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Learn about the role professor Ávila's Chicano heritage plays in his life as an artist and theatre educator.

Michael Avila Elected to the Texas Education Theatre Association Board of Directors

March 28, 2019 | Texas Education Theatre Association

Assistant Professor of Instruction and UTeach Theatre faculty member Michael Avila is now the Treasurer-elect of the Texas Education Theatre Association.

Jacqueline Lawton

Jacqueline Lawton's play "Edges of Time" to premiere at PlayMakers Repertory Company

March 27, 2019 | PlayMakers Repertory Company

Jacqueline Lawton (M.F.A., Playwriting, 2003), an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has researched, developed, and presented a staged reading of her play Edges of Time, which will premiere at PlayMakers Repertory Company. This one woman show is about the life and times of Marvel Cooke, a pioneering journalist and activist, who was the first African-American woman writer to work for a mainstream newspaper. The play will run from Apr. 29–May 3, 2020. Photo by Jason Hornick. 

Three Shitty Sons

Review: Three Shitty Sons

March 25, 2019 | Sightlines

Vibrant, hilarious and tender, Hannah Kenah’s Three Shitty Sons is a contemporary theatrical valentine sent to one of the greatest American plays of the 20th century.

dancer in fortitude

Review: Dance Repertory Theatre's Fortitude

March 21, 2019 | The Austin Chronicle

In this spring concert, a profound and moving tribute to a missing member of the Theatre and Dance Department community. 

KJ Sanchez, Associate Professor of Playwriting and Directing

KJ Sanchez to Direct Quixote Nuevo at Hartford Stage

March 15, 2019 | Hartford Courant

Associate Professor KJ Sanchez will direct playwright Octavio Solis's Quixote Nuevo for Hartford Stage's 2019/2020 season in a co-production with Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company and Houston’s Alley Theatre.

Isaac Iskra

"How Dance Helped Me Work Through My Autism and Open Up to Others"

March 6, 2019 | Dance Magazine

UTeach Dance student Isaac Iskra writes about succeeding as a dancer and choreographer with high-functioning autism in Dance Magazine.  

Burns mask

Zero-Waste Design in Mr. Burns

March 4, 2019 | Arts Next

Arts Next profiles the sustainable design work of M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate Aaron Kubacak and Roxanne Rohmann (B.A., 2015) on the masks for Mr. Burns, a post-electric play last semester.

Allison Ebling

Allison Ebling Serves as Head Audio for First National Tour of Anastasia

February 26, 2019

Allison Ebling (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2011), has finished the first national tour of The Bodyguard and School of Rock. She is currently Head Audio on the first national tour of Anastasia. 

Charles O. Anderson in front of a gray brick wall

"Charles O. Anderson's Dance (R)evolution"

February 26, 2019 | Arts Next

Arts Next, the official magazine of the College of Fine Arts, profiles Associate Professor and Head of Dance Charles O. Anderson and exciting developments in the program here at Texas Theatre and Dance. 

Bekkah Walach

In Memoriam: Rebecca Ashley Walach

February 20, 2019 | Ever Loved

Beloved alumna Rebecca Ashley Walach passed away February 19, 2019. A 2015 B.A. in Theatre and Dance graduate, Walach was a passionate actor and artist involved in theatre companies in both Austin and California. A talented artist and fierce friend, her light and spirit will be greatly missed.