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The University of Kentucky Department of Theatre and Dance perform a dress rehearsal of Fairview on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, at the Briggs Theatre in Lexington, Ky. Photos by Carter Skaggs | UKphoto

UK’s production of ‘Fairview’ holds opening night, tackles race and the white gaze

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter March 5, 2024

The Department of Theatre and Dance began its four day production of a a Pulitzer Prize-winning play that explores race and the effect that biases have on African American people and other minority groups. UK’s...

UK Theatre presented “Blood at the Root” on Feb. 23-26, 2023, at Briggs Theatre at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Mark Cornelison | UK Photo

‘Blood at the Root’ play explores race, sexuality and justice

Karrington Garland, Opinions Editor March 6, 2023

Going to see “Blood at the Root” by Dominique Morisseau in Briggs Theatre took me straight into the heat of the Deep South with how humid it was there. On Sunday, Feb. 26, the tiny theater was packed....

Program gives theatre majors creative opportunities

Rebecca Watters March 9, 2016

[email protected], the students involved in the UK Department of Theatre are on-stage acting or backstage working on a production that has already been written. With the Studio Season, however,...

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