Great Artists Series presents Conrad Tao
Pianist and composer Conrad Tao, an artist of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” (The New York Times), will perform Sunday, March 1, as part of the WashU Department of Music’s Great Artists Series.
‘Ties that bind’
The Performing Arts Department will present Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Our Town” in Edison Theatre beginning Feb. 20. Though familiar to generations of audiences, the play’s pastoral setting can disguise its formal inventiveness, says director Andrea Urice.
WashU student film added to National Film Registry
Shot on WashU’s campus, the 110-year old film “The Maid of McMillan” is one of 25 films the Library of Congress added to the National Film Registry.
Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper Feb. 1
Ballaké Sissoko, one of the world’s great virtuosos of the 21-stringed West African kora, will be joined Feb. 1 by classically trained Cape Town guitarist Derek Gripper for an intimate recital as part of WashU’s Great Artists Series.
Costanzo launches 2026 Great Artists Series
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is “a perfect musician” (Le Monde), at once “vocally brilliant and dramatically fearless” (New York Times). On Jan. 25, Costanzo will launch WashU’s 2026 Great Artists Series.
Himes wins AUDELCO Lifetime Achievement Award
Ron Himes, the Henry E. Hampton Jr. Artist-in-Residence in Arts & Sciences and founder of the St. Louis Black Repertory Company, has won a Lifetime Achievement Award from New York theater group AUDELCO.
Balancing act: Saint Louis Ballet dancers perform on stage, in CAPS classrooms
At the age of 31, WashU student Rebecca Cornett is planning for retirement. Cornett is a dancer for Saint Louis Ballet, which is currently staging “The Nutcracker.” She also is one of several dancers pursuing their educations at the School of Continuing & Professional Studies.
Acting the Part
Audience Participation in Performance
A framework for understanding audience participation in twenty-first century immersive theater Acting the Part offers a paradigm for understanding how audiences participate in immersive theater, from physical spaces like the Globe in London to digital spaces like social virtual reality. Reading across twenty-first century productions of ancient Greek tragedies and William Shakespeare’s plays, Elizabeth Hunter […]
Enveloping Worlds
Toward a Discourse of Immersive Performance
A collection analyzing immersive, participatory performances as it has developed in the U.S. Enveloping Worlds is a collection of essays that analyzes the phenomenon of immersive, participatory performance as it has developed in the U.S. As this collection demonstrates, immersive performance offers three-dimensional multisensory experiences, inviting audience members to be participants in the unfolding of […]
How to build a creative career
WashU alumni with booming performing arts careers, from Broadway to TV, share their stories on a WashU-centered podcast.
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