Ask Me Anything: Dr. Rick Davis, Dean of GMU Visual & Performing Arts

Next date: Monday, April 27, 2026 | 05:30 PM to 09:30 PM

Rick Davis has served as Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University since 2015. He was Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education from 2007-2011, and Executive Director of the Hylton Performing Arts Center from 2011 to right about now.

An active director of theater and opera on and off campus, Rick has staged productions for Center Stage, TFA, Kennedy Center, Opera Idaho, Delaware Theatre Company, Players Theatre Columbus, Unseam’d Shakespeare Company, American Ibsen Theater, IN Series, and others. He also teaches in the School of Theater and for the Honors College.

At Mason he has been honored with the Teaching Excellence Award and as the Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty of the Year.  He was educated at Lawrence University (BA) and the Yale School of Drama (MFA, DFA).

✨ This is a 2026 Spotlight on the Arts Festival event. ✨

 

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High Side, 4009 Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax, VA, 22030, View Map