TDPS Announces 2015–2016 Season of New Works, Contemporary Issues and Creative Dialogue
The UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) carries forward its groundbreaking use of art to trigger dialogue and understanding about today’s pressing societal topics.
Known for boldly tackling race and gender equity, sexual violence and other important issues, TDPS announces a 2015–2016 season that follows in the same tradition.
With an extraordinary range of ideas and performances, the new season includes works by Molière and Shakespeare as well as a new play from the Big Ten Theatre Consortium by playwright Kirsten Greenidge. The season culminates with New Visions/New Voices, an international collaboration with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts showcasing new works from around the world. TDPS will host a series of readings at The Clarice after which the company moves to The Kennedy Center for development workshops and performances by professional actors and directors.
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage
Jennifer Nelson, director
October 9-17, 2015
Fall MFA Dance Thesis Concert: Sinclair Ogaga and Meghan Abadoo
October 15 & 16, 2015
Tartuffe by Moliére
Translated by Richard Wilbur
Lee Mikeska Gardner, director
November 6-15, 2015
Moving Perspectives: UMD Faculty Dance Concert
Adriane Fang, director
November 12-14, 2015
Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
Matthew R. Wilson, director
February 12-20, 2016
Baltimore by Kirsten Greenidge (Big Ten New Play Initiative)
Leslie Felbain, director
February 26-March 5, 2016
Spring MFA Dance Thesis Concert: Julia Smith and Curtis Stedge
March 10 & 11, 2016
UMoves: Undergraduate Dance Concert
Patrik Widrig, director
April 21-23, 2016
New Visions/New Voices: A New Play Festival
Presented in collaboration with the Kennedy Center Youth and Family Programs
Scot Reese, director
April 29 & 30, 2016
Tickets for The Clarice's full 2015-2016 season will be on sale Tuesday, June 2, 2015.