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Award-Winning Producer Speaks on Experiences in Hollywood

January 23, 2018 | The Daily Texan

Debra Martin Chase shares stories on her work, including The Princess Diaries and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Alumnus Celebrated as one of Chicago's Top 50 Players for 2018

January 12, 2018 | Newcity Stage

Will Davis (M.F.A. 2013), joined Chicago's American Theater Company as artistic director in 2016. Listed as number eight in Newcity Stage's countdown, Davis' work is heralded as demonstrating a "freedom of thought surrounding gender, race and sexuality refreshing in its assertion of its own normalcy."

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The Murdered Women of Juárez Find a Voice Onstage

Jan. 11, 2018 | The Austin Chronicle

Isaac Gomez's (B.A. in Theatre and Dance, 2013) one-woman show The Way She Spoke: A Docu-Mythology, starring Karen Rodriguez (B.A. in Theatre and Dance, 2013) and directed by Rudy Ramirez (M.A. 2012), runs January 11-20 at Austin's Vortex.

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The Murdered Women of Juárez Find a Voice Onstage

January 11, 2018 | The Austin Chronicle

Isaac Gomez's (B.A. in Theatre and Dance, 2013) one-woman show The Way She Spoke: A Docu-Mythology, starring Karen Rodriguez (B.A. in Theatre and Dance, 2013) and directed by Rudy Ramirez (M.A. 2012), runs January 11-20 at Austin's Vortex.

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Gabrielle Reisman Awarded Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission

Jan. 10, 2018 | American Theatre

Reisman (M.F.A. in Playwriting, 2013) shares the top prize with fellow playwright Angela Hanks, and will receive two years of developmental support for her work in addition to a monetary award.

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Alumna Gabrielle Reisman Awarded Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission

January 10, 2018 | American Theatre

Reisman (M.F.A. in Playwriting, 2013) shares the top prize with fellow playwright Angela Hanks, and will receive two years of developmental support for her work in addition to a monetary award.

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Karen Maness and Richard Isackes Win Oscar G. Brockett Golden Pen Award for The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop

January 8, 2018 | USITT Sightlines

The award will be given at the 2018 USITT National Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida this March.

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Veronica Boccardo joins the Allegro Ballet of Houston Academy for its 16th performance of "The Nutcracker"

Jan. 5, 2018 | Allegro Ballet of Houston

Veronica Boccardo (B.F.A., Dance, 2017) performed with the Allegro Ballet of Houston Academy under the direction of Glenda and Vanessa Brown for the 16th performance of The Nutcracker, December 16-17th, 2017. Boccardo currently serves as pre-ballet and ballet 1 instructor for the Academy.

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Felicia Fitzpatrick completes first season of new podcast that explores race in the performing arts

Jan. 5, 2018 | iTunes

Felicia Fitzpatrick (B.A. in Theatre and Dance, 2014) has completed the first season of “Call & Response,” a podcast that explores the intersection between blackness and performing arts through interviews with Broadway actors, dancers, writers, creatives, and more.

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UTLA Program in Los Angeles Prepares Students for Show Business

January 1, 2018 | The Alcalde

The UTLA Program in Los Angeles offers senior B.F.A. in Acting majors a unique opportunity to complete their final semester in Los Angeles, learning among entertainment professionals and getting an inside look at what it takes to make it in the industry.