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Short film garners acclaim, travels far

After winning several festival awards, film submitted for Oscars
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CHASS sponsors three days in Palm Springs for film students

UCR's Departments of Media & Cultural Studies (MCS) and Theatre, Film, & Digital Production (TFDP) take students to prestigious film festival
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Celebrating two decades of Playworks

Student playwrights shine a light on meaningful topics
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Dark comedy 'THE CUTS' unites campus creatives to expose arts budget woes

UCR artists’ short film to debut at LA Shorts International Film Festival
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Presenting the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production’s 2026-27 Season

Dear TFDP Community, “Isn’t there anyone to tell me who I am?” laments Jane Doe in Ride the Cyclone. Welcome to the 2026-2027 season in which contemporary and canonical playwrights as well as emerging filmmakers explore identity and humanity. Our mainstage will present a Los Angeles-set, Latine/x retelling of Medea focused on undocumented immigrants and...
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Kimberly Guerrero is having a moment

UCR professor and actor is one of the stars of the HBO Max series “IT: Welcome to Derry”
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TFDP professor’s short film screens around country, awarded at UFVA conference

Professor Christophe Katrib receives Best Experimental Award, praises analog film

Professor honored for theatrical designs

UC Riverside assistant professor of teaching Christopher Scott Murillo has been named “Scenic Designer of the Year” by a Southern California website for his work on several theatrical productions.
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Employees recognized with Outstanding Staff Awards

Staff members presented with awards at a May ceremony
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Screenwriter, professor, mentor, sensei

UCR campus community sends Stu Krieger into retirement with a scholarship in his name
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UCR Theatre presents ‘A Doll’s House’

First performed in 1879, the freshly adapted play about a woman’s struggle for independence remains remarkably relevant.
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Presenting the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production’s 2025-26 Season

Presenting the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production’s 2025-26 Season
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Eleventh-annual Smartphone Film Festival demonstrates possibilities of filmmaking

For 11 years, UC Riverside’s Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production has supported student filmmakers.
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UCR Theatre Presents 'Macbeth'

Layered performance promises to keep audience riveted to the story’s emotional rollercoaster
Four actors on stage in period costumes sing passionately. They appear thoughtful and emotional, with a backdrop of stage props and dim lighting.

'Peter and the Starcatcher' offers fun, with purpose

The Tony Award-winning play runs Nov. 7-16 at University Theatre

‘Eat Your Catfish’ wins an Emmy

Co-directed by a UC Riverside MFA student, PBS will stream the documentary for free throughout October
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Theatre Professor Bella Merlin takes ‘Tilly No-Body’ to South Korea

The one-woman show explores identity and domestic abuse themes while fostering cross-cultural dialogue at an international festival.

‘It’ Prequel Series ‘Welcome To Derry’ Adds 10 To Cast Including Alixandra Fuchs, Kimberly Guerrero, Dorian Grey, Joshua Odjick

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is rounding out the cast for Welcome To Derry (working title) its It prequel series starring and executive produced by Bill Skarsgård.

Film Academy Board Adds Andy Nelson, Jennifer Fox, Patricia Cardoso and More

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the newly elected Board of Governors for the 2024-2025 year.

The Land Before Time and Zenon Writer Stu Krieger on Reimagining the Prehistoric Past and Technological Future (Exclusive)

"I would rather have a kid turn to their mom and go, ‘What does that mean?’ than feel like we’re talking down to them," the screenwriter and author tells PEOPLE