The School of Theatre and Dance is a department within the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts at the University of Houston.
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The School of Theatre and Dance is a department within the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts at the University of Houston. The School offers both Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts programs, including a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting, stage management, technical theatre, theatre education and a joint degree in both playwrighting and dramaturgy; all at the undergraduate level. Graduate programs are offered in: acting, theatre studies, theatrical design, technical direction, and theatre education. The current Director of the School of Theatre and Dance is Rob Shimko, a position he has held since 2016. The School of Theatre & Dance (SOTD) is the drama school of the University of Houston. SOTD produces professional plays, dance concerts, studio productions, a new play festival, and school shows through the Theatre for Young Audiences program. The school performs in the Wortham Theatre and the Quintero Theatre. The Houston Shakespeare Festival is a professional project of the school, which is produced each summer at Miller Outdoor Theatre. The UH School of Theatre & Dance offers bachelor's and master's degrees in theater and teacher certifications in dance. Its graduate program consists of arts in theatre and masters of fine arts in theatre with specializations in acting, directing and design. Faculty includes producer Stuart Ostrow, Broadway playwright Theresa Rebeck, and Tony Award nominated designer Kevin Rigdon. Among the greats who have taught at the school in previous years are Tony Award-winning playwright Mark Medoff, Lanford Wilson, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Edward Albee, Sir Peter Hall and Jose Quintero. The School of Theatre and Dance provides the only degree program for dance in Houston. The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts includes the Wortham Theatre, a 566-seat proscenium stage, and the Quintero Theatre, a 190-seat black box theatre. A $4 million renovation by Austin-based architectural firm Lake l Flato was completed i