Recent News

Faculty member Alison N. Vasquez and current student Demian Chavez discuss their experiences attend the 10th anniversary Latinx Theatre Commons gathering in Boston.

Dramaturg Demian Chavez Galvan dives into the script and context of Romeo y Juliet ahead of the show's run on April 10-21, 2024. Their article is published in both English and Spanish.

Faculty member Kirk Lynn recounts the process of completing Thornton Wilder's unfinished play, The Emporium, which is set to premiere at the Alley Theatre on May 10, 2024. 

Penfold Theatre Company has announced the two plays kicking off their new play reading series: Greyhound Famous, written by Tony Faia and directed by Rosalind Faires (B.A. 2015), and Anton Chekhov is a Tasty Snack, written by Jenny Connell Davis (M.F.A. 2009) and directed by Liz Fisher. 

Trey Curtis (B.F.A. 2017) discusses his journey to the Broadway stage alongside former student J. Quinton Johnson, from their first UT Theatre and Dance production to now performing in Hamilton on Broadway together, with Curtis taking on the titular role.

Teatro Vivo, one of the cornerstones of the Austin theatre community, is hosting the 2024 Austin Latinx New Play Festival, featuring work by many alumni and students from the Department of Theatre and Dance. Now in its 14th year, this annual festival showcasing new works by Latinx theatre artists.

Faculty member Dr. Enzo E. Vasquez Toral serves as a conference organizer for the 2024 Lozano Long Conference: Indigenous Lands, Resisting Sexualities in Abiayala, taking place April 18-19, 2024.

Points of Intersection features original work by two guest choreographers, including Mexican choreographer and Fulbright Scholar Claudia Lavista. We spoke with Lavista and dancers Elizabeth Garza and Giuliana Velez about the process of collaborating on her piece Óxido (Rusty). 

Beginning in Fall 2024, the Department of Theatre and Dance will welcome Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene as an assistant professor in the dance area. Sinclair is an acclaimed dancer and researcher whose work explores the body as a site of performance, while deconstructing how historical dance data is organized, presented and preserved. His endeavors span performance creation, localization of place, cultural studies, experimental practice and dance technology through a practice rooted in African and contemporary dance that focuses on generating new scholarly work on African dance in global contexts.