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Sam Briggs' critical pedagogy pilot study published in "Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice"
July 27, 2026The research of Department of Theatre’s Assistant Professor & Theatre Teaching Area Head Sam Briggs is featured in "Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice," a journal with a 7% acceptance...
Studio Series: Something new out of something old
June 19, 2026Our 26-27 line up: A Season of Wayfinding
April 28, 2026We are thrilled to announce the dynamic works of our University of Utah Department of Theatre’s 26-27 season, which features iconic musical theatre titles and plays, ranging from Stephen King to...
Urinetown, the Musical: Where the humor is as dry as the climate
March 26, 2026The setting is a dry dystopian future, ravaged by drought and corporate greed, so it’s really something that Urinetown, the Musical, a play about having to pay to use the bathroom, could be so...
Theatre Teaching Showcase: A night of emerging talent!
March 03, 2026Join the University of Utah Department of Theatre's Theatre Teaching students and members of the Theatre Teaching Students Coterie on Apr. 4 at 7 pm in Studio 115 for the Theatre Teaching Showcase...
Spill the tea with Theatre's "The School for Scandal"
February 05, 2026It’s time to spill the tea, Georgian-style. Tea, gossip, scuttlebutt, skinny, or, as it’s called here, scandal, is the theme of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play, The School for Scandal. This...
Remembering eight-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor, alumnus Anthony Geary (1947–2025)
December 16, 2025Before playing the role of Luke Spencer for forty years on General Hospital, Coalville, Utah native Anthony Geary (ex '69) was a Presidential Award Scholarship student at the University of Utah's...
U Theatre turns up the volume on SLAC’s Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience
December 05, 2025This is neither the first nor the last time the U’s Department of Theatre will shine on and backstage of a production by one of Utah’s beloved performing arts organizations, Salt Lake Acting...
OMIGOD, don your pink and see Legally Blonde
November 07, 2025Female empowerment, fashion, and fun unite on the stage of the Meldrum Theatre as the University of Utah Department of Theatre prepares to open its first musical of the 25-26 Season, Legally...