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1990: Kent Dance Ensemble established.


1993: Theatre faculty elects to adopt a more Master of Fine Arts degree focused in professional training and eliminates the doctorate program.


1994: The Division of Dance formally joins the School of Theatre after decades of unofficial collaboration. The school becomes the School of Theatre and Dance. Dance becomes a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree rather than a Bachelor of Science Degree.


2004: College of the Arts is formed, formally joining the Schools of Theatre and Dance, Music, Art, Fashion Design and Merchandising, and the 91²Ö¿â Museum.


2004: The School of Theatre and Dance is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre and the National Association of Schools of Dance.


2006: 91²Ö¿â receives its largest capital gift in university history when the Roe Green Foundation pledges $6.5 million towards the new construction and renovation of what will become the Roe Green Center for the School of Theatre and Dance in the Music and Speech Building.


2010: The Roe Green Center for the School of Theatre and Dance is completed. Over 70,000 square feet of new and renovated performance, design, rehearsal and learning space is added to the existing Music and Speech Building, including new dance studios, a lighting lab, welding lab, scenic and costume design studios and labs, and the renovation of the Music Library into the Performing Arts Library. The new construction building also creates a new facade and street presence on Theatre Drive, a new lobby, and the Erdmann-Zucchero Black Box Theatre.


2013: The School of Theatre and Dance celebrates its 100th anniversary.

2014: Transforum Theatre was founded to give theatre students more opportunities to grow their skills, create new original works and expand their understanding of the world of theatre. Every few years the troupe sends a group of students to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest theatre festival in the world.


2015: The Kent Dance Ensemble celebrates its 25th Anniversary. 

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