Theater and Performance Studies

Stanford Repertory Theater and Planet Earth Arts tackle environmental and social justice issues

A strong collaboration motivated by the desire to address critical issues of the day compels Stanford’s professional theater company to mount its 21st summer festival.

Community building by way of ballet and bhangra

Leaders from student dance groups are invited to co-teach a course on dance forms from around the globe.

Stanford’s fall quarter guest artists

Stanford creates opportunities for meaningful engagement with the arts for students and the university community by inviting over 100 artists each year to campus to create, perform and discuss their work.

TAPS Undergraduate Acting Program: The Tempest behind the scenes

Stanford Theater & Performance Studies presents William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, in conjunction with the TAPS Undergraduate Acting Program. A slideshow provides a look behind the scenes.

Carl Weber, Stanford professor emeritus of drama and a protégé of director Bertolt Brecht, dies at 91

Carl Weber was a treasured mentor at Stanford, as well as a cutting-edge director who brought German experimental theater to America.

Behind the scenes: Students Elizabeth Knarr and Chris Sackes talk about the making of Rent