Recent News

Facutly member Sven Ortel will serve as the projection designer for the Broadway premiere of Keenan Scott II's new play Thoughts of a Colored Man. Following the sorrows, fears and joys of seven men living in Brooklyn, this production is scheduled to open in the upcoming Broadway season.

The 2019-2020 B. Iden Payne Award winners, announced on November 9, 2020, included multiple UT Theatre and Dance alumni, students, faculty and staff.

Excerpts from faculty member KJ Sanchez's ongoing research for a documentary theatre project featuring interviews with essential workers, will be shared at The University of Texas at Austin's upcoming COVID-19 Conference. This event, taking place November 10-11, 2020, will showcase groundbreaking COVID-19 work from researchers from across campus.

Dr. Coleman A. Jennings, a lifelong theatre practitioner, scholar and former chair of the department, passed away on October 28, 2020. Dr. Jennings joined the faculty in 1963 and spent over 50 years as a beloved faculty member of the Theatre and Dance community.

UTNY provides opportunities for summer internships and classes in New York City through The University of Texas. Learn more about the program at the upcoming Theatre and Dance information session on November 18, 2020 or at the general information session on November 19, 2020.

In a recent review of La Ruta, the production was praised for its unique forms of staging, visual presentation and performance that differentiated this piece from other virtual performances while simultaneously honoring "the spirit of [Isaac] Gómez’s work, with impressive resourcefulness."

This week only, the digital theatre archive 3Views on Theater is highlighting the work of our recently graduated M.F.A. in Playwriting candidates. Visit their website anytime between October 26 - November 1, 2020 to read excerpts from scripts and interviews with Dan Caffrey, I.B. Hopkins, Paul Williams Kruse, Cecelia Raker, Danny Tejera and Minghao Tu.

Find out how, through innovation and creative experimentation, the La Ruta team presented a cohesive, full length virtual play with imagery, sound, lighting and powerful storytelling, sharing an important story in a way that reached far beyond the walls of the Winship building. 

In a recent Sightlines review, our production of Charles O. Anderson's (Re)current Unrest, which streamed online on October 16-17, 2020, was praised as a timely, well executed and as a "high-frequency call to action," during our current moment in history.

In a recent interview with Fusebox Festival, faculty member Charles O. Anderson discusses the process of re-imagining his work (Re)current Unrest for the virtual stage during this current racially charged moment.