“If you’re all about bold ideas, then here’s mine: Let me be your first,” says Julia Fedorin, a fourth year Communication Arts and Design Practice student, in a video pitched to Shopify. Since it was posted two weeks ago, the video has racked up over one million views and seven thousand engagements on X.
Recent THPERF Grad, Jasmine Rajaballey, made KWLT debut in 'Scorched'. She embodied a dynamic character through making personal connections to the role
We are thrilled to award these amazing students for their work this past academic year.
Paula Wing, a renowned dramaturge, has won the George Luscombe Mentorship Award for her exceptional mentorship in the performing arts, to be presented at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards on June 24th!
Congratulations to the upcoming graduating class of Communication Arts and DAC minors as well as William Chesney who will receive “Honorary Member of the University".
Every year, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) elects new cohorts for outstanding artistic, scientific and scholarly achievements. Waterloo is hosting this year's RSC 2023 Celebration of Excellence and Engagement conference in November.
Several Waterloo researchers have been nominated this year and will be joining the incoming cohorts of the RSC fellows and the new members of the RSC College. One of which is from the Communication Arts department! Professor Naila Keleta-Mae.
Vershawn Young is many things: a professor in the department of Communication Arts and English Language and Literature; the director of the new Black Studies program, a program in which he led in the development; a solo performance artist, translating all of his academic work into stage productions; and a writer of books and articles.
He is now participating in the leading role of Sir Robert Chiltern, in the production of An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde at Firehall Theatre.
The Theatre and Performance program is excited to announce that Award-winning Canadian director and actor, Tanja Jacobs is directing the Fall Production,
EVERYBODY by Black American playwright, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.
EVERYBODY is a fourth wall defying contemporary adaptation of the 15th-century morality play, EVERYMAN. Jacobs-Jenkins’ secular take on the idea of morality and the journey to one’s demise is brilliantly written as a comedic adventure to the afterlife, where the protagonist, EVERYBODY, must answer to DEATH and bring a presentation of their life to GOD. EVERYBODY, terrified of completing this endeavour alone, seeks out the help of various figures in their life to accompany them into the unknown potential afterlife.
The Theatre and Performance program is excited to announce that Ontario-based multi- disciplinary theatre artist, Liza Balkan, is the director of our winter production of Mustard by
“I love the balance of having a semester where I can study a variety of subjects that will go towards my majors and minors.”