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The highly competitive Public Fellows program draws applications from across the country. Hewett is one of only eight honored with this distinguished award.

With the government's attempt to frame a communal response to the anniversary of that tragic occasion — a seismic moment that, politically and emotionally, marked the turn of the 21st century — forms the crux of “september play,” a temporal, theater production being staged on Sept. 11 in the Anna Hiss Gymnasium.

With a rather uninspiring job market giving many students second thoughts about which career path they should follow, Jennifer McCamish offers a sort of bright light at the end of the tunnel for students with big dreams.
 

Play by M.F.A. Playwriting candidate Gabriel Dean

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde runs October 28th through November 6th.

The students are the structure that supports the festival. This article demonstrates the trials involved in their efforts and the payoff that ensues. 

Not many people have the pleasure of going to work each day and making imagined contraptions functional, creating life-sized toys and trick furniture or perfecting optical illusions unless you're Sonja Rainey. Read a wonderful story about Sonja and the university prop shop.

Innovative designs and projects reveal the secrets and talents behind theater productions and even beyond.

Brooklyn-born and Method-trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse, Wallach left New York to attend the University of Texas at Austin. There he picked up a skill that would serve him well in the years to come – he learned to ride a horse.