Department Of Theatre And Media Arts

BYU Theatre Presents a Courtroom Drama of Twelve Jurors Who Must Decide the Fate of an 18-Year-Old Standing Trial for Murder

Premiering This Thursday, Dec. 8, “Fabularis: Characters of Myth and Legend” is the First Fashion Show Held by the Department of Theatre and Media Arts

BYU MDT Alum and Former Staff Member Dayne Joyner (BFA ‘19) Bids Adieu to BYU to Join Broadway Touring Production of ‘The Sound of Music’

Driving, Working and Playing Dogs Will Scamper Across Utah County Touring Through Elementary Schools and Public Libraries in BYU’s Production of P. D. Eastman’s Classic

The BYU Student Film Association Hosted its First Spooktacular Film and Art Festival on Saturday, Oct. 29

The HFAC Bids Goodbye to Musical Theatre Performances after January’s Performances of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

Students were encouraged to refine their talents and remember that they are given from God

Students were encouraged to become the protagonists of their life stories as they move forward in their education and careers

Earlier this month, BYU senior and acting major Langi Tuifua wrapped up a series of performances for the campus production of “Pride and Prejudice.” He had just played a starring role as key character Mr. Darcy.

During a visit to her old stomping grounds, Walker demonstrated how media arts faculty and students can make the industry more inclusive through lighting

The cast and crew share their thoughts on how this rendition of “Fiddler on the Roof” continues to resonate in 2022

This enchanting production will take audiences on a journey with young Soledad as she navigates hard questions and finds her place in the universe

After a year of innovation and creativity, the TMA department offers awards to superb students

TMA students shine bright by being presented with multiple awards by faculty

Jennine graduated with an emphasis in makeup and hair design and has built upon the legacy of her predecessor

Rise and shout! BYU fans will soon have a new cougar to cheer for. Thanks to the combined efforts of two BYU engineering capstone teams and a group of theatre and media arts (TMA) students, Cosmo is getting an animatronic counterpart in the theatre department. Designed to introduce plays and similar events, “Cosmotron,” as he is fondly known, will bring added school spirit to BYU performances. While engineering capstone projects typically develop products for clients outside the university, the theatre department’s desire to have an animatronic cougar provided an excellent learning opportunity for students from both ends of campus during the 2020–21 academic year. Animatronics are commonly built for amusement parks and films (think Disneyland and Jurassic Park), and their creation requires a wide range of engineering and artistic skills. “We will fight, day or night, rain or snow”: Creating Cosmotron When they first brainstormed Cosmotron’s design, the students were unsure they’d be able to pull off the complex task. Somehow, they needed to fit all of the necessary parts inside the cougar’s small head and make sure that each team’s work — mechanical engineering components, electrical and computer engineering components, and software controls — could come together to make a working puppet. Read the full article by Christie Allen at news.byu.edu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSDa5sdZsT0&list=TLGGLxuerL5AFpQyMTA1MjAyMQ&t=1s

Several students received recognition for their work in the Department of Theatre and Media Arts

Representing more than a decade of work, the first installment of the filmmaker’s visionary short film project aims to connect and unify Americans one state at a time