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Sophie Rossman, Kayta Thomas, Amalia Yoo, Renée-Nicole Powell in Dad Don't Read This Off-Broadway. (Valerie Terranova)

Off-Broadway shows "Dad Don't Read This" by Eliya Smith (M.F.A., Writing, 2025) and "Calf Scramble" by Libby Carr (B.A., Playwriting, 2021) featured in Playbill

July 27, 2026 | Playbill

With the success of John Proctor is the Villain, written by UT alumna Kimberly Belflower (M.F.A., Playwriting, 2017), stories that center teen girlhood are all the rage. 

Katie Bender

Katie Bender (M.F.A. 2014) Selected for Cycle 4 of Rattlestick Theater's Terrence McNally New Works Fellowship

July 27, 2026 | Rattlestick Theater

Posters for Pretend it's Pretend and Born in the Dirt

Lincoln Center Theater's 2026/2027 Season to Feature Kimberly Belflower's (M.F.A., Playwriting, 2017) "Born in the Dirt" and Emma Watkins' (M.F.A., Theatere, 2024) "Pretend it's Pretend"

July 27, 2026 | Lincoln Center Theater

Kimberly Belflower

Playwright Kimberly Belflower (M.F.A., Theatre, 2017) signs deal for new television YA drama

February 27, 2026 | Deadline

Trinity Gordon

Trinity Gordon (B.F.A., Theatre Studies, 2023) selected for TYA/USA's Emerging Leader Fellowship

February 26, 2026 | TYA/USA

Jenny Lavery

Jenny Lavery (M.F.A., Theatre, 2024) announced as Merrimack Repertory Theatre's interim executive artistic director

February 26, 2026 | Broadway World

Mason Rosenthal and Zachariah Ezer

Mason Rosenthal (M.F.A., Theatre, 2020) and Zachariah Ezer (M.F.A., Writing, 2023) awarded grants from Creative Capital

January 20, 2026 | Creative Capital

Jaime Castañeda

Jaime Casteñeda (M.F.A., Theatre, 2006) named artistic director of Dallas Theater Center

December 18, 2025 | KERA News

Samantha Provenzano

Dinosaur! by Samantha Provenzano (M.F.A., Theatre, 2018) opens at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta January

December 12, 2025 | Alliance Theatre

25-26 Class of Emerging Arts Professionals

Sereniti Patterson (B.F.A., Acting, 2025), Julia Yelvington (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2025) and Leah Austin (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2025) selected for Texas Performing Arts 25/26 Emerging Arts Professionals

December 12, 2025 | Texas Performing Arts