The Hollywood Reporter has included Rutgers Theater Department in its 2025 list of top drama schools in the world, making special mention of Rutgers Conservatory at Shakespeare’s Globe and Golden Globe-winning alum Sebastian Stan. Sebastian Stan trained at this New...
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Ellen Bredehoft will assume the role of Interim Dean of Mason Gross School of the Arts, effective July 1, 2025, as the university continues the search for the school’s next permanent Dean.
This spring, MGSA faculty gave us the inside scoop on the courses they’re teaching—from street style dance classes to closet-flipping DIY workshops, we’re highlighting one registration-worthy class from each department.
The Class of 2025 said their goodbyes to the Banks of the Old Raritan on May 15 with a boisterous ceremony at the State Theatre New Jersey in downtown New Brunswick.
The school has received the largest gift in its history—an anonymous $8.8 million gift that funds the school’s Arts in Health initiatives and endows a new faculty chair in Arts in Health.
“When Federal Work Study students are assigned to us as first-year students, they arrive with a wide variety of life and work experiences,” says Cogan, a 24-year RU employee. “My favorite type of moment is watching the students grow, mature, and learn new skills during their journey as employees at the MGPAC.”
The Arts Management and Leadership minor, open to all MGSA and SAS students, supports students seeking to gain skills or build careers in arts administration.
This year we welcome to our full-time faculty new arrivals in Art & Design and Theater. Get to know the newest members of our teaching community.
This new position is meant to build on the interdisciplinary initiatives underway at the school and to help enhance MGSA’s standing across the university and beyond by building much-needed research infrastructure.
Professor Ellen Bredehoft of the Mason Gross Theater Department has agreed to serve as the school’s associate dean for Academic Affairs for a three-year renewable term. Her appointment is effective August 1.