Brown University Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies and Sock & Buskin present the third show of their 2016–17 season. Hecuba, a modern reimagining written by Marina Carr and directed by senior student Sienna Vann ‘17, runs December 1 through 4 in Leeds Theatre on the main campus at Brown University.

Brown University Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies announces a new fund for dance at Brown, established by Marc E. Perlmutter ’74, P’06 in loving memory of Sue E. Perlmutter P’06.

Brown University Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies and Sock & Buskin present the second show of their 2016–17 season. The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, written by Carson Kreitzer and directed by Professor Spencer Golub, runs November 3 through 6 and 10 through 13 in Stuart Theatre on the main campus at Brown University.

Brown University Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies picked up three awards for their 2015-16 performance season last week at the first annual Law And Order Party Awards—the Dorrys. Nikteha Salazar ’16 won Play of the Year for The Red Paint. Kym Moore won Director of the Year for The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry and the same show also won Production of the Year.

Brown University and the Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation for Adult Autism announce new Endowment Fund for the Arts. Foundation Gift Supports Theater Programs to Benefit Autistic Adults.

Brown University Theatre Presents By The Way, Meet Vera Stark.

Brown University Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies and Sock & Buskin are proud to announce the lineup for their 2016–17 season. As part of ongoing conversations around diversity and inclusion on campus at Brown University, this year’s season brings together diverse writers, writing, and performers that highlight the strengths and the challenges of making relevant performance in the modern world.

Congratulations to Brown alums Daveed Diggs '04 and Stephen Karam '02 for their recent success at the Tony Awards!

Congratulations to Jude Sandy '05, '09 MFA as he joins Trinity Rep's resident acting company this summer.

The Providence Journal spoke with Sandy about his time in the Brown/Trinity MFA program, his successes on Broadway, and his decision to join Trinity's rep company.

The Brown Alumni Magazine (BAM) spent time with Julie Adams Strandberg (Senior Lecturer, Dance) for their May/June issue.

The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies is delighted to announce that concentrator Miranda Friel '16 is the 2016 winner of the Dorothy Stickney Theatre Arts Scholarship, on the basis of her qualifications, aspirations, and achievements in design.

Indian Summer, written by Gregory S. Moss, will be produced at Playwrights Horizons this May. The piece was first produced as part of the Brown/Trinity Playwrights Repertory summer season in 2014, directed by Kenneth Prestininzi.

Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) announce the launch of CoLAB: Innovations in Performance Practice, a three-week summer institute designed to incubate innovative performance and research practices.

Brown University Theatre presents two productions of new writing for performance this May, There Is No One Between You And Me by Dalia Taha ’16 MFA and Play: The Game –OR– Game: The Play by Rick Burkhardt ’16 MFA. The productions are written by final year students in the MFA Playwriting program in the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University as part of the year-round Writing is Live festival.

Brown University Theatre presents the Festival of Dance 2016 and Commencement Dance concerts. These annual concerts highlight dance classics, creative innovation, and collaborations with artists from around the world. Faculty, guest artists, and student choreographers present a program of Contemporary American, European, and West African dance.

The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies announces a continued hiatus for the Brown/Trinity Playwrights Repertory Theatre season in 2016.

Announced by the Graduate School earlier this week, TAPS graduate student Doria Charlson has been accepted to the fifth cohort of Brown University's Open Graduate Education Program.

Brown University Theatre presents Mr. Burns, a post-electric play by Anne Washburn, directed by Connie Crawford. Telling a story about how we tell stories, Washburn’s play celebrates our ability to come together and heal through shared memory.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, announces MFA Playwriting first-year student Maurice Decaul '18 MFA as first official artist-in-residence as part of the the launch of the Veterans and Theatre Institute (VTI), a pilot program for veterans and active military personnel to experience, study, and create theatre.

The Essay in Public conference looks at the changing relationship between journalism and the humanities in the digital age.

Stephen Karam '02 is the writer of The Humans, a new play that opened on February 18 at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York.

The New York Times gives a glowing review of the production which you can read on their website.

"The title may sound generic, but there’s nothing blurry about Mr. Karam’s scorching drama, which opened on Broadway on Thursday at the Helen Hayes Theater. Drawn in subtle but indelible strokes, Mr. Karam’s play might almost qualify as deep-delving reportage, so clearly does it illuminate the current, tremor-ridden landscape of contemporary America."

Congratulations to Stephen!

Brown University Theatre presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Kira Hawkridge (Artistic Director, OUT LOUD Theatre). Local director Hawkridge brings Edwardian steampunk style to Shakespeare’s famous comedy of dreamers, lovers, and fairy-inspired chaos. Playing at Stuart Theatre on the main campus at Brown University, March 3-13.

The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University proudly announces the seventh annual Writing is Live festival, a presentation of new writing for performance by writers in Brown’s Playwriting MFA program.