NSM Today: Musical Theater Returns to the Main Stage With 'First Date'
After over a year-and-a-half of working through COVID-19 precautions and guidelines, musical theater returns to the main stage in Theatre UCF’s “First Date.”
UCF Italian Club Brings Cultures Together with National Sausage Pizza Day
The Italian Club gave out free slices of pizza in celebration of National Sausage Pizza Day. Anyone who followed the club and the College of Arts and Humanities on social media was eligible for a free slice.
Knights Do That Podcast: Writing and Rhetoric Professor Martha Brenckle on Fostering Inclusion through Arts and LGBTQ+ History
Martha Brenckle, writing and rhetoric professor in the College of Arts and Humanities, shares her expertise and love for writing and involvement within the Orlando arts and LGBTQ+ communities.
Connections Found On and Off the Stage in 'First Date'
Theatre UCF’s production of the 2013 Broadway musical “First Date” explores the rollercoaster of emotions that overwhelm individuals on their journey to find love.
Orlando Sentinel: It's Familiar But More Fun Than the Usual 'First Date'
“Austin Winsberg, Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner set out to mine comedy in this rite-of-pass angst with a musical called First Date, which opened on Broadway in 2013 for a five-month run. The show is onstage in a perky production at Theatre UCF and it helps the show immensely that the appealing cast is so young.
Orlando Sentinel: Dan Jones Was Costumer, Singer and Friend
Daniel M. Jones, Theatre UCF’s costume shop manager for over 15 years, made teddy bears come alive, dressed a musical busybody to the nines, raised his voice in joyous song and explored the art of female impersonation with UCF students.
Daniel Jones Remembered as Dedicated Member of UCF, Orlando Arts Community
A Celebration of Life event will be held for UCF’s longtime costume shop manager on Oct. 17. Reservations are required.
UCF's Themed Experience Program and Christie Digital Announce New Partnership
Christie Digital, a global audio visual solutions company, has partnered with UCF’s themed experience graduate programs to provide students with leading technology found in entertainment venues around the world.
Philosophy Professors Stacey DiLiberto and Karina Cespedes Embrace Cultural Identity in Their Research
As Stacey DiLiberto and Karina Cespedes see it, Hispanic Heritage Month provides an opportunity for the nation to celebrate the cultural identity of Hispanic and Latinx people; but their cultural identities are connected with their personal and professional identities year-round.
Theatre Professor Jim Helsinger Named Among Orlando's 50 Most Powerful People of 2021
Orlando Magazine’s list highlights prominent leaders in education, tourism, government, entertainment, sports, arts and business.