UAB Department of Theatre

08/25/2026

Our current student body! 😊

08/23/2026

Theatre matters. Now more than ever.
Theatre is a space in which we rehearse how we want to be in the world. It is a vital vocation. A practice of community and care. And it is essential to society. 🎭🎭🎭
Thank you Alabama Conference of Theatre for the honor of advocating for our artform as your keynote speaker! 🙏🙏🙏

08/19/2026

Profs Kelley Schoger and Mona Eldahshoury and I are so proud and excited to be partnering with Lise Kaye Bell of Soundproofbox from the UK and the Megan Montgomery Foundation on UAB Theatre’s applied theatre tour for 2026–2027! “Red Flags” is a forum theatre – style interactive educational production about domestic violence prevention. Our students are absolutely on fire! Bringing their skills, intuition, and emotional intelligence to every scene. And proving that Theatre can be used to do good - making the world a better place…

Come see our showcase September 12 at 2 PM in the Sirote Theatre!

07/31/2026

So excited to be partnering with the Megan Montgomery Foundation and Soundproof Box on “Red Flags” this year! Applied theatre utilizes dramatic skills and storytelling techniques to make the world a better place. This foundation is committed to domestic violence education and prevention. It’s a match made in heaven…
🎭🙏🎭💪🎭

07/17/2026

AUDITION DEADLINE JULY 31
UAB's Dept of Theatre just received a gift from the Megan Montgomery Foundation (https://megansfoundation.org/) to do a touring production next year around domestic violence, education, and prevention. Lise Bell from Soundproof Box (https://www.soundproofbox.org/) will be in residence with us August 17-21, 2026 to train three faculty facilitators and a cast of student actors in their production of "Red Flags," which we will tour in Fall 26 and Spring 27.

"Red Flags" is an interactive theatre show and educational workshop by UK-based Soundproof Box designed to help individuals recognize and address coercive control, boundary pushing, and unhealthy relationship behaviors. The program focuses on identifying early warning signs of abuse, including financial control and manipulative tactics disguised as charm.

Using forum theatre techniques, Red Flags features two actors (1 male-identifying and 1 female-identifying) and a facilitator, who play out scenarios and the audience has the chance to interact/intervene using red flags.

For our UAB tour of the show, we will have 3 casts (each of 2 actors plus a faculty facilitator) that will tour schools, women’s centers, and organizations over the Fall and Spring semesters. The faculty facilitators are Prof. Kelley Schoger, Prof. Mona Eldahsoury, and Dr. Megan Lewis. Student stipends are available for those who are cast.

If you are interested in auditioning, please submit the requirements in this submission form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWD_Apj3E1rt0bjGxqqhaRNzzO4KwKoyU4lBOgBP13i4d3BA/viewform

Deadline: July 31, 2026!

05/07/2026

Hiring a TECHNICAL DIRECTOR! Spread the word!

Description: The Department of Theatre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham seeks a collaborative, innovative, and solutions-oriented Technical Director for a full-time, one-year Assistant Professor position to begin August 2026. The review of candidates will start on May 31st.This position pl...