Recent News

UT Theatre and Dance students and alumni will present and perform in various new works as part of FronteraFest 2026 Short Fringe, taking place January 13-February 14, 2026.

Starting in July 2026, alum and theatre director Jaime Castañeda (M.F.A. 2006) will return to Texas and step into the role of Artistic Director at Dallas Theatre Center. 

The College of Fine Arts has awarded eight student-led projects with 25-26 Artistic Citizenship Collaborative Creative Project grants. The nine Theatre and Dance students involved in these projects include Gabriela Hernandez, Jose Salcido, Violet Clemons, Gustavo Hernandez, Desne Wharton, Patrick Schoen, Nadia Milad Issa, Julia Kreutzer and Anthony Anello. 

Manhattan's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present the world premiere of The First Line of Dante's Inferno by faculty member Kirk Lynn in February, 2026. 

The Night Shift Before Christmas by Isaac Gómez (B.A. 2009), directed by professor KJ Sanchez with costumes by assistant professor David Arevalo, is playing at the Alley Theatre until December 28, 2025. 

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."