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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.

Jason Kruger (B.F.A., Theatre Studies, 1996) co-produces Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, featuring Designs by Jessi Rose (M.F.A.,Theatre, 2019), for Zilker Summer Musical

Aug. 17, 2023 | Zilker Theatre Productions

Lane Michael Stanley (M.F.A., Theatre, 2020) Receives coLAB Arts Residency to work with Mission First Housing Group

Aug. 17, 2023 | Theatre and Dance

"Small Steps", by Briandaniel Oglesby (M.F.A., Theatre, 2014) and directed by Braxton Rae (M.F.A., Theatre, 2023), features multiple alumni

Aug. 17, 2023 | Shrewd Productions

"Family Portrait", by Lucy Kerr (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2014) and featuring Katie Folger (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2013), picked up by Lights On and Locarno Film Festival

Aug. 17, 2023 | Variety

After a run in Manchester, Kimber Lee’s (M.F.A., Theatre, 2011) new play will be on stage at Young Vic

Aug. 17, 2023 | Young Vic

Five women in the cast of Annie Baker's INFINITE LIFE sit, looking directly at the camera, while a sixth cast member looks at them

Annie Baker's Infinite Life Featured in The New Yorker

August 11, 2023 | The New Yorker

The world premiere of faculty member Annie Baker's Infinite Life landed in The New Yorker's weekly "Goings On" newsletter, outlining must-see artistic works in a variety of categories. Baker's play, presented by Atlantic Theater Company, opens on August 18, 2023. 

A still from Annie Baker's film JANET PLANET, featuring a mother and daughter sitting in a crowd

Annie Baker's Debut Film Screens at New York Film Festival

August 8, 2023 | Film at Lincoln Center

Playwright and faculty member Annie Baker's debut film will be featured in this year's New York Film Festival. Janet Planet follows a mother and daughter and the people who drift in and out of their lives during the summer of 1991.

Dancer mid-jump, their sleeves flowing out beside them, with other dancers and an intricate projection of historical art and maps in the background

Playwright Kirk Lynn Discusses the Role of Research in Art

August 8, 2023 | Arts and Culture Texas

Faculty member Kirk Lynn and fellow Texas artists discuss their processes when creating research-based work. Lynn speaks about his work completing and adapting Thornton Wilder's The Emporium, which will premiere at the Alley Theatre in May 2024. 

Three actors perform in TOROS, one standing behind a laptop, in what looks like a garage studio space

Danny Tejera's Toros Featured in The New York Times

August 7, 2023 | The New York Times

The Off-Broadway premiere of Toros by Danny Tejera (M.F.A. 2020) was featured as a critic's pick in The New York Times. Tejera's play, which just concluded its run with Second Stage Theater, was praised as a "finely detailed character study of languishing jet-set twentysomethings."