Theatre

Theatre Teacher at Central Cabarrus High School

Dr. Lynne Conner, an award-winning playwright and chair of the Department of Theatre, has released an audio production of her play, The Mother. The play, which was a 2018 and 2019 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist, received its world premiere by Dramatic Repertory Company (DRC) in Portland, Maine, in March 2020. Originally scheduled to run […]

Student Gianna Agostino has received “Top Honorable Mention,” in the sound design category of the Design, Technology, and Management competition at the Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). Agostino, a senior music major and theatre minor, was recognized for her sound design for the Department of Theatre production of The Corona Caesar […]

Lecturer Rachel Engstrom has won the “Costume Design of the Decade” award in the 2020 BroadwayWorld Charlotte awards. Engstrom, who is the costume lab supervisor for the College of Arts + Architecture’s Performing Arts Services, was recognized for her designs for the 2018 Theatre Charlotte production of Spring Awakening. The 2020 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards were […]

The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) will honor six Distinguished Alumni on Friday, March 19, in the seventh annual celebration of alumni achievement. The event will be virtual and open to the public. The Distinguished Alumni Awards were created by the College of Arts + Architecture in 2015 to recognize the accomplishments of alumni […]

Kaja Dunn, assistant professor of acting in the Department of Theatre, will read the title role in Sonhara Eastman’s play Pearl in a virtual performance on January 28. The performance is the final event in The Graham Martin UNEXPECTED PLAY FESTIVAL 2021, a four-part series of digital readings of brand new plays by Atlanta playwrights […]

Five College of Arts + Architecture professors are receiving grants from the Arts & Science Council (ASC) in the most recent round of funding allocations. Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Audrey Baran, Assistant Professor of Architecture Rachel Dickey, and Associate Professor of Painting Andrew Leventis have been named Artist Support Grant recipients. Projects by Associate […]

Actress

The College of Arts + Architecture Musical Theatre Certificate program is pleased to announce that three students placed in the North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Music Theater auditions, with two additional students advancing to the regional auditions. The Fall 2020 Music Theater NC NATS Virtual Conference was held […]

Assistant Professor of Acting Kaja Dunn was recently interviewed for an article in American Theatre, a publication of the national organization, Theatre Communications Group. The article, “You’ve Got to Be Taught: Cultural Competency in Theatre Training,” addresses growing efforts to address racism and bias and incorporate cultural competency and equity into theatre education . Dunn’s […]