'Bernarda Alba' Actress Combines Love for Arts, Humanities at UCF
March 23, 2018 Innovative and interdisciplinary, Ibis Enid Rodríguez makes the most of her UCF experience as both a theatre and modern languages and literatures student. UCF student Ibis Enid Rodríguez has prepared for her roles in last fall’s Seminole State production of The House of Bernarda Alba and in the upcoming Theatre UCF musical...
UCF welcomes David Bjella as new Cello Professor
March 20, 2018 The Music Department is thrilled to announce that David Bjella will be joining the faculty as Professor of Cello this fall. Bjella was previously Professor of Cello at Stetson University for more than 20 years. A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, cellist David Bjella has an extensive, multi-faceted career as...
Student choruses promote social justice at UCF Celebrates the Arts 2018
March 15, 2018 The UCF Women’s Chorus, Men’s Ensemble, University Chorus, and Chamber Singers will treat guests to music with a message at UCF Celebrates the Arts 2018. Their concert, entitled “Journey to Justice (Singing the Journey),” addresses social inequalities, prejudice, and discrimination, but also hopefulness and the potential for change. The performance...
Nick Bazo '10MFA teaches how to "impact the change in community"
February 21, 2018 Nick Bazo ’10MFA is becoming a main proprietor of the Theatre for Social Change movement. As Associate Director of Programs at The Theatre Offensive (TTO) & Director of True Colors, he has found a significant impact that community-based theater has been for young audiences and communities. “It’s a very holistic approach,” Bazo...
"Not in Our House" and BOY GETS GIRL at Theatre UCF this weekend
February 20, 2018 Theatre UCF’s production of Boy Gets Girl follows the fine line of romantic persistence versus obsession – a date that goes disturbingly wrong. Boy Gets Girl will be held in the Black Box starting on Thursday, February 22 and runs through Sunday, March 4. Boy Gets Girl follows the story of Theresa...
4th UCF Celebrates the Arts to Feature Tributes to Bernstein, President Hitt
February 06, 2018 UCF Celebrates the Arts–eight days of music, performances and visual displays–returns April 6-14 for a fourth year. The university’s annual showcase of student and faculty presentations at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando will open with a tribute to American composer, conductor and educator Leonard Bernstein...
Theatre UCF’s production of Pentecost paints cultural diversity in new light
January 17, 2018 Theatre UCF presents Pentecost, a production that finds religious, political and scholarly individuals going head-to-head for claim of a newly discovered fresco on a nondescript church ceiling in Eastern Europe. The various groups battle over the validity and possible historical significance of the fresco until twelve refugees storm the church...
Piano students, faculty in Luxembourg for International Festival
December 18, 2017 On August 7-21, UCF piano professor Dr. Yun-Ling Hsu and two piano students Daria Park and Danielle Buckles attended the Vianden International Music Festival and Summer School in Vianden, Luxembourg. The festival is a two-week intensive summer music performance program for international young talented musicians, guest artists, and distinguished faculty...
Theatre UCF Replaces Play by Writer Accused of Sexual Misconduct
December 06, 2017 Theatre UCF is replacing the previously scheduled play The Day Before Yesterday with Rebecca Gilman’s Boy Gets Girl to run Feb. 22 through March 4. “As an educational institution, it is our job to instruct students how to produce and participate in theatre. However, it is also our duty to teach them to do...
Race and stereotypes explored in Theatre UCF’s An Octoroon
November 06, 2017 Theatre UCF presents a timeless tale of race as a social construct and the love that exists if looked past it. An Octoroon will be held in the Black Box starting on Thursday, November 9 and runs through Sunday, November 19. An Octoroon follows the story of George, the...
November events from the School of Performing Arts
November 02, 2017 With holidays and the end of the semester around the corner, make sure you mark your calendar now for these incredible Theatre UCF and Music events! Tickets, if required, can be obtained online, by calling (407) 823-1500, or by visiting the UCF School of Performing Arts Box Office (Monday-Friday from...
Project Spotlight Opens Fall One Act Festival Thursday, November 2
October 31, 2017 By Sarah Schreck Project Spotlight, the University of Central Florida’s premiere student developmental theatre organization, will be premiering four new works in its bi-annual One Act Festival this weekend. Each production is written, directed, produced, and performed by students, and performances are open to all with free admission. Performances begin at...
UCF Playback Theatre troupe works with sex crimes unit of Orange County State Attorney’s Office
October 23, 2017 At the sex crimes unit of the Orange County State Attorney’s Office, prosecutors, investigators, and victim advocates work every day with profoundly emotional and disturbing cases. In the process, they are often required to suppress their own feelings to effectively assist victims and prosecute criminals. Bureau Chief Jenny Rossman felt...
Love, Politics Satirized in Theatre UCF's Gershwin Musical
October 16, 2017 Theatre UCF presents a hilarious and timeless all-American classic, Of Thee I Sing, in the theatre’s Main Stage starting Thursday, Oct. 12. The musical by George and Ira Gershwin is a story of an American presidential candidate who promises to marry the partner chosen for him at a beauty pageant...
UCF and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Partner with the National Young Composers Challenge for 2017 Composium
September 26, 2017 This November 12, the University of Central Florida, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Young Composers Challenge [NYCC] will join forces to present the 2017 Composium at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The top three orchestral and top three ensemble compositions chosen by judges – and...
UCF Alumnus partners with Theatre UCF to bring play about Sandy Hook to Orlando
September 26, 2017 On Oct. 5 – Oct. 8, the University of Central Florida will bring 26 Pebbles – a play written by BFA musical theatre alumnus Eric Ulloa ’04 – to the Orlando Repertory Theatre. Ulloa’s 26 Pebbles was created as a response to the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. As a...
Hsu as Guest Pianist for US-China Piano Festival in Northwest China
September 06, 2017 UCF Piano Professor Yun-Ling Hsu was invited as the guest pianist for the Second US-China Piano Festival held in Ürümqi (Xinjiang Province), Northwest China from July 28 to August 5, 2017. The largest city in China’s western interior, Ürümqi has been a multi-ethnic city and was a major hub on the Silk...
CFE Federal Credit Union and FAIRWINDS Credit Union Support Theatre UCF
August 16, 2017 The UCF School of Performing Arts is pleased to announce that CFE Federal Credit Union and FAIRWINDS Credit Union are supporting Theatre UCF as joint sponsors of the 2017-18 season. This sponsorship will help diversify the school’s theatre programming by introducing students to different genres, and new as well as...
UCF Welcomes New Trombone Professor, Luis F. Fred
June 19, 2017 Luis F. Fred is the new trombone professor at the University of Central Florida. He was principal trombone of the Puerto Rico Symphony and professor of trombone at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. He has extensive symphonic experience having performed with the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles...
UCF Flying Horse Big Band's Record Climbing the Charts
June 14, 2017 The Flying Horse Big Band is garnering a bit of national attention for its most recent album, Big Man on Campus, which at the time of this writing is #6 on the Roots Music Report (RMR) Top 50 and #45 on the JazzWeek Top 50.