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Students Win Kennedy Center Playwriting Awards

March 25, 2013

Three Theatre and Dance graduate students garner top playwriting prizes.

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Playwright Steven Dietz's "Rancho Mirage" Receives Rolling World Premiere

March 22, 2013 | National New Play Network

Steven Dietz’s Rancho Mirage will receive four productions through the National New Play Network's Continued Life of New Plays Fund in the 2013/14 season. 

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The Cohen New Works Festival Draws International Exchange

March 22, 2013 | The Cohen New Works Festival

Every two years, the UT Cohen New Works Festival presented by the University Co-op excites and surprises Austin audiences with innovative art and performance work by University of Texas students. This year, UT has gone far beyond the campus borders to pull together talent from across the world. The 2013 festival schedule includes the affiliate production More Than The Sum, featuring theatre artists from southern England in the historic city of Exeter.

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Preview by The Austin Chronicle's Robert Faires: The Cohen New Works Festival

March 21, 2013 | The Austin Chronicle

"For any arts fan looking for what the next generation of performance makers and designers is all about, the five days of the festival provide an eyeful."

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A Veteran's Voice

March 21, 2013 | The Austin Chronicle

Playwright Johnny Meyer returned from war to learn that theatre is essential to life. The Austin Chronicle's Jillian Owen's visits with the playwright behind The Cohen New Works Festival's The Priceless Slave.

Theatre and Dance Alum Authors Book

March 20, 2013 | Amazon.com

Alan E. Hicks (DMA, 2009) authored a book entitled Singer and Actor: Acting Technique for the Operatic Performer. The book was published by Amadeus Press in paperback in 2011 and ebook formats in 2012 and contains contributions from Professor Franchelle S. Dorn.

COFA Alum Finds Success in the Middle East

March 20, 2013

Fadi Skeiker (Ph.D., Theatre, 2009) is currently assistant dean for student affairs in the College of Arts and Design and assistant professor at the University of Jordan. In addition to his work in academia, he has continued to lead practice-based research projects in the field of applied theatre in Jordan, using theatre as a tool to address issues related to women, youth and social change.

Tickets Now Available for The Cohen New Works Festival

March 19, 2013

Free admission to more than 35 new works presented in one week.

Nottage's Story of Self-Discovery Comes to the Stage

February 25, 2013

“The language of Intimate Apparel is a thing of beauty, at times approaching poetry…" - Los Angeles Times

Alumnus Wins National Playwriting Award

February 22, 2013 | Columbia University

Robert Schenkkan’s (B.A. 1975) “All the Way,” is an inaugural winner of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.