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TWU Theatre Announces 2022-23 Season

Two volunteers in a clinical drug trial for a new antidepressant deal with the ramifications of their newly awakened emotions in The Effect, a play by Lucy Prebble that will open the 2022-23 season of the Texas Woman’s University’s Theatre program.

The 2022-23 season will consist of four plays.

TWU marks 65 years of dance PhDs

Now in its 65th year, Texas Woman's University's PhD in dance program is the longest running in the United States, and has produced 117 graduates.

TWU alumna Ritter named dean of USC Dance

Julia M. Ritter, who earned her PhD from Texas Woman's University in 2016, has been named dean of the University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, effective July 1.

Ritter's doctoral studies at TWU focused on immersive performance, bridging theater, dance, film and digital media. “As I’ve been studying these new ways to collaborate throughout my career, I’ve seen a real hunger from both faculty and students to build institutional and creative infrastructures that support those kinds of interactions,” Ritter said.

Ritter was a professor of dance at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where she served as chair and artistic director of the department of dance from 2010 to 2021.

Professor Richard Shuster to present lecture-recital at Liszt Academy of Music

Professor of Piano Richard Shuster, DMA will present an analysis and performance of the work Chain of Circumstances at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music on May 16, 2022.

PBS Wisconsin Q&A with Joni Jensen, 2021 State Honors Treble Choir Conductor

Joni Jensen, DMA, TWU director of choral activities and professor of voice, was interviewed by PBS Wisconsin about Texas Woman’s music students’ activities over the past year and a half as well as her participation in the State Honors Treble Choir performance in Wisconsin. The 2021 Wisconsin School Music Association State Honors Concerts were held live and in-person on Oct. 28 and 29.