LAUNCH PAD presents a new take on a fierce mythological character
Department of Theater and Dance
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Departments of Music, Theater/Dance team on unique, puppet-filled production of Mozart’s beloved opera -
Kinetic Lab to jump start season with return to live dance concerts -
UCSB’s LAUNCH PAD in collaboration with Colorado company to perform staged reading of “Yellowstone” -
Naked Shakes to perform Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” live and outdoors -
Theater and Dance, Isla Vista Arts to present 17th-century “Life Is a Dream” in 21st-century Zoom -
Theater and Dance to present Qui Nguyen’s funny, poignant “She Kills Monsters” via Zoom -
The Department of Theater and Dance centers diverse voices in new festival of original plays -
Theater and Dance to perform Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Fires in the Mirror’ play on Brooklyn incident -
Collaborations with National New Play Network to produce reading series of six new plays -
Lecturer, artist and Native Launchpad award recipient brook smiley to present “Re:Forming,” a live-stream performance -
Naked Shakes to perform ‘Immortal Longings,’ an adaption of Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar,’ ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ -
LAUNCH PAD’s “Alone, Together” collection of 39 Zoom-friendly plays published as resource for theaters across nation -
LAUNCH PAD assembles 24 playwrights for a Zoom-friendly performance in four parts -
Drama professor Risa Brainin is inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre -
The theater and dance department presents Molière’s 17th-century comedy -
Playwright Lauren Yee’s "slasher comedy" opens at the Performing Arts Center -
Fall dance concert explores questions of inclusivity, self-definition and communal responsibility -
Theater and dance department’s fall productions tackle issues of truth, forgiveness and racial divisions -
A new play examines the true story of China’s secret AIDS epidemic and the woman who exposed it -
Naked Shakes production reveals how “The Winter’s Tale” resonates today -
Somatic movement conference focuses on embodiment and brain research, with an indigenous education element -
Department of Theater and Dance stages a production of "Into the Beautiful North" -
Playwright Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig receives a prestigious United States Artists Fellowship -
International dance colloquium addresses issues of race and racism in American classical ballet -
Santa Barbara Dance Theater opens its 2019 season with a program of premieres and guest artists -
Fall Quarter brings a fresh complement of art, music, film and more -
UC Santa Barbara’s Naked Shakes theater company to perform “Hamlet” with a woman as the Prince of Denmark -
The play “ ‘A’ ” Train, created by UCSB scholars, wins top honors at United Solo Awards in New York -
We have a winner: Mathematician Nancy Scherich takes first place honors in Science magazine competition -
Jody and John Arnhold ‘75 endow a production fund for UCSB theater and dance, securing its programs for generations to come -
Theater scholars bring one-woman show to the United Solo Festival and shine a light on the complexities of autism -
UCSB’s fall season features an inspiring and diverse mix of artistic gems -
UCSB’s production of “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” gives its director the opportunity to realize a dream of 50 years -
Fostering creativity, confidence and scholarship, UCSB’s robust theater program is a tough act to follow -
Santa Barbara Dance Theater, UCSB’s resident professional dance company, presents NOW/EVER/MORE -
Creative masters of film, music, dance and more will visit the UC Santa Barbara campus during new arts season -
High-tech, digital set design brings Verdi’s “Macbeth” to life in the 400-year-old remains of a convent in Panama -
With “Lydia,” director Irwin Appel and seven student actors explore family and the impact of secrets made public -
The Royal Shakespeare Company to produce a UCSB playwright’s adaptation of a 13th-century Chinese play -
An interdepartmental collaboration celebrating three pioneers of postmodern dance anchors UCSB’s winter arts season -
UCSB's fall season spotlights new talent as well as alumni inspiring the next generation of creators. -
Author Joyce Carol Oates to collaborate with UCSB’s LAUNCH PAD to present public reading of her play ‘Bad Touch’ -
UCSB’s LAUNCH PAD to preview ‘We Want the Funk’ by Idris Goodwin -
Department of Theater and Dance production explores the role of “good girls” through the ages -
UCSB’s professional dance company presents works by guest choreographers Joshua Beamish and Emily Schoen -
10 questions with UCSB theater professor and director Irwin Appel -
Nearing retirement, UCSB dance professor and choreographer Jerry Pearson stages one last show of his work -
UCSB theater professor Greg Mitchell works in Nepal to help produce the first-ever opera to debut in the country -
UCSB’s Naked Shakes to perform ‘The Death of Kings’ — all eight of Shakespeare’s histories adapted into two plays -
UCSB lecturer gets high school students to learn about Shakespeare the way it was meant to be experienced -
Santa Barbara Dance Theater celebrates its 40th year with a season of fresh works by artistic directors past and present -
The UCSB Department of Theater and Dance presents its annual Fall Dance Concert -
The Department of Theater and Dance opens its 2015-16 season with a groundbreaking and provocative work by America’s premiere African-American female playwright.
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UCSB talk by renowned dance historian and critic Lynn Garafola will focus on Ballets Russes choreographer Bronislava Nijinska -
The play’s the thing at UCSB, and so are dance, music and art as a new academic year begins -
Eight histories by William Shakespeare converge in an epic two-play adaptation performed by UCSB’s Naked Shakes -
Playwrights join the UCSB community as artists in residence for a summer course -
It’s a heady cocktail of mistaken identity, young love, hilariously dated elders, high style and pithy commentary.
