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Alumni Robert Faires and Ginger Morris were inducted in the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

Robert Faires (B.F.A., Studio Art, 1980) and Ginger Morris (B.F.A., Theatre Studies, 2000) inducted into Austin Arts Hall of Fame

July 9, 2025 | Austin American-Statesman

Alumna Malena Pennycook was a finalist for the Yale Drama Prize

Malena Pennycook (M.F.A., Theatre, 2024) among finalists for Yale Drama Prize

July 3, 2025 | Yale Schwartzman Center

The competition was adjudicated by playwright and former UT Associate Professor of Practice Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

Hunter Regian (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2017) wins Tony Award as part of the producing team for 'Sunset Blvd'

June 12, 2025 | KLTV

Detail of Amanda McBroom's album cover for "Wintersong"

Amanda McBroom (B.F.A., Drama, 1969) releases holiday album "Wintersong"

May 28, 2025 | Broadway World

Songwriter, singer, and actress Amanda McBroom has been called “…the greatest cabaret performer of her generation… an urban poet who writes like an angel and has a voice to match.” She was catapulted into the public eye when Bette Midler's Grammy-winning recording of McBrooom's song “The Rose” became a worldwide hit in 1979.

The new album includes several holiday standards and music by McBroom and others.

Jenny Connell Davis' (M.F.A., Theatre, 2009) play Anton Checkhov is a Tasty Snack to open at Penfold Theatre this June

May 19, 2025

Hunter Regian (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2017) receives Tony Nominations as part of the producing team for GYPSY and Sunset Blvd

May 19, 2025 | Tony Awards

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Robert Faires (B.F.A., Studio Art, 1980) and Ginger Morris (B.F.A., Theatre Studies, 2000) inducted into Austin Arts Hall of Fame

Malena Pennycook (M.F.A., Theatre, 2024) among finalists for Yale Drama Prize

Hunter Regian (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2017) wins Tony Award as part of the producing team for 'Sunset Blvd'

Amanda McBroom (B.F.A., Drama, 1969) releases holiday album "Wintersong"

Jenny Connell Davis' (M.F.A., Theatre, 2009) play Anton Checkhov is a Tasty Snack to open at Penfold Theatre this June

Hunter Regian (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2017) receives Tony Nominations as part of the producing team for GYPSY and Sunset Blvd

Ohio University names Roxanne Schroeder-Arce (M.F.A., Theatre, 2000) dean of Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts

Jacqueline Hinton's (B.F.A., Dance, 2001) 'Mi Gran Dolor' to screen at Mexican American Film Festival

Lisa D'Amour (M.F.A., Playwriting, 1996) featured in American Theatre for her new play 'Frozen Section'

ADAM DRIVER, starring Jadzia Padilla (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2022), to premiere at New York City Fringe Festival