Theater, Dance & Media, Harvard University

Theater, Dance & Media, Harvard University Harvard's newest concentration focusing on theory and practice in theater, dance and media

Harvard's newest concentration focusing on the intersections of theory and practice in the areas of theater, dance, and media.

Students, don't forget—Open Add/Drop runs until September 9th. Add a TDM class to your course load today! If you're look...
08/27/2026

Students, don't forget—Open Add/Drop runs until September 9th. Add a TDM class to your course load today! If you're looking to develop your movement artistry this fall, we encourage you to enroll in this semester's dance production studio, which will focus on contact improvisation. For information on other TDM courses, check out the full course list on our website.

Photo: Final Project Presentations in TDM 154: Designing With Light

08/24/2026

Interested in learning the ins and outs of technical theater management? Add TDM 157PL: Backstage Blueprint to your courseload this semester!

Welcome back students! We're so excited to kick off another wonderful school year. Remember, Open Add/Drop runs August 2...
08/21/2026

Welcome back students! We're so excited to kick off another wonderful school year. Remember, Open Add/Drop runs August 24 - September 9. We've included a few of the posters for our courses that are still enrolling students here, in case you're on the hunt for the perfect TDM class to add to your course load!

Alumni Update alert! Aislinn Brophy ’17 is an actor and author based in Boston. This year, they had the honor of playing...
08/20/2026

Alumni Update alert! Aislinn Brophy ’17 is an actor and author based in Boston. This year, they had the honor of playing Jo March in Little Women with Actors' Shakespeare Project (pictured here) and Victoria Earle Matthews in A New Era with Company One Theatre. Their next fantasy novel, The Divinity Thieves, will be released in January 2027 and is available for preorder now!

You can find Aislinn on Instagram at or on their website at aislinnbrophy.com.

Photo by Benjamin Rose Photography

Alumni Update alert! Laura Coe '22 (Chickasaw) is a NYC based dancer/choreographer/grant writer. This fall she will be p...
08/06/2026

Alumni Update alert! Laura Coe '22 (Chickasaw) is a NYC based dancer/choreographer/grant writer. This fall she will be performing at Lincoln Center for Andrew Schneider (Oct 13-25), leading workshops with NYC Dept of Transportation/in·corpus 'Summer Streets' (Aug 22) and Appalachian Mountain Club 'Curious by Nature' (Sep 12), and helping her grandfather host the 24th Annual Walk of Life, a reverse Trail of Tears walk in Tuscumbia, AL (Nov 14). She will also be presenting her own work at Tanglewood (Nov 1st) and Movement Research/Judson Church (Nov 9)

She recently presented work at 92StreetY, and danced for Brooklyn Ballet and Kaley Pruitt Dance/Monica Bill-Barnes. She successfully directed the second year of her summer dance program Groundwork in partnership with Catskill Mountain Foundation/Matthew Cumbie, and won over $10,000 for local arts organization Berkshire Pulse as a grant writer.

You can find Laura on Instagram at

Photo by Denis Shchekin.

Alumni Update alert! Sarah Grammar Warnberg '18 works in marketing for a trade association. She is the co-founder of the...
08/06/2026

Alumni Update alert! Sarah Grammar Warnberg '18 works in marketing for a trade association. She is the co-founder of the Gulf Coast Shakespeare Company, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit theater company focused on producing the works of William Shakespeare along the Gulf South region. Sarah and her husband welcomed their son, Gus, in February 2026. They live in South Mississippi with their two dogs, Hank and Joey, as well as a mercurial cat, Chad. You can find Sarah on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-grammar-warnberg-12257513b/

Alumni Update alert! Abraham E.S. Rebollo/Trujillo just finished her MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at the Yal...
08/03/2026

Alumni Update alert! Abraham E.S. Rebollo/Trujillo just finished her MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at the Yale School of Drama, where she researched modern Greek and Mexican theater, performed, translated, directed, and designed at the Yale Cabaret, dramaturged for three productions, and tackled caption and program translations for the Yale Rep. She looks forward to continuing this work in her post-grad life!

Featured here is a photo of a scene from WHAT ROUGH BEAST by Matthew Chong, directed by Andreas Andreou, with dramaturgy by Abraham. The show was performed at The Carlotta Festival of New Plays, May 5–13, 2026, at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Photo © T. Charles Erickson.

Learn more about Abraham's work at abrahamesrt.com.

Alumni Update alert! Payton Thompson '25 currently works at Julien’s Auctions where she focuses on Celebrity & Brand Par...
07/30/2026

Alumni Update alert! Payton Thompson '25 currently works at Julien’s Auctions where she focuses on Celebrity & Brand Partnerships and Business Strategy. In the past year she has had the pleasure of working with high-profile artists including Gwyneth Paltrow, Bob Mackie, Boy George, and Tony Hawk. She has also continued to dance in both ballet and contemporary and assist choreographers like Francisco Gella and Sarah Marie Picard. Here she is on the red carpet at the 2026 Grammys Person of the Year gala! You can find Payton on Instagram at .

We are thrilled to announce the publication of Professor Ju Yon Kim's new book, Paper Performance: Suspicion and Asian A...
07/27/2026

We are thrilled to announce the publication of Professor Ju Yon Kim's new book, Paper Performance: Suspicion and Asian American Archives. In this meticulously researched book, former TDM Chair Ju Yon Kim explores the modes of engagement and contestation available to those who are subjected by the state to both relentless documentation and demands to perform—whether as lawful immigrants, obedient colonial subjects, or loyal Americans.

Alumni Update alert! Adrienne Chan '25 works as a freelance choreographer, dancer, and teacher in New York City! In the ...
07/20/2026

Alumni Update alert! Adrienne Chan '25 works as a freelance choreographer, dancer, and teacher in New York City! In the past year, she's recently performed with the Brooklyn Ballet and Choreography Project Rhode Island, and she premiered her work with Asian American Ballet Project, City Ballet of Cleveland, and Columbia Ballet Collaborative. She's about to begin her year as a Harvardwood Artist Launch fellow and will produce and choreograph an original dance production in summer 2027.

Photo 1: Asian American Ballet Project's talk-back event after their performance, Once Upon Our Time, which included Adrienne’s story ballet, "Lon Po Po."

Photo 2: Adrienne’s work, "How to Build a Rocket," in City Ballet of Cleveland's Spring Repertoire Concert. Photo by Victoria Stanbridge.

Photo 3: Adrienne in rehearsal with Columbia Ballet Collaborative. Photo by Julia Grunion ()

Photo 4: "Claymake" in Columbia Ballet Collaborative's Fall 2025 Gala. Photo by Marina Lee ()

You can find Adrienne on Instagram at or on her website at adrienne-chan.com.

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