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A Gift to Expand Worldviews for Drama and Music Students
Dr. Jason Soifer ’51 was neither a drama nor a music student at 鶹ƵUniversity. He received a bachelor of arts degree from the College of Arts and Sciences and pursued a successful career in medicine as an anesthesiologist in…
James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. Debate Begins the 鶹ƵStage 2021/2022 Season
鶹ƵStage reopens its doors for public performances with a fully staged professional reading of “Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers,” a “theatricalization” by Stage’s resident playwright Kyle Bass of the 1965 debate between writer and civil rights…
鶹ƵStage Resumes Live Performance This Fall for 2021/2022 Season
鶹ƵStage has announced plans to resume live and in-person performance in the 2021/2022 season. Starting in October, the theater will present a six-show subscription season and offer a full schedule of educational, family and community-related programming, including the continuation of…
Department of Drama Releases Digital Senior Showcase
The Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts introduced its acting and musical theater Class of 2021 today, April 12, via a new website: SyracuseShowcase.com. The website offers a digital version of the department’s annual Lewis…
鶹ƵStage Cold Read Festival Goes Virtual in 2021
All plays were once new plays. That’s the idea behind 鶹ƵStage’s Cold Read Festival of New Plays. Now in its fourth season, the Cold Read Festival has seven different events featuring some of the freshest voices writing for theater…
Drama Department Listed as New York State’s Best College Theater Program by OnStage Blog
OnStage Blog has named 鶹ƵUniversity and its Department of Drama as New York State’s best college theater program in its list of “The Best College Theatre Programs in Every State-2021 Edition.” According to OnStage Blog’s post, the list was “researched and…
鶹ƵStage Presents ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’
鶹ƵStage continues the 2020/2021 online on-demand season with the stunning documentary drama “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Anna Deavere Smith. “Twilight” will be available as video on demand Feb. 3-14 at syracusestage.org. Smith…
Drama Department to Virtually Present New Theatrical Work Inspired by University’s 150th Anniversary
Inspired by 鶹ƵUniversity’s 150th anniversary, the Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will virtually present “Impact: Past, Present, Future,” a new theatrical piece that will be performed live in a series of four staged…
VPA’s Drama Department Announces New Scholarship Fund to Promote Student Diversity in Memory of Beloved Professor
The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Drama has announced the establishment of a new scholarship fund in memory of a faculty member who dedicated himself to teaching excellence and developing successful theater artists and designers. The…
鶹ƵStage Comes ‘Home for the Holidays’
鶹ƵStage celebrates the joy and comfort of home this holiday season with the fully digital production “Home for the Holidays,” a heartwarming show filled with favorite songs and instrumental music, dancing and fond memories, available as video on demand…