Everybody Black by Dave Harris MFA '20 (2019). Photo: Manuel Rotenberg.

News & Events

The latest from the depatment of Theatre +  Dance.

 MFA Playwriting Virtual Information Session

Friday, October 29 @2pm on Zoom

The MFA Playwriting program will be holding a virtual information session on October 29^th from 2pm-3pm. This is designed for the prospective students applying for the Fall 2022 application cycle.

To join the session, click the Zoom link: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/91971944852

• Learn more about MFA Playwriting admissions 
• Learn more about MFA Playwriting curriculum 

Winter Shows Meetup 

Friday, October 22 @ 5PM on Zoom.

This meetup will serve as an informal way for those interested in auditioning for winter productions to meet the directors, hear about their visions, and ask questions. We highly encourage you to attend if you plan on auditioning for winter shows. 

To join the session, click the Zoom link: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/99832708122

• Winter Shows Zoom Meet-Up: Week 4, Friday, 10/22, 5pm 
  • *This Meet & Greet will be a chance to learn more about the Winter Productions from Directors!*
• First Round General Video Submission Deadline: Week 5, Monday, 10/25, 6pm
• Callback Lists shared with actors: Week 6, Monday, 11/1 by 5pm
• Callbacks: Week 7, Monday, 11/ 8, 4-10pm (MFA Grad Actors start at 5pm)

 FALL LABS Pitch Meeting

Interested in learning more about FALL LABS

Pitch Night is an open-mic style night of lab pitches. If you’re interested in participating in a lab but don’t know who to do it with, or need some more structure for your ideas, join us for a night of pitching our ideas to each other, with snacks outside after! You can pitch an idea for a lab you want to do and need participants for, you can pitch yourself as an actor, director, designer, stage manager, or whatever you want to do, or anything else you can think of relating to labs. You’ll have up to 5 minutes to give your pitch, but you don’t have to use all of it. It doesn’t need to be a fully thought out proposal, this is just a time to talk about what you’re interested in doing and see if there are any lab opportunities for you!

• When: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 4:30-6:00 PM PST
• Where: Galbraith 144 (masks are required for in-person events)
• To attend, please fill out this form

Dance Meet & Greet

Interested in learning more about Dance @ UCSD? 

 The Dance Meet & Greet is a virtual meet & greet / Q&A event for dance majors, minors, prospective students, or anyone interested in dance! We will meet for an hour on Zoom to talk about the dance department, plans for the year, and anything else relating to dance. If you have any questions relating to the dance department, we’d be happy to answer them. We hope to see you there! 

• When: Tonight, October 11 from 5-6pm
• How to participate: Via zoom: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/99122885378 Meeting ID: 991 2288 5378

CoisCéim Dance Theatre's UNCLE RAY by David Bolger

Presented by ArtPower

Don't miss this livestream premiere, October 10 at 12:00pm.

UNCLE RAY takes audiences back to 1970s Dublin where as a young boy, David grew up with stories about his magnificent Uncle Ray—whose career took him from vaudeville, to Broadway and then the glitz of Hollywood, eventually playing one of the most famous characters of all time: the Scarecrow. The wonders of reality, imagination and family lore collide in this touching new dance duet by David Bolger.

Click here for tickets and more information. 

Click here to watch the trailer. 

Auditions for Fall Performances

Be a part of the T+D 21-22 Season!

Upcoming Auditions for Fall 2021 THEATRE Shows:

• First Round General Video Submissions Deadline: Week 0, Thursday, September 23, by 9am PST
• Callbacks: Week 1, Monday, September 27th, 5-10pm PST

See the Audition Timeline for the season posted in THE VAULT (the department’s information sharing platform which you can access from the homepage).

Upcoming Auditions for Fall 2021 DANCE Shows:

Instructor Patricia 'Patty" Huerta will be teaching STUDIES IN PERFORMANCE, a dancemaking class affiliated with the Fall Dance Production.

• In order to enroll in the course, you MUST attend the first class session, an audition/gathering on Friday, Sept. 24th at 12pm in Dance Building Studio 3.
• IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO AUDITION IN PERSON DUE TO PANDEMIC-RELATED TRAVEL ISSUES OR ANOTHER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE, you may upload a video audition to this google drive by 4pm on Friday. Please reach out to tdpromo@ucsd.edu with questions. ⠀

Check out our season HERE.

Stay tuned to your UCSD email for information via the listservs.

Celebrate The Arts

Welcome Week 2021/22 

September 23
1-2pm PDT
Virtual Event -visit celebratearts.ucsd.edu to learn more.

 Coming in fall quarter: a virtual celebration of the beginning of the 2021/22 school year. Join several departments under the Arts and Humanities umbrella in welcoming the freshman class and learning more about campus arts organizations, departments, and student arts organizations. Produced by ArtPower.

Triton Weeks of Welcome

Events Welcoming New Tritons 

September 8 - 25
Various Times
View Full event calendar here

Triton Weeks of Welcome (TWOW) is the official welcome period for new & returning students to UC San Diego. Join us this year as we (re) introduce you to UC San Diego and all the exciting changes to campus. Don’t miss residential move-in events, Convocation, Triton Fest, Meet the Beach, orientations, and much more! Check out the calendar of events on twow.ucsd.edu. #UCSDTWOW

Upcoming Performances

Patrons: find out what's playing in our season.

View the season

Production Calendar

Collaborators: view tech and performance schedules on the up-to-date production calendar.

View the calendar

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Calendar

The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion calendar of events.

View the calendar

The Vault

Theatre + Dance documents and resources

Find Out More

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