by Francesca Spedalieri's (MA '11, PH '17).
Spedalieri is a…
Alum Yi-Ping Wu (PH '19) accepted a full-time position as assistant professor in the Department of Radio and Television at Ming Chuan University in Taipei, Taiwan. This private university with 18…
Postdoctoral Reasearcher Moriah Flagler's article "Beyond the 'Basic Stuff': Authentic Caring and Digital Storytelling with Youth" was published in Youth Theatre Journal.
Concepts…
Assistant Professor Vera Brunner-Sung contributed a chapter, "Gained in Translation: Site-Specificity in Recent Documentaries", to Documenting the Visual Arts, edited by Roger Hallas,…
Assistant Professor Vera Brunner-Sung's documentary short "Character" has been selected for the Sundance Film Festival. Shot with the help of Ohio State students, the film focuses on actor Mark…
Kaizaad Kotwall (MA '93, PhD '00), along with his morther Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal received the prestigious "Karmaveer Puruskar Mahartna" award in New Delhi as part of a REX and UN joint initiative…
Aubrey Helene Neumann received an Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship from the Graduate School in November 2019.
The AGGRS award will go towards funding four original case…
We are looking for 15 volunteers to participate in the stage reading of Stratos E. Constantinidis' Senate Hearing, a two-act play about a U.S. President who nominates a judge for the position of…
Dr. Firman Hewitt "Bo" Brown died November 1, 2019, at age 93 at his home in Missoula, MT.
"Brown joined The Ohio State University as chairperson and director of theater in the Department…
Martha W. Farmer Endowed Professor of Theatre Joe Brandesky is curator for an exhibit at the Columbus Museum of Art. Permanent Interaction: Central European Paintings and Designs by Jaroslav…
Department of Theatre Alum Toni-Leslie James (BFA '79) designed costumes for Leah C. Gardiner's well-received revival of Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the…
Adrienne Kennedy (BS '53, DRH '03) is featured on the cover of American Theatre. In addition to publishing her latest script, the critically-acclaimed He Brought Her Heart Back in a…
IT@OSU recently highlighted Linda Taylor and the documentary she created after taking Associate Professor and Chair Janet Parrott's documentary filmmaking course. Taylor enrolled in the course…
Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of Theatre Lesley Ferris has announced that she will retire in December 2019.
Ferris came to Ohio State…
In August Dr. Nadine George-Graves delivered a keynote address at the 10th Confluences Conference at The University of Cape Town’s Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies. In her talk,…
This summer Graduate Student Connor Graham visited South Paris, ME, where he studied under Avner Eisenberg at the Celebration Barn. At a week-long intensive workshop, Graham studied Eccentric…
Moopi Mothibeli (MFA '12) was born in Sebokeng, Gauteng, South Africa. He graduated from the Tshwane University of Technology with a BA in Drama. Highlight performances in his early years included…
Professor Jeanine Thompson was recently named director of the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute (TRI), effective August 15, 2019 - August 14, 2021.
Thompson is looking forward to…
Third-year MFA student Cade M. Sikora's article on Maria Björnson's (1949-2002) designs is the featured article in the Spring 2019 issue of Theatre Design and Technology. The article, "Of…
Postdoctoral Researcher Moriah Flagler's study, "Storied Moments: Foregrounding Community Cultural Wealth through Digital Storytelling", has been selected as the award recipient for the American…
Alumna Toni-Leslie James (BFA '79) received her third Tony Award Nomination for Bernhardt/Hamlet. Bernhardt/Hamlet is the critically acclaimed play about the turn-of-the-century…
Associate Professor Emeritus David Ayers passed away earlier this month. Dr. Ayers taught, directed, and performed in numerous Ohio State Theatre productions, including originating the lead role…
Doctoral Student Aviva Neff has been chosen to join a select group of students--Ohio State's Sesquicentennial Scholars. These 150 outstanding students share an extraordinary passion for our…
Doctoral Student Aubrey Neumann received an Outstanding Positional Leader Award during the Office of Student Activities annual student leadership awards program, recognizing her for our work as…
Doctoral Student Nicolas Shannon Savard has been awarded an Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant for work on transgender performance. The grant will support Savard's travel to the…
The Department of Theatre within the College of Arts and Sciences seeks a Theatrical Sound and Media Studio Manager and a Theatrical Lighting Studio Manager to…
Alumna Toni-Leslie James (BFA '79) designed the costumes for Pulizter-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks' latest play, White Noise. Directed by Oskar Eustis, recent recipient of the…
Chelsea Phillips (PhD '15) published an essay--“Acccounting for Relationships: the Drury Lane Financial Records”--in The Collation: Research and Exploration at the Folger in March 2019 in…
Sophomore Jordan Booker won a $2,000 Migration, Mobility, and Immobility Undergraduate Research and Mentorship Grant. Booker will create and produce a performance piece engaging with and raising…
Congratulations to MFA Students Sean Naughton and Erin Parsons and Doctoral Student Aubrey Neumann for being accepted into SITI Company's 2019 Summer Intensive. Ohio State students have attended…
Associate Professor Jennifer Schlueter (MA '03, PhD '07) is one of 78 artists recognized by the Ohio Arts Council with an Individual Excellence Award.
Individual excellence awards are peer…
Doctoral Student Adrienne Oehlers won the 2019-20 Alumnae Association of Barnard College Fellowship Award. This $5,000 fellowship is awarded to one or more Barnard seniors or alumnae who enroll in…
Monica White Ndounou (PHD '07) is the featured contributor to the March issue of American Theatre. The essay is titled “Finding Wakanda Within: Last Fall’s International Black Theatre…
Department alumnus, Adam West (MFA , '04) was recently interviewed for a College of Arts and Sciences Spotlight. In the interview, West talks about his career and how the department' prepared him…
Department alumnus David Lander (BA '87) designed lighting for the world premiere of The Flood, a work co-commissioned by Opera Columbus and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. Composed by Korine…
Making Found Text Into Theatrical Events
So, you've found a 28-volume transcription of a 1920s spiritualist who believed a thwarted 17th-century authoress spoke through her. What do you do? …
Professor Mary Tarantino, resident lighting designer and director of the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, will retire from the university at the end of August 2019…
Associate Professor Kevin McClatchy is delivering a talk, "Playing by Heart: The Shakespeare and Autism Project", as part of the Wexner Medical Center's Clincal Arts Seminar Series, presented by…
Postdoctoral Researcher Moriah Flagler is participating in the Interdisciplinary Methods for Migration Studies roundtable discussion on Thursday, February 7 at the Mershon Center.
In this…
“Dramatic Progress: Votes for Women and the London Stage”, an exhibition currently running at the Royal National Theatre in London, features one of our alums, Sifiso Mazibuko (MFA '15), in a video…
Undergraduate Major Elena Musser was accepted to the Six-Week Summer Acting Intensive at Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City for 2019.
This intensive is built on the foundations of the…
Ohio State Theatre alum and Chicago Tribune theatre critic Chris Jones (MA '86, PH '89) has a new book on Broadway--Rise Up!: Broadway and American Society from 'Angels in America' to…
Associate Professor Jennifer Schlueter and Assistant Professor Sarah Neville have been awarded a $14,000 Ohio State Energy Partners grant for their proposal “Pith and Marrow: A Season of…
"Serious Play: The Uses of Theatre-Based Strategies in Community Partnership", a presentation by Associate Professor Jennifer Schlueter, Lecturer Elizabeth Wellman, and Postdoctoral Researcher…
Tony-nominated Toni-Leslie James (BFA '79) designed costumes for the Roundabout Theatre's production Bernhardt/Hamlet. Playwright Theresa Rebeck's critically acclaimed play…
Professor Stratos Constantinidis' review of Greek Theatre between Antiquity and Independence: A History of Reinvention from the Third Century BC to 1830, authored by Walter Puchner,…
Live Design International, a leading conference and tradeshow for live design professionals, features Associate Professor Alex Oliszewski's book, Digital Media, Projection Design, and…
Associate Professor Ana Puga's translation of Chilean playwright Juan Radrigán's The Beasts is being staged at the Melbourne Fringe.
Based on the true story of three sisters whose…
Award-winning playwright, Adrienne Kennedy (BS '53, DRH '03) is being inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. Founded in 1971, the Theater Hall of Fame honors theatre professionals who have given…
Two reviews about Professor Stratos E. Constantinidis’ book, The Reception of Aeschylus' Plays through Shifting Models and Frontiers (2017) recognize the quality and value of his…
Associate Professor Jennifer Schlueter joins Cleveland Public Theatre's Raymond Bobgan to discuss current play development and production trends in American theatre at "A Playwright's Path to…
The Department of Theatre, in conjunction with the Department of Dance and the School of Music, launches a new minor in musical theatre this autumn, just in time for the…
The Departments of Theatre and Dance are pleased to announce that Dr. Nadine George-Graves (BA, Yale; PhD, Northwestern) is joining Ohio State this August. She will hold a joint appointment in the…
PhD Candidate Eric Brinkman has been admitted to the Folger Institute's Center for Shakespeare Studies seminar, "What Acting Is", to be directed by Joseph Roach. He also received a $4,500…
Fourth-year Theatre Major Nigeria Gould spoke at the Roads Scholars Reception, "Buckeyes Rock the Hall", at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. Gould shared her experiences at…
3rd Year PhD Student Aviva Neff and 2nd Year MA Student Caroline Hill both received $2,000 Sallie Bingham Grants from History Matters/Back to the Future. These grants exist to support faculty…
Costume Studio Manager Rebecca Baygents Turk and Julianne Nogar, MFA student, are exhibiting some of their work and a bit about their process at the Hopkins Hall Gallery Summer Series. Their…
Professor Stratos Constantinidis' research is featured in the Autumn/Winter 2017-18 issue of Nouvelles/Nouvelles, the newsletter of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at The…
PhD Candidate Karie Miller received an Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship from the Graduate School. The AGGRS program provides small grants up to $5,000 to support the research and…
Mackenzie Peterson, a rising senior double majoring in Theatre and Arts Management, has recently completed the first Shakespeare and Autism/Bridgeway Academy internship. For the past semester,…
Doctoral student Aviva Neff received an honorable mention in the 2017-18 Outstanding Writing Instruction Award competition. Neff showcased her dedication to students and willingness to try new…
Josh Truett, PhD candidate, received a Fulbright research fellowship that provides a full year of funding to work on his dissertation research in Mexico.
Isaiah Johnson received the 2018 Undergraduate Research Libraries Fellowship for his proposal "Politics and the Arts: Blacklisting", which will allow him to research actor Jeff Corey in the…
Josh Truett won 1st place in the Arts at the 2018 Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, sponsored by the Council of Graduate Students. His presentation, "Muxes, Velas, and the…
This semester in addition to his teaching responsibilities within the department, Associate Professor Dan Gray has designed scenery for two local theatre productions. Brighton Beach Memoirs…
The Department of Theatre was ranked 8 out of 307 drama and theater arts programs nationwide by College Factual. The department has achieved this ranking two years in a row.
College Factual…
As part of World Stage Design in Taipei, an international exhibition of scenography held every four years, Associate Professor Brad Steinmetz was awarded an honorable mention at the Technical…
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama's eight-volume series on Modern American Drama series includes an essay on Arthur Miller by Ohio State Theatre alumna Valleri Robinson (PhD 01) in volume 2 Playwriting…
Matt Yde (PhD 2011) received a commission from the Aux Dog Theatre of Nob Hill in Albuquerque to adapt George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Yde, a specialist on Shaw--the…
Head Over Heels, a new musical comedy featuring songs by The Go-Go's is headed to Broadway. Department of Theatre alumn Bonnie Milligan will make her Broadway debut in a principle role…
Sherée Greco participated in the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music's annual student portfolio showcase. Greco is a 1998 graduate of CCM with an MFA in stage management. She and two other alumni…
He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box, Adrienne Kennedy's (BS '53, DRH '03) new play opens in New York on January 18. Alexis Soloski of The New York Times interviewed her about her…
Volume 14 of the Texas Theatre Journal, a publication of the Texas Educational Theatre Assocation, has just been published, and three of the Theatre Graduate Program's doctoral students…
Dr. Karen Mozingo, theatre lecturer, recently returned from a major international conference in Lublin, Poland. The conference on Nov. 16-17--Dance and Avant-Garde in Central and Eastern Europe:…
The 2017 Margo Jones Award was presented on November 4th to Lou Bellamy, founder and artistic director emeritus of Penumbra Theatre, St. Paul, Minn. The award is administered by Ohio State…
PhD candidate Yi-Ping Wu was awarded today a $5,000 Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship from the Ohio State Graduate School to cover her travel expenses to several key sites (mostly…
A significant number of Ohio State Theatre graduate students, faculty, and alumni attended the American Society of Theatre Research (ASTR) annual conference this year that took place in Atlanta,…
Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of Theatre Lesley Ferris was recently interviewed by BBC Persian in connection with her latest theatrical endeavor--Sahar Speaks: Voices of Women…
Stratos E. Constantinidis' lengthy article about the translation and adaption of Aeschylus’ plays was published this month and is now available for review. The full bibliographical entry is:
The Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies announced this summer that Josh Truett, PhD candidate in the Theatre Graduate Program, is one of two winners of the 2017-18 Dana Greenblatt…
Jen Schlueter's new show, Bootleg Radio opens at Available Light Theatre September 28th. Collaborators include Associate Professor Brad Steinmetz; current students Karie Miller (PhD…
The cast for the London premiere of Hamilton has been announced, and Ohio State Department of Theatre alumnus Sifiso Mazibuko (MFA, 2015) is among those bringing the show to the Victoria…
Episode #31 of WW1 Centennial News includes MFA Acting students Blake Edwards, Joe Kopyt, and Ambre Shoneff reading "The Song of Mud" at the War to End All Wars Symposium.
Listen in at the…
Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, announced six new members to its board of directors, including Department of Theatre alumna Johamy Morales ('09). Johamy…
Professor Jeanine Thompson is performing The Dream Dancer at the 2017 Capital Fringe Festival. Thompson co-created the piece with long-time collaborator John Giffin, professor emeritus of…
Congratulations to Joe Brandesky for his appointment as interim dean and director for the Lima campus. The official announcement can be viewed on the Office of Academic Affairs website.
On June 8, 2017, the Ohio State Board of Trustees approved personnel actions including promotion to professor for Maria Ignatieva and Jeanine Thompson and tenure and promotion to associate…
This month's issue of American Theatre has an article on Shakespeare and Autism. Assistant professor of theatre, Kevin McClatchy, is quoted extensively.
Shakespeare and Autism, a department program led by Assistant Professor Kevin McClatchy, received a $50,000 award from Women and Philanthropy for a research study led by Director of the Nisonger…
Beth Kattelman, associate professor and curator of the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, along with colleagues from the Theatre Library Association presented a paper on preserving…
Associate Professor of Theatre Jennifer Schlueter's new play Patience Worth has a limited engagement run in Columbus at the Barnett Theatre, May 19 - 20.
Her play premiered in St…
Toni-Leslie James, alumna and associate professor and Head of Design at Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Theatre, is nominated for a Tony for her costume design for August Wilson's …
WOSU's Broad and High, an exciting and original weekly magazine show exploring the character and creativity of Columbus, will feature The Silent Soldiers Memorial at 8 PM on Thursday, May…
The Department of Theatre is part of Ohio State's research and outreach on autism.
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Associate Professor Jennifer Schlueter is the Vail Artist In Residence at Denison University this year. For them (and with OSU alum Mark Evans Bryan, now Chair of the Department of Theatre at…
One of the great ironies of higher education is that it is the only level of teaching that doesn’t require any proof that you are qualified to teach! This May Term, come join in an exploration of…
Deal Colleagues and Students,
Sunday night at the Theatre Roundtable event our own Joy Reilly received a citation from the Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle and the Roundtable's Harold…
Actor Cecelia Bellomy on Acting and 7 Ways to Say I Love You
By Damian Bowerman, Publicity Coordinator
Cecelia Bellomy is a senior English, creative writing major and…
The Syndicate's Inquiry Colloquium on February 25, 2017 is FREE and OPEN to the public! Please encourage peers across the university to join us. Anyone may present, but to do so, you must submit a…
IKS Lecture: Esther Kim Lee, "Korean Avant-Garde Theatre and Sung Rno’s 'Yi Sang Counts to Thirteen'"
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 2:20pm to 3:40pm
Ramseyer Hall 059 (29 W Woodruff Ave)
Congratulations to Professor Joseph Brandesky, whose article "In Memoriam: Jaroslav Malina (1937 - 2016)" was published in the fall 2016 issue of United States Institute for Theatre Technology's …
Congratulations to the following PhD students for publishing articles in Texas Theatre Jouranal, Volume 13, Issue 1 | 2017:
PhD Student Geoffrey Wilson's article "Mapa Teatro, Mockus, and Modos de hacer" was published in the Spring 2016 edition of Latin American Theatre Review.
Stratos Constantinidis' new book will be out Thursday, December 15, 2016. It is published in the interdisciplinary series, Metaforms: Studies in the Reception of Classical Antiquity.
Five Arts and Humanities faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences have received 2016 Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Awards.
The Ratner Awards…
Alexandra Davis is a fourth-year undergraduate student at The Ohio State University. In May 2017, Ally will receive a dual-degree with honors in Theatre, B.A. and Strategic Communications, B.A…
Free Workshops for Children ages 9-16
February 8th through April 21st
The Ohio State University Shakespeare and Autism Project is offering weekly one-hour workshops for children with…
Check out this great interview with Ohio State Theatre Alumna Leah Reddy (B.A. 2000) in the Roundabout Theatre Company blog!
INTERVIEW WITH TEACHING ARTIST LEAH REDDY - Roundabout Blog…
Congratulations to Darius Williams (Ph.D. 2012) for being named Executive Director of The Paul Robeson Theatre on the historic North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University campus. …
Dear All,
Please join me in congratulating Jen Schlueter who is the latest recipient of The Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award.
A bit about the award:
"The…
Motown the Musical UK
"On press night my wife went into labour!"
Read the full interview with Sifiso Mazibuko who plays Marvin Gaye: http://bit.ly/2fnAMZj
Preview:
Department of Theatre gets silly with ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ - The Lantern
Reviews:
'One Man, Two Guvnors': Doozy of a play worth it
- The Columbus…
Ph.D. Theatre Fellow John Michael Sefel's current research interests include disability portrayal, re-thinking theater’s artistic and commercial approaches to accessibility and Yiddish Theater…
Dear Students, Colleagues, Alumni, and Friends,
Joy Reilly has shared with me that she plans to retire at the end of autumn semester. I know I can speak for all of us when I say that her…
Previews:
Ohio State production of 'Romeo and Juliet' uses fast pace to heighten intensity - The Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Makes Art Presents Alison Bomber on Directing…
Former Ohio State Theatre student Dave Wallingford is blazing new trails as an audio engineer! He is featured in a My Ford Magazine article:
THE SPEED OF SOUND
This audio…
Leap Before You Look Performances Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 4:00pm Wexner Center for the Arts
Graduate and undergraduate students from Ohio State’s Departments of Dance, English, and…
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 1:00pm Wexner Center Gallery Entrance
Meet at the Wexner Center for the Arts gallery entrance
Free with gallery admission [no rsvp, no registration]
In…
Monday, October 24, 2016 - 4:00pm Roy Bowen Theatre
Jonathan Barlow Lee, son of playwright Robert E. Lee, and production manager for the Mark Taper Forum for the past 28 years, will share personal…
By BA Journalism Major Ray’Anthony Bruster
Freelance Text and Voice Coach, Director and Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) Associate Artist Alison Bomber has returned to The Ohio State…
Ohio State theater students and medical researchers are working together to find positive interventions for children with autism.
At first, the little girl sat on the edge of the group,…
Emeritus Professor George P. Crepeau, age 94, died September 17, 2016. According to his obituary, he joined "the theatre faculty of the department of Speech and Theatre at The Ohio State…
Department: Theatre
Position: Directing
Rank: Assistant Professor
Description:
The Department of Theatre at The…
By BA Journalism Major Ray’Anthony Bruster
Junior Theatre Major and Music Minor Abigail Johnson has been intrigued with theatre since high school. She attended Turpin High School located in…
Please sign-up for an audition slot on the YouCanBook.me website.
OSU SPRING 2017 Department of Theatre Auditions for 7 WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU, FORBIDDEN ZONES: THE GREAT WAR, HEATHERS: the…
Travel to Cuba from the U.S. has been mostly restricted since sanctions against Cuba began in 1962. Though some sanctions remain, some travel restrictions have been lifted, allowing a commercial…
A groundbreaking initiative, The Shakespeare and Autism Project made its Los Angeles debut at The Help Group on Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14 at the state-of-the-art Autism Center Theater…
Alex Oliszewski is an assistant professor of Media Design for Live Performance and Installation at The Ohio State University. His specialization is in theatrical media design + devising. Join him…
The 2016 Oscar Brockett Outstanding Teacher of Theatre in Higher Education award was presented posthumously to Ohio State Theatre alumna Katie Whitlock (PhD 2004). According to the Association for…
Imperial War Museum, London, June 19, 2016
MFA Actors launch their research on World War I for the new devised work Forbidden Zones: The Great War. Pictured here from left to…
Zack Bailey said he “got the chance to experience everything that makes a Broadway show tick” when he shadowed the stage management team for the long-running, Tony Award-winning play Wicked …
Theatre 5261 – Theatre Graphics 1 Brad Steinmetz and Chris Zinkon Tuesday/Thursday, 9:35-10:55; Drake 1112 This course is an examination of drafting techniques and graphics…
Vera Brunner-Sung, assistant professor of filmmaking in the Department of Theatre, recently completed a collaboration on a new film series for the Wexner Center for the Arts. Read more >>>
OPEN TO ALL OHIO STATE STUDENTS
Please register for auditions at https://auditions.youcanbook.me.
OSU FALL 2016…
Ohio State theater's new season offers mix of classics, new works - Read more >>>
Jaroslav Malina, painter/designer/teacher/bon vivant, died peacefully on 14 May 2016 near his home in the Czech Republic. Jaroslav was my friend and mentor for the last 29 years and his…
2016 Margo Jones Award honors Ricky J. Martinez
Impact through Outreach – The Margo Jones Award
On April 21, the college saluted the 15 nominees and 6 winners of the 2016 ASC Outstanding Staff Awards. Department of Theatre Graduate Studies and Publicity Coordinator Damian Bowerman was one of…
Andy Baker received the Peggy Ezekiel Award of Outstanding Achievement & Judges Choice for his lighting design for City of Angels from the Ohio Valley chapter of USITT…
North, by Associate Professor Jennifer Schlueter & conceived by Christina Ritter (PhD 2007) was optioned by BBC Radio 4 for a radio drama adaptation starring Sam West and Christina Ritter…
Previews:
Turbulent lives of sibling writers were stories worthy of the Bard - The Columbus Dispatch
Students and faculty collaborate on play - The…
This semester, Associate Professor Jennifer Schlueter was commissioned by the Columbus Museum of Art to create performance works that engage with the museum’s collection in innovative ways and, at…
Don Quixote by Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Jennifer Schlueter has been commissioned for remount at Cleveland Public Theatre. It runs April 7-9.
http:/…
There is a great feature on the Shakespeare and Autism on the Big Ten Network. Check it out >>>
As the new president of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), Professor Mark Shanda led his first national convention in Salt Lake City this past week. With thousands of…
Love-addled artists' conflicts drive twist on Chekhov classic - The Columbus Dispatch
Production of ‘Stupid F–ing Bird’ relates to modern audience - The Lantern
BWW…
Congratulations MFA Acting Student Joe Kopyt on Winning 2nd Place in the Arts at the 30th Annual Hayes Graduate Research Forum! Joe presented his research titled “After Brecht: Micro-naturalism…
Theatre MFA Student Talks about her Role in Carol - College of Arts and Sciences News
Ohio State alum in Oscar-nominated film ‘Carol’ - The Lantern
BWW Review: Ohio State Department of Theatre Revives Romance in Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Congratulations to this year's recipient of the Joseph F. Scharrer Phantom of the Theatre Award, Curtis "Nitz" Brown (BA 2006)!
Former Ohio State Theatre Box Office Manager Joe Scharrer was…
Thompson Library Gallery Exhibition:
Weds., January 13—Sun., April 24, 2016
“A people…
Congratulations to all the Theatre Roundtable award nominees, including many Ohio State Theatre faculty, students and alumni! Awards will be presented at the Theatre Roundtable Annual Awards event…
Department of Theatre Lima Campus Associate Professor Maria Ignatieva is a recipient of the 2015-2016 Arts and Humanities Outreach Award which recognizes an individual, program, or organization in…
Cornell University has announced that Chris Jones (MA 1986, PhD 1989) has won the 2015 George Jean Nathan Award, the nation's richest and most prestigious award for drama criticism. Past winners…
The Department of Theatre at The Ohio State University announces The Katie Whitlock Memorial Fellowship for Graduate Student International Travel.
Katie Whitlock (1970-2015)…
Sifiso Mazibuko (MFA Acting 2015) has been cast as Marvin Gaye in the London West End production of Motown: The Musical.
Read more>> http://motownthemusical.co.uk…
Theatre Review: OSU Theatre’s An Enemy of the People Puts a New Coat of Paint on a Tragically Timeless Story - ColumbusUnderground.com
BWW Review: Despite 19th-Century Setting, OSU…
Healing wounded veterans through arts is aim of Ohio State event - The Columbus Dispatch
Symposium tells veterans’ war stories through art - The Lantern
Listen to this episode of All Sides with…
Please mark your calendars for the upcoming Syndicate Symposium, A Question of Survival: Adaptation/Abstraction in Performance on March 4-5, 2016 in the Drake Performance and…
From the silver screen to the TV to the bright lights of Broadway, arts and sciences alumni are entertaining audiences in theaters, in movie houses and in their own comfy living rooms.
Here…