Recent News

Students from The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance were recently invited to a creative workshop hosted by Rude Mechs, the department’s resident theatre organization.

Austin Playhouse opens their 2022-2023 Season with The (One-Act) Play That Goes Wrong, featuring actor Ben G. Bazán (B.A. 2012) and lighting designer Mark Novick (B.A. 2000). This hilarious new farce will be on stage November 18-December 18, 2022. 

Students from multiple disciplines have been working together this semester to devise new museum theatre pieces that explore themes of belonging, memory and community. Their work will be presented in a series of free performances at the Blanton Museum of Art and Art Galleries at Black Studies.

Alum Steve Adams (B.A. 1981) recently published his debut novel, Remember This, through The University of Wisconsin Press, acknowledging his time at the Department of Theatre and Dance as inspiration for his protagonist's artistic journey.

As one of their Presidential Visiting Scholars, faculty member Dr. Lisa B. Thompson sat down with The New School President Dr. Dwight A. McBride to talk about her work as a playwright and scholar and the experiences that led her to where she is now.

Playwright and alum Isaac Gómez (B.A. 2013) is included in the Los Angeles Times' "LA Vanguardia" - a list of innovative Latino artists. Gómez's feature touches on the research that led them to write La Ruta, which started during their time at The University of Texas at Austin.

In communicating the importance of their research on climate change with the public, Planet Texas 2050 recruited the help of artists, including faculty member Dorothy O'Shea Overbey and alumni Tiffany Merritt-Brown (M.F.A. 2022) and Angelica Monteiro (faculty, M.F.A. 2022).