In an annual list of theatrical favorites named by the Austin Chronicle's Robert Faires, UT Theatre and Dance productions, students, faculty, alumni and friends are among the top picks of 2008.
UT alumnus and veteran actor, Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle, passed away on January 4, 2009 at his home in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Hingle earned a B.F.A. in Drama from the University of Texas in 1949 and enjoyed a successful career in film, television and stage spanning over 50 years.
Marcia Gay Harden (B.A. '80) accepted the Tony for “Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play” Sunday night for her role as “Veronica” in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage. The award marks a first career win for Harden. Her Broadway debut as “Harper” in Tony Kushner's, Angels in America, garnered two Tony Award nominations in 1993.
The Austin Critics Table has chosen their favorites for the year in Theatre, Design, Dance, Visual Art and Classical Music. Among the top picks are UT Theatre and Dance students and alumni for their outstanding achievements in the fields of direction, performance, design and choreography.
Frances Ya–Chu Cowhig, a graduate of the James A. Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the 2009 Keene Prize for Literature for her play titled "Lidless," a poetic treatment of the issue of torture at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Two crowds gathered in the Department of Theatre and Dance's Lab Theatre last night to join over one hundred theaters around the world for an interactive premiere of Tectonic Theater Project's, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, an Epilogue.
Beulah Hodge lived her 90 years with a grace and completeness that has been a gift to all who knew her. She was born on August 29, 1919, in Galesville, Wisconsin, the daughter of Guilford M. Wiley and Beulah Bernice Arnold; she died on November 28, 2009.
"Exciting new work, a celebration of our glorious musical theatre history, and (once again) an opportunity for our students to shine a bright light of creativity at the University of Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas – Marcia Gay Harden (B.A. '80), the first University of Texas at Austin graduate from the Department of Theatre and Dance to receive an Oscar, will be the speaker for the 127th Spring Commencement at The University of Texas at Austin on May 22, 2010.
Over 40 University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance students joined choreographer, Trey McIntyre for a master class held yesterday in Anna Hiss Gym. Led by McIntyre himself, students had the opportunity to dance alongside the Trey McIntyre Project company as they participated in the morning class.
