Theatre Arts

‘Mr. Burns’ Examines Importance of Stories in Everyday Life
Director promises a show ‘like nothing you’ve ever seen before’ in Ole Miss Theatre production FEBRUARY 6, 2019 BY KATHERINE STEWART What happens when the lights go out on society as we know it? The first show of the Ole Miss Theatre spring 2019 performance season offers a challenging – and strangely comforting – answer to that […]

Department of Theatre and Film Gets Showcase at Oxford Film Festival
New collaboration provides opportunities for filmmakers across campus, region JANUARY 30, 2019 BY KATHERINE STEWART A rising new cinema star will debut at next week’s Oxford Film Festival: the University of Mississippi Department of Theatre and Film. “Ole Miss Theatre & Film Presents,” a block of films curated by the faculty of the department’s new film production […]

Military Student Works with Nonprofit to Raise Money for UM Veterans
Walkers for Warriors group gives back to Ole Miss through ‘Walking Dead’ cosplay enterprise DECEMBER 12, 2018 BY JUSTIN WHITMORE Four years ago, University of Mississippi student Nicholas Roylance was injured in training exercises during his time as an active duty member of the United States Army. That accident during drills left Roylance wounded, angry and searching […]

Ole Miss Wish Granted to Cancer Survivor
Benjamin Clark honored with Disney trip, memorable weekend thanks to Student Veterans Association NOVEMBER 8, 2018 BY JUSTIN WHITMORE The crowd of nearly 60,000 roared Saturday (Nov. 3) as Darth Vader led stormtroopers out of the northwest tunnel onto Hollingsworth Field at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Standing alongside his family, 13-year-old Benjamin Clark, sporting an Ole Miss […]

Studio Theatre, Scholarships Carry Names of Mobley and Collins
DAUGHTER’S GIFT TO UM HONORS BELOVED COUPLE OCTOBER 23, 2018 BY TINA HAHN The first Mississippian to wear the Miss America crown, the late actress Mary Ann Mobley, and her husband, the late actor Gary Collins, will have their legacies expanded at the University of Mississippi with the naming of a studio theatre in the […]

UM Film Festival Offers Screenings, Educational Opportunities
New date paves way for collaboration with Oxford Film Festival OCTOBER 9, 2018 BY KATHERINE STEWART If the words “2018 UM Film Festival” inspire in you a sense of history repeating itself, you’re not going crazy. In fact, the weekend of Oct. 12-13 marks the second time the University of Mississippi Department of Theatre and Film has held […]

‘She Kills Monsters’ Opens UM Theatre’s New Season
Combat choreographer stages scenes for play’s fantasy world fights SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 BY KATHERINE STEWART Sometimes, life’s most important lessons come in unexpected ways, requiring us to abandon what we think we know and dive headlong into uncertainty just to uncover the simplest of truths. “She Kills Monsters,” the first production of the University of […]

THE DM: UM Film Festival Adds One-Minute Film Competition
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 BY WILLIAM STRIBLING for The Daily Mississippian There are 1,440 of them in a day, but the the University of Mississippi Department of Theatre & Film is asking for just one. In an effort to make entry-level filmmaking accessible to students, the department added a one-minute film competition to the 2018 UM […]

Celebrating the Arts Sets Big Goal for UM Ford Center
Campaign Launches to Build Endowment for Performing Arts SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 | BY TINA HAHN Adding $1.5 million in endowment for the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi is the goal of the Celebrating the Arts campaign, which will increase the total endowment to $3 million. Mississippi native […]