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Jacqueline Hinton Dances in Kevin Drew's New Video

June 4, 2014 | Funny or Die

Jacqueline Hinton (B.F.A., Dance 2001) can be seen dancing in Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene's new music video featuring Feist and Zach Galifianakis for Funny or Die. 

Eric Lenox Abrams Debuts on Broadway

June 3, 2014

Eric Lenox Abrams (M.F.A., 2004) makes his Broadway debut as Bob Moses in the Tony Award nominated play "All the Way". 

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Alumni present new work at Hollywood Fringe Fest

May 29, 2014

Mixtape Theatre Company presents their second new play, June 14-28.

Alumni Inducted into Austin Arts Hall of Fame

May 23, 2014 | The Austin Chronicle

Blue Genie Art Industries, co-founded by Dana Younger (BA '95), and Theatre and Dance's resident theatre company Rude Mechs are honored by the Austin Critics Table.

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2014 Merritt Awards Honor Professor Susan Mickey

May 22, 2014 | Chicago Sun-Times

The national award recognizes excellence in design and collaboration.

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Alumnus Honored with the Terrence McNally New Play Award

May 15, 2014 | Playbill

Martin Zimmerman (M.F.A. 2010) receives cash award and development support from Philadelphia Theatre Company for his work Let Me Count The Ways

Playwright Martin Zimmerman Wins Terrence McNally New Play Award

May 15, 2014 | Playbill

Martin Zimmerman (M.F.A., 2010) has been announced as the winner of the Terrance McNally New Play Award for his play Let Me Count The Ways. The Terrence McNally New Play Award is a cash prize given annually to recognize a new play that celebrates the transformative power of art.

Renowned playwright Steven Dietz's influence is heavy in D-FW scene

May 13, 2014 | The Dallas Morning News

Less than a year after Dallas Theater Center presents Steven Dietz’s Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, it will stage a play by one of his students. Colossal, by Andrew Hinderaker (M.F.A., 2013), is being touted as a season highlight for 2014-15.

Student Lucy Kerr receives Mitchell Award grand prize

May 12, 2014

Undergraduate earns top prize for senior thesis on dis/ability in contemporary dance.

Alumna Emily Freeman earns Outstanding Thesis Award

May 9, 2014

UT's Graduate School and the University Co-op award Theatre and Dance alumna for her thesis on feminist performance pedagogy.