Recent News

CONTACT

Theatre and Dance Inquiry

512-471-5793

theatreanddance@utexas.edu

Explore News by Type
More Types
headshot of mfa alumnus flordelino

Flordelino Lagundino Named Artistic Director of Park Square Theatre

August 23, 2018 | MinnPost

Flordelino Lagundino (M.F.A. 2004) was named the new Artistic Director of Park Square Theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Lagundino is a director, actor and producer whose performance in VIETGONE led to a Best Ensemble Ivey Award. He is the Sir John Gielgud Classical Directing Fellow at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. 

Reema Bounajem

Reema Bounajem Performs in "The Lost Supper" in New York

Aug. 20, 2018 | AM New York

Reema Bounajem (B.F.A., Dance, 2015) is performing in "The Lost Supper," an immersive, theatrical dinner party at the McKittrick Hotel in New York City, through Aug. 18. 

Drumming Asian America book cover

Theatre and Dance Alumna Angela Ahlgren Publishes New Book, "Drumming Asian America"

Aug. 6, 2018 | Oxford University Press

Angela Ahlgren (Ph.D., 2011, Theatre), an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University, has published a new book, "Drumming Asian America: Taiko, Performance and Cultural Politics." 

split summer update square

ON THE BLOG: 2018 Summer Update: Part Two

August 3, 2018 | Off Book: A Theatre and Dance Blog

As we get closer to the beginning of a new year, we look to members of our Texas Theatre and Dance community who have shared their artistry and research with the larger American theatre community. In the second part of our two-part summer series, we take a closer look at the ways in which our undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and alumni have been involved this summer.

a man wearing a clown mask

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.

dancers in pink flapper dresses

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.

Lina Chambers

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. 

Isaac Gomez

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.  

woman in yellow blouse smiling

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. 

Hannah Wolf

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.