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Heartland by Gabriel Jason Dean (M.F.A., 2012) at The Vortex

January 18, 2019 | The Austin Chronicle

Texas Theatre and Dance and Michener Center alumnus Gabriel Jason Dean's "chamber play about people living out unfortunate political decisions" runs through February 9 at The VORTEX.

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R. Scott Blackshire Named Curator of Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts at The McNay Art Museum

Jan. 15, 2019 | McNay Art Museum

R. Scott Blackshire (PhD, Performance as Public Practice, 2018) has been named the new curator of the Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas. Over the course of nearly 40 years, Dr. Blackshire is only the third individual to hold this curatorial position.

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"Make Your Move" at SXSWedu

January 11, 2019 | SXSWedu

Associate Professor Andrea Beckham and Assistant Professor Katie Dawson's project "Make Your Move: Bodies Creating Change" will be part of the performance series at SXSWedu this March in partnership with Peace First. Full details at sxswedu.com

Learn about Rude Mechs theatre collective's Kirk Lynn's admiriation for students and love for feral performance.

"Under the Radar Festival, Public Theater, New York — teenage angst and asylum seekers"

January 11, 2019 | Financial Times

The Financial Times highlights the "howl of youthful angst" in Associate Professor Kirk Lynn's The Cold Record, part of the Under The Radar Festival at The Public Theater. 

Find out about Roxanne Schroeder-Arce's research interests in culturally responsive theatre education and Latino/a theatre for and with youth.

"Sin Fronteras: Latinx and Latin American Theatre for Young Audiences"

January 10, 2019 | HowlRound Theatre Commons

Associate Professor Roxanne Schroeder-Arce essays the first in a series of articles for HowlRound Theatre Commons ahead of the 2019 Latinx Theatre Commons Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) Sin Fronteras Festival and Convening this month on the UT Austin campus.

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Gesel Mason Receives Rauschenberg Residency

January 7, 2019 | Sightlines

Associate Professor Gesel Mason is one of the recipients of a month-long Rauschenberg Residency in Captiva, Florida, to continue her work on her project No Boundaries.

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Dance in the Archive with Gesel Mason's No Boundaries

January 7, 2019 | The Alcade

Texas Exes profiles Associate Professor Gesel Mason in a new video about her project No Boundaries, an expanding and interactive archive of the work of contemporary black choreographers.

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Gretel! at Paramount Theatre

January 4, 2019 | The Austin Chronicle

Faculty member Jennifer Hartmann Luck and emeritus faculty Suzan Zeder are part of the amazing story of Gretel! The Musical, written by our late alumnus Jason Tremblay (M.F.A., 2007). The Austin Chronicle features this one night-only performance on Monday, January 7 at Paramount Theatre.

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Alumna Antoinette Robinson joins cast of Broadway's Cursed Child

December 20, 2018 | Playbill

Texas Theatre and Dance alumna Antoinette Robinson (M.F.A. 2013) is part of the new cast of Broadway's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child debuting on March 20.

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"Staging Mr. Burns, a post-electric play With Zero Waste"

December 17, 2018 | Austin Chronicle

It takes a village to build an apocalypse, as the Austin Chronicle finds out in their feature on Mr. Burns, a post-electric play and the Better Mr. Burns team.