Recent News

Hunter Regian (B.A. 2017) is creating his own Broadway production firm, Regian Entertainment, after earning his first Broadway co-producing credit on the revival of Sunset Boulevard.

John Proctor is the Villain, written by playwriting alum Kimberly Belflower (M.F.A. 2017), will premiere on Broadway in Spring 2025. Belflower's play will be directed by Tony winner Danya Taymor (The Outsiders) and will feature Sadie Sink (Stranger Things, The Whale). 

Director Caley Chase discusses her collaborations with actors and designers, the ways the script encourages original choreography and movement and how the set and live sound effects draw audiences into the world of A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN NOVEMBER ON THE BANKS OF THE GREATEST OF THE GREAT LAKES.

The Department of Theatre and Dance is thrilled to welcome a number of new tenure and tenure-track faculty members this academic year. Among the artists and academics joining the department are two Expanding Approaches to American Arts scholars, Virginia Grise in the Playwriting/Directing area and Luke Williams in the Performance as Public Practice area. Sinclair Emoghene also joins the department in the Dance area, while Kate Freer returns to the UT Live Design and Production area as an assistant professor. 

From conferences and productions to intensives and fellowships, find out some of the ways UT Theatre and Dance artists have shared their talents beyond the Winship Drama Building in our final roundup of summer projects for 2024.

Texas Theatre and Dance is pleased to announce Virginia Grise will be joining the department in the Fall of 2024 as an Assistant Professor in Playwriting and Directing and Expanding Approaches to American Arts at the College of Fine Arts. 

Current student Demian Chavez Galvan and their theatre company Teatro Sin Fronteras presented Soldadera, a mariachi musical for young audiences here in Austin and in El Paso during the summer months. The musical, written by Chavez Galvan and originally performed during The Cohen New Works Festival (2023), featured work by multiple UT Theatre and Dance artists.