Tag Archives: theatre
Picturing the Performance: UM-Flint Students, Alumni and Faculty featured in Flint Mural Plays
Standing in front of the Flint Public Art Project mural in front of Hoffman's Deco Deli & Café, UM-Flint sophomore Olivia Maxwell-Cook watched as a group of audience members listened to her original micro audio play, "Resting Garden," using headphones. Not wearing headphones herself, all Maxwell-Cook could do was watch how the crowd was impacted.[…]
Occupational Therapy and Theatre Collaboration takes Center Stage at UM-Flint
What happens when the Theatre program and Occupational Therapy department join forces? The result is the use of standardized patients in a high-fidelity experiential learning experience at UM-Flint. Standardized patients are people trained to take on characteristics of a real patient, affording the student the opportunity to learn and to be evaluated in a simulated[…]
What's Going On: Viral Topics, Personal Stories, Virtual Performances
How can the vibrant tradition of theatre performance continue during social distancing? Since COVID-19 has restricted audiences from gathering to enjoy live performances, the Department of Theatre & Dance has released "What's Going On: Viral Topics, Personal Stories, Virtual Performances." "What's Going On" is a collection of student-written and performed monologues that offer UM-Flint performers[…]
An "Evening with Erin"
As recently announced, the University of Michigan-Flint has big plans for this year's Giving Blueday event to be held on March 10. The campus has established a very ambitious $1M goal and is now unveiling plans for thanking those who support the campus' fundraising efforts and make a gift to UM-Flint on Giving Blueday. To[…]
20 ways UM-Flint CAS innovated in 2020 (Part 1)
It goes without saying: This year has been filled with unprecedented hardships. Students, faculty, and staff across the UM-Flint community have encountered countless challenges that often change from week to week.
UM-Flint faculty, alumni and students perform online (and free!) during One-Act Festival
A group of faculty, alumni, and students from the UM-Flint Department of Theatre and Dance have joined with the Nicely Theatre Group to provide a meaningful escape for audiences at a time when it is needed most.
Zombify your look for Halloween
Two UM-Flint Theatre and Dance students show you how to knock 'em undead with this zombie makeup tutorial.
Setting the stage: theatre student Lisa Bilaski showcases her scenic design skills
Lisa Bilaski said her studies within the Department of Theatre & Dance prepared her to be director of scenic design for the play "My Children! My Africa!"
Q & A: UM-Flint Associate Professor of Theatre William Irwin Talks Comedy
William Irwin—a University of Michigan-Flint associate professor of theatre and chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance—has been drawn to comedy since childhood. In this interview he explains why "the ability to make someone laugh is truly a noble skill."
UM-Flint English Students Reassemble Shakespeare's "King Lear" in Flint
While Shakespeare's King Lear was set in a mythical kingdom somewhere in England, a class of University of Michigan-Flint English majors has adapted the play for a contemporary Flint context.