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Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance Studies

Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre and Performance Studies


Positioned at the heart of a world-renowned academic institution and housed in a state-of-the-art presenting facility, the Committee on Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS) offers an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree, a joint Ph.D. program, a TAPS-focused Master of Arts Program in the Humanities, and wide-ranging curricular and production opportunities. The TAPS program – including a new and expanding dance program – supports a broad array of expressive forms, encouraging experimentation, risk-taking, imaginative thinking and deep knowledge-building. TAPS students gain fluency in devising artistic work and engaging it critically. They build skills relevant to a variety of professional pursuits, equipping them to lead the conversation about the future of the performing arts.

Faculty Info:

Philip Bohlman (Music) Seth Brodsky (Music) Thomas Christensen (Music) Leslie Buxbaum Danzig (TAPS, Director of Undergraduate Studies) Martha Feldman (Music) Ariel Fox (East Asian Languages and Civilizations) Theaster Gates (Visual Arts) Berthold Hoeckner (Music) Matthew Jesse Jackson (Visual Arts & Art History) Loren Kruger (English & Comparative Literature) David J. Levin (Germanic Studies & Cinema and Media Studies) Agnes Lugo-Ortiz (Romance Languages and Literatures) John Muse (English, TAPS Director of Graduate Studies) Ellen MacKay Chair (English) Sarah Nooter (Classics) Larry Norman (Romance Languages and Literatures) William Pope.L (Visual Arts) Tina Post (English) Steven Rings (Music) Danielle Roper (Romance Languages and Literatures, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture) Rocco Rubini (Romance Languages and Literatures) Catherine Sullivan (Visual Arts) Christopher Wild (Germanic Studies) Judith Zeitlin (East Asian Languages and Civilizations)



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Circle Mirror Transformation
(11/19/21 - 11/20/21)
University Of Chicago
SOUND/SITES: John Corkill, PERCUSSION
(5/27/21 - 5/31/21)
University of Chicago
QUINCE: LOVE FAIL
(5/21/21 - 5/23/21)
University of Chicago
SULLIVAN FORTNER, PIANO: THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
(4/30/21 - 5/2/21)
University of Chicago
SHOMYO NO KAI: VOICES OF A THOUSAND YEARS
(3/30/21 - 4/30/21)
University of Chicago
AURELIO MARTINEZ AND THE GARIFUNA SOUL BAND
(4/23/21 - 4/25/21)
University of Chicago
LUNCH DISCUSSION: AURELIO MARTINEZ
(4/21/21 - 4/21/21)
University of Chicago
IAN BOSTRIDGE, TENOR
(4/16/21 - 4/18/21)
University of Chicago
KAYHAN KALHOR, KAMANCHEH: ECHOES OF THE EAST
(4/14/21 - 4/16/21)
University of Chicago
MAHAN ESFAHANI, HARPSICHORD: BACH'S GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
(4/9/21 - 4/11/21)
University of Chicago
WORKSHOP: SHOMYO FOR EVERYDAY WELLNESS
(4/8/21 - 4/8/21)
University of Chicago
MINIATURES: MEMBERS OF THE GROSSMAN ENSEMBLE
(3/12/21 - 3/14/21)
University of Chicago
AXIOM BRASS
(3/5/21 - 3/7/21)
University of Chicago
SOUND/SITES: SETH PARKER WOODS, CELLO
(2/26/21 - 2/28/21)
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NOIS
(2/19/21 - 2/21/21)
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HAYDN DISCOVERY: OP. 20, NO. 3 WITH THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
(2/5/21 - 2/7/21)
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MARIZA SINGS AMALIA
(1/29/21 - 1/31/21)
University of Chicago
JAZZ GALLERY ALL-STARS
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University of Chicago
OHRWURM: TABEA DEBUS, RECORDER AND ALON SARIEL, LUTE
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Sound Sites: Clare Longendyke, piano
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The Old Man and The Old Moon
(3/13/20 - 3/14/20)
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Wittenberg
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Long Day's Journey into Night
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Waiting for Godot
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University Of Chicago
Yellow Face
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