In coordination with Texas Performing Arts' Campus and Community Engagement program, students from the Department of Theatre and Dance have had an exciting week filled with unique opportunities to meet and work with members of the "The Phantom of the Opera" touring company.
Actors Theatre of Louisville will round out its 34th Humana Festival of New American Plays (February 21 – March 28) with a bill including one full-length play and two ten-minute plays written by Theatre and Dance students, faculty and alumni.
In Austin to accept a Texas Film Hall of Fame Award from the Austin Film Society, San Antonio born actor, Bruce McGill (B.F.A. Drama '73) spent Thursday's lunch hour sharing experiences and wisdom with students, faculty and staff from the Department of Theatre and Dance.
Third year M.F.A. in costume design candidate, Ariana Schwartz, has been awarded the prestigious Zelma H. Weisfeld Costume Design and Technology Award. Presented by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), The Zelma H. Weisfeld Costume Design & Technology Award is given to an individual who has demonstrated excellence or outstanding potential in the areas of costume design or technology in the performing arts while pursuing a graduate degree.
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance announces the publication of professor emeritus, Oscar G. Brockett's, new book, “Making the Scene: A History of Stage Design and Technology in Europe and the United States.”
In Austin to deliver the commencement speech at the university-wide ceremony, award-winning actor and Department of Theatre and Dance alumna, Marcia Gay Harden visited her alma mater to lead an intensive acting workshop with selected participants from the Department of Theatre and Dance.
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, faculty, alumni and friends for their outstanding achievements in the fields of direction, performance, design and movement.
Originally presented as part of the 2009 University Co-op Presents the Cohen New Works Festival and remounted as an ENCORE in the fall, The Psyche Project makes a return engagement as re: Psyche, June 23 - July 18, 2010 at the BLUE Theatre.