A semi-staged reading featuring professional actors, this lyrical biography of Leonard Bernstein takes a symphonic look at the major melodies playing throughout his life: music, family, spiritual longing, carnal passions and death. We see Leonard as a boy and man, as a father and son; bisexually brilliant and politically naive. Cymbals crash, the brass crescendo, the maestro takes a bow.
Come enjoy one last magical evening with the Musical Theatre graduating seniors as they perform excerpts from their recent New York Senior Showcase as well as favorite songs from Broadway and beyond!
It’s 2465. American politics haven’t changed much - except that “America” is now a handful of New England towns. When an unidentified army encamps at the border, Congress struggles to move beyond personal agendas and petty bickering to decide the nation’s fate.
REVEL: A Celebration of UT Live Design is a showcase of work created for the stage by the M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidates in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Designers and makers will display their work in areas including costume design and technology, lighting design, integrated media and scenic design. Collectively, this work helps tell visual stories for live performance and is a reflection of the collaborative nature of theatre.
After three years of rigorous training in Austin, our actors have spent this past semester in Los Angeles studying with Howard Fine and Michael D. Cohen and engaging with a number of industry professionals. Presented at The Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Leah's got writer's block, Amber's got ambition, Jake's got it all. Leah and Jake were once up-and-coming, hot-shot poets. Now Leah's working admin as Jake's career skyrockets, and slugs are eating the foundation of their house. When fresh-faced Amber shows up, it's only a matter of time before things get sticky. A play about threesomes, poetry and the failure to communicate.
Nights before Darla's 21st birthday, she is told of The Belleford women's great power that she will inherit. Darla's girlfriend is a tad angry with her. Oh, and the family cat, Winston, has started talking. While studying her induction into the family coven, Sherry, Darla's grandmother, falls sick. Darla must negotiate her family's legacy, her power and the love of her life...all before she's able to drink.
UTNT (UT New Theatre) presents newly developed works from playwrights of Texas Theatre and Dance and Michener Center for Writers. Now in its eleventh season, this showcase exists as an incubator for new work, with many continuing on to be professionally produced across the country.
Loverboy finally returns home: to his childhood home and to his mother. His youth is gone, but there are still many things to be raised within the walls of his strangely powerful bedroom.
Texas Theatre and Dance is proud to feature the talents of Toni Lorene Baker, Connor Barr, Sydney Frank, J. Dylan Gibson, Caroline Kinnamore, Leslie Ann Leal, Emily McIntyre and Tori Robertson.