Matt Omasta to depart Miami University; Marly Wooster named Interim Chair of Department of Theatre
Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre Matt Omasta will be leaving Miami University this summer to assume a new leadership role as Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Virginia...
Can theatre improve youth mental health? Miami professor aims to find out
Matt Omasta was awarded a $300,000 grant to assess a touring theatre program
College of Creative Arts announces 2026 P.R.I.D.E. Award Winners
Cristy Betz, Krista Stenger, Erin Heil, and Gretchen Baer were honored for outstanding service, innovation, and contributions to the Miami University community.
Unexpected path leads 2024 Miami graduate to fulfilling career
Tammy Sanow works as professional standardized patient
The new program is designed to prepare students for careers across the creative and entertainment industries.
Omasta receives grant from CTE
Matt Omasta, professor of Theatre, recently received a Level 2 IGNITE grant for a project titled "Enhancing Student Understanding of Backward Design Through GPTs" from the Center for Teaching Excel...
Guichard joins creative team of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park production
Julia Guichard (Theatre) recently joined the creative team as dialect coach for the production of “Mrs. Christie” at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
Miami University dance program selected for DanceCincinnati26 festival
Ashley Goos, director of Miami University’s Dance program, has been selected to perform in DanceCincinnati26, an adjudicated festival highlighting professional and emerging choreography f...
All aboard for mystery: Miami University Theatre presents “Murder on the Orient Express”
The Miami University Department of Theatre invites audiences to step into a world of luxury, intrigue, and locked-room suspense with its upcoming production of Agatha Christie’s Murder on...
Miami University faculty collaborate on international art installation in Venice
Last month, a Venetian palazzo hosted an artwork born at the College of Creative Arts. Convening Stories at the Crossroads is a multi-channel video and sound installation by Professor of Architectu...
Matt Omasta, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Theatre at Miami University, has been awarded a $300,000 contract to lead a three-year program assessment of Imagination Stage’...
Miami University Citizenship and Democracy Week events, Sept. 15-22
The 10th annual series of events commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787
Momentum Dancers Shine at Prestigious Ohio Dance Festival
Miami University’s Department of Theatre is celebrating the success of its dance concert, Momentum. A piece from the concert, Julia Brisken’s work Held By Distance, was selected...
At the 2025 Miami Women’s Leadership Symposium, Howe Center Director Elizabeth Wardle and Miami alumna Ruth Milligan shared the story behind Writing Rediscovered and The Motivated Speaker, tw...
Springtime sparks creativity at Miami University’s CCA sector with Sparkfest 2025
Miami University’s College of Creative Arts will host the fourth annual Sparkfest, a public festival of student creativity, from 12 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 25, in the courtyard outside th...
See Momentum: A Dance and Movement Concert
All showings will be in Gates-Abegglen Theatre
See William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream April 30-May 4
Miami University Theatre invites audiences to experience William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Lewis Magruder. This production runs from April 30- May 4 in Gates-Ab...
Seattle Children's Theatre awards funding to Omasta
Matt Omasta, professor and chair of Theatre, received $30,000 from the Seattle Children's Theatre for the project entitled "Impacts of Seattle Children's Theatres One & Five Program."
“Verlin Pulley: The Remaking of a Man” is an original student work by junior Theatre and Creative Writing double major Max Kaufman and directed by junior Psychology major Bradl...