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Danny Tejera's play "TOROS" part of the 2022 Judith Champion New Voices Series at Second Stage

Jan. 10, 2022 | Playbill

The series begins January 18 with Toros by Tejera (M.F.A., Playwriting, 2020), directed by David Mendizábal. Toros follows three international late-20-year-olds (and one dying golden retriever) as they hang out and more in a garage in Madrid as they try to sort out their lives.

Kathryn St. Clair's paintings are now represented by The Christopher Hill Gallery

Dec. 8, 2021 | Christopher Hill Gallery

The Christopher Hill Gallery, an established contemporary fine art gallery in St. Helena, CA at in the heart of the Napa Valley, will host Clair's (B.F.A., Studio Art, 1993) paintings.

Adrian Lopez joins Bellaire High School as newest addition to the theatre wing

Nov. 11, 2021 | Three Penny Press

After graduation, Lopez (B.F.A., Theatre Studies, 2021) applied to Bellaire to teach drama, where he teaches well over a combined one hundred students in all periods except second.

Sara Akers awarded “For the Love of Art” award

Nov. 1, 2021

Akers (M.F.A., Drama, 1983) is also a member of UTeach Fine Arts Advisory Committee and the artistic director of Plano Children's Theatre.

Allison Ebling joins the First National Tour of 'Hadestown' as the A1/Head of Sound

Oct. 19, 2021 | Hadestown Tour

Ebling (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2011) joins the Tony and Grammy-winning musical, which will play cities across the US including, but not limited to, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, and Austin.

Rudy Ramirez recently directed REWRITTEN: A LOVE STORY LOST, a site-specific piece conceived and co-created by alum Tom Truss

Aug. 27, 2021 | The Edge

Staged at Herman Melville's Arrowhead in Massachusetts, Ramirez's (M.A., Performance as Public Practice, 2012) production utilized movement and written text to investigate the deep and possibly romantic relationship between writers Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorn, portrayed by Truss (M.F.A., Acting, 2010).

Annie Ulrich was featured in USITT's podcast "TECHnically Speaking"

Aug. 27, 2021 | iHeart Spreaker

Ulrich (M.F.A., Costume Technology, 2021) was featured after receiving the 2021 Barbara Matera Award for Costume Making.
 

Lily Gonzales' play (TRANS)FORMADA is being presented as part of San Diego Repertory Theatre's 2021 Latinx New Play Festival

Aug. 27, 2021 | San Diego Rep

Gonzales' (B.A., 2019) (TRANS)FORMADA will take place both virtually and in-person on September 3-5.

Michael J. Love will be performing as part of Princeton University's REACTIVATING MEMORY

Aug. 27, 2021 | Lewis Center Princeton

REACTIVATING MEMORY is a virtual symposium marking the one hundred year anniversary of SHUFFLE ALONG on Broadway and the Tulsa Race Massacre that took place a week later. Love (M.F.A., Performance as Public Practice, 2020) will be performing this September.