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'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

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

Two win Chancellor's Award for Excellence

Keunpyo (Root) Park, an associate professor of filmmaking in the Department of Theater, Film, and Digital Production, and Qixuan Wang, an assistant professor of mathematics, received the 2023-24 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research.

UCR Theatre presents ‘Three Sisters’

Chekhov’s ‘comic agony’ finds wistful playfulness in this new iteration

Presenting the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production’s 2024-25 Season

Presenting the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production’s 2024-25 Season

CHASS wins big in regional theater festival

UCR students and graduates are awarded for their work in the arts

Christopher Scott Murillo’s stage designs featured on TV, theatre

Paramount Plus viewers and theatre lovers are getting a glimpse of set designs by UC Riverside assistant professor Christopher Scott Murillo.

'Vietgone' - zany, sexy, and maybe even a little bit true

Theater production through Feb. 24 considers the playwright's parents' meeting in an Arkansas refugee camp

BOOKS: ‘Acting: The Basics,’ brings an art form back to its cave-drawing origins

Bella Merlin, professor of theatre, film, and digital production, releases a third edition with updated case studies and a focus on inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility

Bella Merlin nominated for two awards for her performance in ‘Henry VI Part 2’

Bella Merlin, professor of theatre, film, and digital production, has been nominated for her most recent theatre performances in “Henry VI Part 2.”

Donatella Galella featured as a theatre historian in new PBS documentary

A new one-hour documentary features the impact of Asian American actors and their contributions to the creation of East West Players theatre company.

Cast - like the faux guitar heroes they play - achieves 'Airness'

Theatre department's fall production explores the world of air guitar competitions

On stage: Magic, gospel music, and an escape from enslavement

Rickerby Hinds, UCR playwright and professor, transforms the true story of Henry Box Brown’s harrowing escape from enslavement in 1849 America into a magic show in the first full production of “Blackbox,” October 5-14

Calling The Shots

Patricia Cardoso, director of “Real Women Have Curves,” is making a name for herself in Hollywood while guiding future filmmakers at UCR.

Taking Center Stage

Kimberly Guerrero embraces her role as a Native American actor while fighting for better representation of Indigenous peoples in film and television.

The Writer’s Journey

In addition to numerous childhood classics, screenwriter Stu Krieger has managed to write his own Hollywood story.