NEWS
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.
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.
Nancy Yunhwa Rao: Honorary member of American Musicological Society
Rao has been honored “for her contributions to musicology, in particular her achievements in fostering cross-cultural dialogue between Anglophone music studies and music research in Chinese-speaking lands, as well as her efforts to bridge the divide between musicology and her home discipline of music theory.”
Research Spotlight: Robinson McClellan
Earlier this year, faculty Robinson McClellan made a rare discovery: a previously unknown waltz by none other than Frédéric Chopin.