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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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. 

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. 

Senior Lecturer Rennie Harris discusses his new work Lazarus, commissioned for the sixtieth anniversary of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, with Michel Martin for NPR's All Things Considered. 

Associate Professor KJ Sanchez's recent production of Cincinnati King at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, an exploration of the history of King Records, is featured on CET Public Television's The Art Show. 

Chicago Tribune critic Chris Jones previews professor Steven Dietz's new play opening February 1 at American Blues Theater.

Texas Theatre and Dance welcomes MacArthur fellows Annie Baker and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to the playwriting faculty this fall.

The 2019 LTC TYA Sin Fronteras Festival comes to the Winship Drama Building and the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center for three days of performances, plenaries and breakout sessions. Plenty to experience across the city in this, the first festival devoted to Latinx and Latin American theatre for young audiences.

Texas Theatre and Dance and Michener Center alumnus Gabriel Jason Dean's "chamber play about people living out unfortunate political decisions" runs through February 9 at The VORTEX.

Associate Professor Andrea Beckham and Assistant Professor Katie Dawson's project "Make Your Move: Bodies Creating Change" will be part of the performance series at SXSWedu this March in partnership with Peace First. Full details at sxswedu.com. 

The Financial Times highlights the "howl of youthful angst" in Associate Professor Kirk Lynn's The Cold Record, part of the Under The Radar Festival at The Public Theater. 

Associate Professor Roxanne Schroeder-Arce essays the first in a series of articles for HowlRound Theatre Commons ahead of the 2019 Latinx Theatre Commons Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) Sin Fronteras Festival and Convening this month on the UT Austin campus.

Texas Exes profiles Associate Professor Gesel Mason in a new video about her project No Boundaries, an expanding and interactive archive of the work of contemporary black choreographers.

Associate Professor Gesel Mason is one of the recipients of a month-long Rauschenberg Residency in Captiva, Florida, to continue her work on her project No Boundaries.

Faculty member Jennifer Hartmann Luck and emeritus faculty Suzan Zeder are part of the amazing story of Gretel! The Musical, written by our late alumnus Jason Tremblay (M.F.A., 2007). The Austin Chronicle features this one night-only performance on Monday, January 7 at Paramount Theatre.