Wake Forest Theatre & Dance students Senya Li and Allison Sweeney, accompanied by faculty members Jon Herbert and Stephen Wrentmore, earned major recognition at the 2026 American College Theater Festival (ACTF) Region IV conference, held at Auburn University at Montgomery. Selected from hundreds of submissions […]
Wake Forest dance student Alina Vinokur earned 1st place in the Senior Women’s Division for Classical Dance at the regional Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) competition in Winston-Salem. YAGP is the world’s largest ballet scholarship audition, connecting more than 15,000 young dancers each season across […]
Wake Forest theatre alum Alyssa Colman (‘06) has been awarded the 2026 American Library Association’s Schneider Family Book Award for her novel Where Only Storms Grow. The award recognizes outstanding artistic expression of the disability experience for young readers. The novel also received the 2026 Josette […]
Professor Jon Herbert’s play The Last Noel is turning heads on the national stage, earning both a conference reading and a forthcoming journal publication. Herbert presented his play as a staged reading at the Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC) in Atlanta last March. Following the reading, the play […]
The Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to celebrate Professor J.K. Curry, who was named a 2025 Volunteer of the Year by the Twin City Track Club (TCTC), alongside longtime club member and husband Dan Bradley. The honor recognizes individuals whose dedication and leadership […]
Kung Fu helped me be a better writer. It’s an art—a martial art. I practiced the same Kung Fu as Bruce Lee—Jeet Kune Do. That practice is all about the fact that there is no one way. It’s about being open to possibilities and getting […]
There are three opportunities to get involved in the Department of Theatre & Dance coming up soon. All events are open to all WFU students. New Faces Workshop First up is the New Faces Workshop on Thursday, August 28 at 4:30 pm in the Ring […]
Tina Yarborough Liggins was honored with an Arts Legacy Award in Dance at the Juneteenth GSO Fest on June 20, 2025. The awards honor the contributions made by Black artists, arts administrators, and arts institutions in the local community. Other honorees this year are: Payroll […]
Wake Forest’s theatre talent took center stage at the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) Awards this month, where Zac Anderson (‘25) placed second in Undergraduate Lighting Design, and Vir Gupta (‘25) earned third in Undergraduate Projection Design. From March 19-22, theatre students traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, […]
In the late 1970s, Harold Tedford acquired a collection of dresses from the nineteenth century for the theatre. Over the years, the collection has grown, mostly with donations. In the summer of 2010, Mary Wayne-Thomas and Caroline Dignes (class of 2010), began the process of […]