With the start of a new school year comes a brand new set of productions presented by UB’s Department of Theatre and Dance, and the 2026-27 season looks to be a deeply contemplative yet riveting year of performances.
From April 24 to 26, wishes and fantasies coalesced on stage at UB Center for the Arts in the form of “Into the Woods,” a musical proudly presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance.
On April 14, students gathered at Student Union Theatre, thrilled to welcome the performers of the “SpongeBob” Themed Drag Show, “Bikinis & Bottoms,” to the stage.
Adapted and directed by Assistant Professor Danielle Rosvally, this reimagining of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” introduces a modernized element to the popular fantasy tabletop role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), as well as a dose of campy fun. The costuming, set design and fight choreography hit it out of the park and perfectly blended the classic tragedy of “Macbeth” with queer expression.
UB’s Zodiaque Dance Company (ZDC) held its 51st Spring Concert this last weekend with four shows spread across the three days.
Zodiaque Dance Company (ZDC) kicked off its 51st season with their Fall Concert this past weekend at UB Center for Arts in the Drama Theatre.
In the warm and cozy colorful cove of Amy’s Place, a cafe near South Campus, the UB Poetry Club hosted its first open mic night outside of North Campus; students and locals of the area came together to share their stories, poems, laughter and songs.
A senior music theatre major, Sophia Vessecchia, directed the play “Ernest and the Pale Moon”
This past weekend, the Emerging Choreographers Showcase lit up the Katharine Cornell Theater (KCT) with dances that were beautiful, technical and, best of all, not afraid to be unserious.
A musical rebirth: "Renascence" brings poet Edna St. Vincent Millay back to life through song, dance and emotionally intense performances. The show highlighted the meaning and importance of queer representation onstage.
The UB dance company Zodiaque ushered in its 49th fall season this weekend with a showcase that was as shocking as it was significant.
“Gruesome Playground Injuries” had its characters — and the audience — in stitches this past weekend at the Katharine Cornell Theater. Part of UB’s student-directed series of plays, the two-actor show follows three decades of Kayleen (Alissa di Cristo) and Doug’s (Brandan Booker) lives.
Gruesome Playground Injuries, a play showing Sept. 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Katharine Cornell Theater, follows Kayleen (played by Alissa Di Cristo) and Doug (Brandan Booker) as they navigate life over the course of 30 years. Their collective journey, however, is anything but typical.
Leale didn’t begin rapping with the intention of selling out stadiums, or getting big record deals, or getting millions of downloads.
UB’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” created on-stage magic, no fairy godmothers necessary.
Dancer’s Workshop isn’t your average department-run performance. This one’s all about the students.
This past Thursday, Bridget Moser’s “When I Am Through With You There Won’t Be Anything Left” was not a series of paintings, a dance or a play. It was something else entirely, something unfiltered, raw and unabashedly original.
The show’s diverse numbers saw dancers moving to loon sounds, hip hop and Bollywood-style choreography.
Lights in the Black Box Theater dimmed before whirring back to life on a vibrant beach scene, plunging theatergoers into a haze of nostalgia.
The Sunday show’s sendoff was especially important for the seniors in the group, affectionately referred to as “Zeniors,” as each took their final bow with Zodiaque.
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