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UB Theatre and Dance

Name: UB Theatre and Dance
Address: 103 Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY, 14260, US
Telephone: +17166456897
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07/30/2026

This spring's Theatre Senior Showcase took place March 29, 2026 at UB Katharine Cornell Theatre. You can now watch the full program for free on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMpBYBb0nwA

Directed by James Beaudry
Accompanist: Matt Marco

The annual Theatre Senior Showcase provides graduating students in Acting, Music Theatre and Design/Tech an opportunity to showcase their work to the public, enhancing their portfolios before embarking on future professional endeavors in the arts. The program features songs, monologues, and scenes performed as solos and duets, as well as a meet and greet opportunity to connect graduating students with the community.

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07/28/2026

Dr. Kellen Hoxworth Receives Honorable Mention for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education's 2026 Outstanding Article Award

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Director of Graduate Studies Kellen Hoxworth, PhD, has received Honorable Mention from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) for his article "Alice Childress's Troubling Method: Theatrical 'Truth' and the Cold War Politics of Rehearsing Racial Authenticity" in Theatre Journal. ATHE’s 2026 Award for Outstanding Article acknowledges scholarship marked by methodological sophistication, complex and critical engagement with dramatic texts and performances, focused inquiries, and possible directions for future scholarship. https://www.athe.org/page/articleawardees

Hoxworth’s essay analyzes Alice Childress’s artistic and political investments in Stanislavskian approaches to acting such as the “Method” as means for expanding Black agency in US theatre during the Cold War. Childress’s play “Trouble in Mind” and her theatrical manifesto “For a Negro Theatre” offer insight into her critical attention to the processes of theatrical production and to the rehearsal room as a site of artistic labor. Attending to Childress’s work amid its recent renaissance invites a reassessment of the politics of Black theatrical authenticity in the long shadow of the Cold War and its enduring orders of racial liberalism. Read it here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/962836

Photo: A scene from the 1955 premiere production of “Trouble in Mind” at the Greenwich Mews Theatre, featuring (from left to right): Hilda Haynes (Millie Davis), James McMahon (Al Manners), Stephanie Elliot (Judy Sears), and Charles Bettis (John Nevins). Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

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07/22/2026

Assistant Teaching Professor Lana Sugarman is appearing in “I Carry Your Heart With Me,” a one-woman show by Jennifer Blackmer, which runs Aug. 1-9 at the Kenan Center in Lockport.

The story follows Esther, a stenographer inside a top-secret Vietnam-era debriefing room, who has a picture-perfect world until she encounters an airman whose story literally changes the course of her life.

The play is a companion piece to Lockport Public Arts Council's captivating "I Was There: Unknown Stories from Vietnam" exhibit.
https://kenancenter.org/events/i-carry-your-heart-with-me/

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06/29/2026

The UB Department of Theatre and Dance was overjoyed to gather colleagues and collaborators in Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Kazimierz Braun, Theatre Professor Emeritus, on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

In the words of Matthew David Gellin (Class of 2007), Executive Artistic Director & CEO of American Legacy Theatre:

“Dr. Kazimierz Braun is an international phenom I've been blessed to have as a teacher, director, and mentor. A strong vision, daunting intellect, timelines, Kaz o grams, unparalleled humility, tender heart, childlike excitement, and unwavering artistry.”

We invite our alums to share their memories, stories, and moments of inspiration in the comments. A display of select production and publication work by Dr. Braun is currently on view in the UB Center for the Arts Atrium, Mainstage Cases.

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06/23/2026

2026-2027 Morning Programs | Live at UB Center for the Arts, UB North Campus
Schools, senior centers and other groups can purchase discounted tickets for $8 each.

To reserve group tickets for the performances: Contact Robert Falgiano at UB Theatre and Dance at: [email protected] or 716-645-6921 direct. Backstage tours are available upon request. Full details: https://conta.cc/4fUzR3g

"THE LIGHTNING THIEF: The Percy Jackson Musical"
Fri. Nov. 20, 2026 | 10am-12:15pm
(Including 15-minute Intermission)
UB Center for the Arts Drama Theatre
Book by Joe Tracz
Music and Lyrics by Rob Rokicki
Adapted from the book “The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan
Directed by Mason Beggs
Music Direction by Matt Marco
Choreography by Madeline Dembowski

ZODIAQUE DANCE COMPANY
New Program
Fri. Mar. 5, 2027 | 10am - noon
(Including 15-minute Intermission)
UB Center for the Arts Drama Theatre
Co-Directors Kerry Ring and Michael Deeb Weaver

2026-2027 SEASON SPONSOR: UB Theatre and Dance wishes to acknowledge eight years of philanthropic support from Fox Run at Orchard Park, our official contributing sponsor of the 2026-2027 season.

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06/02/2026

Caroline Attardo Genco, provost and senior vice president at Tufts University, has been named ’s 16th president, becoming the first woman and Buffalo native to lead the university. Her appointment was approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees Tuesday following an international search.

Genco will join the UB community on August 10, 2026. Learn more ➡️ http://ms.spr.ly/6180vb2V4

05/18/2026

Congratulations to graduating MFA Dance student Charity John on winning the People's Choice Award at the College of Arts and Sciences' 2026 Art of Research Competition. John will pursue a PhD in Theatre and Performance at Florida State University this fall.

https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/ub-seen/photos/2026-photos/05/art-of-research.html?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=uc_ubnow&utm_content=employee_051426

Photo: Jeff Grabill (at the podium), dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, congratulates the winners of the Art of Research competition at the contest's exhibition late last month at the Buffalo Museum of Science. The Art of Research competition celebrates the extraordinary research of UB graduate students and postdoctoral scholars through a showcase of original images highlighting the inherent beauty in research, scholarship and creative activity.

Photo: Cheryl Gorski

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103 Center For The Arts
Buffalo, NY
14260

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+17166456897

Website

http://theatredance.buffalo.edu/

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