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Department of Theatre and Cinema

The Department of Theatre and Cinema is committed to teaching, learning and nurturing the development of creative, well-rounded theatre artists to work individually and collaboratively to solve problems, build community and meet the challenges of a diverse world.

Students performing The Jungle Book

When an unanticipated attraction develops between two friends which ignites a response so violent it nearly kills them, one struggles to survive as the other tries to pick up the pieces. Stop Kiss by Diana Son is a quirky yet moving play of self-discovery, tolerance and love in a sometimes-unforgiving world. (This play contains mature themes: discrimination, sexual content and adult language.)

Stop Kiss By Diana Son graphic

Annie Bolte’s Highlander history goes a little further back than just her freshman year – her parents, John “Stoney” Bolt, M.A. ’92, and Virginia “Jenny” Leadbetter-Bolte ’89, met while they were students at Radford, and now Annie is finding her place at Radford.

  • Radford University has appointed Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, Ph.D., as dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA), effective July 10. Williams previously served as dean of the Division of Liberal Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts since June 2022.

    Rachel Marie-Crane Williams
  • Highlander Highlights shares the extraordinary accomplishments happening on and off campus through the tireless work and curiosity of students and faculty.

    Highlander Highlights
  • Music and theater students and faculty will experience a unique wellness workshop and collaborate with Canadian educators and mental health professionals to perform Die Schöne Müllerin.

    Actors Aspen Ramsey, Kyla Gilcrest and Sarah Lindsay Merriman review materials in preparation for their roles in “Die Schöne Müllerin.