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Alumnus Recipient of Arts & Culture Leaders of Color Fellowship

May 20, 2019 | Americans for the Arts

Andrew Aaron Valdez (B.F.A., 2017) is one of twelve inaugural recipients of the Arts & Culture Leaders of Color Fellowship awarded by Americans for the Arts, The Joyce Foundation and the American Express Foundation. The ACLC Fellowship is a one-year professional development program for emerging and mid-career arts leaders of color across arts disciplines in the Great Lakes region that aims to be a model for systemic national arts leadership change.

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The Class of 2019 is Changing the World

May 16, 2019 | UT News

UTeach Theatre major Andrew Rodriguez gets the spotlight in the UT News series Into the World, Class of 2019.

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The 2018–19 Austin Critics Table Awards Nominees Announced

May 14, 2019

An information affiliation of local arts critics have recognized the year's most exceptional achievements in dance, classical music, visual arts and theatre. The Department of Theatre and Dance productions, students, faculty, alumni and friends are well represented on this year's list of nominations, including three nominations for Dance Repertory Theatre's Fortitude (2019), three nominations for the fall 2018 production of Matawan and two nominations for the fall 2018 production of The Merchant of Venice.

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Alumnus Andrew Aaron Valdez Named Cleveland Public Theatre Premiere Fellow

May 13, 2019 | Cleveland Public Theatre

Andrew Aaron Valdez (B.F.A., 2017) has been named one of Cleveland Public Theatre's 2019/2020 Premiere Fellows. The Fellowship includes a cash award, with additional funds available for projects, professional development and access to space, equipment and other assets.

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Alumnus Jacques Colimon on Netflix's The Society

May 13, 2019 | Cosmopolitan

Congratulations to alumnus Jacques Colimon (B.A., 2014), part of the ensemble of the new series The Society now streaming on Netflix.

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Alumna Toni Bravo to Be Inducted Into Austin Arts Hall of Fame

May 6, 2019 | CTX Live Theatre

Toni Bravo (M.A., 1987) is one of four inductees to be recognized at the Austin Critics Table's annual awards ceremony on Monday, June 3.

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Texas Theatre and Dance presents the 2019-2020 Season

May 1, 2019

Texas Theatre and Dance is pleased to present the 2019/2020 Subscription Series, featuring a reimagining of Shakespeare's Ophelia, a punk rock musical for a new generation, Jane Austen's classic tale of good sense and emotional sensibility, captivating new choreography and the stunning conclusion of Tarell Alvin McCraney's award-winning trilogy. 

Learn about the role professor Ávila's Chicano heritage plays in his life as an artist and theatre educator.

Michael Avila Elected to the Texas Education Theatre Association Board of Directors

March 28, 2019 | Texas Education Theatre Association

Assistant Professor of Instruction and UTeach Theatre faculty member Michael Avila is now the Treasurer-elect of the Texas Education Theatre Association.

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Jacqueline Lawton's play "Edges of Time" to premiere at PlayMakers Repertory Company

March 27, 2019 | PlayMakers Repertory Company

Jacqueline Lawton (M.F.A., Playwriting, 2003), an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has researched, developed, and presented a staged reading of her play Edges of Time, which will premiere at PlayMakers Repertory Company. This one woman show is about the life and times of Marvel Cooke, a pioneering journalist and activist, who was the first African-American woman writer to work for a mainstream newspaper. The play will run from Apr. 29–May 3, 2020. Photo by Jason Hornick. 

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Review: Three Shitty Sons

March 25, 2019 | Sightlines

Vibrant, hilarious and tender, Hannah Kenah’s Three Shitty Sons is a contemporary theatrical valentine sent to one of the greatest American plays of the 20th century.