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Water By The Spoonful Honored with two National Awards
The Department of Theatre Arts & Dance's Fall 22 production of Water By The Spoonful (WBTS), which was directed by Prof.
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Scholarly Creative Works of Theatre and Dance Faculty Celebrated

Yesterday, the School of Arts and Humanities (A&H) held an event titled "Celebrating Faculty Scholarly and Creative Work!" to showcase the exciting new projects that A&H faculty have been working on.

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Water by the Spoonful cast and crew perform in Spokane Washington

Cast members Armando Ramos, Ally Liberty, Laura Odeh Steele, Jim Marchbanks, Josiah Pel, Robert Wiles, Mariah Forster, Jarrett Galante, Declan Downing, Stage Manager Elise Clark and Technical Director and Sound Designer Ben Roots and Director Marie Ramirez Downing traveled to KCACTF in Spokane Wa

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Director of the Acting Program publishes chapter in "Latinx Actor Training"

Marie Ramirez Downing, Assistant Professor and Director of the Acting Program for the Department of Theatre Arts & Dance, recently authored a chapter in a new book, Latinx Actor Training (Routledge 2023).

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Alumni Spotlight and new play with AlterTheater

Joelle Joyner Wong graduated as a Theatre Studies major in 2021. She debuted her senior project Ask Her Out! during the 2021 Senior Project Festival.

Farrah McAdam and Tyreis Hunte in B-boy KO's Popping Combo class
Dance faculty included in New York Times article about new Hip-Hop university

Dance faculty, Farrah McAdam, and new graduate of the inaugural class of Rennie Harris University was interviewed in a New York Times article about her appreciation

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Dance students selected to represent SSU at the American College Dance Association Conference (ACDA)
Congratulations to the following three Dance Program student choreographers and their cast and creative crew who have been selected to represent Sonoma State University at the American College Dance Association Conference at UC Irvine/Baja Region, March 30-April 2, 2023.
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Kristen Daley Invited to Teach a Summer Dance Intensive

Professor of Dance, Kristen Daley, was invited to teach and facilitate a 5-day Summer Dance Intensive in Chattanooga, TN July 11-15, 2022.

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Faculty, Marie Downing, interviews with Shakespeare & Company

Marie Ramirez Downing, Director of the Acting Program, was interviewed by Shakespeare &amp