Recent News

Thornton Wilder's previously unfinished play The Emporium, which was completed by Associate Professor  Kirk Lynn and premiered at the Alley Theatre, will receive an Off-Broadway production as part of Classic Stage Company's 2025/2026 season. 

This spring, Theatre Professor Megan Alrutz was inducted into the UT Austin Academy of Distinguished Teachers, a program established in 2012 to recognize outstanding educators across the UT System’s academic institutions.

The 2025 Drama Desk Awards recognized outstanding Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including award-wins for John Proctor Is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower (M.F.A. 2017), Maybe Happy Ending with projection animation by Heekyung Kim (M.F.A. 2024), Stranger Things: The First Shadow featuring cast member Nya Garner (B.F.A. 2022) and GYPSY and SUNSET BLVD. co-produced by Hunter Regian (B.A. 2017) with Allen Porterie (M.F.A. 2024) serving as assistant company manager (GYPSY).

Alley Theatre's Private Lives, directed by Associate Professor KJ Sanchez with costumes by Assistant Professor David Arevalo, is praised as "a whirlwind of passion and humor" in a recent glowing review. 

Dustin Wills (B.A. 2006) directs new musical The Counterfeit Opera at Little Island in New York City. The musical, with scenic design by faculty member Lisa Laratta, draws on Threepenny Opera and Beggar's Opera to tell a story of thieves in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City.

 

We spoke with the UT Mathematics alumni Alice (M.A. 1976) and Chip Gentry (M.A. 1979, M. Ed. 1996), who have become part of the fabric of the UT Theatre and Dance community as season subscribers and consistent audience members, about their experience attending Texas Theatre and Dance productions, from experimental new plays to dazzling musicals and dance performances.

Faculty member KJ Sanchez directs a tango-infused Argentine reimagining of Noël Coward’s Private Lives at the Alley Theatre, with costume design by fellow faculty member David Arevalo.

The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance is thrilled to announce Dr. Rachel Merrill Moss will join the department in fall 2025 as an Assistant Professor in Theatre History in the Performance as Public Practice area.