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Christine Cali performs with Urban Bush Women

Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Dance, Christine Cali, collaborated and performed in Hair and Other Stories

Graduating Senior Allison Dominguez trains with Los Angeles Times Arts Editor

Allison Dominguez, a Spring 2022 graduate from the Department of Theatre Arts & Dance’s Acting concentration, spent part of her final semester training with the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF)’s

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Marie Ramirez Downing directs play at Sixth Street Playhouse

Marie Ramirez Downing, Director of the Acting Program, is directing the play Real Women Have Curves opening May 12th at the Sixth Street Playhouse and features SSU Theatre Arts alum, Reilly M

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Professor Marie Ramirez Downing and SSU Theatre Arts and Dance students present Koret Scholarship Project at the Research and Creativity Symposium

Director of the Acting Program, Marie Ramirez Downing and students Daija Temple, Armando Ramos, Jasmine Richardson, and Azucena Ferrusca presented their Koret Scholarship Project, "Eurocentric Voice Methods and People of The Global Majority: An Examination of Imagery, Identity, and Community

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Student Spotlight: Zara Labbe

We interviewed first year dance student and dance program student from the San Francisco School of the Arts, Zara Labbe, about her experience in the SSU Dance Program–which you can find below.

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SSU Dance students and faculty take part in the premiere of Liz Lerman's "Wicked Bodies"

What an honor it is for SSU's Dance Program students and faculty to participate in and perform with Liz Lerman and her creative team in Wicked Bodies.

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Recent Grad wins Kennedy Center Honor for Dramaturgy Work at SSU Theatre Arts & Dance!

Avery Flasher-Duzgunes, a Fall 2021 graduate from the Department of Theatre Arts & Dance’s Theatre Studies concentration, has been named a co-recipient of the Student Dramaturgy Award for Region 7 (Northwest) for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), present

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Dance Faculty, Kristen Daley, invited to teach at Terpsichord Dance Company

Professor of Dance, Kristen Daley was invited in January to teach and restage her dance work pressure/shift (2019) for the Terpsichord Dance Company at the Girls Preparatory School (GPS) in Chattanooga, TN.

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Recent Grad, Lindsey Abbott Receives One-Year Paid Fellowship for Theatre Management

Theatre Arts alumna, Lindsey Abbott, was recently selected as one of PlayGround's inaugural 2021–22 Women Leader Fellows.