UT Austin alumni Guinevere "Gwenny" Govea (B.A. 2021) and Anna Pickett workshopped their new musical Spells of the Sea at Pegasus PlayLab at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, culminating in staged readings on June 4 and 5, 2022.

Alumnus Tom Jones (B.F.A. 1949, M.F.A. 1951) has conducted rewrites to recenter The Fantasticks as a love story between two young men. Jones' rewrites for the classic musical, which he originally wrote with the late Harvey Schmidt (B.F.A. in Art, 1952), were penned in collaboration with Flint Repertory Producing Artistic Director Michael Lluberes.

Penfold Theatre Company's world premiere performance of Jarrett King's A War of the Worlds features Marcus McQuirter (Ph.D. 2012) as director, Ph.D. candidate Yunina Barbour-Payne and former student Marc Pouhé among the cast and staff member Desireé Humphries as costume designer.

Faculty member Corey Allen is directing Great River Shakespeare's summer production of The African Company Presents Richard III. Other collaborators include M.F.A. candidate Braxton Rae as assistant director, recent graduate Harri Horsley (M.F.A. 2022) as costume designer and alumna Ashley Bowen (B.A. 2021) among the cast.