News

  • February 13, 2019

    actors dressed in 1930s cabaret attire pose on stage

    RIT announces 2019-2020 theatrical season

    Mystery, murder, dance, a look at deaf life, and the struggle to survive Nazi Germany are all part of a new collaborative season by RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf Performing Arts program and College of Liberal Arts Theater Arts program.

  • February 6, 2019

    Group of musicians playing flute, clarinet, electric guitar and upright bass.

    Perfect Fifths 

    Laura Lentz, adjunct professor, Department of Performing Arts and Visual Culture, featured in City Newspaper.

  • January 14, 2019

    head-and-shoulders view of recent graduate wearing gray T-shirt

    RIT hosts Let Freedom Ring event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    The RIT community will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with its second annual Let Freedom Ring event, featuring music, dance and excerpts from some of King’s most notable speeches. Performers include the RIT/NTID Dance Company, the RIT String Quartet and keynote speaker Greg Pollock ’12.

  • January 10, 2019

    Five women dressed in jeans, colorful clothing and tap shoes jump in the air.

    Performers announced for Expressions of King’s Legacy

    The program for RIT’s 37th annual Expressions of King’s Legacy event includes viral female tap dance band Syncopated Ladies and accomplished opera singer Kiersten Piper Brown. They will perform ahead of keynote speaker and CNN political commentator Tara Setmayer.

  • November 13, 2018

    Members of the cast practice a group dance, their arms linked together as they move around in a circle.

    RIT presents ‘Cabaret’ Nov. 30–Dec. 2

    The unique blend of deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing students performing on stage together will guarantee theater-goers a one-of-a-kind experience at the debut of the Tony-award winning classic Cabaret at RIT.
  • September 24, 2018

    Characters from Final Fantasy assembled in a group looking off camera.

    RPO partners with RIT for ‘Final Fantasy’ performance

    As part of a university initiative that encourages its students to experience the city’s rich artistic community, RIT will partner with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and The Strong to make gaming come alive through music and art.
  • September 18, 2018

    An action photo of the cast performing the show "How I learned to Drive." Six people sit and stand around a dinner table while five others dressed in black stand on a raised platform behind them.

    RIT announces 2018-2019 theatrical season

    Four performances presenting an array of cultural, political and social issues are part of a new collaborative season by RIT’s College of Liberal Arts Theater Arts Program and RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf performing arts program.