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Department of Theatre & Dance

Welcome to the Department of Theatre and Dance at Tulane

The Theatre and Dance Department is committed to making relevant, diverse, and dynamic art and shaping young talents to do the same. We are proud to be part of the School of Liberal Arts at Tulane! Our beautiful facilities are located in colorful New Orleans at Tulane University’s uptown campus. Our studios and offices are housed in the Elleonora P. McWilliams building and Dixon Hall Annex. 

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Tulane University, Dept. of Theatre & Dance, 215 McWilliams Hall, New Orleans LA 70118, 504.314.7760 tutd@tulane.edu

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Meet our Stage Manager Lanie Mcleod! Aside from her work in the physics lab, Lanie has previously worked as stage manager for the department’s productions of Trouble in Mind (2021) and Cassandra Machine (2022), assistant technical director for TUPAS's production of Ride the Cyclone (2023), and assistant stage manager for ReFramed (2020) and She Kills Monsters (2021). She spent the summer as a box office associate at the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival while also working at Tulane's PolyRMC lab in the physics department.
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Meet today’s cast member, Akira Shelton! Akira will be playing Lily Ann Green! At Tulane, Akira has appeared in the Mystery of Edwin Drood, Trouble in Mind, and more. In this photo Akira can be seen wearing the green frog hat. She extends special thanks to A.K. Scott. We are so excited to have Akira!
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Meet our third member of Crumbs, AK Scott! With this being show week, we will post a cast member every day. Today’s member is A.K Scott who can be seen in this photo, second from the left wearing a tan suit. A.K has recently appeared as Maggie in The Gift of the Magi and Deputy in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. A.K would like to spend a special thanks to Akira Shelton!
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Meet our second member of the cast Janae Burney! Janae plays Ermina Crump and she is so excited to be a part of the cast. Janae is not new to the stage, having been in high school and community productions of A Raisin in the Sun, Annie, and more. This is her first Tulane production and we could not be more thrilled to have her!
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Welcome to the first day of our Meet the Cast series for Crumbs! With the play's focus on family we decided to highlight our cast members with their families. Our first cast member is Shamiso Zihumo who plays Ernestine Crump. In this photo Shamiso is wearing a green shirt, second from the right. Aside from a couple elementary school plays, this is Shamiso's first production, she is extremely excited and extends special thanks to all her friends and family!
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AUDITION ALERT! Auditions for the Newcomb Dance Company are Tuesday, September 19th from 4 to 5pm, McWilliams 300. Reach out to Artistic Director Leslie Scott with questions-> lscott12@tulane.edu