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Andy Grapko Served as Intimacy Coordinator for Hulu Film Clock

April 28, 2023 | IMDb

Faculty and staff member Andy Grapko recently served as intimacy coordinator for the Hulu original movie Clock, which is now available to stream.

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Austin Latinx New Play Festival Showcases Work by UT Theatre Artists

April 27, 2023

Every year, Teatro Vivo presents staged readings of new plays through the Austin Latinx New Play Festival. This year's festival includes plays by UT faculty and current students, with collaborators from within the department and across the country.

David A. Crespy (M.F.A., Playwriting, 1986) receives Fulbright Scholar Award

April 20, 2023 | Fulbright Scholars

Dr. Crespy, was awarded a second Fulbright Scholars Award to Spain and Greece for 2022-23 to write a hexalogy of stage dramas, composed of two cycles of three plays. Titled "Mi Corazón Español Vive Ahora En Grecia: Six Plays of Sephardic Greece," they focus on a fictional Jewish family over several generations during six periods of Jewish culture in Spain and Greece, focusing on the cities of Seville, Toledo, Madrid, Thessaloniki and Veria. The play series is a continuation of Dr. Crespy's "Madre de Israel: Three Plays of Jewish Salonika," a cycle of three full-length dramas he created during his Fall 2018 Fulbright residency in Thessaloniki, Greece.

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UT Dance Students Attend ACDA Regional Conference

April 17, 2023

Earlier this semester, 15 dance students and members of the dance area faculty attended the American College Dance Association (ACDA) South-Central Regional Conference. While there, they performed to acclaim in the ACDA Gala Concert, presented new works of dance and film and participated in over 50 classes and workshops.

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Alum Dr. David A. Crespy Receives Fulbright Scholar Award

April 12, 2023 | Fulbright Scholar Program

Dr. David A. Crespy (M.F.A. 1986) has received a 2022/2023 Fulbright Scholar Award in Research/Teaching, supporting his work in Spain and Greece on a collection of plays entitled Mi Corazón Español Vive Ahora En Grecia: Six Plays of Sephardic Greece.

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Austin Playhouse Presents Reading of KEYS by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce and Jenn Hartmann Luck

April 10, 2023

Austin Playhouse is presenting a staged reading of KEYS, a musical for young audiences with book by faculty member Roxanne Schroeder-Arce and music and lyrics by alumna Jenn Hartmann Luck (M.F.A. 2011).

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Katie Dawson Featured in UT Austin Presidents Research Impact Award Announcement

April 7, 2023 | YouTube

Faculty member Katie Dawson discusses the impacts of research on our understanding and ability to change the world around us as part of UT Austin's announcement of the Presidents Research Impact Award.

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Emory Playwriting Fellow Megan Tabaque Presents New Play

April 6, 2023 | Theater at Emory

As part of her Emory Playwriting Fellowship, alumna Megan Tabaque (M.F.A. 2017) is directing a workshop production of her play Britney Approximately: A Pop Greek Tragedy. The piece, which features music by alum Drew Paryzer (M.F.A. 2018) and others, will be on stage at Theater Emory April 6-16, 2023.