Joined by Rafiah Jones and Kamilah A. Picket, Ullah brought her highly acclaimed “Hijabi Monologues” to her alma mater for a single night showing on Thursday, Feb. 28 at the Bill Cosford Cinema.
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ISSS and COISO to host UM alumna Sahar Ullah’s ‘Hijabi Monologues’ on campus
“Hijabi Monologues,” which debuts on campus on Thursday, Feb. 28, allows Muslim women who wear the sometimes controversial head covering to speak their truth about their stories.
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Ring Theater to host “The School for Lies” as first student production of spring semester
In the mood for sex, drama and humor? The University of Miami’s Jerry Herman Ring Theatre is putting all of that into one 90-minute package, a new play called “The School For Lies.” It opens Thursday, Feb. 21.
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’30 Plays in 60 Minutes’ a hilarious, hyper-speed gem by CaneStage Theatre
It might have lasted only 60 minutes, but I could have easily stayed for another 180.
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UM performance program recognized among best in the country
Chris Peterson, who created the popular blog in 2014, said in an email that he is impressed with how UM’s program is improving. “It’s one of the very best in the Southeast,” he said.
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‘Pirates of Penzance’ opens Thursday at Ring Theatre
Don’t miss the University of Miami theater department’s spring musical, “Pirates of Penzance,” beginning April 19.
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Student Artist Spotlight: Kelsey Blackstone
A sophomore theater arts major provides a snapshot of the creative, chaotic world of theater in the first weekly Student Artist Spotlight.
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‘Little Women’ sends powerful message about gender roles
The curtains opened in the Cosford Cinema for the first performance of the CaneStage Theatre Company production, “Little Women,” on Dec. 7. CaneStage is a theater club under the umbrella of Hurricane Productions. Unlike the Ring Theatre, the club’s cast, director, actors and live band are all students and have organized the play themselves. “Little…
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‘Evita’ kicks off the Actors’ Playhouse 30th Anniversary season
The theater showed not only a traditional English language run of the Tony Award-winning musical, but will also be performing a Spanish language run from Nov. 30 to Dec. 17.
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Gender fluidity takes center stage for ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Ring Theatre
Catch “Romeo and Juliet” at the Ring Theatre before Nov. 18. Students can get in free on “Totally Tuesday,” Nov. 14.
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Theater becomes part of the UM Law School curriculum
The UM Law Health Rights Clinic is revolutionizing the way students and interns learn to practice law by taking an old theater concept called Forum Theatre and applying it to the modern classroom setting. Some undergraduate students may be familiar with the idea from a similar program used during Orientation events, called “Theatre in Action:…
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“Pippin” closes a spectacular run despite hurricane delays
After a difficult and stormy start to the fall semester, the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre ended the run of its first show of the season, the musical “Pippin” by Stephen Schwartz and Roger Hirson, to a great success. “Pippin” played from Oct. 5 to Oct. 14 at the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. As the hard…