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Arts Management Expert to Share Experiences with Fine Arts Students

February 11, 2016 | College of Fine Arts

The College of Fine Arts will host founding President and Executive Director of Creative Capital Foundation, Ruby Lerner, for programs discussing arts management this February. 

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Lainie Frasier teaching voice-over course at St. Edward's

February 11, 2016

Award-winning voice-over artist, voice-over trainer and voice talent demo producer Lainie Frasier (B.F.A., Theatrical Design, 1979) began teaching a voice-over course at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas as an adjunct instructor in spring 2016. In 2005 she co-authored a college textbook for McGraw-Hill entitled “Speak Skillfully and Successfully:  A Guide to Developing Diction and Voice-Over Excellence."

Spouse Alumni exhibition on display at Aquinas College

February 11, 2016 | WGVU Public Media

"Sum You Some Me," a two-person exhibition featuring spouses Felice House (M.F.A., Studio Art, 2011) and Dana Younger (B.A., Drama, 1995) is currently on display Aquinas College's Art and Music Center Gallery in Grand Rapids, Michigan. See it Jan. 17 through Feb. 12. 

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In Memoriam: Dr. John Brokaw

February 9, 2016 | Austin American-Statesman

A professor emeritus of theatre history, Brokaw served the department from 1963-2001.

Austin Shakespeare Features Professor Franchelle Stewart Dorn

February 8, 2016

The Greek tragedy Medea slashes across the stage with the revenge of a woman scorned, starring nationally-acclaimed actress in the title role. Opens Feb. 17.

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M.F.A. Candidate Uses Lighting Design to Improve Air Travel

February 8, 2016 | College of Fine Arts

M.F.A. candidate Andrew Carson's thesis explored ways theatrical lighting can match passengers circadian rhythms in order to reduce the feeling of jet-jag. 

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Faculty Emerita's Play Nominated for Helen Hayes Award

February 5, 2016 | Department of Theatre & Dance

Susan Zeder's play When She Had Wings (Imagination Stage, Maryland) received three Helen Hayes Award nominations for choreography, sound design and Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences. 

Shakespeare's cherished romantic comedy "Twelfth Night" brings magic to the stage this spring

February 1, 2016 | Department of Theatre and Dance

Following a shipwreck on a strange shore, Viola fears her brother dead and is forced to build a new life on her own. Masquerading as a man in order to procure a job with Duke Orsino, she finds herself in the midst of a topsy-turvy love triangle. Magic, mayhem and mistaken identities come to the stage in William Shakespeare’s treasured romantic comedy of revelry, reunion and love.

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Ph.D. Candidate Bart Pitchford Explores Theatre in Syrian Refugee Camp

February 1, 2016 | The Daily Texan

Veteran and Department of Theatre and Dance Ph.D. candidate Bart Pitchford is exploring how refugees in Zaatari Refugee Camp (Jordan) use performance to re-imagine citizenship and community. 

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Jelisa Jay Robinson's Play to be Produced at Austin Theater

January 12, 2016 | Teatro Vivo

Austin-based Teatro Vivo will produce “The Stories of Us,” a play written by Jelisa Jay Robinson (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2014). The theater described the “The Stories of Us” as a collection of stories that dig deep into the intercultural conflict between African Americans and Latinos, African diaspora identity, and Afrolatinidad. It is scheduled for a three-week run in April.