Joshua Gallagher, senior Theater major, was awarded the O’Neill Design Fellowship at the 2013 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Washington, D.C. for his set design for the play In Quietness.

Michael Schwartz, Theater and Dance, will publish a book on the representation of the Industrial Workers of the World on the American stage. It is scheduled for publication in early 2014.

Louder Than Words is a laugh-out-loud comedy telling the story of a kingdom where books have been banned and the world’s greatest authors from across time have been exiled to a far-away, barren land.

Associate professor of Dance Joan Van Dyke’s abstract for her paper, “‘The Red Shoes Project’: The Art of Empowerment through Ballet and Literature in the 21st Century,” was accepted to be presented in the MELUS conference on March 14–17, 2013.

Region 2 of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival awarded Theater major Lydia Gibson the National Playwriting Project award for “best performance in a concert reading” in January 2013. Maggie Glass was recognized for exceptional stage management service by Stage Directors and Choreographer’s Fellowship.

Theater majors Josh Gallagher and Morgan Chase were both awarded fellowships to attend the American College Theatre Festival at the Kennedy Center in April 2013.

Lyndsey Grove, an interdisciplinary Fine Arts-Dance Arts major, has been invited to present her creative work, "Dance It, Movie It, Learn It," at the Easter District Association of American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance conference in Valley Forge in February. Grove is one of only two students who were selected to present.