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MFA Alum Has Been Selected As A Jerome Artist Dance Fellow For 2025-2028
MFA Alum, Dr. Sam Aros-Mitchell, has has been selected as a Jerome Artist Dance Fellow for 2025-2028!
T+D Alum Featured In The New York Times For Her Role In 'Many Happy Returns' at Playwrights Horizons
T+D Alum, Monica Bill Barnes, featured in The New York Times for her role in 'Many Happy Returns' at Playwrights Horizons!
MFA Acting Alum in Netflix popular thriller 'The Madness'
MFA Acting Alum Marsha Stephanie Blake ('01) plays Elena Daniels in Netflix's popular thriller 'The Madness' now streaming!
MFA Alumni Nominated by San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for 2024 Craig Noel Awards
Nominations for Outstanding Scenic Design:
Matthew Herman (2018) – “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” – CCAE Theatricals
Eleanor Williams (2025) – “Cleopatra” – Moxie Theatre & Loud Fridge Theatre Group
Nominations for Outstanding Projection Design:
Michael Wogulis (2023) – “Cleopatra” – Moxie Theatre & Loud Fridge Theatre Group
Nominations for Outstanding Costume Design:
Zoë Trautmann (2023) – “Cleopatra” – Moxie Theatre & Loud Fridge Theatre Group
MFA Acting Alum Cast As Lead In Second Stage Theater World Premiere
MFA Acting Alum, Cody Sloan (MFA '21), joins the cast of 'On The Evolutionary Function of Shame' a Second Stage Theater world premiere by D.A. Mindell and directed by Jess McLeod!
MFA Playwriting Alum's play 'Your Local Theatre Presents: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Again!' set to premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse
MFA Playwriting '20 Alum Anna Oyyang Moench's play 'Your Local Theatre Presents: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Again!' set to premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse!
T+D Alum Writer For Upcoming Hulu Show 'Interior Chinatown'
T+D Alum, Keiko Green (MFA Playwrighting '22), wrote for Hulu's upcoming show 'Interior Chinatown' set to stream starting November 19th!
MFA Acting Alum Joins Cast of New CBS Show 'Beyond the Gates'
MFA Acting Alum, Colby Muhammad (MFA '24), joins the CBS cast of 'Beyond the Gates' set to premiere early next year!
MFA Alum and Current Head of Graduate Playwriting Receives 2024-2025 Hermitage Award
Naomi Iizuka, MFA Alum ('93) and Current Head of Graduate Playwriting, Receives 2024-2025 Hermitage Award!
MFA Acting Alum Makes The New York Times in 'Franklinland' Review
MFA Alum, Noah Keyshian (MFA Acting '23), currently plays Benjamin Franklin's son in Lloyd Suh's 'Franklinland' at the Ensemble Studio Theater in Manhattan.
MFA Acting Alum Joins Peacock Series ‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’
T+D Alum, Marsha Stephanie Blake (MFA Acting '01), joins Peacock limited series 'Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist' alongside Kevin Hart and Samual L. Jackson!
MFA Acting Alum Series Regular on Amazon Prime's 'Cross'
MFA Acting Alum, Johnny Ray Gill (MFA '10), Series Regular on Amazon Prime 'Cross' Given Early Renewal for Season 2!
Recent MFA Acting Alum Makes Her Arena Stage Debut in 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding'
Recent T+D Alum, Colby Muhammad (MFA Acting '24), joins the first national tour of the Tony-winning comedy direct from Broadway 'Jaja’s African Hair Braiding'!
T+D Alum Receives Rave Reviews for His Work in the World Premiere of 'Table 17' in NYC
MFA Acting Alum '20, Michael Rishawn, receives rave reviews for his pivotal work in 'Table 17' at the MCC Theater in NYC!
T+D Alum's play 'Empty Ride' to premiere at the Old Globe in February
MFA Playwriting '22 Alum Keiko Green's play 'Empty Ride' will premiere at the Old Globe in February! Green's play, 'Exotic Deadly or the MSG Play,' won the San Diego Critics Circle Award for Best Play of 2023.
MFA Acting Alum to Star in Gypsy on Broadway
T+D Alum and Tony-winning actor, Danny Burstein (MFA Acting '90), will star opposite Audra McDonald in the Broadway revival of 'Gypsy'!
T&D Alum current Lighting Designer for JOB on Broadway
T&D Alum Mextly Couzin's most recent credit includes Lighting Designer for the new psychological thriller "Job" on Broadway!
MFA Acting Alum currently in Off-Broadway World Premiere
MFA Acting Alum Michael Rishawn in Table 17 alongside Tony Award Winner Kara Young!
T&D Alum Nominated for Tony Award for Hell's Kitchen on Broadway
T&D Alum and current Head of Scenic Design, Robert Brill, is nominated for a Tony Award for Hell's Kitchen on Broadway. This is Brill's third Tony nomination!
MFA Alum currently Directing 3 Musicals
MFA Directing Alum Michael Greif currently directing three musicals on Broadway!
MFA Acting Alum currently starring in JORDANS
MFA Acting Alum Toby Onwumere currently starring in JORDANS at The Public Theater
Three MFA Alumni currently part of the Creative Team on The Notebook The Musical
MFA Directing Alum Michael Greif, MFA Costume Design Alum Paloma H Young, and MFA Costume Design Alum Annie Le join the Creative Team on The Notebook The Musical at Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre!
T&D Alum and Former Chair currently in Doubt on Broadway
MFA Acting Alum Quincy Tyler Bernstine (who stars as Mrs Muller) and Former T&D Department Chair Charles Means (Production Stage Manager) currently in Doubt on Broadway!
T&D Alumni Join the Creative Team of Hell's Kitchen
T&D Alumni Michael Greif (Director), Robert Brill (Scenic Design), Justin Humphres (Associate Scenic Designer), Nicholas Ponting (Design Assistant), and current graduate student Tzu Yu Su (Design Assistant) join the creative team of Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen on Broadway!
Robert Brill Sets the Stage for Hell’s Kitchen on Broadway
UC San Diego Theatre Alum ('88) and current T&D Design Faculty, Robert Brill, sets the stage for Hell’s Kitchen on Broadway
MFA Alum Directing Mary Jane on Broadway
MFA Directing Alum Anne Kauffman currently Directing Mary Jane on Broadway!
MFA Alum current Assistant Lighting Designer for The Wiz
MFA Lighting Design Alum Bryan Ealey currently working as the Assistant Lighting Designer for The Wiz at Marquis Theatre!
MFA Acting Alumni currently playing Ginny Potter in Harry Potter And The Cursed Child
MFA Acting Alumni Angela Reed plays Ginny Potter in Harry Potter And The Cursed Child at Lyric Theatre!
MFA Alum Head of Sound Design for Back To The Future The Musical
MFA Alum Chris Lüßmann Head of Sound Design for Back To The Future The Musical on Broadway!
MFA Alum current Stage Manager for An Enemy of the People
MFA Stage Management Alum, Emily Hayes-Walsh, currently works as the Stage Manager on An Enemy of the People at Circle in the Square Theatre!
MFA Alum part of Creative Team for The Outsiders on Broadway
MFA Stage Management Alum Emily Searles (Assistant Stage Manager) and MFA Sound Design Alum Stephen Jensen (Audio Programmer) currently working on The Outsiders at The Jacobs Theatre!
MFA Alum working as PSM for Stereophonic on Broadway
MFA Stage Management Alum, Erin Gioia Albrecht, currently working as Production Stage Manager for Stereophonic on Broadway!
Two MFA Alumni currently part of The Book of Mormon on Broadway
MFA Acting Alumni Jacques C. Smith (Mafala Hatimbi) and MFA Stage Management Alumni Glynn Turner (Production Stage Management) currently part of The Book of Mormon on Broadway!
T&D Alum current Dramaturge on Hadestown on Broadway
BA Alum Ken Cerniglia currently working as Dramaturge on Hadestown on Broadway!
MFA Alum current Associate Lighting Designer of Tommy The Musical
MFA Alum Brandon Rosen current Associate Lighting Designer for Tommy The Musical on Broadway!
MFA Alum has THREE Shows Running on Broadway
MFA Costume Design Alum, Paloma H. Young, works on &JULIET at Stephen Sondheim Theater, LEMPIKCA at Longacre Theatre, and NOTEBOOK at Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
Award winning MFA Acting Alum currently in DOUBT on Broadway
MFA Acting Alum Quincy Tyler Bernstine, "one of the great stage actors of our era making what is remarkably only her sophomore Broadway appearance." - Zachary Stewart for TheaterMania
MFA Alum currently appearing in SUFFS on Broadway
Kim Blanck, MFA Alum and award-winning actor/singer, is currently appearing in SUFFS on Broadway!
45th Annual Alumni Awards
Theatre + Dance Alumni, Marsha Stephanie Blake (MFA '01) and Alison Tatlock (MFA '95), honored as trailblazers at 45th Annual Alumni Awards!
MFA Alum Lisa Portes Named Chair of Theatre + Dance Department
Acclaimed Director, and MFA Directing Alum, Lisa Portes named Chair of Theatre and Dance at UC San Diego!
Two T&D Alumni worked on the Broadway show Here Lies Love
MFA Acting Alumni Melody Butiu and T&D BA Alumni Reanne Acasio formerly part of Here Lies Love on Broadway. Closed 11/26/23
MFA Alum Wins Princess Grace Award
MFA Sound Design Alum, Salvador Zamora, wins prestigious Princess Grace Award!
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