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Thanks to sponsorship of the University Co-op, all performances and events are free. For more information, visit www.coopnwf.org. Descriptions provided by UT's Department of Theatre & Dance.
A dark fairy tale for our time, blending real stories of children living with industrial pollution and the myths of Baba Yaga and Kali. (90 min.)
Brockett Theatre, Tuesday, 12:30pm; Wednesday, 9pm; Saturday, 2pm
Obie-Award winner Naomi Wallace explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through an Israeli janitor, an American nurse, and a Palestinian patient at a West Bank medical clinic. (120 min.)
Avaya Auditorium 2.302, Applied Computational and Experimental Sciences Building, Wednesday, 2pm; Thursday, 7:30pm
A performance questioning and celebrating the experiences of women of color at UT. (90 min.)
Winship 2.180, Thursday, 2pm; Saturday, 11am; Sunday, 3pm
An installation of photographs about mothers and children, based on texts from dramatic literature and opera, complemented by lighting and sound.
Brockett Booth Hall, Tuesday, 6pm, through Sunday, 6:30pm
Performance of original work by student choreographers in experimental and scientific parameters. (90 min.)
Lab Theatre, Wednesday, 5:30pm; Friday, 1:30pm; Saturday, 4pm
Multidisciplinary performance exploring love, memory, and the space between this life and the next. (90 min.)
Payne Theatre, Thursday, 7:30pm; Friday, 11am; Saturday, 2:30pm
On the night of the infamous UFO crash in New Mexico in 1947, a mysterious woman arrives in Corona, the town closest to the crash site. (120 min.)
Brockett Theatre, Wednesday, 4pm; Saturday, 9pm; Sunday, 11am
Winship 1.134, Wednesday, 4pm; Thursday, 7pm; Saturday, 8pm
A docudrama based on more than a dozen interviews exploring the visible and invisible worlds of dyslexia. (90 min.)
Winship 2.180, Wednesday, 12:30pm; Friday, 9:30pm; Saturday, 5pm
A play in workshop combining historical fact and legend in its portrayal of the only known lynching of an elephant in America. (90 min.)
Lab Theatre, Tuesday, 12:30pm; Thursday, 9pm; Saturday, 8pm
A short film by costume designers in which one costume designer navigates the unlikely pitfalls of actors, directors, and the always looming fitting. With the performance, "Raven Study."
Winship B.202, Tuesday, 1 & 6:30pm; Wednesday, 10:30am, 3, & 6:30pm; Thursday, 1:30 & 6:30pm; Friday, 4pm; Saturday, 1:30 & 7pm; Sunday, noon
Austin area high school students examine the relationship between government control and personal freedom. (120 min.)
Winship 2.180, Wednesday, 7:30pm; Friday, 6:30pm; Saturday, 1:30pm
A play in workshop about photographer Diane Arbus, who focuses on anomalies of human nature and their function in creating isolation. (60 min.)
Winship 1.134, Tuesday, 9pm; Thursday, noon; Friday, 2:30pm
Literally "two people together" a new Japanese taiko drumming composition.
Payne Theatre, Tuesday, 7pm; Thursday, noon; Saturday, 6:30pm
Absurd and earnest look at the intelligent-design controversy from a pro-science perspective explored in a play reading and interactive workshop. (180 min.)
Winship 2.180, Tuesday, 1pm; Friday, 10:30am; Saturday, 8pm
Multimedia musical work deconstructing the concert rituals that shape our experience of art music. (90 min.)
Winship 1.172, Thursday, 11:30am; Friday, 7pm; Saturday, 2:30pm
Dance investigating the geometry and origins of "the dream of the protection that is closest to us" that is, our everyday garments. (30 min.)
Brockett Theatre, Wednesday, 11am; Thursday, 9:30pm; Saturday, 6pm
Multimedia performance aligning contemporary dance with pedestrian movement, video, music, set, and audience interaction to portray the nature of humanism. (90 min.)
Brockett Theatre, Thursday, 12:30pm; Saturday, 11am; Sunday, 4pm
Play in workshop that looks at love, sex, and Andy Warhol through the eyes of famed transvestite Candy Darling. (60 min.)
Winship 1.134, Wednesday, 11:30am; Friday, 7:30pm; Sunday, 11am
Showcase of solo performances developed by UT graduate actors. Three programs, each presented once. (120 min.)
Lab Theatre, Tuesday, 8pm; Thursday, 4:30pm; Friday, 7pm
Site-specific performance bringing life to a narrative collection of visual art. (60 min.)
Winship 1.134, Tuesday, 11:30am; Thursday, 4pm; Sunday, 5:30pm
Design/dance installation with dancers suspended 70 feet from the Payne ceiling, treating the back wall as a floor. (60 min.)
Payne Theatre, Tuesday, 9:30pm; Friday, 4:30pm; Saturday, 9:30pm
Collection of (auto)biographical solo performances that weave performers' personal narratives with the lives of the historical women they portray. (120 min.)
Winship 1.134, Tuesday, 4:30pm; Saturday, 11am; Sunday, 1:30pm
Interdisciplinary synthesis of music, choreography, visual art, and film production elements inspired by the film genre of dance for the camera. With the short film "Fit." (4 min.)
Winship B.202, Tuesday, 1 & 6:30pm; Wednesday, 10:30am, 3, & 6:30pm; Thursday, 1:30 & 6:30pm; Friday, 4pm; Saturday, 1:30 & 7pm; Sunday, noon
B.202, Tuesday, 8pm; Wednesday, 4:30pm; Thursday, 4pm; Friday, 11am; Saturday, 10:30am & 4:30pm; Sunday, 4pm
Play/prequel based on Shakespeare's The Tempest performed in ritualistic, sensational, and poetic style. (120 min.)
Winship 2.180, Thursday, 8pm; Friday, 2:30pm; Sunday, 11am
Trio choreographed in the Isadora Duncan dance technique and inspired by the themes of desire and impermanence in William Blake's The Book of Thel.
Payne Theatre, Tuesday, 7pm; Thursday, noon; Saturday, 6:30pm
A man, a woman, a laptop computer: love in the age of information. Out of his turntables, a DJ spins this story of digital addiction and human connection. (90 min.)
Payne Theatre, Wednesday, 8pm; Friday, 8pm; Saturday, 11am
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