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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

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.

Find out about Holly Williams's career as a dancer, choreographer, scholar and administrator.

Williams Receives 2014 Texas Woman's University Alumni Award

April 29, 2014 | Texas Woman's University

The Chancellor's Alumni Excellence Award recognizes Williams' distinguished career in dance, choreography and higher education. 

Robert Schenkkan's "All The Way" Receives Two Tony Nominations

April 29, 2014 | CBS News

Robert Schenkkan's (B.F.A., 1975) play "All The Way" received two 2014 Tony nominations, Best Play and Best Actor for Bryan Cranston's portrayal of Lyndon B. Johnson. 

Charlie Pollock in 2014 Tony Nominated Violet

April 29, 2014 | CBS News

Charlie Pollock (B.F.A., 1995) is currently in the 2014 Tony nominated Broadway show Violet. 

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Accolades for Professor Kirk Lynn's new play at Playwrights Horizons

April 25, 2014 | The Huffington Post

"Riveting...Discerning playgoers will want to discover it themselves." - Steven Suskin, The Huffington Post

Reflecting on 75 Years of Theatre and Dance

April 17, 2014

As we celebrate the department's 75 years, we take a look back at our history and anticipate the future.

Steve Moore's “Computer Simulation of the Ocean”

April 17, 2014 | The Daily Texan

Steve Moore's (M.F.A. Playwriting, 2005) new play, “Computer Simulation of the Ocean”, does not have a physical venue, rather, it is experienced entirely through a text message subscription that lasts six months. The text messages come from Sally Boyd, a fictional character. The public will begin receiving messages on April 18 at the beginning of the Fusebox Festival.