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Pamela Ribon

Pamela Ribon named screenwriter to watch

December 6, 2016 | Variety

Pamela Ribon (B.F.A., Drama Production, 1997) was named to Variety’s list of “10 Screenwriters to Watch 2016.” 

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Dance Faculty's Collection Added to Fine Arts Library

December 1, 2016 | UT Libraries

Faculty member, dancer, choreographer and innovator Yacov Sharir's archival collection of dance performances, The Sharir/Sharir + Bustamante Dance Collection, to be welcomed to the Fine Arts Library at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Behind the Backdrop: The Art of Hollywood

November 30, 2016 | UT News

Teaching artist Karen Maness and faculty member Richard Isackes's new book, The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop, reveals how Hollywood uses paintings to set the scene. 

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Theatre alumnus finds longevity designing sets for NCIS

November 28, 2016 | College of Fine Arts

Nearly 40 years since moving to Los Angeles, James Walters (B.F.A. 1969) continues to work in set design for the television industry.

Hardy Koenig

Hardy Koenig receives tenure and promotion

November 18, 2016

Hardy Koenig (B.A., Drama, 1990) received tenure and promotion in spring 2016, after five years as artistic director. He is in his second year as Head of the Department of Theatre at North Dakota State University.

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Robert Schenkkan’s latest film released Nov. 4

November 18, 2016

Hacksaw Ridge, the latest film co-written by Robert Schenkkan (B.A., Theatre Studies, 1975) released on Nov. 4. It is directed by Mel Gibson and stars Andrew Garfield.

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James Walters discusses a decade designing sets with NCIS

November 18, 2016 | College of Fine Arts

James Walters (B.F.A., Drama, 1969) spoke with the College of Fine Arts about the past 10 years working with the popular TV crime drama NCIS.

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Review: "Lost Girl" provides the female empowerment tale we need

November 14, 2016 | Austin American-Statesman

The union of Belflower, Phipps and Scamardi ultimately creates a powerful trinity of women who have crafted a sweet, moving, and resonant message of feminist empowerment that is perhaps more important now than ever before.

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The Untold Stories of Modern Warriors

November 11, 2016 | UT College of Liberal Arts

Bart Pitchford (Ph.D. candidate, Performance as Public Practice) leads a group of veterans in reflecting on their service through "The Warrior Chorus - Humanities in Action," a scholar-led workshop in classical literature.

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Dance Historians Celebrated for Groundbreaking Publications

November 9, 2016

Alumna Dr. Clare Croft (PhD, 2010) and faculty member Dr. Rebecca Rossen receive awards from the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism.