UMW Theatre opens its 2022-23 season with a show that has college students performing a play about college students performing a play. The descriptor might be redundant, but the outcome is riveting, said Department of Theatre and Dance Chair Gregg Stull. The Play That Goes Wrong is the story of a cast of wannabe stars […]
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Theatre Alum Creates Costumes For Hit Shows on Hulu, HBO
Alicia Austin ’16 had never even attended a play before coming to the University of Mary Washington. But after her first costume design course, she realized theatre was the perfect fit. “It was so interesting to me that I changed my major,” said Austin, who planned to study psychology but found elements of that in […]
Class of 2022: Stellar Student Stories, Part 2 of 3
The Class of 2022 began freshman year like any other, swept up in longstanding University of Mary Washington traditions like Move-In Day, Eagle Gathering and Honor Convocation. That all changed when they were sophomores. Classes went online, study abroad trips were postponed and everything – activities, internships and volunteer experiences – became virtual. But these […]
UMW’s ‘Bee’ Leaves Audiences Spellbound
U-n-e-x-p-e-c-t-e-d. Unexpected. Definition: unforeseen; surprising. Used in a sentence: University of Mary Washington Theatre’s season-closer, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, is filled with UNEXPECTED and fun twists. In a battle of spelling prowess, this musical spells out what it’s like to be kids uncomfortable in their own skin and conveys the challenges of […]
UMW Theatre Plans Reflective In-Person Season
Mina Sollars sums up UMW Theatre’s upcoming season in a single word: revival. “Preparing for the first in-person performances on campus in more than a year is such an honor,” Sollars, a University of Mary Washington junior, said of the lineup, which kicks off tomorrow at 7:30 with a pay-what-you-can preview performance in duPont Hall’s […]
