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Megan Lowe Theater, Dance & Performance Studies at UC Berkeley Even before the formation of the Department of Dramatic Art (now the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies) in 1941, the UC Berkeley campus was host to numerous theatrical productions and guest artists, and educated some of the most prominent theatrical artists of our time. Great actors, such as Irving Pichel, Everett Glass, Gloria Stuart, and Gregory Peck, performed in UC Berkeley productions and the campus produced such well-known playwrights and writers as Sidney Howard, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for They Knew What They Wanted and wrote the screenplay for Gone With the Wind. In 1941, the Department of Dramatic Art was formed and, throughout the years, has trained distinguished actors, dancers, and other professionals in the field of performance including: film and television actors Stacy Keach, Harry Hamlin, Karen Grassle, Joe Spano, Bill Bixby, Michael Lerner, Roxann Dawson, Brett Dalton and Chris Pine; choreographers Daniel Ezralow and Ben Levy; repertory theater actors Maureen McVerry and Lorri Holt, and many others. |
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Web Page: | https://http://tdps.berkeley.edu/ |
List Affiliations: | None |
Interests: | Dance and History of Dance Humanities Theatre and Performance History / Studies |
Bio: The Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies teaches performance as a mode of critical inquiry, creative expression and public engagement. Through performance training and research, we create liberal arts graduates with expanded analytical, technical and imaginative capacities. As a public institution, we make diversity and inclusion a key part of our teaching, art making and public programming. For more information, see: http://tdps.berkeley.edu/ |