Meet the cast of Community Garden, one of our five UTNT (UT New Theatre) productions of the spring 2021 semester. In just a week, these ladies will be performing in a virtual reading of M.F.A. in Playwriting candidate Renae Simone Jarrett’s script, providing audiences with the chance to enjoy the rich language and storyline that she created. Join them for a meditation on self-searching, sacrifice and that lovely glow you get when you feast on the fruits that grow from the graves of dead husbands.
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“Essential Working” – Using Theatre to Document our Difficult Reality
It doesn’t take more than the click of a remote or a swipe on Facebook to see statistics and news segments detailing the ramifications of a global pandemic. In a moment so fraught with personal, physical and financial turmoil, the struggle to come to terms with recent events is an exhausting, daunting task. For KJ Sanchez, head of the playwriting/directing area, theatre is serving as a tool to analyze and come to a deeper understanding of these events. Sanchez is leading a group of collaborators as they unearth the names and faces buried deep within the headlines in a piece of documentary theatre that digs into the complex lives of those we call essential workers.
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A Look Back at EVOLUTION (VIRTUAL EDITION)
There was no shortage of creativity and ingenuity in this year’s Evolution showcase, an annual collaboration between student designers and choreographers from the Department of Theatre and Dance and the School of Design and Creative Technologies. Though students didn’t have the B. Iden Payne Theatre to house their larger-than-life creations, in the true spirit of Evolution, they experimented with new forms and innovations, reimagining their performances for the virtual sphere. We’ve collected performances from this year’s month-long virtual showcase, which took place July 30-August 20, 2020, featuring selections of Evolution (Virtual Edition) performances that exhibited the resilience and adaptability of our students, as well as insight into the process of remote collaboration.
