Category: Theatre

Arts and Humanities Professor Fred Curchak will perform the lead role in Abraham Zobell’s Home Move: Final Reel by Len Jenkin. This World Premiere is produced by Undermain Theatre at the Dallas City Performance Hall.  Undermain is offering UT Dallas students special $10. discount tickets for performances on January 19, 23, 24, 25, 26.  Call for tickets:  […]

BURYING OUR FATHER: A Biblical Debacle Written by Fred Curchack Performed by Fred Curchack and Laura Jorgensen Wednesdays through Saturdays – October 31 to November 17 Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30pm ($15.) Fridays at 8:15pm ($20.) and Saturdays at 8:15pm ($25.) Senior, Student, KERA & Group discounts available Tickets: (214) 747-5515 www.undermain.org for easy fee-free online […]

Frankenstein the Musical is in a revival production at Dallas’ historic Pocket Sandwich Theater. The show’s composer is UT Dallas music faculty member Mary Medrick, who originally wrote the score in 1984, a collaboration with the theater’s founder and the play’s author Rodney Dobbs. A rather spooky musical comedy, the show begins with 19-year-old Mary […]

It’s spring and hence time for students to show off their creative work from more than 40 School of Arts and Humanities courses. The Student Arts Spring Festival gives audiences the opportunity to take in classical music, jazz, theater, dance, guitar, piano and vocal performances, as well as an art exhibition and reception. The festival, which involves […]

The School of Arts and Humanities is holding its 11th Annual Texas Guitar Competition and Festival on March 2-3. The competition will showcase the playing of internationally known classical guitarists and award $8,000 in cash prizes to competition winners. Guest artists this year include Jeff Cogan and Duo Melis. Jeff Cogan will present “Buying a World […]

Starting this week, more than 600 UT Dallas students from more than 40 courses will be sharing their art with the public as part of  The Student Art Fall Festival. The festival, which stretches across two weeks, invites audiences to roam from one building to another, taking in classical, jazz, dance, guitar, piano and vocal performances, […]

The UT Dallas Chamber Singers and students from the Musical Theatre Workshop will take a trip to Broadway this week with a family-friendly concert, Best of Broadway IV. The performance will feature songs and choruses from the shows Chicago, Fiddler on the Roof, Annie Get Your Gun, State Fair, A Little Night Music and Legally Blonde. Kathryn Evans, head of vocal and […]

Family Day weekend returns to campus this year on Saturday, Oct. 1, and brings with it multiple arts and entertainment options for parents and relatives to sample after they tour the University’s new buildings and facilities. “Family day is an opportunity for parents and other family members to return to campus to spend time with their […]

Akin Babatunde will be playing “Doug” in “Dividing the Estate,” March 11 – April 9 at the Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre (2400 Flora Street, Dallas). The play is part of the Horton Foote Festival. A hit on Broadway last year, “Dividing the Estate” is a clear-eyed, witty portrayal of a family slow to surrender its […]

The North Dallas Gazette, Tues., Feb. 22 by Rick A. Elina: “… Mr. North, a black character capably played by white actor, Jonathon Horne, has been named head of the Morris Foundation. From the first moment that Mr. North enters, he does so with strides so purposeful, there is little doubt that the new guard […]