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Roberto Di Donato Named Assistant for The Commedia Company

July 31, 2018 | The Funny School of Good Acting

Roberto Di Donato (B.A.,Theatre and Dance, 2016) has been named an assistant for The Commedia Company in NYC, which specializes in Commedia Dell’Arte performance and was formed out of the Clown and Commedia school.

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Jacqueline Hinton Performs in "Gatsby Redux" at Walt Disney Concert Hall

July 31, 2018 | The Music Center

Jacqueline Hinton (B.F.A., Dance, 2001) will perform in "Gatsby Redux" at the Walt Disney Concert Hall for the Music Center’s “Moves After Dark” series July 24th, 25th, 31st and August 1st at 8:30pm. Hinton pictured second from right, photo by Barry Weiss.

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Isaac Gomez Co-Recipient of Lanford Wilson Award

July 25, 2018 | American Theatre

Alumnus Isaac Gomez (B.A. 2013) has been named the co-recipient of the Lanford Wilson Award along with R. Eric Thomas by the Dramatists Guild of America. This award is presented annually to early career playwrights at the Guild's national conference, which will take place July 28 in New York.  

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Alumni Recognized at American Alliance for Theatre and Education Conference

July 25, 2018

Lina Chambers (M.F.A. in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities candidate) will receive the Don and Elizabeth Doyle Fellowship and Lauren Smith (M.F.A. 2017) will receive the Distinguished Thesis Award at the 2018 American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) conference. These awards celebrate excellent work in theatre for youth and outstanding scholarship. The conference will be held in Minneapolis August 1-5, 2018. 

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Alumni Recognized at American Alliance for Theatre and Education Conference

July 24, 2018 | American Alliance for Theatre and Education

Lina Chambers (M.F.A. in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities candidate) will receive the Don and Elizabeth Doyle Fellowship and Lauren Smith (M.F.A. 2017) will receive the Distinguished Thesis Award at the 2018 American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) conference. These awards celebrate excellent work in theatre for youth and outstanding scholarship. The conference will be held in Minneapolis August 1-5, 2018. 

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Hannah Wolf Receives 2018 National Directors Fellowship

July 23, 2018 | American Theatre

Hannah Wolf (M.F.A., Theatre, 2018), a Los Angeles based director, dramaturg, and creative producer originally from Juneau, Alaska, has received a 2018 National Directors Fellowship. The fellowship will begin at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in July 2018 and provides 18 months of practical, hands-on training and mentorship, and concludes with a professional directing opportunity. Wolf's work has been seen at Perseverance Theatre, Superhero Clubhouse, The Vineyard Theater, The Civilians, Culturebot, Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant, Howlround, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York University (NYU), PeppercornTheatre, Writopia Lab, The Secret City and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 

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Charles O. Anderson's (Re)current Unrest Receives National Dance Project Award

July 19, 2018 | New England Foundation for the Arts

Head of dance, Charles O. Anderson's work (Re)current Unrest was recently awarded a grant from The New England Foundation for the Arts' (NEFA) National Dance Project (NDP) which supports the creation of 20 new dance works that will tour the United States. (Re)current Unrest was staged as part of Fall For Dance (Texas Theatre and Dance) and premiered at Fusebox Festival in Austin, Texas in 2018. Faculty member Rennie Harris was also awarded for his work LAZARUS (Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation).

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Alumnus One of "6 Theatre Workers You Should Know"

July 9, 2018 | American Theatre

Rudy Ramirez (M.F.A. 2012) has been recognized as one of "6 Theatre Workers You Should Know" by American Theatre magazine, which recognizes up-and-coming artists and administrators who have made an impact on theatre in the United States. 

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Incoming Faculty Member Creates Unique Dance Archive

July 8, 2018 | NPR

Incoming dance faculty member, Gesel Mason, brings her experience to Austin, along with an extensive digital dance archive documenting 15 years of performing the choreography of 10 black artists relatively unknown to the general public, entitled No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers.

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Faculty Member Receives National Performance Network Award

June 28, 2018 | National Performance Network

KJ Sanchez, associate professor and head of the directing area, was recently a recipient of the National Performance Network's (NPN) 2018 Creation and Development Fund, which supports 14 new artistic works across multiple disciplines, geographies and cultures. Her work Matanza (The Killing) was commissioned by Fusebox Festival (Austin, TX) and California Shakespeare Theater (Berkeley, CA).