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Jeffrey D. Clark, whose career has taken him to theatre companies in Massachusetts, Missouri and North Carolina, has been named the new executive director of cultural and special programs at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Department of Performing Arts brings to the stage this week a dance arrangement from award-winning choreographer Laura Dean as part of VIBE, which opens May 7 with four shows scheduled through Saturday evening.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Department of Performing Arts presents the hilarious farce "Noises Off," directed by Fredrick J. Rubeck, in McCrary Theatre, Thursday-Sunday, April 23-26.

Connie Renda, a 2003 music theatre alumna, was among six finalists in the "Great American Duet Sing-Off" competition sponsored by Prairie Home Companion, a nationally syndicated public radio program. Renda and her duet partner Elizabeth Brown were featured in a live broadcast April 11.

Bill Webb, assistant professor of theatre, presented on Â鶹ÊÓƵ's performing arts production of "The Phantom of the Opera" at the Southeastern Theater Conference in Birmingham, Ala., on March 9. His presentation, titled "The Tech of Phantom" was an evaluation and discussion of the technical process of the production.