News & Events

2007-2008 Theatre Scholarships
Eligibility: Any first-year student entering The College of Wooster in the Fall 2008. Scholarship awarded on the basis of acting, directing, playwriting, design and technology, or dance. Applicants need not be a prospective Theatre major. Applicants must apply for admission to The College of Wooster by submitting the Common Application (www.commonapp.org) to the Office of Admissions by January 1.

Kenndey Center officials announce that Ansley Valentine has been named co-vice chair of the theatre festival's Region III.

The department would like to welcome back Charlene Gross, costume designer. Charlene returns to Wooster after teaching at her alma mater (Ashland University). We are so pleased and fortunate to have Charlene back on staff!

The Theatre and Dance Department is excited to announce Mark Kobak has accepted the James N. Wise Visiting Professorship in Theatre for the 2007-2008 academic year. Mark is a scenic designer with more than fifteen years of academic and professional experience. A graduate of Baldwin Wallace College in 1991, and received an M.F.A. in set design in 1996 from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

2005-2006 Faculty Leave - Kim Tritt, Professor of Dance
Portions of Ms. Tritt's leave were spent in Ohio, New York City, and Honolulu where she conducted research for a writing project about dancer, choreographer, and educator, Gladys Bailin. Her paper, Gladys Bailin: Evolving the Nikolais Tradition was accepted for presentation at the November 2006 Congress on Research in Dance Conference in Tempe, Arizona. She was invited to present another paper, The Professional Life and Work of Gladys Bailin and teach a workshop, A Non-Violent Approach to Stage Combat at the OhioDance Festival in Dayton, Ohio. During a residency at the University of Hawaii she served as guest lecturer in the graduate course, Graduate Seminar in Dance Pedagogy and participated in range of dance interests including research in various forms of dance in world cultures, theater/dance workshops and attended non-western dance performances. In addition to her dance experiences at the university she studied hula at Halau Hula ka No'eau. She also traveled to China and attended traditional Beijing Opera (Jinju) and contemporary dance performances.

On Friday, December 9, 2005, the Department of Theatre faculty, staff, students, emeritus, and administrators gathered together to commemorate the renovation of our performance studio. Thanks to the generosity of James N. Wise ('41), the Wise Studio provides a professional space for our acting and directing classes, a dance floor for rehearsal, as well as a digital media lab for our growing emphasis on digital film production for the actor and director. Click here for pictures and the complete story.