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Join us for a celebration of the teacher who inspired generations of students at UBC, DR. PETER LOEFFLER. May 26, 2012 @ 7:30pm. Frederic Wood Theatre.

Come back to campus this spring and enjoy university as it should be: Come join the Party at the Point! May 26.

UBC Department of Theatre and Film Teaching Assistantships for 2012/2013 Academic Session. Application deadline: May 1, 2012.

Proudly introducing Theatre at UBC's BFA Acting Class of 2012: Christine Bortolin, Scott Button, Mitch Hookey, Jordan Kerbs, Emma Middleton, Alex Pangburn and Melanie Reich.

Proudly Supporting our Students, Alumni & Faculty

Leo Roars for UBC Theatre & Film Alumni

We are very pleased to announce that in recognition of her dedication to students and excellence in teaching Dr. Kirsty Johnston has been awarded a prestigious 2011-12 Killam Teaching Prize.

Congratulations to alumna Amanda Konkin who has just taken the post as Publicist at Headlines Theatre.

Alumni Spotlight on Deb Pickman. Kudos to Theatre at UBC alumna and staff member Deb Pickman who has been named by The Ubyssey newspaper as one of "the people on the campus who have shaped the issues UBC talked about" this year."

Congratulations to BFA Student Wladimiro Woyno who has been named as the first recipient of Theatre at UBC’s “Kensaku Asano Memorial Award in Theatre”.

Professor and Head Jerry Wasserman is to be honoured by the Union of BC Performers/ACTRA, when he will be presented with the Sam Payne Award! 

Congratulations to BFA Acting alumna Barbara Kozicki who was nominated for "Best Actress" for her performance in the film "Coerced" at The 168 Film Festival, in Los Angeles.

Spotlight on Bobby Garcia, internationally renowned stage director and Theatre at UBC MFA Directing Alumnus who will direct the musical of Sacrifice in London's West End!

Spotlight on alumna Katey Wright: Alumna Shines at Eighth Annual Ovation Awards

BFA Acting Alumnus Aslam Husain heads for study in the UK

Vancouver's Province engages Professor Jerry Wasserman!

Alumni Spotlight on alumnus Marshall McMahen designing All The Way Home

Alumni Spotlight on alumnus Edgar Dobie, named as Executive Producer at Arena Stage

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Theatre at UBC

Degree Programs: BA Drama (Integrated Drama Program)

BA Drama Advisor: Ernest Mathijs

The Integrated Drama Program or IDP offers a set of courses that lead to a Bachelor of Arts in Drama. The program is designed to serve a multiplicity of purposes: it provides students with a survey of all forms and periods of drama; it enables them to compare drama to related disciplines such as film, dance, contemporary performance studies, and opera; it introduces them to elements that correlate page, stage, and screen; and it persuades them to discover the intellectual wealth of drama and theatre studies in all its cross-disciplinary potential. Next to that, the Drama Program fosters a close relationship with theatrical activities at UBC, and across Vancouver’s brimming theatre scene. Drama courses encourage students to engage in critical discussions of the public place and function of theatre, and to offer scholarly reflections on the connection between text and performance.

Faculty teaching in the Drama Program include Professors Jerry Wasserman, Kirsty Johnston, and Ernest Mathijs. The Program also has an active provision of eloquent sessional lecturers, visiting fellows and guest speakers from the top of the discipline.

The program offers both a Major and a Minor. Students will be required to seek advising and approval before embarking in the program.

If you have any further questions about the Drama Program, please contact the Program Advisor, Dr. Ernest Mathijs.