For a lucky few, a stage is a beginning.
It’s the path to a perfect pirouette or or a standing ovation, to Broadway or Hollywood or a distant land.
If Shakespeare was indeed correct. If all the world is a stage, then there are a lucky few that have a corner on the market: Their home, their world has always been the stage.
And for those pursuing a degree from The University of Alabama’s Department of Theatre and Dance, their home, their stage does if fact span all the world—to performances of Hamilton and Kinky Boots and standing ovations at productions in Scotland and Ecuador.
“We have been on a great run these past few years,” Bill Teague, professor and chair of UA’s Theatre and Dance Department, said. “Our students really have major accomplishments in the entertainment business, and it’s those accomplishments that we’re so proud of.” …show more content…
It’s a growth that allows the department to draw a larger crowd than any other non-athletic program on campus.
It’s a growth that has warranted a new home.
With the purchase of the former 168-acre Bryce Hospital property in 2010, UA acquired that new home, with development plans Teague deems a “crown jewel” for the University.
Now in the final phases of planning and the beginning of construction, the historic Bryce Main building and the planned Performing Arts Academic Center stand as a promise for the future and a nod to the department’s past and present
It’s the path to a perfect pirouette or or a standing ovation, to Broadway or Hollywood or a distant land.
If Shakespeare was indeed correct. If all the world is a stage, then there are a lucky few that have a corner on the market: Their home, their world has always been the stage.
And for those pursuing a degree from The University of Alabama’s Department of Theatre and Dance, their home, their stage does if fact span all the world—to performances of Hamilton and Kinky Boots and standing ovations at productions in Scotland and Ecuador.
“We have been on a great run these past few years,” Bill Teague, professor and chair of UA’s Theatre and Dance Department, said. “Our students really have major accomplishments in the entertainment business, and it’s those accomplishments that we’re so proud of.” …show more content…
It’s a growth that allows the department to draw a larger crowd than any other non-athletic program on campus.
It’s a growth that has warranted a new home.
With the purchase of the former 168-acre Bryce Hospital property in 2010, UA acquired that new home, with development plans Teague deems a “crown jewel” for the University.
Now in the final phases of planning and the beginning of construction, the historic Bryce Main building and the planned Performing Arts Academic Center stand as a promise for the future and a nod to the department’s past and present