
AB Brown
Assistant Professor of Performance, Theater and Dance
Whether you’re a performer, playwright, director, choreographer, designer or someone who prefers to work behind the curtain, programs in the Performance, Theater, and Dance Department will prepare you for future involvement in the performing arts.
The Department of Performance, Theater, and Dance emphasizes performance practice and study as paths to engaged citizenship. Under its umbrella, the disciplines of Theater, Dance, Design, Media & Performance, and Performance Studies integrate theory and practice; give students avenues to follow myriad curiosities; and teach students to become thoughtful collaborators and leaders. Students merge critical and creative thinking by integrating disciplinary knowledge from varied fields into creative practice. With a commitment to original work, many departmental productions focus on hybridity and interdisciplinarity; and historical works are informed by our contemporary position. As students progress through the flexible major, they create their own pathways according to their primary interests. Students leave prepared to make change in changing fields–whether that is in performing arts or elsewhere.
The Department of Performance, Theater, and Dance is equally committed to broadening our definitions of performance and expanding our sense of community. Its public season includes faculty-led student productions and professional guest artists and companies. All performances are free and open to the public. Similarly, production experiences and courses are open to non-majors. There is no audition requirement for incoming students, but each semester presents audition opportunities for individual shows.
Learn more about the members of the department
Assistant Professor of Performance, Theater and Dance
Visiting Assistant Professor of Performance, Theater and Dance
Technical Director, Performance, Theater, and Dance
Production Manager
Associate Professor of Performance, Theater & Dance; Chair of Performance, Theater & Dance
Costume Shop Manager
Administrative Assistant – Performance, Theater, and Dance
Assistant Professor of Performance, Theater and Dance
Associate Professor of Performance, Theater and Dance
Lecturer of Performance, Theater and Dance
- Richard C. Sewell, M.A., 1974-2003, 2004-2005, Adjunct Associate Professor of Theater and Dance, Emeritus; Director of Powder and Wig, Emeritus
- Christine M. Wentzel, M.A. ’94, M.A., 1973-2011, Adjunct Professor of Theater and Dance, Emerita
- Joylynn W.D. Wing, M.A. ’04, Ph.D., 1988-2008, Professor of Theater and Dance, Emerita
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