Romeo y Juliet is a bilingual adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most cherished works, recounting 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, this retelling shifts between English and Spanish, bringing new life to a well-loved tale of love, bloodshed, family and fate. Meet the cast and creative team who are collaborating to bring this adaptation to the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre.
New Work
The Process Behind the Play: The UTNT 2024 Playwrights Speak on Their Shows
UTNT (UT New Theatre) opens for its 17th season this Thursday, February 29. This festival exists as an incubator for new work, but that begs the question – how did these new plays come to be? What went on in the minds of these four playwrights that led them to collaborate with others to create the work seen on stage? To answer these questions, we spoke with the playwrights whose plays make up this year’s UTNT (UT New Theatre) festival.
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MEET THE CASTS OF UTNT (UT NEW THEATRE), 2024
UTNT (UT New Theatre) is a showcase of new plays by M.F.A. candidate playwrights from Texas Theatre and Dance and the Michener Center for Writers. This year marks the 17th season of this festival that unites theatre-makers across disciplines in the process of bringing forth new work to the stage, through readings and productions. Collaboration is how these plays get made, as producing artistic director Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw states. When these shows hit the stage, UTNT asks you, the audience, to become collaborators as these plays reach their final stage of the development process here at UT Austin. We invite you to meet your collaborators – the artists bringing these works to life in the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre.
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