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Be wowed. Explore the edge of passion, daring, intellect, power and poetry. The Paul Creative Arts Center (PCAC) is UNH’s center for the fine and performing arts. Visual art, music, dance, and theatre are living and breathing every day at PCAC. Be part of the experience.

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Theatre and Dance

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Upcoming Events!

Oct

6

The Half-Written Play

7:00pm - 7:00pm, THE HALF-WRITTEN PLAYConceived and Directed by David KayeThe Half-Written Play will present a unique theatrical experience focused on a divisive issue related to sustainability. With the play performed to the midpoint, and the actors frustrated by the dead end at which their characters have arrived, the audience will take charge in charting how the play will conclude. This performance is associated with New Frontiers in Research Fund which supports interdisciplinary internat...
Oct

7

The Half-Written Play

7:00pm - 7:00pm, THE HALF-WRITTEN PLAYConceived and Directed by David KayeThe Half-Written Play will present a unique theatrical experience focused on a divisive issue related to sustainability. With the play performed to the midpoint, and the actors frustrated by the dead end at which their characters have arrived, the audience will take charge in charting how the play will conclude. This performance is associated with New Frontiers in Research Fund which supports interdisciplinary internat...
Oct

8

The Half-Written Play

7:00pm - 7:00pm, THE HALF-WRITTEN PLAYConceived and Directed by David KayeThe Half-Written Play will present a unique theatrical experience focused on a divisive issue related to sustainability. With the play performed to the midpoint, and the actors frustrated by the dead end at which their characters have arrived, the audience will take charge in charting how the play will conclude. This performance is associated with New Frontiers in Research Fund which supports interdisciplinary internat...
Oct

9

The Half-Written Play

7:00pm - 7:00pm, THE HALF-WRITTEN PLAYConceived and Directed by David KayeThe Half-Written Play will present a unique theatrical experience focused on a divisive issue related to sustainability. With the play performed to the midpoint, and the actors frustrated by the dead end at which their characters have arrived, the audience will take charge in charting how the play will conclude. This performance is associated with New Frontiers in Research Fund which supports interdisciplinary internat...
Oct

10

The Half-Written Play

7:00pm - 7:00pm, THE HALF-WRITTEN PLAYConceived and Directed by David KayeThe Half-Written Play will present a unique theatrical experience focused on a divisive issue related to sustainability. With the play performed to the midpoint, and the actors frustrated by the dead end at which their characters have arrived, the audience will take charge in charting how the play will conclude. This performance is associated with New Frontiers in Research Fund which supports interdisciplinary internat...
Oct

11

The Half-Written Play

2:00pm - 2:00pm, THE HALF-WRITTEN PLAYConceived and Directed by David KayeThe Half-Written Play will present a unique theatrical experience focused on a divisive issue related to sustainability. With the play performed to the midpoint, and the actors frustrated by the dead end at which their characters have arrived, the audience will take charge in charting how the play will conclude. This performance is associated with New Frontiers in Research Fund which supports interdisciplinary internat...

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University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
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Bryson Badeau ‘22

Secondary Theatre Education and Design & Theatre Technology Major

Hometown: Dedham, Mass. What made you choose UNH? I was looking for schools that had a secondary theatre education major and when I visited UNH I fell in love with the campus! I found a place where I…
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Trevor Frost '16 '21G

Music Education B.M, Conducting M.A. | Graduate Assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

What you are currently doing for work and how did you get there? Currently I am a D.M.A. candidate focusing in wind band conducting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where I will be serving as the band graduate assistant. I graduated with my B.M. in music education at UNH before teaching at Paul Elementary School for four years in Wakefield, N.H. I would then return…
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Brendan McWalter '21

Music Education Major

Brendan McWalter has enjoyed music since he was a child in Franklin, Mass.: music was his favorite class in elementary school, and he started playing saxophone when he was in 6th grade. “Music was a stress reliever for me,” he says. During high school, as a counselor at a summer music camp, he helped draw out shy campers with musical improvisations. “Working with those students gave me so much…
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Bartók and I Would Have Been Friends: Kylie Smith '22

Refugee Composers of the Twentieth Century: The Impact of Displacement on Musical Identity During World War II

The spark of interest for Kylie Smith's article entry in UNH's Undergraduate Research Journal Inquiry began with her first Music History course, taught by Professor Rose Pruiksma. With a new-found interest in long-term research, a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SEED) grant, and Professor Pruiksma as mentor, Kylie began a deep inquiry into…
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Alyssa Ostrowski ‘23

Music Performance Major

Hometown: Scarborough, Maine What made you choose UNH? During all four years of high school, our jazz ensemble participated in the annual Clark Terry Jazz Festival at UNH, an adjudicated event that welcomes middle high school groups from all…
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