Theatre group rehearses Gianni Schicchi on stage.

Department of Theatre News

The department of theatre offers programs in performance, production, and technology taught by a diverse group of experienced faculty. Our in-depth programs and hands-on training provides students a strong foundation and comprehensive knowledge of theatre studies, design, performance in stage and screen, and technology and stage management.

Current Theatre News

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This free event features art exhibitions, live music, dance and theatre performances, film demonstrations, food and wine tastings, a beer garden, and much more.

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50 Sisters, 50 Cousins, and 50 reasons not to say I do. NCT presents Charles L. Mee’s Big Love, a hilarious reimagining of an ancient Greek myth.

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Six productions. One unmistakable vision.

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When the playwright's daughter asked whether giants tell stories about people, it sparked one of Rivera's most inventive works.

two actresses in the stage production
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Inspired by E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, the play unfolds as a fantasia set within a neocolonial landscape where a fragile friendship is placed under extraordinary strain.

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The classic Baroque opera seria dazzles with vocal fireworks and larger-than-life mythic figures.

Theatre In The News

KSNV-TV: News 3

From the Las Vegas Valley to Netflix screens, UNLV theatre professor Nate Bynum is bringing a hometown spirit to Hollywood while continuing to shape the next generation of performers.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

UNLV Nevada Conservatory Theatre celebrating its 25th anniversary.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

The show will run at the Judy Bayley theatre May 2nd-11th.

KNPR News

The visual and performing arts are in full swing throughout the state. Making good on its promises to bring more activity and people to Commercial Center, Clark County has just launched a program with UNLV, which will produce cultural events at the East Sahara complex.

KNPR News

University of Nevada, Las Vegas has long defied the myth that Las Vegas is a cultural wasteland, especially in recent years.

Nevada Independent

The first debate between the Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, and his Republican opponent, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, is set for Oct. 18. The second, between Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, and her Republican opponent, former attorney general Adam Laxalt, is scheduled for Oct. 20. Both are set to take place at UNLV’s Judy Bayley Theater and will be aired statewide by KLAS and Univision

Recent Theatre Accomplishments

Christina Watanabe (Theatre) is the lighting designer for the world premiere of The Getaway Driver at acclaimed regional theatre Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI. Inspired by the remarkable true story of Katherine Ann Power and Clare Schroeder, The Getaway Driver is a gripping new drama that follows two women…
Assistant professor Kymberly Mellen (Theatre) recently opened a critically acclaimed, 92-performance production of Melissa Leilani Larson’s Pride and Prejudice at The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater’s Lindsay Legacy Theater in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Following rehearsals from June 1 through Aug. 15, the production opened Aug. 17 and runs through Nov. 7…
Christina Watanabe (Theatre) was honored with a St. Louis Theatre Circle Award for her work on Lynn Nottage's Clyde's. From the review in Ladue News: "Lighting designer Christina Watanabe bathes the premises in a series of searing, stark lights as well as some sinister red hues which drift through floor grates, offering intriguing…
Christina Watanabe (Theatre), head of design/tech and assistant professor of lighting design, recently designed the world premier production of Spread by Jesús I. Valles at INTAR Theatre in New York City. This off-Broadway production has extended its initial run and will have the distinction of being filmed and added to the New York Public Library…
Stefano Boselli (Theatre) presented his paper, “Criss-Crossing the Atlantic: Argentine Diasporic Stage Directors Returning to Buenos Aires,” on Dec. 12, 2025 at PSi #30, the Performance Studies international conference “XXX Cruzo, Cruising, Crossroads,” held in Fortaleza, Brazil. Boselli examined the transnational careers of Argentine directors…
Christina Watanabe (Theatre) is the lighting designer for Arkansas Rep's production of The Glass Menagerie, which the Arkansas Times calls "raw, poetic and devastating" and highlights the moment when "[Tom and Laura] share a sweet extended scene by the light of a candelabra that’s perhaps my favorite moment of The Rep’s whole summer season."…