Spotlight

Marie Ramirez Downing headshot
Welcome new THAR faculty member, Marie Ramirez Downing!
Friday, June 12, 2020

Marie Ramirez Downing comes to us from California State University, Chico where she taught Voice, Movement, Acting, Political Thea

Dance students holding signs introducing their class "Hi! We're THAR 115 at Sonoma State"
THAR 115's "Back&Forth"
Friday, May 29, 2020

In an effort to keep dancing “alone but together”, the THAR 115 Hip Hop class organized this video project as an alternative for the class showings

Super Molten Mega Hot Lava New Play Festival
First-Year students make Solo Performances at home
Friday, May 8, 2020

For their culminating Solo Performance projects in the first-year THAR 160 Humanities Learning Community “Performance, the Artistic Process, and Yo

Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in Contemporary Dramaturgy: Case Studies from the Field
THAR Professor Authors Book Chapter
Thursday, April 30, 2020

In the Department of Theatre Arts & Dance we are thankful to have involved professors who are committed to the education of their students and

"Mixed Feelings" dance piece
Theatre Arts and Dance Students Respond to Social Distancing
Monday, April 13, 2020

In an effort to adapt to our current need for distancing, Spring Dance Concert 2020 co-directors Profs.

Joelle Joyner-Wong
SSU Dramaturg's Work Praised at Kennedy Center Festival
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

The Department of Theatre Arts & Dance is excited to announce that Theatre Studies major Joelle Joyner-Wong (’21) was entered in the Kennedy Ce

Labeled Package, choreographed by Frankie Henderson
SSU Dance Majors Advance to National Gala
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

The day before the COVID-19 CSU travel restrictions were announced on campus, fourteen SSU students arrived for the four-day ACDA West Regional Con

Actor Doing Traditional Indian Dance
THAR 160 First-Year Learning Community Parties Hard with New Zealand Theater Company
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Internationally celebrated, New Zealand-based Indian Ink Theatre Company came through Sonoma State for a per

Liz Lerman
Dance Students Study with Visionary Choreographer Liz Lerman
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Visionary artist, choreographer, writer,and educator Liz Lerman and her comp

Students on Stage Receiving Scholarship Certificates
Celebrating the 2019-2020 Scholarship Showcase!
Friday, October 18, 2019

On October 19, thirteen Theater Arts & Dance students joined their counterparts from the Department of Music on stage a

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