UNCW Department of Theatre Receives NC Theatre Conference Award
Welcome to the Department of Theatre
Our goal is to nurture, encourage, support, train and educate the artist in the study and practice of theatre. We train students to pursue a career in the vast field of SHOW BUSINESS. Whether that is in theatre, film, television or a host of other related fields. Students learn the essential skills needed to be successful.
- We educate a new generation of artists through close work with stellar faculty and working theatre & film professionals.
- We offer students an environment to allow them a space to explore their imagination, hone their techniques and to develop entrepreneurial skills, for a successful career as an artist and artisan.
- We prepare liberal arts students with skills they learn in theatre studies - teamwork, technique, discipline, research, and innovative thinking - for success in many fields and careers.
We offer three degree options:
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
The Theatre Department is responsible for creating a climate that supports inclusivity and makes efforts to enhance diversity among students, faculty, staff, and the broader Wilmington community. Diversity includes, but is not limited to race, sex, age, national origin (including ethnicity), language, religion, disability, neurodivergence, sexual orientation, the spectrum of gender identity and gender expression, veteran’s status and socio-economic status.
Diversity is an educational benefit that enhances the academic experience and fosters a free exchange of ideas from multiple perspectives. We understand that these experiences promote not only the growth of individuals and our community, but also represent the best of the entertainment industry, a field built on the richness of diversity at all levels of practice. As a department we commit to fostering inclusive excellence for all.
We acknowledge that no language is entirely adequate to contain all the complexities of human experience. We also acknowledge that our best intentions do not always lead to best impact. We will remain accountable to our community and to model transparency in our policies as they are put into action. We therefore commit to an ongoing mindset of growth and humility, self-discovery and evaluation as we seek to decolonize imbedded systems and practices of inequity and work to cultivate greater equity and opportunity.
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Department of Theatre News
- UNCW Department of Theatre Receives NC Theatre Conference Award
- UNCW Department of Theatre acting faculty member Myke Holmes is "Bill" in national Harris Teeter "Fill like Bill" ad campaign
- Robin Post, part of team awarded $340K SAMHSA grant
- Students actors bring life, depth to gritty play 'A Taste of Honey' for UNCW (Star News online)
- In UNCW's first public theater production since the pandemic, 'Talley's Folly' charms - StarNewsOnline
- Professor Paul Castagno in Theatre recently published this major international work on playwriting with Routledge the leading publisher in Theatre Studies.
- UNCW adapts to new normal of producing theater during pandemic
- Continued interest in Am I Next?: Voices from Wilmington, NC
- Blackness: A Framework (featuring video from Am I Next? Dept. of Theatre
- UNCW Play Delves into Existential Darkness
- Radost Ukrainian Dance Company Visits UNCW Dance Classes
- UNCW Faculty Member, Nick Basta, Stars in New Harriet Tubman Film
- UNCW Professors Marino, Post, and Wagenseller Participating in Productions at the Lumina Festival
- UNCW Faculty Member, Myke Holmes, Stars alongside John Malkovich
- Department of Theatre Hosts Dance Theatre of Harlem
- UNCW Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Nominated for Wilmington Theater Awards
- Theatre Professor Ed Wagenseller's One-Man Show Academia Premieres at the Cucalorus Festival
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2022 - 2023 Mainstage Productions
All performances are open to the general public.
Fall 2022
Kindertransport
by Diane Samuels
Directed by Charles Grimes
September 29-30, October 1-2 & October 6-9, 2022
Fight Girl Battle World
by Qui Nguyen
Directed by Elizabeth Wellman
November 10-13 & 17-20, 2022
Spring 2023
Electra
by Sophocles
directed by Christopher Marino
February 16-19 & 23-26, 2023
A Murder of Crows
by Mac Wellman
directed by Paul Castagno
April 20-23 & 27-30, 2023
AUDITIONS
Student Lab & Second Season Productions
TBA
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