Recent News

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chicago Tribune theatre critic Chris Jones profiles Texas Theatre and Dance alumnus Issac Gomez and his new play La Ruta, premiereing at Steppenwolf Theatre Company on December 20.

Associate Professor Charles O. Anderson, artistic director of Charles O. Anderson/dance theatre X, has been awarded a residency at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) to develop (Re)current Unrest, an evening-length immersive performance installation ‘ritual’. ​​

Senior Lecturer Rennie Harris's probing Lazarus premieres as part of a program celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.  

Andrew J. Friedenthal praises the work of director Adam L. Sussman to change The Merchant of Venice "from a painful reminder of historical stereotypes into an even more painful, desperately urgent exposé of our contemporary prejudices."

Burgess Byrd (Shylock), Bella Medina (Portia) and Adam L. Sussman (Director) sit down with Texas Theatre and Dance Marketing and Events Assistant Ryan Prendergast to discuss the challenges and rewards of one of Shakespeare’s most controversial and misunderstood plays. Part scathing social satire, part romantic comedy, part revenge thriller, The Merchant of Venice defies expectations and asks us to examine what hatred we hold in our hearts.

The works of Dance Repertory Theatre’s Fall For Dance explore embodiment, community, diversity and introductions. Dorothy O’Shea Overbey’s new work, Invention in Three Parts, features the work of faculty and students from the Department of Theatre and Dance and Radio-Television-Film in a collaborative performance blending virtual reality, motion capture technology and contemporary ballet.