UCF Alum Featured in Hulu Holiday Hit “Happiest Season”
December 01, 2020 Dominique Allen Lawson ’14 landed a supporting role in the romantic comedy heralded as a breakthrough movie for the LGBTQ+ community.
Themed Experience Program Collaborates with VR Pioneer Carolina Cruz-Neira
November 18, 2020 Peter Weishar, director of UCF’s Themed Experience program, shares how he and the students in the MFA Theatre – Themed Experience track collaborate with Carolina Cruz-Neira, Agere Chair in Computer Science and creator of the CAVE virtual reality system.
Deadline extended: Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts & Wellness Innovation Awards
November 17, 2020 The Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts & Wellness Innovation Awards are $25,000 grants for interdisciplinary projects involving UCF faculty and community organizations.
Reading Hamilton with Donatella Galella: Diving into the politics of the pop-culture phenomenon
October 30, 2020 The Tony Award-winning show Hamilton became a pop culture phenomenon that reaches far beyond the typical Broadway audience. After multiple Broadway tours, over one billion album streams and a recorded cinematic performance on Disney+, the musical that flips the script on one of the lesser-known founding fathers has become a...
14 Faculty Members Inducted into the UCF Scroll and Quill Society
October 29, 2020 This years’ inductees are experts in methodology, animation, music history, business ethics and other fields.
Venice Symphony announces Ross Monroe Winter as Associate Concertmaster
October 12, 2020 The Venice Symphony announces that violinist Ross Monroe Winter has joined the orchestra as Associate Concertmaster.
Orlando Sentinel: Theatre UCF series amplifies America’s diverse voices
September 15, 2020 In just a few weeks, UCF graduate, Ana Martinez Medina ’19 will direct a free online reading of “Mojada,” a play about a Mexican immigrant family. The work is one of four plays dealing with racial-equality and social-justice issues that the university is presenting under the umbrella title “Amplify, Empower,...
UCF Alums Surprised with Taylor Swift Album Credit
September 09, 2020 Alumni Jonathan Gautier ’06 ’09MA and Jessica (Wigert) ’07 had a whirlwind “August” after learning about engineering credit on Swift’s new album.
Faculty members rejoin CAH after reorganization
September 02, 2020 When the Nicholson School of Communication and Media joined the College of Sciences, six individuals opted to keep their positions in the College of Arts and Humanities.
Theatre UCF Performs Online This Fall: Series on Social Justice and Much Ado About Nothing Adaptation
August 26, 2020 This fall, Theatre UCF students are bringing the theatre into your home. We are inviting audiences to see what they are creating through free online readings including a series of plays about social justice and a modern translation of a Shakespeare classic.
Support for our Performing Arts students
August 26, 2020 Did you know that singers require special face masks fitted with extra room to allow for their mouth movements and projection, or that clear masks are best for teacher critique? The battle to protect and equip our students to combat the COVID-19 virus reminds us of Les Misérables! The School...
Spotlight: Brenna Maginness ’20BFA
August 18, 2020 Brenna Maginness ’20, theatre design and technology alumna and BHC Scholar, served as a costume designer for UCF theatre productions during her time at UCF, and wrote an Honors Undergraduate Thesis on lesbian representation in theatre. She will be attending the University of the Arts in London to earn a...
Alexander Bornstein ’09 Talks Composing for New Netflix Animated “Transformers” Series
July 30, 2020 UCF Alumnus Alexander Bornstein ‘09 talks composing music for the new Netflix animated series, Transformers: War for Cybertron.
WUCF TV: Teaching and Performing During Covid-19 with Thad Anderson
July 27, 2020 Thad Anderson, percussion, discusses the challenges and solutions to teaching and performing during COVID-19.
UCF Music Professor, Opera Orlando Win Grant to Create New Opera
July 24, 2020 Stella Sung’s third opera will be a musical adaptation of “The Secret River,” a children’s fantasy book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
Playbill: Take a look back at the Broadway career of UCF Alumnus Quentin Earl Darrington ’16MFA
July 10, 2020 Take a look back at the Broadway career of UCF Alumnus Quentin Earl Darrington ’16MFA including Cats, Ragtime and Once on this Island.
The perfect album for your “Summer Knights”
July 08, 2020 UCF Music’s steel band, Black Steel, has released a new album, “Summer Knights,” in time for all your summer activities.
Interactive media and web conference sessions open to public
July 06, 2020 Texts and Technologies at UCF is hosting two virtual conferences this summer, both of which focus on the fusion of humanities questions with critical examination and playful exploration of the potential of technology.
Theatre alumna creates “Black Artists for Black Lives” rally, movement
June 29, 2020 The event, organized by Elisabeth Christie, featured fellow alumni like Arius West and incoming director of choral activities Jeffery Redding as speakers.
Arlene Flores named April USPS Employee of the Month
June 18, 2020 For over 20 years, Arlene has been giving of her time and energy to UCF. She is a strong supporter of the faculty and other staff and daily lives the values of integrity and excellence.