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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…