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Alumna Joins the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

May 25, 2018 | The Austin Chronicle

Kathy Dunn Hamrick (B.A. 1981) of Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company was recently added to the ranks of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame along with four other local creatives for their shared commitment to helping the arts thrive in Austin.

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Alumnus Abe Koogler Wins Obie Award for Playwriting

May 23, 2018 | The New York Times

Alumnus Abe Koogler (M.F.A. 2014) recently received an Obie Award for playwriting for his work Fulfillment Center, presented at the Manhattan Theatre Club. The Obie Awards recognize the best writers, actors, directors and designers of Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theatre. 

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Honey Goodenough is Resident Teaching Artist at The Puppet Showplace Theater

May 16, 2018 | Puppet Showplace Theater

Honey Goodenough (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2000) is the resident teaching artist at The Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her work will be showcased at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta in September.

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Rebecca Fahning Teaching at Fifth Largest School District In Nation

May 16, 2018 | Desert Pines High School

Rebecca Fahning (B.F.A., Theatre Studies, 2014) teaches theatre and theatre tech at Desert Pines High School in the Clark County School District, the fifth largest school district in the nation.

 

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The 2018 Austin Critics Table Awards Nominees Announced

May 14, 2018

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 eight nominations for Dance Repertory Theatre's Fall For Dance (2017), six nominations for the spring 2018 production of Lucy Prebble's ENRON and two nominations for The Drowsy Chaperone.

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Glenda Maddox Wins Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award

May 4, 2018 | Deadline

Glenda Maddox (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2003), received a Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Costume Design for her work on The Bold and the Beautiful.

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Jacqueline Heard Hinton Performs "Anais, A Dance Opera" in Paris and Morocco

May 4, 2018 | Anais Dance Opera

Jacqueline Heard Hinton (B.F.A., Dance, 2001) performed in “Anais, A Dance Opera” at the La Nouvelle Eve in Paris and opened the Festival International de Théâtre in Casablanca, Morocco, in March.

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Catherine Ann Jones' One-Woman Play Heading to Dallas

May 4, 2018

Catherine Ann Jones (B.F.A., Drama, 1965) will perform the sixth production of her one-woman play, Freud's Oracle, in Dallas May 2019.

 

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Harrison Gordon Butler Directs "The Laramie Project" at The Arena Stage in Hollywood

May 4, 2018 | Carpe Diem!

Harrison Gordon Butler (M.F.A., Theatre, 2010) directed “The Laramie Project” at the Arena Stage in Hollywood in March. Butler was named “Teacher of the Year” in 2017 as a movement instructor for the Theatre of Arts Conservatory in Los Angeles.

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Sean Tecson Joins the Roundabout Theatre Company

May 4, 2018 | Roundabout Theatre

Sean Tecson (B.A., Directing, 2015) has been named Education Data and Professional Development Coordinator at Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City.