Theatre and Dance Spotlight

Lily Neher ’23 knew from the start that she wanted to major in dance. It’s something, she says, that has always been part of her. So it’s natural that the UNH program drew her here. “I loved the flexibility that the dance program offered and how strongly they encourage double majoring,” Neher says...

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 could pursue a career in theatre education and, hopefully someday, become a professional theatre...

My time at UNH was consumed with theater and dance. I spent a lot of time in the dance studio with Gay Nardone, who is still teaching. I also spent a lot of time in PCAC with Carol Lucha Burns, she was tough but so honest. ...

What are you currently doing for work and what was the path you took to get here? I am currently in my 5th year of teaching Middle school theatre. I studied theatre and English teaching at UNH. I became passionate about verbatim, ensemble based and social justice theatre. I gained a lot from taking...

Mask and Dagger and the Department of Theatre and Dance made me feel like I belonged for possibly the first time in my life.

What are you currently doing for work and what was the path you took to get here? Resident music director at Winter Park Playhouse, a full-time professional Musical Theatre located in the Orlando, FL area. I was introduced to the...

What are you currently doing for work and what was the path you took to get here? I am currently working as a vocational video production and performing arts instructor at Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School. I have worked here for ten years developing the theater and film...

Read more about how Amy Criswell is using her BA in Theatre and MEd in Elementary Education Majors.

Read more about how Matthew Leonard is using his Theatre and Computer Science majors.

Read more about how Megan Reilly is using her Theatre and Biology majors.

Harmony Stempel ('06) is an actor whose work has been seen over the past 15 years in New England, upstate New York, New York City, The Czech Republic, Amsterdam as well as Hong Kong. New York experience: "The Secrets of Saco," The Barrow Group Theater; "Fit" at the New York International Fringe...

Lindsay Joy Murphy is a Brooklyn based playwright. She is the Artistic Director of the LabRats Theater Company in New York City. The Rats are producing her new full length play, "The Rise and Fall of a Leilani Luv" in the spring of 2013....