Theater, Dance & Media, Harvard University

Theater, Dance & Media, Harvard University Harvard's newest concentration focusing on theory and practice in theater, dance and media

Harvard's newest concentration focusing on the intersections of theory and practice in the areas of theater, dance, and media.

Last Friday, we celebrated the beginning of another exciting school year at our TDM Ice Cream Social! Students, faculty,...
09/19/2025

Last Friday, we celebrated the beginning of another exciting school year at our TDM Ice Cream Social! Students, faculty, and staff gathered together at 1280 Mass Ave to enjoy sweet treats and good company at this annual TDM tradition.

Emerging Ideas on Art and Society invites an artist, a thinker, or a critic to come and share their doubts, questions, i...
09/11/2025

Emerging Ideas on Art and Society invites an artist, a thinker, or a critic to come and share their doubts, questions, incomplete thoughts, and challenges about what art and society are today. Over dinner, a small group of students and faculty have an informal but intense conversation with the guest. A short text will be shared in advance to inform the conversation.

This conversation's guest is Rubén Ortiz Torres, a Mexican-born artist who has been living and working in Los Angeles since 1990. Ortiz-Torres is widely regarded as one of today's leading Mexican artists and as an innovator in the 1980s of a specifically Mexican form of postmodernism. Over the past ten years, he has produced a body of work in a wide range of media -- extended series of photographs, series of altered readymades, a feature film, several videos (including three in 3D), large scale video installations, major painting series, sculptures, customized cars and machines, photocollages, performances and curated exhibitions. Since 1982, Ortiz-Torres's work has been featured in 25 solo exhibitions, over 100 group shows in the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, and more than 50 screenings of his films and video works.

Welcome back to an exciting new year! We are so happy to have new and returning faculty and students filling our classro...
09/04/2025

Welcome back to an exciting new year! We are so happy to have new and returning faculty and students filling our classrooms and studios again and we cannot wait to see the artistry and inquiry that’s explored this year. Throughout the year, we’ll be looking back at a DECADE of achievements, milestones, and memories. Each month, our newsletter and social media channels will feature special highlights, stories, and surprises to mark this incredible journey. Join us as we celebrate the people, projects, and progress that have shaped TDM over the past ten years. Thank you for being a part of our community and we hope you enjoy the first installment, 10 Years of TDM in 10 Numbers!

Alumni Update alert! Madi Fabber ’22 is writing plays and making art in NYC. She recently debuted her play 'crabby' in t...
08/28/2025

Alumni Update alert! Madi Fabber ’22 is writing plays and making art in NYC. She recently debuted her play 'crabby' in this year's Ars Nova ANT Fest. Here's Madi with the wonderful cast and crew of 'crabby!' She also had a reading of her play 'HOUSE' on August 5th @ 8pm at The Flea. Sometimes, she writes plays with longer than one-word titles and proper capitalization, but you'll have to follow her for updates on those. You can find Madi on Instagram at or on her website at madifabber.com

Alumni Update alert! Landy Erlick ’19 is a screenwriter in Los Angeles. One of her first jobs after graduating was worki...
08/26/2025

Alumni Update alert! Landy Erlick ’19 is a screenwriter in Los Angeles. One of her first jobs after graduating was working as the writer’s assistant on Wicked: Part One and Wicked: For Good. Since then, she has developed a television series with Paramount TV/CBS Studios, and she has two original films in development. Here she is at the Los Angeles premiere of Wicked! You can find Landy on Instagram at

Alumni Update alert! Jonathan Castillo ’21 just moved to Chicago after living in Austin for the past four years! In Aust...
08/20/2025

Alumni Update alert! Jonathan Castillo ’21 just moved to Chicago after living in Austin for the past four years! In Austin, Jonathan’s work consisted of acting as Le Bret in Cyrano (pictured here), writing and directing In The Space of______ for Fronterafest, sound designing for Spear in Corrib theatre, and more. You can find Jonathan on Instagram at

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Alumni Update alert! Aislinn Brophy ’17 is writing and making theatre in Boston. Their most recent YA novel, Spells to F...
08/19/2025

Alumni Update alert! Aislinn Brophy ’17 is writing and making theatre in Boston. Their most recent YA novel, Spells to Forget Us, was published last September; it was nominated for an Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel: Young Adult, long-listed for a Massachusetts Book Award, and chosen as a finalist for the New England Book Awards. This past summer, Aislinn’s writing has been supported by the Highlights Foundation and the Camp Stomping Ground Artist-in-Residence Program. Aislinn also had the pleasure of participating in Fresh Ink’s 10th Annual Mad Dash this year as a playwright! You can find Aislinn on Instagram at or on their website at aislinnbrophy.com

It’s time for our next summer faculty spotlight — Lecturer in Physical Theater Kate Brehm! Back in July, Kate was invite...
08/19/2025

It’s time for our next summer faculty spotlight — Lecturer in Physical Theater Kate Brehm! Back in July, Kate was invited to do a p**f puppet performance at 5Myles Gallery alongside Hanne Tierney. The p**fs are nondescript puppet objects which confound reason. HuffPost once described them as “human-sized tunicate-like puppets capable of a surprising amount of humor and poignancy.”

Kate also has written a chapter for an upcoming puppetry book, which will be released later this month. The essay is called “Phenomena Puppetry” and will be appearing in “Making Meaning in Puppetry - Materials, Practice Perception”, which was edited by Dassia N. Posner, Claudia Orenstein, and Alissa Mello. Congratulations Kate!

Alumni Update alert! Gregory Lipson ’20 is a ticketing manager at Insight Tix where he does ticket pricing for Broadway ...
08/14/2025

Alumni Update alert! Gregory Lipson ’20 is a ticketing manager at Insight Tix where he does ticket pricing for Broadway shows and national tours including Hamilton, MJ, and Dead Outlaw. Here’s Gregory in his office with the Hamilton 2025 Pride fan! In his spare time, he directs shows around NYC. Check out more of Gregory’s work at gregorylipson.com

08/12/2025

Meet Jay Stull and EllaRose Chary, who are co-teaching TDM 195HT: Making Horizontal Theater: Collaborative Playwriting and Songwriting Made from Interviews!

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