'Theatre isn't just one classical thing': UTM alum draws audience in with VR experience

'Theatre isn't just one classical thing': UTM alum draws audience in with VR experience

I directed EOL, but I also created the story,” she says. “All the stuff that I learned in UTM drama studies has influenced how I tell stories. How do I write text, build plot points, create characters – I learned all of that at U of T.


Audience members don’t just watch the action in “[EOL]. End of Life,” they inhabit it.  

Wearing VR headsets, they move through abandoned virtual landscapes, deciding for a fictitious corporation which digital traces of past lives to preserve or delete. 

Student Spotlight: Samuel Kamalendran Winner of the 2026 Principal's Award of Excellence

Student Spotlight: Samuel Kamalendran Winner of the 2026 Principal's Award of Excellence

The Department of English & Drama is excited to recognize Samuel Kamalendran as the 2026 University of Toronto Principal's Award Award of Excellence!


Samuel is truly proud to represent UTM's English and Drama Department as a recipient of the 2026 Principal's Award of Excellence!

Leticia Ridley awarded Canada Research Chair in Black Theatre and Performance

Leticia Ridley awarded Canada Research Chair in Black Theatre and Performance

We are thrilled to announce that CDTPS and UTM Department of English and Drama Assistant Professor Leticia Ridley has been awarded a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Black Theatre and Performance in the 2024-2 cycle. This prestigious recognition celebrates her outstanding contributions to research and scholarship in drama, theatre, and performance studies. Her work continues to shape critical conversations within academia and beyond.

Setting the Stage: Scholars Propose ‘Interface Theatre’ as New Theatrical Genre

Setting the Stage: Scholars Propose ‘Interface Theatre’ as New Theatrical Genre

There are so few instances in communal life now where we share the same object of attention in real time. Theatre offers that. It’s a much older way of being together that isn’t necessarily being commodified in the moment, that isn’t being turned into something abstract that then is for sale.

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