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Philip V. Bohlman's 2026 Eurovision Blog Post
And what of Eurovision’s future? The Eurovision Song Contest celebrates its 70th anniversary, ViennaThe neutrality and integrity of the Eurovision Son...
Your Opera: TAPS Performers Featured in Tableau
Graduate students from the University of Chicago’s Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS) program are featured in a recent Tableau article covering th...
Student Reflection Featured on Court Theatre Blog
Student Reflection Featured on Court Theatre BlogTAPS major Jo Selmeczy reflects on their experience participating in the development of Out HereTAPS ...
TAPS PhD Student Featured For New Play Highlighting Ukrainian‐Minnesotan Voices
TAPS PhD student Andrei Kureichik was recently featured in MPR News for his collaboration with Theatre Novi Most on the documentary play An Ocean Away...
Court Theatre and TAPS collaborative team recognized with nine Jeff Awards
Court Theatre, the professional theatre of the University of Chicago, received nine 2025 Equity Jeff Awards for its world-premiere production Berlin. ...
Yiwen Wu's Sattva wins prize at Wuzhen Theatre Festival
Sattva, a production co-created by students from the University of Chicago, won the Special Recognition Award at the 11th Wuzhen Theatre Festival. Amo...
Yiwen Wu selected for Wuzhen Festival Emerging Theater Artists competition
TAPS is thrilled to announce that our own PhD student, Yiwen Wu's (TAPS/EALC) puppet theater piece, Sattva, was selected for presentation by the 2024 ...
Tina Post Wins 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism for "Deadpan: The Aesthetics of Black Inexpression"
TAPS Professor Tina Post has been honored with the esteemed 2023 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award in Criticism for her outstanding work, "Dea...
TAPS Graduate Student Susanna Sun Organizes Celebration of 100 Years of Women’s Yue Opera
On April 6, 2024, The University of Chicago marked a significant milestone in the history of Yue Opera with an exhilarating celebration commemorating ...
Harmonizing Tradition and Innovation: Susanna Sun's Scholarly Exploration of Yue Opera
opera
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graduate students
east asian languages and civilizations
theater and performance studies
Immersed in a summer odyssey into the captivating realm of Yue opera, Susanna Sun, a second-year Ph.D. student in the joint program of the University ...