Recent News

February is Black History Month in the United States and Dance Repertory Theatre is marking the occasion in a celebration of African American culture upon contemporary dance in Momentum, under the artistic direction of Charles O. Anderson, Jeremy Arnold and Lyn C. Wiltshire. 

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan's (B.A. 1975) film Hacksaw Ridge, co-written with Andrew Knight and directed by Mel Gibson, has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. The College of Fine Arts recently sat down with Schenkkan to discuss his inspiration, nominations and current projects. 

Alumnus Will Davis (M.F.A. 2013) was recently nominated for outstanding direction of a musical for Evita (Olney Theatre Center). The 2017 Helen Hayes Awards will be held May 15 at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C. 

Alumnus Robert Schenkkan's (B.A. 1975) piece Hacksaw Ridge (co-written with Andrew Knight) was nominated for Best Picture as well as Lead Actor (Andrew Garfield), Best Director (Mel Gibson), Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing. The 89th Academy Awards will be held February 26, 2017.  

Faculty member Steven Dietz's new play Bloomsday, a lyrical, time-traveling romance, takes the stage at Austin Playhouse through February 5 in a piece critics are calling "a bittersweet love story awash in a sentiment that is equal parts American and Irish, and Austin Playhouse, with four talented actors at its heart, does that story quiet, poetic justice." (Austin360)