This annual performance of collaborative invention and experimentation showcases the talents of students and faculty from the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music and The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance.
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.
Performance as Public Practice presents a series of dance events that features a workshop on contemporary movement and connections to the stories of the Orixás and a lecture on the history and formation of Palestinian and Israeli folk dance as representations of national identity.
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.
The Brockett Center welcomes Joseph Haj, artistic director of the Guthrie Theatre, for a discussion of his career and issues of equality, diversity and inclusion in the American Theatre.
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.