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Get to know our alumni! Our is shining on Hansel Tan, a 2024 MFA alum!

"At Pitt, I immediately began teaching and learned through many successes and failures in the classroom. As an integrated graduate student rubbing shoulders and sweating over lesson notes with fellow PhD candidates, I was exposed to many other facets of performance research and honed my ability to contribute to the academic circulation of ideas through required courses. Not only did the program challenge candidates to pursue artistic opportunities and develop research projects, they actively encouraged it, and I found myself absorbing new acting methodologies, contributing to academic conferences, and gracing local stages even within the same semester."

Learn more here about Hansel's experience at Pitt and post-graduation on our website at the link in bio!

We are thrilled to celebrate Director of Graduate Studies Dr. Michelle Granshaw on receiving 2026 ACLS Fellowship, which recognizes excellence in Humanities and Social Sciences Research. Dr. Granshaw’s research presents a new history of desegregation, protest, and the theatre. In its exploration of the two decades post-Civil War, the project traces two intertwined narratives: the emergence and decline of a national, decentralized effort by Black Americans that worked to desegregate US theatres, and how white theatre managers, artists, and audiences fought to reinforce and maintain a theatre institution with its foundation in white supremacy and ultimately succeeded.

Read the full article here: https://www.play.pitt.edu/news/dr-michelle-granshaw-awarded-2026-acls-fellowship

SPOTTED: a few familiar faces at the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Commencement Ceremony! Theatre Arts PhD graduates Elizabeth, Victoria, and Alison were captured alongside Theatre Arts Director of Graduate Studies Dr. Michelle Granshaw by photographer John Altdorfer. The ceremony was held at the brand-new Victory Heights Arena. The Dietrich School was the first of Pitt's schools to host a graduation ceremony in the new arena. Congrats to all the graduates! Hail to Pitt!