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You’ll learn a lot (and we mean A LOT) at UArts: You’ll sharpen your self-expression. You’ll explore new methods and use new tools and find new friends, culture and the adventure that lies in living in Philadelphia. You’ll find a new home in our community of creators.

But whether you’re a performer or a visual artist or a writer or a filmmaker or a designer, the most important thing you’ll do is create and explore and experiment, find the media you love, and make your art—no matter the medium—in our dozens of studios.

Check out some of the recent work by UArts Unicorns.

Listen, every school is gonna tell you they’re the best choice for you. About how it’s the best city for the best reasons, blah, blah, blah. I’m not here to tell you what to do ... I am here to tell you that I have found so much joy and so many connections and intellectual/silly/brilliant friends at UArts. I am here to tell you that the experiences have been worth the work, and the work has always been rewarding.
— Z Murphy ’24
School of Art
a painted artwork wrapped with an orange framing, depicting a person with closed eyes with red makeup holding a hand aloft in a dark room. above the person, a gleaming all-seeing eyes radiate light sparkles like a star.

Camille Burrell ’23 (Fine Arts)

“Oh my Bosch, I’m Dreaming”
acrylic, oil paint and gold leaf
24” x 24” 

a photograph from under a bridge, centering a concrete staircase descending to a paved trail beneath, with a background of a brick building. the entire photograph is processed with glitchy bits, with rectangular portions jumbled and accented creating irregular visual stutters. a shimmering violet water-like texture creeps up at the bottom left.

Hailey Jackson ’23 (Photography)

“Under The Bridge”
archival inkjet print
36” x 25”

a cyanotype photoprint geaturing the faded outlines of a flower, a key, a razorblade and other objects. the deep cyan color is embellished with drawings of jellyfish swimming in various directions.

Aarin Wilson ’23 (Fine Arts)

“Don’t Get Lost When I Go.”
cyanotype, color pencils, watercolor paint, alcohol-based markers, India ink
11" x 9"

a rich, dense brightly colored artwork of interspersed flowers of all colors and varieties and collaged body bare portions of bodies in differing skin tones.

Grace Plett ’23 (Fine Arts)

“The Garden Body”
archival inkjet print
24” x 36”

two people sitting on a rooftop ledge smiling and laughing while wearing headphones and examining CDs against a sunset sky that's quickly fading to dusk.

Jaedyn Taylor ’23 (Photography)

“Sorry, Not Sorry”
archival inkjet print
16” x 24”

a ceramic sculpture of an abstract, simplified house in earthen colors. smudged white candles are inserted along the crest of the roof.

Jasmine Kelly ’23

“Bonding”
woodfired ceramic, ceramic, wax, candles, underglaze, acrylic paint
20” x 17” x 20”

a photograph of a dinner table laden with delightful things and people's hands poking in to grip spoons or forks. a bowl of pasta with red sauce is central with a dish of meatballs at the bottom of the image. the illumination is bright and unnatural, lending a certain flatness to the scene.

Madeline Giquinto ’23 (Photography)

“Sunday Sauce”
archival inkjet print
20” x 16”

photography a blurry steam and dampness-streaked mirror with a dark vaguely face-like form appearing beneath the steamy wet smudging.

Jack Leach ’23 (Photography)

“Faceless 12”
archival inkjet print
52” x 36”

a brief poem in black type on a sky blue background. the poem reads: my best friend is a casting director on a popular tv show. he sends letter of interest to a guy who can make perfect bird sounds, a girl who can spin heavy objects in her braids, a man who stands on his head and recites Pi. last night i sat in the audience and watch an old man cry on command: the hundred year griever. inside my blood my mother is crouching.

China Rain Chung ’23 (Creative Writing)

photographic work depicting a person ins a sheer white dress in a filled bathtub with a crimson sheet over their face and torso. flat brownish square tiling lines the walls around the person slumping back.

Ruling Qu ’23 (Photography)

“Motel”
archival inkjet print
20” x 16”

a sculptural artwork of sixteen yellowish tiles each with a different texture and design.

Tori Schwartz ’23 (Fine Arts)

“Untitled Mud Grid”
mud and wood
48” x 48” x 4”

a poem in black type on a pale orange background. the poem reads: Oranges: in kindergarten you peel oranges with your father at breakfast and he tells you to be careful oranges are fire startes he says, like someday you'll find yourself with an orange tree and all of the fire inside of you where you'll learn sharing oranges as an act of love is just as much an act of violence.

Alexander Khan ’23 (Creative Writing)

a painted artwork wrapped with an orange framing, depicting a person with closed eyes with red makeup holding a hand aloft in a dark room. above the person, a gleaming all-seeing eyes radiate light sparkles like a star.
a photograph from under a bridge, centering a concrete staircase descending to a paved trail beneath, with a background of a brick building. the entire photograph is processed with glitchy bits, with rectangular portions jumbled and accented creating irregular visual stutters. a shimmering violet water-like texture creeps up at the bottom left.
a cyanotype photoprint geaturing the faded outlines of a flower, a key, a razorblade and other objects. the deep cyan color is embellished with drawings of jellyfish swimming in various directions.
a rich, dense brightly colored artwork of interspersed flowers of all colors and varieties and collaged body bare portions of bodies in differing skin tones.
two people sitting on a rooftop ledge smiling and laughing while wearing headphones and examining CDs against a sunset sky that's quickly fading to dusk.
a ceramic sculpture of an abstract, simplified house in earthen colors. smudged white candles are inserted along the crest of the roof.
a photograph of a dinner table laden with delightful things and people's hands poking in to grip spoons or forks. a bowl of pasta with red sauce is central with a dish of meatballs at the bottom of the image. the illumination is bright and unnatural, lending a certain flatness to the scene.
photography a blurry steam and dampness-streaked mirror with a dark vaguely face-like form appearing beneath the steamy wet smudging.
a brief poem in black type on a sky blue background. the poem reads: my best friend is a casting director on a popular tv show. he sends letter of interest to a guy who can make perfect bird sounds, a girl who can spin heavy objects in her braids, a man who stands on his head and recites Pi. last night i sat in the audience and watch an old man cry on command: the hundred year griever. inside my blood my mother is crouching.
photographic work depicting a person ins a sheer white dress in a filled bathtub with a crimson sheet over their face and torso. flat brownish square tiling lines the walls around the person slumping back.
a sculptural artwork of sixteen yellowish tiles each with a different texture and design.
a poem in black type on a pale orange background. the poem reads: Oranges: in kindergarten you peel oranges with your father at breakfast and he tells you to be careful oranges are fire startes he says, like someday you'll find yourself with an orange tree and all of the fire inside of you where you'll learn sharing oranges as an act of love is just as much an act of violence.
“I had the opportunity to become the first non-Dance major head coach of the Royals Band Dance Line. At the same time, I was a Screenwriting minor with a focus on film, NAACP president, DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility) Committee member and short story editor of UArts’ 2022 edition of Underground Pool, a literary journal. My experience at UArts pushed my boundaries for greater horizons as I committed myself to the things important to me. It brought me to my best self, but also made me a greater artist—professional, determined and forever creative.
— Sara Coleman ’23
School of Dance
four dancers are seen on a stage illuminated with cool light. in the center a person in a white outfit is holding a pose above a lunging person in a red outfit. to the far left and right of the stage are two people stepping alone, one in a deep blue outfit and the other in a gold one.

Kolin Everette ’23 (Dance), Lucy Flippen ’23 (Dance) and Serraya Milland’23 (Dance) (Merce Cunningham - CHANGING STEPS etcetera). Watch here. 

eight dancers are seen in various positions across a large stage illuminated in blue light. a blue rectangular screen illuminates the wall behind the dancers. some are making their arms into circles other are laying on the floor.

Aaron Michael Foreman ’23 (Dance), Marionia Joes ’23 (Dance), Maris ’23 (Dance), Kieran Modro, Stanley Morrison ’23 (Dance), Imani Nowlin Jenkins ’23 (Dance), Nayante Stanley ’23 (Dance) (Bill T. Jones - D-man in the Waters). Watch here. 

two dancers on a stage illuminated with a warm gray tone dance one in front of the other. the front dancer has an orange and black skirt and is lunging forward with arms held wide. the rear dancer has ochre briefs and is holding the other dancers arms.

Aaron Michael Foreman ’23 (Dance) and Amanda Boyer ’23 (Dance) (Martha Graham - Dark Meadow Suite). Watch here. 

13 dancers are dancing in an industrial space with a brightly illuminated dancefloor. the six pairs consist of a dancer in a suit and a dancer in a dress. a thirteenth dancer in a red dress is bent over in the front left of the row of pairs.

Harlie Yahn ’23 (Dance) (Lily Mello and Kali Petrizzo - I Spit Out the Gold). Watch here.

a dancer with a legged kicked high is in the center of a stage beneath a cold large bluish spotlight. another dancer stands with back facing the viewer at the edge of the spotlight.

Alix Chappell ’23 (Dance), Zoe Miller ’23 (Dance) and Kayla Ricketts ’23 (Dance) (Mark Caserta - Outro). Watch here. 

a single dancer in a black outfit with sheer black shirt dances in a fog-filled dancefloor illuminated from the side with white light, one hand stretched up high into the beam of light.

Bailey Barrett ’23 (Dance), Amanda Boyer ’23 (Dance), Aliyah Clay ’23 (Dance), Zoe Miller ’23 (Dance), Leah Nowell, Caitlin Parrish ’23 (Dance), Viola Taylor ’23 (Dance), Lanae Watson ’23 (Dance) and Kameren Whigham ’23 (Dance) (Tommie-Waheed Evans - The Single Petal of a Rose). Watch here. 

ten dancers in casual, vaguely 90s style attire perform under a white spotlight on a stage, with a rear wall illuminated in a deep blue.

Liv Wymbs ’23 (Dance) and Marionia Jones ’23 (Dance) (Kyle and Dinita Clark - This is 50). Watch here.

two dancers perform in a narrow, bright spotlight on an otherwise completely black stage. one person is seated gazing upwards, the other crouching in a deep stance with an arm outstretched.

Marionia Jones ’23 (Dance) and Viola Taylor ’23 (Dance) (Ulysses Dove - Vespers). Watch here. 

four dancers are seen on a stage illuminated with cool light. in the center a person in a white outfit is holding a pose above a lunging person in a red outfit. to the far left and right of the stage are two people stepping alone, one in a deep blue outfit and the other in a gold one.
eight dancers are seen in various positions across a large stage illuminated in blue light. a blue rectangular screen illuminates the wall behind the dancers. some are making their arms into circles other are laying on the floor.
two dancers on a stage illuminated with a warm gray tone dance one in front of the other. the front dancer has an orange and black skirt and is lunging forward with arms held wide. the rear dancer has ochre briefs and is holding the other dancers arms.
13 dancers are dancing in an industrial space with a brightly illuminated dancefloor. the six pairs consist of a dancer in a suit and a dancer in a dress. a thirteenth dancer in a red dress is bent over in the front left of the row of pairs.
a dancer with a legged kicked high is in the center of a stage beneath a cold large bluish spotlight. another dancer stands with back facing the viewer at the edge of the spotlight.
a single dancer in a black outfit with sheer black shirt dances in a fog-filled dancefloor illuminated from the side with white light, one hand stretched up high into the beam of light.
ten dancers in casual, vaguely 90s style attire perform under a white spotlight on a stage, with a rear wall illuminated in a deep blue.
two dancers perform in a narrow, bright spotlight on an otherwise completely black stage. one person is seated gazing upwards, the other crouching in a deep stance with an arm outstretched.
Literally just being in an environment and being able to interact with such talented and intellectual writers (both students and professors) is one of the most inspiring and educational takeaways from UArts.
— Jay Smith ’24
School of Design
a virtual space of stark bright projects and text against a black background. above is a grainy video-like still, across from the viewer are implied walls, suggested by blocks of white text displayed around a joined circle and triangle glyph.

DM.001 by Midafe Adogame ’23 (Graphic Design)

black and white illustration of three cabins with a central log cabin-style one in the distance resting on a leafy hillock and two darker closer cabins facing each other in mirrored fashion. the left hand one is lighter with a white walkway and door mat, the right one is darker with a black walkway and an axe in a stump outside.

William Quinn ’23 (Illustration)

an open bookon a periwinkle background. the pages are open to a poster graphic reading "a letterpress pressman has died in america" split across the two pages in a white type across a deep blue image of a print shop

Union Bugs by Kayla Klavins ’23 (Graphic Design)

a digital illustration of an overgrown cityscape with a traffic light taking up the majority of the image. a small rocket ship and insect like humanoid figure are sitting on the traffic light's light hoods. the lower light glows green. the plant life around of the scene is entirely red or orange or pink.

Greenlight by Holly Jansen ’23 (Illustration)

an illustration in which two people dive into an airy embrace, floating toward each other with their immensely long hair and dresses billowing around them. they are in a magical study room, immediately before a three-paneled stained glass window with beautiful crystalline patterning. lit candles gloat ing glass bubbles all along the top of the image.

Dear Odette in the Library by Mel Stowell ’23 (Illustration)

a book placed on a cream beige background depicting hands reaching out toward each other with out of focus

Not One Nor The Other by Ria Das ’23 (Graphic Design)

digital illustration of an overview of a fantasy setting, with the most prominent element being a massive sculpture of a royal figure in a crown with cupped hands. glowing water powers from the statue's eyes into the cupped hands, wher a character is lying and looking far down below where three warrior figures are wading through water with torches lit.

Mourning by Jeanne Dickenson ’23 (Illustration)

a worn black 12 inch album cover with a black vinyl poking out at the right. the record sleeve has a cluster of white flowers with a diminutive moth off toward the right. i know this survivor is written in the top left in an elegant sloped font in a pale green. the background of the image is the same green.

I Know This Survivor by Ruqaiyyah Al-Althariyyah ’23 (Graphic Design)

a virtual space of stark bright projects and text against a black background. above is a grainy video-like still, across from the viewer are implied walls, suggested by blocks of white text displayed around a joined circle and triangle glyph.
black and white illustration of three cabins with a central log cabin-style one in the distance resting on a leafy hillock and two darker closer cabins facing each other in mirrored fashion. the left hand one is lighter with a white walkway and door mat, the right one is darker with a black walkway and an axe in a stump outside.
an open bookon a periwinkle background. the pages are open to a poster graphic reading "a letterpress pressman has died in america" split across the two pages in a white type across a deep blue image of a print shop
a digital illustration of an overgrown cityscape with a traffic light taking up the majority of the image. a small rocket ship and insect like humanoid figure are sitting on the traffic light's light hoods. the lower light glows green. the plant life around of the scene is entirely red or orange or pink.
an illustration in which two people dive into an airy embrace, floating toward each other with their immensely long hair and dresses billowing around them. they are in a magical study room, immediately before a three-paneled stained glass window with beautiful crystalline patterning. lit candles gloat ing glass bubbles all along the top of the image.
a book placed on a cream beige background depicting hands reaching out toward each other with out of focus
digital illustration of an overview of a fantasy setting, with the most prominent element being a massive sculpture of a royal figure in a crown with cupped hands. glowing water powers from the statue's eyes into the cupped hands, wher a character is lying and looking far down below where three warrior figures are wading through water with torches lit.
a worn black 12 inch album cover with a black vinyl poking out at the right. the record sleeve has a cluster of white flowers with a diminutive moth off toward the right. i know this survivor is written in the top left in an elegant sloped font in a pale green. the background of the image is the same green.
Positive things about UArts for sure have to be the people and the fact that you just immediately start taking classes centered around your major.
— Bria Parks ’25
School of Film
A bearded person in yellow rain gear kneels in profile on a dusky twilight beach lifting the lid of a chest that is emitting an intense violet light soaking into a rising fog. a glowing oil lamp rests at the person's knee.

Still from A Wish in a Bottle by Kevin Valentin ’23 (Film). Watch here. 

A still from animated film We All Fall, depicting a cartoonish black and white village street scene with barrels in the foreground. a character in traditional plague doctor garb is poking their head out from behind a wall.

Still from We All Fall by Robert Walls ’23 (Animation). Watch here.

Still from Morning Meating depicting two highly stylized cartoon characters with hands on their hits speaking to each other. the image is rendered in peachy, pink, and creamy tones, with accents of blue and crimson.

Still from Morning Meating by Gavin Walters ’23 (Animation). Watch here.

poster for animated film Things Work Out. across a dreamy floral pattern are. scattered cut-out yellow stars and collage-like letters spelling out Things Work Out with each letter in a different style on different bits of paper. a person sits at a computer in profile in a simple paper cut-out style.

Poster for Things Work Out by Katrina Mortko ’23 (Animation). Watch here.

still from Be Thyself, with two people gazing directly past the viewer. the person on the left has long curle hair and is wearing a colorful knit cardigan. their face has an exhausted woozy look. a person in a suit and tie and a gleeful smile is coming up behind the first person with hands placed on each shoulder.

Still from Be Thyself by Daniel Rosendale ’23 (Film). Watch here. 

a digital render of a large home in a leafy neighborhood.

Nostalgia House by Kyle Andrade ’23 (Game Art)

still from thank you for going goblin. a person in a striped blue tshirt and chunky red headphones gleefully slices into an iced cake using a green chevron-patterned knife at a quirky dining room tables next to an elephant plushie. the whole room is bathed in violet light.

Still from Thank You For Going Goblin by Lee Steckel ’23 (Film). Watch here. 

a digital illustration of a cave, with cave walls in dark in the foreground as light streams in over water falls into a cave pool in the background. along the closer cliff, a person rides a large rhinoceros beetle with a lantern hanging from its horn.

by Sully Lorino ’23 (Game Art)

A bearded person in yellow rain gear kneels in profile on a dusky twilight beach lifting the lid of a chest that is emitting an intense violet light soaking into a rising fog. a glowing oil lamp rests at the person's knee.
A still from animated film We All Fall, depicting a cartoonish black and white village street scene with barrels in the foreground. a character in traditional plague doctor garb is poking their head out from behind a wall.
Still from Morning Meating depicting two highly stylized cartoon characters with hands on their hits speaking to each other. the image is rendered in peachy, pink, and creamy tones, with accents of blue and crimson.
poster for animated film Things Work Out. across a dreamy floral pattern are. scattered cut-out yellow stars and collage-like letters spelling out Things Work Out with each letter in a different style on different bits of paper. a person sits at a computer in profile in a simple paper cut-out style.
still from Be Thyself, with two people gazing directly past the viewer. the person on the left has long curle hair and is wearing a colorful knit cardigan. their face has an exhausted woozy look. a person in a suit and tie and a gleeful smile is coming up behind the first person with hands placed on each shoulder.
a digital render of a large home in a leafy neighborhood.
still from thank you for going goblin. a person in a striped blue tshirt and chunky red headphones gleefully slices into an iced cake using a green chevron-patterned knife at a quirky dining room tables next to an elephant plushie. the whole room is bathed in violet light.
a digital illustration of a cave, with cave walls in dark in the foreground as light streams in over water falls into a cave pool in the background. along the closer cliff, a person rides a large rhinoceros beetle with a lantern hanging from its horn.

Be Thyself

Be Thyself by Daniel Rosendale ’23 (Film). 

[The] best part of UArts was meeting and getting to learn from my really talented peers.
— Lee Steckel ’23
School of Music
stylized vinyl album with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the record sleeve is Nico Bryant in black and white singing into a microphone in an upholstered room wearing a baseball cap, black hoodie, with a tight beard.

Nico Bryan ’23 (MBET)

A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student Mackenzie Markstein seen in profile in a white dress against a background of a green creek.

Mackenzie Markstein ’23 (MBET)

A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student Shan Chua in warm ochre tones with a glowing orange light across Chua's face. Chua is looking towards the light.

Shanon Chua ’23 (Vocal Performance)

A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student Ashley Harrison depicted in black and white holding a saxophone. harrison has long black dreads and a black tank top showing off botanical tattoos.

Ashley Harrison ’23 (Instrumental Performance)

A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student aidan reeves in a choker and orange tunic in a forest bathed in golden light.

Aidan Reeves ’23 (Instrumental Performance)

A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student anthony santosusso in black and white in a flannel shirt and circular sunglasses clutching a mic at mouth level

Anthony Santosusso ’23 (MBET)

A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student johar snella with head cocked looking left in a black hoodie with a slim silver chain.

Johar Snella ’23 (MBET)

A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student noah uy seated in khaki pants and a cardigan on a wooden outdoor staircase playing a guitar.

Noah Uy ’23 (MBET)

stylized vinyl album with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the record sleeve is Nico Bryant in black and white singing into a microphone in an upholstered room wearing a baseball cap, black hoodie, with a tight beard.
A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student Mackenzie Markstein seen in profile in a white dress against a background of a green creek.
A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student Shan Chua in warm ochre tones with a glowing orange light across Chua's face. Chua is looking towards the light.
A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student Ashley Harrison depicted in black and white holding a saxophone. harrison has long black dreads and a black tank top showing off botanical tattoos.
A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student aidan reeves in a choker and orange tunic in a forest bathed in golden light.
A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student anthony santosusso in black and white in a flannel shirt and circular sunglasses clutching a mic at mouth level
A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student johar snella with head cocked looking left in a black hoodie with a slim silver chain.
A stylized vinyl record album cover with a black record stamped with the UArts logo poking out. On the sleeve is student noah uy seated in khaki pants and a cardigan on a wooden outdoor staircase playing a guitar.

Nico Bryant ’23 (Music Business, Entrepreneurship, and Technology)

“Manifesto (Live in Philadelphia),” recorded live at Caplan Recital Hall at UArts 

[UArts] has so many different majors that easily commingle at residence hall functions, talent shows and student-led clubs and organizations (i.e., the UArts Jewish Student Alliance, the UArts Ball Club, UArts Ballet Ensemble, the Student Union, the Black Student Union, etc., etc.) and can easily be accessed through a plethora of QR-code-covered flyers spread across UArts’ three main class buildings. Collaboration and communities are always right around the corner ... Don't be afraid to talk to students in other majors. Y'all have a lot more in common than you think. Just because someone can do a moonwalk doesn't mean they don't want to talk about animation.
— Z Murphy ’24
Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
a still from a uarts performance of horse girls, in five young people stand around a white table with hands over their hearts as the center person in a pink outfit places one hand on a pink book.
fifteen actors pose in semi-crouched stances in a neon and LED-lit stage setting, flanked with neon-ringed panels and accent lights. a violet hue dominates, with a warm glow lighting up the actors' faces.

Ira Brind School seniors perform in Head Over Heels. Read the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts 2022–2023 Production Credits.

four actors in pink and red dresses stand on a gray wooden stage under bright, even lighting, holding a selection of body parts. a person on the left is holding large red lips at chest level. the next person to the right is holding a large eye aloft in one hand. the person at the far right holds a simple hand with all fingers outstretched.
Actors performing The Cherry Orchard, standing around a well-illuminated stage against a black background. all are wearing vintage costumes. a person in a white suit jacket stands with arms help open in the center of the stage, as the remaining nine actors ring the stage.

Ira Brind School seniors perform in The Cherry Orchard. Read the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts 2022–2023 Production Credits.

five actors stand in a spotlight beam on a stage of rolling mounds of dirt, all gazing to the photo's right. from right to left, their costumes include a brown bathrobe, a wide open brown bathrobe and red boxer shorts, bottle pink pants with a silver armor breastplate, a hooded grim reaper outfit with a scythe, an olive bathrobe and floral button-up.

Ira Brind School seniors perform in Everybody. Read the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts 2022–2023 Production Credits.

actors in a black box style theater illuminated by warm downward spot lights and bright, cold lights from the corner of the walkways above the stage floor. the actors are standing in a row in plain clothing, holding their hands up as they recite lines.

Ira Brind School students perform in Visiones del Cuerpo. Read the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts 2022–2023 Production Credits.

actors performing Urinetown, with a large group of singing actors posing in a stage made of barebones plywood platforms and framing. the group wears muted colors, save for a lead actor leaning forward in a starfish like pose at the front of the group in a very dandy embroidered smoking jacket.

Ira Brind School students perform in Urinetown. Read the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts 2022–2023 Production Credits.

four actors dance and recite on stage against a fully black background.
Inside of a black box style theater, a massive tangle of reddish yarns is suspended above a cast of actors milling around and embracing. the tangle of yarn dips low to the ground and is looping up and down.
a still from a uarts performance of horse girls, in five young people stand around a white table with hands over their hearts as the center person in a pink outfit places one hand on a pink book.
fifteen actors pose in semi-crouched stances in a neon and LED-lit stage setting, flanked with neon-ringed panels and accent lights. a violet hue dominates, with a warm glow lighting up the actors' faces.
four actors in pink and red dresses stand on a gray wooden stage under bright, even lighting, holding a selection of body parts. a person on the left is holding large red lips at chest level. the next person to the right is holding a large eye aloft in one hand. the person at the far right holds a simple hand with all fingers outstretched.
Actors performing The Cherry Orchard, standing around a well-illuminated stage against a black background. all are wearing vintage costumes. a person in a white suit jacket stands with arms help open in the center of the stage, as the remaining nine actors ring the stage.
five actors stand in a spotlight beam on a stage of rolling mounds of dirt, all gazing to the photo's right. from right to left, their costumes include a brown bathrobe, a wide open brown bathrobe and red boxer shorts, bottle pink pants with a silver armor breastplate, a hooded grim reaper outfit with a scythe, an olive bathrobe and floral button-up.
actors in a black box style theater illuminated by warm downward spot lights and bright, cold lights from the corner of the walkways above the stage floor. the actors are standing in a row in plain clothing, holding their hands up as they recite lines.
actors performing Urinetown, with a large group of singing actors posing in a stage made of barebones plywood platforms and framing. the group wears muted colors, save for a lead actor leaning forward in a starfish like pose at the front of the group in a very dandy embroidered smoking jacket.
four actors dance and recite on stage against a fully black background.
Inside of a black box style theater, a massive tangle of reddish yarns is suspended above a cast of actors milling around and embracing. the tangle of yarn dips low to the ground and is looping up and down.
Participating in the Polyphone Festival of New Musicals was an experience I will never forget and would not have gotten if I went anywhere else. The chance to work with industry professionals on new work provided me with so many new perspectives and opportunities, both creatively and professionally.
— Gio Coppola ’25