Annie Zhong, a Speech Communication graduate shares her experiences at the University of Waterloo. Read about her accomplishments in this featured article. Congratulations Annie!
The Department of Drama and Speech Communication is happy to announce that by September 2015 all three departmental units will have new curricular initiatives launched. These changes foster our commitment to cross-unit collaboration in teaching and research. They also invite students to actively consider undertaking a double major – in Speech Communication and Drama – with a Digital Arts Communication (DAC) minor. And they allow students in all Arts programs to consider a DAC minor.
Here are the highlights:
Post-Doctoral Fellow Toby Malone is a busy man this summer. He is the supervising dramaturg on the Department's productions, both of which require preparation and work during the spring term. He is prepping his two new courses - DRAMA 409 (Theatre Criticism) and DRAMA 371 (Theatre History). He is the Dramaturg for King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Stratford Festival.
In early April, the Speech Communication course Art, Communication and Culture, taught by Shana MacDonald, launched the department's inaugural pop-up art exhibition "unLearn: Confronting the Known" in the ML main floor hallway leading to the Theatre of the Arts.
Associate Dean and long-time Drama faculty member, Bill Chesney is not relaxing this summer. He is designing four out of the five shows in the Lighthouse Festival Theatre's 35th anniversary season.
The Department of Drama and Speech Communication is excited to announce that Toronto-based actor-playwright-director, Martha Ross, has been contracted to direct the winter production of Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco.
They walk these floors at night. Working in the afterlife. Like the buttons they crafted, we are fastened to our history.
On April 24th, Paul Cegys and Andy Houston presented their process and challenges regarding their work on the play "From Solitary to Solidarity: Unravelling the Ligatures of Ashley Smith". The presentation took place at the REAP felt lab in St. Jacobs for the faculty and staff of the Department of Drama and Speech Communication.
DAC faculty members, Jill Tomasson Goodwin, Glenn Stillar and Dave Goodwin recently teamed up with Kelly Grindrod of uWaterloo's School of Pharmacy on a joint research project: to explore how to convince doctors and patients to reduce antibiotic use.
The Department of Drama and Speech Communication is excited to announce that Toronto-based actor-director, Stewart Arnott, has been contracted to direct the fall production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.