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Danny Tejera's (M.F.A., Playwriting, 2020) play, TOROS, had its world premiere at Second Stage Uptown in August

Sept. 1, 2023 | New York Times

The play was presented at UTNT and stars Tony-Award-winner Frank Wood.

Jacqueline Hinton (B.F.A., Dance, 2001) produced, choreographed, and performed in the short dance film "Mi Gran Dolor"

Sept. 1, 2023 | Instagram

The short film was chosen to screen at Los Angeles Dance Film Festival's Dance Films on the Lawn at the California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica. Hinton can also be seen in the sci-fi film Blue Hour: The Disappearance of Nick Brandreth, now out on Amazon Prime.

Read more about kt shorb and siri gurudev's Arts Research with Communities of Color Fellowships

kt shorb and siri gurudev Awarded Arts Research with Communities of Color Fellowships

September 1, 2023 | Social Science Research Council

Alumni kt shorb (Ph.D. 2021) and siri gurudev (Ph.D. 2023) have been selected as Arts Research with Communities of Color Fellows by the Social Science Research Council. As members of this year's cohort, shorb will work with Theater Mu and gurudev will work with Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, conducting research geared towards making the arts a more equitable field.

A viewer interacting with projected images on a wall, which are colorful and layered over each other

Work by EG Gionfriddo and Eliot Gray Fisher on Display in Colombia

August 31, 2023 | ARCOS

After participating in City to City, a program through UNESCO's Creative Cities network, faculty member EG Gionfriddo and Ph.D. candidate Eliot Gray Fisher have seen their work presented around the world. Their work told-hold, which they created with artists from Germany and the United Kingdom, is currently on display at Centro Cultural Colombo Americano in Colombia.

A still from WHAT HAPPENS LATER, feature actors Meg Ryan and David Duchovny laying on the ground, looking up

Trailer Released for What Happens Later, Co-Written by Kirk Lynn

August 30, 2023 | Indie Wire

Bleecker Street recently released the trailer for What Happens Later, a rom-com co-written by faculty member Kirk Lynn, Steven Dietz and Meg Ryan. Ryan also directs and stars in the film, which will premiere in theatres this October. 

Still from Annie Baker's film JANET PLANET, featuring two actors laying down, one with their face leaning on the other

How Theater Icon Annie Baker Pulled Off a Dreamy Film Debut

August 30, 2023 | Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair praised faculty member Annie Baker's "dreamy" debut film, Janet Planet, which will screen at Telluride Film Festival August 31-September 4, 2023. Baker recounts the context of her film and the discoveries she made during her crossover from stage to screen.

Headshot of Ph.D. candidate and Provost's Early Career Fellow Khristián Méndez Aguirre

Khristián Méndez Aguirre Receives Provost's Early Career Fellowship

August 21, 2023 | UT Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost

Ph.D. candidate Khristián Méndez Aguirre has been selected as a 2023 Provost's Early Career Fellow through the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost at The University of Texas at Austin. He joins a cohort of scholars from across the University who will receive training and resources designed to propel them towards careers at top research institutes.