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Inaugural Art & Design Speaker Series launches with Josie Love Roebuck

March 16, 2022 - As part of the Sistahs Who Swing event, the inaugural Art & Design Speaker Series will kick off with Josie Love Roebuck. The event will take place Thursday, March 24 at 1 p.m. in the Otto Budig Theatre in the University Center [...]

Four world premieres, collaboration headline 51��������’s new play festival

March 15, 2022 - 51��������'s biennial Year End Series (YES) Festival returns for its 20th Anniversary. The YES Festival is the oldest collegiate new-play festival in the country, and for its 20th Anniversary, the School of the Arts will host four world-premiere plays, including a first-ever regional collaboration [...]

51�������� hosts interdisciplinary artist-scholar Tawanda Chabikwa

March 9, 2022 - Tawanda Chabikwa, guest artist-in-residence at SOTA, presents a community engagement event considering the intersectionality of Africana dance and human ecology within the performing arts. The interactive lecture and demonstration will take place on March 23 at 7:30 p.m. in 51��������’s Greaves Concert Hall [...]

51�������� hosts Pulitzer Prize winner, "In the Heights" screenwriter

March 1, 2022 - SOTA will be hosting Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes on Wednesday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. As part of the SOTA Summit Series, her presentation, entitled “Art as Mayhem, Joy, Rebellion, and Home,” will be a rare opportunity for the community to interact with an esteemed member of the national and international arts and literary community [...]

51�������� hosting multi-day diversity event with award-winning vocalist René Marie

Feb. 25, 2022 - Sistahs Who Swing is a multi-day event celebrating African American women artists, educators, and businesswomen. There will be discussion and reflection on a variety of issues that all women in business and the arts face in the pursuit of successful careers and lives [...]

51��������'s "Lightning Thief" Team Reflects on Their Show

Feb. 22, 2022 - Reagan Wildoner sat down with a few of the many unique voices in the cast of "The Lightning Thief" to get their perspectives on the process they have experienced, and to show that no matter who you look at, everyone has put their heart into this show [...]

Regional premiere of "Percy Jackson" musical coming to 51��������

Feb. 2, 2022 - 51�������� SOTA continues its 21/22 Theatre & Dance season with the regional premiere of "The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical," a musical adaptation of Rick Riordan's bestselling book, running from Feb. 25 through March 6, 2022 at 51��������'s Corbett Theatre [...]

SOTA Postpones Dates for Remaining Theatre & Dance Season

Jan. 7, 2022 - 51�������� SOTA will be postponing its remaining spring 2022 productions by one week as a precaution for the campus and community due to recent COVID cases. Tickets for each production will be available about one month prior to their respective openings [...]

Faculty Exhibitions Open Jan. 18

Jan. 6, 2022 - 51�������� SOTA will open its Spring 2022 Faculty Art Exhibition on Jan. 18 at the 51�������� Art Galleries in the Fine Arts Center. The exhibition showcases a wide range of media that reflect 51�������� faculty’s diverse areas of practice [...]

BFA Senior Exhibitions Open Nov. 18

Nov. 8, 2021 - The School of the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of the Fall 2021 BFA Senior Exhibition. The BFA senior capstone experience involves the development of a significant body of creative work, culminating in a critique and public exhibition in the 51�������� Galleries [...]