University Players

Jean finds the man next to her in the cafe is deadAmanda Adebo won tickets to see “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” at the Essex Hall Theatre. The University Players production continues through Sunday.

Engineering student headed to the show

Student Amanda Adebo won a prize of two tickets to the University Players production of Dead Man’s Cell Phone.
woman looks suspiciously at slumped manCaitlin Miller plays Jean, a woman who gets entangled in the life of a stranger when she answers his cell phone, in the current production from University Players.

Curtain rising on theatre opener

Caitlin Miller plays Jean, a woman who gets entangled in the life of a stranger when she answers his cell phone, in the current production from University Players.

Joshua QuinlanSet and costume designer Joshua Quinlan has been selected as a Siminovitch Prize Protégé.

Recognition opens new stage in career for drama grad

Drama grad Joshua Quinlan (BA 2013) calls his selection as a protégé by set and costume designer Gillian Gallow a “liminal moment” in his career in theatre.

In December, Gallow was named the 2021 laureate of the Siminovitch Prize, Canada’s largest and most prestigious theatre award. In addition to the $75,000 award, she received $25,000 to support an emerging artist of her choice. She named two: Quinlan and Joyce Padua.

Students rehearse a scene of “Good White Men.”Students rehearse a scene of “Good White Men,” one of four plays performed via Zoom as part of a research project. Led by dramatic arts professor Michelle MacArthur, the study showed it is possible to have a communal theatre experience despite the audience and actors being in lockdown. Photo by Sébastien Heins.

Live theatre over Zoom? Study shows it works

Theatre can provide a communal experience even when the audience and actors are in lockdown, says drama professor Michelle MacArthur.