CDTPS at UofT

The University of Toronto's Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies offers broad, rich and rigorous Honours BA, MA and PhD programs. #UofT

[CDTPS at UofT @CDTPS_UofT]

📍 #CDTPS offices are moving to University College!
Beginning July 6/26 visit us at:
15 King’s College Circle, Toronto (UC’s north wing above the Art Museum)
🎭 We will continue to maintain:
Playhouse Theatre
Luella Massey Theatre
LCR
Visit https://t.co/LKSAX4AxIb
#UofT

[CDTPS at UofT @CDTPS_UofT]

🎭 Alumni Spotlight: Kevin Matthew Wong (HBA 2016)
From #CDTPS to the global stage, Kevin creates work on identity & storytelling.
His Benevolence series spans theatre, film & installation.
Read the full Q&A🔗https://t.co/6gZR2puo9s
@UofTArtSci #CDTPS60 #AlumniSpotlight

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Check out #CDTPS undergraduate drama alum and recent OISE graduate Hannah Chown in this #UofTGrad26 feature story!

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When Hannah Chown first arrived at #UofT, she couldn't have imagined what lay ahead. Leading the women's Varsity Blues soccer team to a championship while becoming an actress, coach & mentor — with friends that feel like family. #UofTGrad26 ⚽️ https://t.co/RjoJJhHZ6h

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TRIC is seeking submissions in both English and French engaging with Canadian or Québécois theatre. Read the full #CallforPapers online: https://t.co/W8WeIk90X0 #RechercheThéâtrale #TheatreResearch #CFP @CU_FineArts

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Congrats to #CDTPS drama alum Hannah Chown, who will receive her master’s in teaching from OISE this June 🎓
A semi-professional soccer player with Simcoe County Rovers FC & former Varsity Blues captain, she is featured in U of T News:
https://t.co/LldwOtcuSu
#UofTAlumni

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Teaching grad makes history on #UofT soccer pitch. Is a pro career next? #UofTGrad26 ⚽️ https://t.co/RjoJJhHZ6h

[Hart House Theatre @HHTheatre]

Last week's FROM THEATRE SCHOOL TO BEYOND panel featured Malika Daya, Amaka Umeh and Lindsey Middleton. 🌟
Big thanks to our partners CDTPS and the Society of Undergraduate Drama Students. 🎭
What kinds of workshops would you like to see this Fall? ⬇️

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🎭 Alumni Spotlight: Marley Kajan (MA ’20)
Actor, writer & producer behind Like Comment Subscribe 🎬
💬 “Creating your own work is a superpower.”
📖 Read the full Q&A:
https://t.co/IJlkeUEcDC
@UofTArtSci #CDTPS60 #AlumniSpotlight

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✨ Featuring Gabriella Sundar Singh — the first in our new Alumni Spotlight series!
We’re celebrating our 60th anniversary year alongside @UofT’s bicentennial 🎉
Explore her story:
https://t.co/baGdHGtQXA
@UofTArtSci
#CDTPS60 #AlumniSpotlight

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🎉 Congrats to #CDTPS PhD Candidate Keira Mayo!
Selected by the CDTPS Graduate Student Union executive from many nominations, she’s the 2025–26 Saddlemyer/Parker Award recipient 🏆
Honoured for building a supportive, vibrant community 👏
#UofT #GraduateSuccess

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🎉 Congrats to #CDTPS PhD grad Munia Debleena Tripathi!
She’s been awarded the TATP Course Instructor Teaching Excellence Award, a prestigious tri-campus honour at #UofT 🏆
Recognized for her inclusive, engaging teaching & impact on student success 👏
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Congrats to Profs Baņuta Rubess & T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko on being selected for the 2026–27 JHI Program for the Arts!
Their projects—part of JHI’s theme Doubles, Doppelgangers—will include a 2027 symposium and a parade & performance for #CDTPS’s 60th anniversary. 🎉
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[Hart House Theatre @HHTheatre]

Join us on May 21 at 4 PM for *From Theatre School to Beyond*. 📣
An honest panel conversation about what it really means to work in this industry.
Hear from working artists Amaka Umeh, Lindsey Middleton, and Malika Daya as they share their journeys. 🎭
https://t.co/Cc8IwtyUM3

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Congratulations to #CDTPS undergraduate students Lev Tokol and Laura-Fani Grigorakis on their second- and third-place finishes in this year’s Hart House Theatre U of T Playwriting Competition—well done! 📷

[Hart House Theatre @HHTheatre]

Huge congratulations to the winners of the 2026 U of T Playwriting Competition 👏✨

First Place
Evan Bowman — Plating Peonies

Second Place
Lev Tokol — Gun Play

Third Place
Laura-Fani Grigorakis — XIMAIPA (Chimera)
&
Emma Scoble — 19
https://t.co/i4oXySdbqM

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Congrats to Dr. Alisha Grech, who successfully defended their PhD dissertation, “Default Settings: Gendered Visibility, Violence and the Politics of Belonging,” on Apr 14, 2026!
Congrats as well to their supervisory & exam committee! 🎓🎉
@UofTArtSci
#CDTPS #UofTGrad

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🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Munia Debleena Tripathi, our newest PhD graduate at the #CDTPS! Dr. Tripathi successfully defended her dissertation, “Contemporary People’s Theatre in West Bengal, India: A Practice‑Research Inquiry,” on April 9, 2026.👏🎉🎓
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Happy World Theatre Day 🎭

At the University of Toronto's Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies, we offer BA, MA & PhD programs that bring together critical study and hands-on practice across theatre, performance and research.
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Sunface Collective, with the support of EJ3Arts, presents 365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks as the 2026 #CDTPS Alumni Show. Running April 23–25 at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse.
Learn more and get your tickets at https://t.co/RUoUA6E770
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#UofTAlumni

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Beneath the Skin: Biophysical Signals as a Creative Medium

Explore how physiological data can become expressive material in interactive art with Mark-David Hosale & Ilze Briede (artist alias Kavi) on Apr. 10 at JHI.

https://t.co/0YCDKruUgy

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Canadian Theatre Review is seeking submissions for an upcoming issue exploring “Failure,” both onstage and off. Potential topics include failure as resistance; failure as a creative tool; institutional failures; and more: https://t.co/fhDbLtA1B3 @CDTPS_UofT #TheatreResearch

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🎭 Student theatre in action at U of T!
Proud to see some of our drama, theatre & performance studies students featured in @uoftmagazine for their student-led production of The Crucible, directed by #CDTPS Drama Specialist Anya Ivantchenko.
🔗 https://t.co/P39RRk3Fa2