The McNay Art Museum's current exhibition, The Great Stage of Texas, highlights work by Texas theatre artists, including faculty member Karen Maness and alumni Michelle Nay (M.F.A. 1989) and Stephanie Busing (M.F.A. 2014). Their artwork will be on display March 3-July 24, 2022.
February 25, 2022
| Off Book: A Theatre and Dance Blog
In celebration of its fifteenth season, we are exploring UTNT (UT New Theatre)’s history of fostering experimentation, creative collaboration and hands-on new play development, through the eyes of its playwriting alumni.
Texas Theatre and Dance is pleased to present UTNT (UT New Theatre), March 3-11, 2022 in the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre. Established in 2007 by nationally renowned playwright Steven Dietz, UTNT (UT New Theatre) celebrates is 15th season as an annual showcase of newly developed works for the American stage. Featuring three never-before-seen plays by playwrights of the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin, UTNT continues to serve as an incubator of powerful new ideas for the stage.
February 18, 2022
| College of Fine Arts, The University of Texas at Austin
Isaac Gómez (B.A. 2013) was honored with the 2022 E. William Doty Distinguished Young Alumnus Award, recognizing their extraordinary achievements as a professional playwright and theatre artist.
February 18, 2022
| The University of Texas at Austin
This year’s UTNT (UT New Theatre) showcase presents three new plays featuring a wide variety of talent from across the department, the university and Austin.
Driven to provide a space for young artists of color to get experience working with lighting design and technology, alumna Amber Whatley (M.F.A. 2021) created Blackout, a free two-week workshop series in lighting design and technology aimed at Black youth and communities with limited access to education in theatrical arts.
Graduate student Emma Craig was selected for USITT's 2022 Barbara Matera Award for Costume Making, recognizing her outstanding work in the field of costuming. Craig is the third M.F.A. candidate from the Department of Theatre and Dance to receive this award in the past four years.
Alumna Natashia Lindsey (Ph.D. 2017) recently received the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region Seven Horace Robinson/Jack Watson Award, recognizing outstanding dedication to her students as a faculty member at Central Washington University.
