Intimacy directing is making a difference on stage and beyond
In Rochester’s International Theatre Program, intimacy directing is playing a growing role.
Changing the narrative about Blackness on the stage
By partnering with Black actors and artists, the International Theatre Program’s recent productions help give new dimension to marginalized characters.
Sam Chanse play premieres at Sloan Performing Arts Center
Fellowship is the latest production commissioned as part of the International Theatre Program’s New Voice Initiative supporting early-career playwrights
Disability arts ensemble Kinetic Light performs at the Sloan Performing Arts Center
The internationally recognized ensemble Kinetic Light performed at the Sloan Performing Arts Center as part of the group’s fall 2022 East Coast tour. Using art, technology, design, and dance, the artists create, perform, and teach at the intersections of access, queerness, disability, dance, and race.
Poetry, dreamscapes, and magical realism infuse José Rivera’s Marisol
The University’s International Theatre Program presents the Puerto Rican screenwriter’s Obie Award-winning drama for its spring 2022 production.
Costume-ready for ‘fabulously fun’ glam rock theater
A behind-the-scenes photo gallery shows the International Theatre Program gearing up for its production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Inaugural theater production at Sloan Performing Arts Center opens December 2
The International Theatre Program returns to in-person performances as it presents Aaron Posner’s Stupid F*cking Bird, a modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.
Dance concert showcases the interplay of lights, music, and action in a brand-new space
The Sloan Performing Arts Center serves as a new campus site for students, faculty, and guest artists to perform original choreography.
University takes the stage at 10th annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
The recently opened Sloan Performing Arts Center on the River Campus gives Rochester’s arts community a new venue to shine.
Sloan Performing Arts Center opens on the River Campus
The 30,000-square-foot dedicated performing arts space had its soft opening at the end of August, adding a much-anticipated new building to the University of Rochester’s River Campus in time for the fall semester.