The Chronicle's Jillian Owens describes the production as "devastating and beautiful." The Women of Juarez, part of The Cohen New Works Festival, honors the stories of the women who live with fear and loss in the corrupt border town of Juarez, Mexico.
If baseball is America’s pastime, then football is her guilty pleasure. Sure, it’s thrilling. But it’s also really violent. It encourages players to muscle through concussions, and it encourages them to hate. Colossal, the spectacular play premiering at the Cohen New Works Festival, tackles these skeletons head-on. - Review by The Austin Chronicle's Jillian Owens
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.
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.
"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."
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.
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.
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.
