by John Stanley Walch | Dec 31, 2023 | Awards & Honors, Features
Department of Theatre Announces 2023 Kernodle New Play Winner Alexa Derman The Department of Theatre announces The Creature by playwright Alexa Derman as winner of the 2023 Kernodle New Play Award. The national contest, named in honor of U of A theatre historian...
by John Stanley Walch and Russell Sharman | Jun 8, 2022 | Features, Research and Innovation, Student Success
New ‘NWA Film Cycle’ Initiative Gives Students Professional Film Experience A multidisciplinary team of faculty and students at the U of A recently wrapped production on their first short film as part of the NWA Film Cycle, an innovative new program funded...
by John Stanley Walch | Aug 23, 2021 | Features, Student Awards & Achievements, Student Success
Playwriting’s Adrienne Dawes Completes Prestigious Television Academy Internship Adrienne Dawes, a graduate student in the Department of Theatre’s M.F.A. Program in Playwriting, was selected for and recently completed the prestigious Television Academy...
by John Stanley Walch and Andra Liwag | Apr 14, 2021 | Events, Student Success, Theatrical Performances
Theatre’s Lauren Ferebee Wins National Award, Debuts New Play GOODS U of A M.F.A. playwright candidate Lauren Ferebee’s play, GOODS, has been selected as the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival’s 2021 recipient of the Planet Earth Arts Playwriting...
by Andra Liwag and John Stanley Walch | May 2, 2019 | Student Awards & Achievements, Student Success
In his final year in the M.F.A. in Theatre Program at the University of Arkansas, Austin Dean Ashford has received a remarkable amount of recognition for his solo plays. Ashford, an M.F.A. candidate in the Department of Theatre with a dual emphasis in acting and...