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UT Cockrell School of Engineering Collaborates with Dancers and Faculty for Rooted in Motion

November 19, 2025 | Cockrell School of Engineering

Faculty members Sinclair Emoghene (Department of Theatre and Dance) and Lillian Chin (Cockrell School of Engineering) reflect on their year-long collaboration, culminating as part of Dance Repertory Theatre's Rooted in Motion. In collaboration with Chin's team, wired sensors are placed on dancers to "gather data and project their movements on a big screen in the form of dynamic light patterns."

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ON THE BLOG: Meet the Cast of Cabaret

October 15, 2025 | OFF BOOK: A Theatre and Dance Blog

Meet the incredible cast and creative team of Cabaret, a daring musical which expertly intertwines exciting musical numbers with compelling character narratives and social commentary.

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ON THE BLOG: Meet The Cast of This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing

September 24, 2025 | OFF BOOK: A Theatre and Dance Blog

Meet the cast and creative team collaborating on This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing, Finegan Kruckemeyer’s fantastical fable of three sisters whose bond withstands the ever-changing world around them.

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Malena Pennycook (M.F.A. Directing, 2024) Selected for Beyond The Realm Festival at Off-Broadway Playwrights Realm

September 10, 2025 | Playwrights Realm

Pennycook's play, Choreomania 1518, which was part of UTNT, will go up as part of the festival that focuses on plays that experiment with form beyond the traditional play model. 

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Kimberly Belflower to Adapt John Proctor is the Villain for Film with Tina Fey, Sadie Sink

July 18, 2025 | Hollywood Reporter

Alum Kimberly Belflower (M.F.A. 2017) will adapt her hit Broadway play John Proctor is the Villain for film with producers Tina Fey, Sadie Sink and Marc Platt.

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Alumni Zachariah Ezer and Emma Watkins Chosen as Judith Champion Launch Commissioned Artists

July 16, 2025 | Broadway World

Atlantic Theater Company selects alumni Zachariah Ezer (M.F.A. 2023) and Emma Watkins (M.F.A. 2024) as 2025 Judith Champion Launch Commissioned Artists.