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Faculty member and co-curator Karen Maness and her colleagues discuss the importance of celebrating some of Hollywood's hidden treasures - hand-painted film backdrops. These backdrops are on display as part of the Art of the Hollywood Backdrop: Cinema’s Creative Legacy exhibit at Boca Raton Museum of Art until January 2023.

Fusebox Festival 2022's lineup includes Gesel Mason's Yes, And, which features multiple UT Theatre and Dance artists, as well as the installation Living Modernity, created by integrated media students under the guidance of faculty member Sven Ortel. Their work will be on display April 14-16, 2022. 

Graduate students Michael DeWhatley, Khristián Méndez Aguirre and Yunina Barbour Payne will be collaborating on Trinity Street Players' site-specific production of The Christians, on stage beginning May 1, 2022.

The Daily Texan caught up with undergraduate students Andrea Nuñez (ensemble), Alyssa Hernandez (ensemble) and Alex Titsworth (sound designer) about their roles and experiences while working on Caryl Churchill's Love and Information, presented as part of the Texas Theatre and Dance 2021/2022 Season. 

The B.F.A. in Acting degree program provides an opportunity for senior acting students to spend their final semester in residence at our Los Angeles campus, otherwise known as The University of Texas Semester in Los Angeles Program (UTLA). The semester concludes with a digital showcase released through Breakdown Services/Actors Access. 

Love and Information director Mike Steele and dramaturg/movement director Molly Roy discuss the team’s interpretation of Caryl Churchill’s work and the movement, design and theatrical elements that bring lift to the technological underpinnings of the play.

PIVOT, Dance Repertory Theatre’s spring 2022 performance, combines choreographic works by both faculty and graduate students, meditating on the many interpretations of the word “pivot.” To get a better idea of what audiences can expect, we spoke with each choreographer about the unique themes and dance styles that are incorporated into their work.

Caryl Churchill’s fast-moving kaleidoscope of vignettes features a versatile ensemble of 16 actors along with innovative design and theatrical elements. Meet the cast and creative team who are transforming the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre this spring.

Playwright Minghao Tu (M.F.A. 2020) was selected as one of four 2022-23 Jerome Fellows, earning him a year-long residency at the Playwrights' Center as well as monetary support for new play development and opportunities to collaborate with professional artists. 

Faculty member Dr. Lisa B. Thompson to direct the Austin premiere of Colman Domingo's DOT at Ground Floor Theatre. The production, running May 13-28, 2022, also includes lighting design by Amber Whatley (M.F.A. 2021) and costume design by Desirée Humphries (staff), with actress Oktavea LaToi (B.A. 2017) among the cast.