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Open enrolment has begun! Now is the perfect time to explore the diverse range of courses offered. Explore our exciting courses this semester! Enhance your communication skills in "Performing the Voice," master behind-the-scenes magic with "Stage Management," dive into global cultural analysis in "Performance History," and create impactful art in "Performance Creation." Don’t miss your chance to enrol and unlock your potential!

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!

The latest publication by Dr. Kim Nguyen from the Department of Communication Arts, titled 'Mean Girl Feminism,' has garnered attention in a recent feature by Jezebel newspaper.

We are excited to announce Professor Samer Al-Saber will be a featured speaker for the 2024 Silversides Theatre Artist Series on March 18th, Devising Freedom: Lessons from Palestinian Theatre. He will also be holding a student workshop earlier in the day on Devising and Ethnography.

Assistant Professor Adan Jerreat-Poole attended the Youth Imagine the Future (YIF) awards ceremony on December 10.

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