Hollinsummer 2023
Hollins University’s Hollinsummer program is among the Top 50 Best Pre-College Summer Programs for 2021, according to the college ratings website Value Colleges.
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Virginia Private College Week
Hollins invites rising juniors, seniors, and transfer students to attend a group information session during Virginia Private College Week. Each session includes a campus tour and an information session about admission, financial aid, and academic/curricular programs. You can register at this link or at the link provided in the sidebar.
Hollins Playwrights Festival of New Works
Mill Mountain Theatre 1 Market Square SE, Roanoke, VA, United StatesEach summer at the end of July, we present a three-day event showcasing readings of student work from the Playwright’s Lab. Normally, these eight readings are minimally staged at Mill Mountain Theatre’s Waldron Stage for the general public and close to a dozen guest professional responders from all over the globe. As part of the […]
No Shame Theatre
Ursula’s Cafe 511 S Jefferson St., Roanoke, VA, United StatesNo Shame Theatre is an experiential performance lab where writers, performers, and audience are constantly changing roles. Anything can happen and usually does in this late-night venue for original work. We take the first 15 pieces to walk in the door and there are only three rules: pieces must be original (no copyright violations), short […]
Francelia Butler Conference Keynote Speaker
Julia L. Mickenberg, Ph.D., is professor of American studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Learning from the Left: Children’s Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics in the United States, winner of the ChLA Book Award. She also coedited Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children’s Literature (2008) and The […]
Author and Editor Frances Gilbert (with Rebekah Lowell)
After earning her M.A. in English, Frances Gilbert’s first job in publishing was as a book club editor at Scholastic Canada in Toronto. She moved to New York in 2000 to set up a children’s editorial division at Sterling Publishing, where she stayed until 2012. Gilbert then moved to Random House Children’s Books, where she […]
Alumna Author-Illustrator Rebekah Lowell (with Frances Gilbert)
Rebekah Lowell is an author-illustrator and surface pattern designer with a passion for the natural world. As a survivor of domestic abuse, she’s found the natural world to be a peaceful healing ground. Her debut novel in verse, The Road to After, offers a story of healing from trauma, and her debut picture book, 赶上航班, provides hope […]
Monday Night Guest Speaker Series
Mill Mountain Theatre 1 Market Square SE, Roanoke, VA, United StatesJuly 24: Triza Cox Each Monday night the Playwright’s Lab at Hollins and Mill Mountain Theatre present a talk by a prominent working professional theatre artist.
Wednesday Night Lab Readings
bat365官网登录-bat365官网(澳门) 有限公司登录入口 -欢迎光临剧院July 26: I Am a Black Woman by Allana Pommier These readings, which are early drafts of student-written plays, are presented as part of the Playwright’s Lab course. The reading is followed by a two-tier feedback session. The first tier is based on the Liz Lerman Critical Response, with the playwright taking notes on audience […]
Agent Chad W. Beckerman
Chad W. Beckerman brings over 20 years of illustration and design experience to the CAT Agency. After studying illustration as an undergrad at RISD, Beckerman went on to be a designer at Scholastic, a senior designer at Greenwillow Books, and then became the creative director at ABRAMS Kids and Comic Arts, where he spent 13 years […]
No Shame Theatre
bat365官网登录-bat365官网(澳门) 有限公司登录入口 -欢迎光临剧院No Shame Theatre is an experiential performance lab where writers, performers, and audience are constantly changing roles. Anything can happen and usually does in this late-night venue for original work. We take the first 15 pieces to walk in the door and there are only three rules: pieces must be original (no copyright violations), short […]