A Raisin in the Sun, 2018. Photo by Anna Robinson

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The Jefferson Middle School Monthly by Mara Nelson-Greenberg, 2019. Photo by Jim Carmody

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Season Announcement 2025-26

Departement of Theatre + Dance Season 25-26!

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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

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scenic design for the Green Cockatoo - a collection of doors.

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UC SAN DIEGO TODAY: Costume Design Students Stitch Storytelling and Style

MFA 3 Playwright, Beth Hyland, Wins This Year's Prestigious Alliance/Kendeda National Playwriting Competition!

Performance Studies Faculty, Mysia Anderson, Receives University of California's Humanities Research Institute Grant To Develop Her Book "Black Miami in the Eye of the Storm: Performing Black Sustainability"

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