If these Winship walls could talk.
Kelly Pechal (BA 2009) is an assistant for the IFA Talent Agency in Los Angeles.
Allison Wardwell (BFA 2010) is pursuing a Master of Dance Education with a focus in Ballet Pedagogy at NYU. She holds an AFAA Group Fitness Certification and teaches at the Body & Pole in New York.
Jacqueline E. Lawton’s (MFA 2003) play, The Hampton Years, will receive a world premiere production at Theater J May 29 - June 30, 2013. This play was commissioned as part of Theater J’s Locally Grown Festival.
Lawton is a 2012 TCG Young Leaders of Color award recipient. She is a member of Arena Stage’s Playwright’s Arena and the Dramatist Guild of America. And, she is a National New Play Network (NNPN) Playwright Alum and has been nominated for the Wendy Wasserstein Prize and a PONY Fellowship from the Lark New Play Development Center. Since 2010, Lawton has served on Round House Theatre’s Artists’ Roundtable and was named one of 30 of the nation’s leading black playwrights by Arena Stage’s American Voices New Play Institute.
Photo: Jason Hornick
Another great e-postcard from Design & Technology Professor Jim Glavan and his experiences with Theatre and Dance students in Taiwan.
The group returned from a three-day weekend in Hualien on the east coast of central Taiwan. They visited the village of Xinshe, the Kavalan cultural center where they stayed with local tribal families, shared group meals of food collected from the land and prepared by the tribal chefs, and learned about the importance of the banana tree in their major art-form, banana fiber weaving.
The students continue to teach classes in millinery (hat making), draping and master building. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity and creates new and unique experiences and perspectives for our Design & Technology students.
2013 is off to a fabulous start for actor Yesenia Garcia (MFA 2007)! You can catch her in role of “Ms. Hernandez” in Abel’s Field and as “Hilda” in Pit Stop, recently screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
The Department of Theatre and Dance presents Ears, Eyes + Feet, collaborative works by composers, choreographers and video artists from The University of Texas at Austin.
May 3, 4 at 8:00 p.m.
B. Iden Payne Theatre
The performances are free and open to the public.
About Ears, Eyes + Feet
This annual performance of collaborative invention and experimentation showcases the talents of students and faculty from the Butler School of Music and Department of Theatre and Dance. Works include:
- Untitled by Courtney Mazeika and Hallie Ward
- Human Propulsion by Erica Saucedo and Stacy Skolnik
- Fissured by Tawny Garcia and Victoria Mora
- Stuck (working title) by Audrey Halm
- The Air We Breathe by Lily Amelie Hayes and Avery Hurst
- Oddworlds by Lucy Kerr
- Lost in Translation by Kate Kislingbury and Yvonne Ferrufino
- Ice Formations by Kassie Kelly and Chelsea Pribble
- Colliders by Mackenzie Taylor
- The Song of Ourselves by Kelsey Rondeau
Patrons may purchase parking in advance at a discounted rate for $6 for Ears, Eyes + Feet online at utparking.clickandpark.com/venues. The discounted parking is only available online until 10:00 p.m. the day prior to the event.
For more information about Ears, Eyes + Feet, call 512-471-5793.
For updates on Ears, Eyes + Feet, join the event on Facebook!
UTNT Presents a Free Reading of “The Kingdom,” April 20-28
Written by Andrew Hinderaker
Directed by Sarah Rasmussen
About the play
A Catholic priest of 22 years has stopped taking confession. He has stopped delivering mass. Hiding out in the basement of his church, he seeks to perform miracles of his own making. What becomes of a priest who has lost his faith in us all?
About the playwright
Andrew Hinderaker’s recent work includes the New York premiere of Suicide, Incorporated (Roundabout Theatre) and the world premieres of Dirty (Gift Theatre) and I Am Going to Change the World (Chicago Dramatists) His plays have been produced/developed by the Kennedy Center, Steppenwolf, Manhattan Theatre Club, Rattlestick, Mixed Blood, and numerous others. Hinderaker is a Resident Playwright of Chicago Dramatists, an ensemble member of the Gift Theatre in Chicago, and an M.F.A. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.
Learn more about the UTNT (UT New Theatre) 2013 series!
Photo: Josh Rasmussen, The University of Texas at Austin
UTNT Presents “70 Secrets of Marmalade Kittens,” April 19-27
Written by Gabrielle Reisman
Directed by Jess Hutchinson
About the play
Seduced by a pair of ceramic figurines, Quinn wrestles with abandoning her husband, her young children, and their lonely life on an Iowa hog confinement farm. Ten years later her now grown children — with the counsel of an aging pet goose — must choose between selling off their father’s business, and tracking down the ghosts of their mother’s desires.
About the playwright
Gabrielle Reisman is a New Orleans based playwright and director. A member of The NOLA Project and former artistic director of The Alamo Underground, she is currently a third year M.F.A. Playwriting candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Gabrielle’s plays have been produced in New York, New Orleans, Champaign and Chicago — as well as being translated into German. Her first four full length plays are published in the anthology More Pepper by Hot Lead Press. Selected monologues from BRIAN AND SHEVAT are published by Simon and Schuster. She is inspired daily by language, food, impossible things that are true. And by you.
Learn more about the UTNT (UT New Theatre) 2013 series!
Photo: Josh Rasmussen, The University of Texas at Austin
UTNT Presents “Dream of Perfect Sleep,” April 18-27
Written by Kevin Kautzman
Directed by Courtney Sale
About the play
Mary and Gene are old. Mary suffers from severe vertigo and just wants to watch her show, gosh-darn-it. Gene has some big news for their middle-aged kids. When new-ager Melissa and recovering-addict Robert return to a home decorated for the holidays (when it’s not the holidays), the family must make a hard decision about what it means to exit this world with grace.
About the playwright
Kevin Kautzman is a playwright originally from North Dakota pursuing his M.F.A. at the Michener Center, with a screenwriting secondary. In 2012 he premiered six plays (three full-lengths and three shorter works) at theatres in Canton, Dallas, Detroit, Fort Worth, New York, and Saint Paul. Honors include the Playwrights’ Center’s Jerome Fellowship, the Tennessee Williams Scholarship, and the International Student Playscript award. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Playwrights’ Center, and Scriptworks. He can be found online at kevinkautzman.com.
Learn more about the UTNT (UT New Theatre) 2013 series!
Photo: Josh Rasmussen, The University of Texas at Austin
Alumnus David Baker (BFA 1986) has carved out a successful career as a professional actor based in New York City.
Fans of some of television’s top hits will recognize him from his work in FOX’s The Following (starring Kevin Bacon), Boardwalk Empire, The Big C, Deception, Made in Jersey and Orange is the New Black. Last fall, he shot an independent film titled Blood and Circumstance. Check out highlights on his career!
