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Alumnus Joins the Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

June 14, 2019 | Actors Theatre of Louisville

Recent alumnus Andrew G. Rodriguez (B.F.A. 2019) joins the Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This program guides talented and motivated early-career theatre professionals to undertake a nine-month long training program that combines practical experience with professional development opportunities.

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Alum Selected for 5X5 Drama Series

May 28, 2019 | Broadway World

Alum Travis Tate (M.F.A., 2018) is one of five playwrights selected for the 2018-2019 5X5 Drama Series produced by Theatre East this June.

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Jacques Colimon in new series The Society now on Netflix

May 21, 2019 | Cosmopolitan

Jacques Colimon (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2014) joins the ensemble for the new series The Society, now streaming on Netflix. 

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Andrew Aaron Valdez Named Cleveland Public Theatre Premiere Fellow

May 21, 2019 | Cleveland Public Theatre

Andrew Aaron Valdez (B.F.A., Theatre Studies, 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 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.