Texas Theatre and Dance is pleased to present a season of daring, thought-provoking and entertaining works that speak to our current times and showcase the artistic vibrancy within our community. Working within the theme, "Between the Noise and the Quiet," the 2025/2026 Season will feature a whimsical tale of sisterhood and self-discovery; an urgent and timely musical that investigates the dangers of complacency; two dance productions showcasing dynamic new choreography and a comedy that weaves together a kaleidoscope of outlandish and poignant vignettes.
This season will also feature new works by emerging playwrights through UTNT (UT New Theatre), now in its 19th season, and the return of our annual Studio Series, an innovative collection of performances created by students and faculty at the Department of Theatre and Dance.
“Between the Noise and the Quiet is a theme that emerged from a committee of faculty and students to guide the selections for this year’s season. The idea of navigating between sharply contrasting opposites relates strongly to the complex times in which we live. Simultaneously, this theme speaks eloquently to many of the performances that will maneuver between contrasts of art/entertainment, fantasy/reality, motion/stillness and comedy/tragedy.”
- Peter Carpenter, Department Chair
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2025/2026 SEASON
This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing
By Finegan Kruckemeyer
(Directors to be announced)
OCTOBER 9-18, 2025
OSCAR G. BROCKETT THEATRE
Three sisters are left in the forest by their woodcutter father. From this fairytale beginning, three resolutions are made – one sister will walk one way, one sister will walk the other and the third will stay right where she is. Twenty years later, having circumnavigated the globe, and fought vikings and crossed oceans and tamed wilds and achieved greatness the three meet again, as women. A charming, fantastical story about the bond of sisterhood, growing up and finding your own way to happiness.
This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing will feature Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities graduate student Ishu as part of the directing team. More details to be announced in Summer 2025.
This play will also tour to K-12 schools across central Texas. Reach out to theatreanddancetour@austin.utexas.edu to get more information and add your school to the tour schedule.
Cabaret
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and
Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Rodolfo Robles Cruz
OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 9, 2025
B. IDEN PAYNE THEATRE
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany descends into fascism.
Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Musical numbers include “Willkommen,” “Cabaret,” “Don't Tell Mama” and “Two Ladies.”
CABARET is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com
Dance Repertory Theatre Fall Concert
(Title to be announced)
Producing Artistic Director, EG Gionfriddo
NOVEMBER 13-21, 2025
OSCAR G. BROCKETT THEATRE
Dance Repertory Theatre, the award-winning student resident dance company at The University of Texas at Austin, returns in the fall with genre-bending choreography that pushes the boundaries of dance performance. An exploration of connection and community, this dance concert will showcases original works that pull from a variety of aesthetic influences and movement traditions, including West African, European folk dance and contemporary dance forms. Choreographers will include faculty members EG Gionfriddo and Sinclair Emoghene, an undergraduate choreographer and visiting artist Vanessa Anspaugh as part of the Haruka Weiser Memorial Commission.
Title and additional information to be announced in Summer 2025.
UTNT (UT New Theatre)
Producing Artistic Director, Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw
FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 8, 2026
OSCAR G. BROCKETT THEATRE
UTNT (UT New Theatre) presents newly developed works from playwrights of Texas Theatre and Dance and Michener Center for Writers. Now celebrating its 19th season, this festival exists as an incubator for new work, with many plays continuing on to be professionally produced across the country. UTNT (UT New Theatre) 2026 will feature four new plays by graduate playwrights.
Additional information, including playwrights and titles presented as part of UTNT (UT New Theatre), to be announced in Fall 2025.
Dance Repertory Theatre presents:
EQUINOX
Co-Artistic Directors, Gesel Mason and Joel Valentín-Martínez
April 1-4, 2026
B. IDEN PAYNE THEATRE
EQUINOX presents compelling new choreography that showcases the virtuosity of student dance company Dance Repertory Theatre. Through a blend of movement and emerging technologies, EQUINOX explores the power of dance as a means of expression, storytelling and social commentary. Witness original works by faculty members Gesel Mason and Joel Valentín-Martínez, along with student and guest choreographers, which invite audiences to reflect on what it means to be alive in the world today.
Ain't No Mo'
By Jordan E. Cooper
Directed by Mikala Gibson
APRIL 9-19, 2026
Oscar G. Brockett Theatre
Through a blend of sketch, satire and avant-garde theatre, Ain’t No Mo’ answers the incendiary question: What if the United States government offered Black Americans one-way plane tickets to Africa?
This unpredictable comedy speeds through the turbulent skies of being Black in today's America. A kaleidoscope of moments surrounding this great exodus are told by an ensemble cast featuring Peaches, a larger-than-life flight agent boarding the final plane leaving the United States.
Ain’t No Mo’ leaves audiences crying with laughter – and thinking through the tears.
“Ain't No Mo'” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
All titles, dates, times and venues are subject to change.
STUDIO SERIES
The 2025/2026 Season celebrates the return of our Studio Series, which supports innovative and creative student-driven work that fosters growth, experimentation and creative development.
Titles will be announced throughout the season.
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