Each year, our department hosts guest artists of national and international renown to present lectures, teach master classes, and work with our students. Past guest artists have included Audra McDonald, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, Carol Burnett, Eve Ensler, and Stephen Sondheim.
Guest Artists
2024 Spring Guest Artist
SAM WHITE is the Founding Artistic Director at Shakespeare in Detroit, the pioneering classical theatre in Detroit. As a leading entrepreneur in the nonprofit sector in the city, she has won several awards and accolades for her groundbreaking work, including Crain's Detroit Business' 40 Under 40 Award. She has trained at the Michael Langham Conservatory at the Stratford Festival and served as an Arts Management Fellow at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Some of her directing credits include Twelfth Night at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, A Midsummer Night's Dream for The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. She most recently directed David Mulroy's translation of Sophocles' Antigone for the University of Michigan.
Featured moments
Harriet Leve speaks with a student; Audra McDonald works one-on-one with a student; Meryl Streep addresses a class
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