* FALL 2024 *
Ride the Cyclone
Book and Music and Lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell
October 25-November 5, 2023
In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. A funny, moving look at what makes a life well-lived!A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes
by Kate Benson
Directed by Caley Chase
A Thanksgiving play called by sports announcers. Every family holiday is full of tradition. Every family holiday is full of strife and joy. Where do our traditions come from? Why do we hold so tightly to them? Join the family at Wembley Stadium as they play the game called Thanksgiving Day: a day of gratitude in which we watch some people knock some other people down in order to get the ball over the line.
UT Dance Repertory Theatre presents Fall For Dance
November 9-17, 2023
Award-winning student dance company, Dance Repertory Theatre, returns in Fall For Dance, offering a celebration of movement and innovative choreography. Featuring works by faculty, guest artists and undergraduate choreographers, Fall For Dance presents a showcase of new and engaging work that speaks to our shared experience and illuminates the ways in which we connect with one another.The Smartest Girl in the World
By Miriam Gonzales
November 30-December 3, 2023 They’ve got a plan. Leo and Lizzy Martinez want to be the smartest kids in the world! The children of hardworking immigrants, big brother Leo has convinced his little sis that being smart is the key to helping their family escape a tough, uncertain reality. The first step in the plan—Leo will win the local TV kids’ quiz show. But when their parents refuse to let him join the quiz team, Lizzy learns there’s something deeper driving Leo—something that makes life that much more challenging and unpredictable for her brother and her family. The Smartest Girl in the World takes a look at the bonds of family and the key to facing life’s challenges togetherto the stage in a series of new works of choreography by students and guest artists.
James and the Giant Peach
Adapted for the stage by David Wood from the book by Roald Dahl
Directed by Rodolfo Robles Cruz
In this delightful stage adaptation, Roald Dahl’s classic tale is faithfully told by James himself along with the insect characters – Miss Spider, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybird and Earthworm. The play begins at the end of the story, when James and his friends are living in the giant peach stone in Central Park, New York.
* SPRING 2025 *
UTNT (UT NEW THEATRE)
February 29-March 3, 2024
UTNT (UT New Theatre) presents newly developed works from playwrights of Texas Theatre and Dance and Michener Center for Writers. Now celebrating its 17th 18th season, this showcase exists as an incubator for new work, with many plays continuing on to be professionally produced across the country. UTNT (UT New Theatre) 2025 will feature four new works by graduate playwrights.
UT Dance Repertory Theatre presents Points of Intersection
April 4-7, 2024
Points of Intersection showcases the genre-bending versatility and technical prowess of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s resident dance company, Dance Repertory Theatre. These stunning new works have been created by guest artists from across the country and abroad, alongside the work of current M.F.A. in Dance candidates and the annual Haruka Weiser Memorial Commission. Points of Intersection will also feature the work of award-winning dance artist Claudia Lavista, artistic co-director of Delfos Danza Contemporanea.
Romeo y Juliet
Adapted by KJ Sanchez and Karen Zacarias
From William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
April 10-21, 2024
A bilingual adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most cherished works, Romeo y Juliet recounts the tale of two star-crossed lovers, daughters from the feuding houses of Capulet and Montague, reimagined in Alta, California in the 1840’s prior to the annexation of California to the United States. Set in the limbo between Mexican rule and new statehood, this retelling shifts between English and Spanish, bringing new life to a well-loved tale of love, bloodshed, family, and fateTitle TBA
Powerful choreography and innovative dance return to the B. Iden Payne stage in Dance Repertory Theatre’s spring concert. Presenting new works and celebrating the return of the Haruka Weiser Memorial Commission, DRT SPRING celebrates expression and connection through movement.
The 2025 Cohen New Works Festival
The Cohen New Works Festival is a biennial, week-long showcase of new work created by students at The University of Texas at Austin held in various locations in and around UT campus. It is not just an event, but a celebration of a continuously ongoing process–the creation of new work.
More information about how to be part of the festival coming in Spring 2024. Learn more about The Cohen New Works Festival here.
Studio Series
The Department will continue to support the Studio Series alongside the 2024/2025 Subscription Series, showcasing student and faculty-led projects that allow for experimentation, exploration and creativity in new spaces.
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