NEWS
Recent News
- Rutgers Theater Department ranked among The Hollywood Reporter’s “25 Best Drama Schools in the World” for 2025
- Nancy Yunhwa Rao named Board of Governors Professor of Music
- Ellen Bredehoft named interim dean
- Dance alum uses movement skills in her career as a social worker
- Best in Class: Five of Our Favorite Courses at MGSA
Art in the Time of Coronavirus
Students of Mason Gross School of the Arts, we know this is a difficult and uncertain time for you. Many of you rely on an audience, a stage, or a gallery wall to complete your work, and we want to continue to give that to you–virtually, at least.
Alum Sebastian Stan nominated for Oscar, wins acting Golden Globe
Stan (BFA’05) is nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his turn as a young President Donald J. Trump in “The Apprentice.”
Alum composes funeral march performed at ceremonies honoring former President Carter
Andrew Kosinski (BM’20) composed a hymn that has been performed by military bands in the nation’s capital at least four times this week as the country has honored and mourned the 39th president.
Dean to serve as Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Dr. Geary is set to assume the role of Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Rutgers–New Brunswick, effective July 1, 2025. A nationwide search is underway to find the next dean for Mason Gross.
“Chaos Organizer” and alum Chelsea Olivia Friday works backstage at Broadway’s “Gypsy”
Friday (BFA’13) credits a robust Rutgers alumni network with helping her land her latest gig, as rehearsal stage manager on George C. Wolfe’s much-anticipated Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Gypsy,” starring Audra McDonald.
Theater project supports formerly incarcerated people reentering society
Ritual4Return is the brainchild of Kevin Bott, director of Rutgers Arts Online. The project works with people coming home after incarceration to develop a ritual through theatrical storytelling that helps them move on from their experiences.