Join students from the School of Drama for a cabaret celebrating Black History Month!   WHERE: Purnell Lobby WHEN: Saturday, February 18 @ 6pm HOW: In person or live streamed at the link below!   Admission is free, but students are gratefully accepting donations that will support our Class of 2023 Actors’ Showcase & Creators’ Expo! DONATE HERE.  Click Here For Livestream The post Black History Cabaret | February 18 @ 6PM appeared first on Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama ..read more

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December 5, 2022 By Julia Levine The week of December 5-10, 2022 marks the twentieth anniversary of Playground, the School of Drama’s entirely student-run theater festival which takes place annually at the end of the fall semester. During Playground week, all drama classes are canceled, and within a four-day rehearsal period, students write, direct, design, perform, and produce original works. Performances and installations are open to the public and take place December 8-10 in various locations throughout the Purnell Center for the Arts.   CONCEPTION AND IMPACT Playground began in the ..read more

Sheldon Epps: From Actor to Director to Writer. November 16, 2022 By Shannon Musgrave  Sheldon Epps found comfort in the theater from a young age. When he was 11, his family moved from an all-Black neighborhood in Los Angeles to a predominantly white and Jewish area of New Jersey – a culture shock to say the least. But when his mother would take him into New York City to see a Broadway musical, it was more than just an escape. It was a spark. He started saving his allowance to go into the city on his own to see theater – everything from classical Shakespeare to new plays – and soon, he f ..read more

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Mary Ellen Poole was officially installed as Carnegie Mellon University’s 13th Stanley and Marcia Gumberg Dean of the College of Fine Arts (CFA) in Kresge Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 29. CFA also welcomed new heads in the schools of architecture, drama and music at the afternoon ceremony, which was attended by a large crowd of family, friends, colleagues and students. Provost James H. Garrett Jr. called the event “a true celebration of the arts” during a week that CFA announced the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art’s future move, the dedication of the Jill Wats ..read more

JOSHUA AXELROD Pittsburgh Post-Gazette jaxelrod@post-gazette.com SEP 22, 2022 ••• This story contains spoilers for season one of “She-Hulk.” *** There’s a secret invasion on the verge of taking over the Marvel Cinematic Universe. No, not that one. Pittsburgh has been slowly creeping into the MCU for years now, from Ming-Na Wen’s role as Agent May in the ABC series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” to Michael Keaton going full villain as The Vulture in 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” to Jeff Goldblum playing space Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster in 2017’s&nb ..read more

September 13, 2022 By Shannon Musgrave   The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards were presented last night in a live broadcast on NBC. The first trophy of the night, for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, went to Pittsburgh native and Carnegie Mellon University honorary degree recipient Michael Keaton for his portrayal of Dr. Samuel Finnix on Hulu’s “Dopesick.” It is the actor’s first Emmy Award. He received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from CMU in 2017. In a ceremony for the Creative Arts Emmys that took place Sept. 3, Noah Mitz (left), a 2005 ..read more

July 13, 2022 By Shannon Musgrave   Nominations for the 74th Emmy Awards were announced July 12, with 14 Carnegie Mellon University alumni and two honorary degree recipients receiving a total of 21 nominations for their work. Alumni from the School of Drama‘s design programs took 15 of those nominations in set decoration, production design, art design, costume design and supervision, lighting direction and design, and music editing. Lighting designer Noah Mitz earned an impressive five nominations in two separate categories. John Wells, School of Drama alumnus and Honorar ..read more

Meet the New Faculty and Staff of the School of Drama. By Shannon Musgrave August 26, 2022   Robert Ramirez is not the only new face at the School of Drama. The new head is accompanied by several faculty and staff members who are joining the school at an exciting time of transition and transformation. Over the past year, School of Drama leadership has worked with the dean and provost to transform its hiring processes, implementing specific measures to attract a broader and more diverse candidate pool. This exciting slate of new faculty demonstrates the value of that work. The breadth and ..read more