UTNT (UT New Theatre) presents newly developed works from playwrights of Texas Theatre and Dance and Michener Center for Writers. Now in its twelfth season, this showcase exists as an incubator for new work, with many continuing on to be professionally produced across the country.
When Flo has a psychotic break in her first year at college, her itinerant uncle Ira shows up believing he has the cure for her illness. Ten months later, Flo is hiding out in her mom’s shed while she rethinks life with a new diagnosis, her parents Harriet and Matthew are navigating their “unrequited” divorce and Ira is trying to help Flo recover with his own idea of treatment. Flora Circular is a darkly comic family drama that spans from Amherst to Istanbul and back in search of a cure for the past.
Dance Repertory Theatre returns to the stage in Fortitude, a concert celebrating the enduring spirit of dance and the strength of those called to it as a field. Fortitude features work by renowned guest artists, faculty and students as well as the annual presentation of the Haruka Weiser Memorial Commission.
Inspired by Euripides' The Women of Troy, The Women of _______ (a song not song) invites the audience to join nameless ghosts on a multilingual journey through poems and tales. As a partially-devised work collecting voices of historically marginalized peoples, the play explores trauma and our political and personal battles against ourselves.
Teatro Vivo, the Latinx Theatre Commons and The University of Texas at Austin present the 2019 LTC Theatre for Young Audiences Sin Fronteras Festival, a three-day celebration of theatre for young people, featuring five plays from throughout the US and Latin America.
Presented in partnership with ZACH Theatre, This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing is a modern-day fairy tale told through an imaginative blend of creative puppetry, live music and fantastical storytelling.
In the not-too-distant future, a group of survivors huddle around a campfire trying to retell an episode of The Simpsons from memory. As the years pass, this episode and other snippets of pop culture become the live entertainment of a post-apocalyptic society sincerely trying to hold onto its past.
Better Mr. Burns presents The Past, Present, and Future of Sustainable and Equitable Theatre, a symposium event offering a selection of panels, workshops and roundtable discussions open to the UT and greater Austin community. Using the zero-waste production of Mr. Burns: A post-electric play as a launchpad, we invite you to join us for critical conversations around sustainable theatrical design and construction, ethical rehearsal room practices, environmental justice and the history of sustainability efforts on UT’s campus.
A thrilling combination of projection design, film editing, real-time graphics and music, this show is a seamless flow of sights and sounds generated by the College of Fine Arts student communities, including featured performances by José Martinez, Michael Bruner, Millie Heckler and Dance Action.
In Venice, a Jewish businesswoman tries to join a clique of power-brokers, a wealthy merchant tries to buy a young man's love and an heiress attempts to escape her dead father's will. Combining elements of satire, comedy and thriller, The Merchant of Venice asks us how far we're willing to go to achieve happiness.