School of Drama

Sarah Nash Gates reflects on two memorable decades as executive director of the School of Drama and welcomes successor Todd London.

A review of Jeanne Sakata's one-man play about Gordon Hirabayashi, a Seattle native, and alumni of the College of Arts & Sciences, who defied internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.

2014 Stranger Genius Award Nominee in Performance and School of Drama professor, Valerie Curtis-Newton, sits down to talk about what inspires her and the philosophy behind her work.

As spring quarter comes to a close and summer quickly approaches, we encourage you to take advantage of some of the final arts events until next fall.

UW School of Drama's production of "The Workroom" is a subtle yet poignant depiction of a notoriously difficult subject to explore.

UW School of Drama showcases the work of first year students in their Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) in the final show of their 2013-2014 season, Jean-Claude Grumberg's 'The Workroom,' May 28-June 8.

The nominees for the 2014 Genius Awards are in and included is School of Drama's own Valerie Curtis-Newton.

This week, enjoy a bevy of events that range from the painting and drawing exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery to IMPFest at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse.

The UW School of Drama announces Todd London-- writer, scholar, and current artistic director of New Dramatists in New York-- as the new Executive Director of the School.

Todd London, artistic director of New Dramatists, a playwriting center in New York, has been named the new executive director of the UW School of Drama.

Todd London - writer, scholar, and current artistic director of New Dramatists in New York--has been named the new Executive Director of the School of Drama at the UW

Tony-nominated director Wilson Milam leads a talented cast of UW undergraduates in a wild, dark and sexy production of Vaclav Havel's savage political satire. Now through May 4.

As we step into spring it's a busy week for the arts on campus and we encourage you to take advantage of the many performances, exhibitions and lectures now happening.

Seattle native and a Tony-nominated director, Wilson Milam, returns to Seattle to lead a cast of 19 UW School of Drama undergraduates in tackling Vaclav Havel's "The Beggar's Opera."

Simulations of everything from escaping slavery to growing old have the potential to promote social change.