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Ohio State Theatre Announces 2023 - 2024 Mainstage Season

The Ohio State University Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts is pleased to announce its 2023 – 2024 theatre season (rights pending), the first season produced in the new Theatre and Film…

Jeanine Thompson

Professor Jeanine Thompson Announces Retirement

Professor Jeanine Thompson has announced her plan to retire at the end of this academic year. She has served the Department of Theatre and then the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts…

Department's Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Launches Newsletter

The department's Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has launched a newsletter. The newsletter is part of the committee's efforts to create the conditions in which all can thrive because…

Adrienne Kennedy

"Ohio State Murders" Opens on Broadway to Critical Acclaim

Adrienne Kennedy's (BS '53, DRH '03) Ohio State Murders opened on Broadway last night at the newly christened James Earl Jones Theatre with six-time Tony-Award-winning Audra McDonald as…

Visiting Scholar Hongliang Zhou Receives Doctorate

Visiting Scholar Hongliang Zhou successfully completed his PhD degree in China this week. He defended his dissertation (220,000 words) before a six-member committee of faculty from the Shanghai…

Jeanine Thompson and Anne Bogart

TRI Secures Major Archive

SITI Company has announced that the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute (TRI) will be the recipient of its physical archive. Since 2017, SITI Company has been developing the SITI Legacy…

Play by Alum Blake Anthony Edwards Included in CATCO's New Works Festival

Alumnus Blake Anthony Edwards' (MFA '18) play The One and Only Sarah Stonley is the development production at CATCO's New Works Festival for Young Audiences. The two-week festival (December 2…

Jessica Hightower

MFA Student Jessica Hightower Receives Recognition for Design

USITT-Ohio Valley Section announced the 2022 Ezekiel Award Winners. Third-year MFA student Jessica Hightower received the Ezekiel Award of Distinction for her scenic design of Sweat and the…

Braden Graves

MFA Student Braden Graves Receives Recognition for Design

USITT-Ohio Valley Section announced the 2022 Ezekiel Award Winners. Third-year MFA student Braden Graves received the Ezekiel Award of Outstanding Achievement for his scenic design of Violet…