UT's Cohen New Works Festival Brings Experimentation to the Stage

Campus hosts a weeklong celebration of working outside comfort zones

"...When curtains rise on the Cohen New Works Festival on April 15, over 30 original..."

April 12, 2019 Arts Post by Alyssa Hiarker

David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

Comedy and collaboration were distinguishing elements in the 2009 New Works Festival

"...of the 30-plus projects in the 2009 David Mark Cohen New Works Festival at the University of Texas Department..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 2013 Cohen New Works Festival

If you can count on one thing in this biennial binge of student-generated works, it's that you'll be surprised

"...the most surprising work I saw at the 2011 Cohen New Works Festival because so much of what the..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

The sophomore model of the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival at the UT Department of Theatre and Dance is a full10 days of original dances, dramas, solo performances, site-specific productions, and musicals, supplemented by panel discussions, master classes, and open classes having to do with the work presented -- 45 events in all.

"...the UT Department of Theatre and Dance inaugurated a festival showcasing new performances of plays, dances, and interdisciplinary art..."

April 4, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Loved the Cohen New Works Festival

"...Dear Editor, Rave: Biggest props to the Cohen New Works Festival [Arts Listings]. I only saw a..."

May 1, 2007 Postmarks

University Co-op Presents the 2005 David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

"...This year's New Works Festival runs eight days with performances beginning at..."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Festival Flood

A brief guide to the 13 – count 'em, 13 – arts fests coming your way in April and May

"...Now that SXSW is behind us, the festivals can begin...."

April 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Joins Pioneering New Plays Initiative

The UT Department of Theatre & Dance will gain even more access to new drama through a new program from the Playwrights' Center

"...When it comes to new plays, the UT Department of Theatre & Dance means..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Start your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Festival 2013 Schedule

Your guide to the 2013 Austin Chamber Music Festival

"...The 2013 Austin Chamber Music Festival runs July 12-28, with concerts Friday-Saturday, 7:30pm; Sunday, 3pm,..."

July 12, 2013 Arts Feature

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...more reviews of films screened during the SXSW Film Festival 1998. Additional reviews can be found in last week's..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Research and Development

Back in the performance laboratory of the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

"...of Theatre & Dance is hosting the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival, and so much creative experimentation will..."

March 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Laboratory of Playmaking

Artists from different realms join forces to concoct new strains of performance in UT's New Works Festival

"..."New" isn't just another adjective when it comes to the..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wild Rides

UT students pack bigger, better New Works Festival with more thrills than a carnival midway

"...Formally, the midway is known as the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival, and this year marks the third..."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Team Risk

UT students create a safe place for their classmates to make daring new stage work

"...flat-out that the reason she's in Austin is the Cohen New Works Festival. Two years ago, when the New..."

March 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letting Go, With 'Peace'

Champion for new plays Suzan Zeder closes her career at UT with a new drama of her own

"...2005-2012, during which time she co-produced three of the Cohen New Works Festivals with Zeder. Calling her "the wild..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

School of Dance

Post-MFA, Ellen Bartel has a brand-Spankin' new choreographic point of view

"...multiplying the volume of the performance space. Of the works by Bartel I have seen, this was the clearest..."

May 11, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Underbelly's Alice in Wonderland

This new adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic sends its audience down the rabbit hole – and all over the Zach Theatre campus

"...made its slip river the talk of the 2013 Cohen New Works Festival at the University of Texas: Move..."

April 8, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Tackling Football’s Dark Side

Cohen New Works Festival: ‘Colossal’ reviewed

"...to hate. Colossal, the spectacular play premiering at the Cohen New Works Festival, tackles these skeletons head-on...."

March 27, 2013 Arts Post by Jillian Owens

Articulations

In honor of this week's commencement ceremonies at UT, here's a roundup of recent college-related honors for theatre historian Oscar Brockett, composers, Kent Kennan and Kevin Putz, late playwright David Mark Cohen, and UT theatre department alum Marcia Gay Harden. Plus, the 2001 Funniest Person in Austin is Rich Gabe.

"...° The late David Mark Cohen, playwright and former head of the playwriting program in..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...Colossal, UT/David Mark Cohen New Works Festival..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Veteran's Voice

Playwright Johnny Meyer returned from war to learn that theatre is essential to life

"...Dragging a body onstage. That's when Johnny Meyer knew he had to write plays...."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

Austin Playwrights

The playwrights of Austin Script Works are continuing to gain ground in their takeover of the American theatre

"...The playwrights of Austin Script Works are continuing to gain ground in their takeover of..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Arts Feature

The Murdered Women of Juárez Find a Voice Onstage

Isaac Gomez’s one-woman show The Way She Spoke

"...murders, the play debuted as part of UT's student-run Cohen New Works Festival, with Rodriguez playing the part of..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...certainly are, pirouetting, lunging, stomping, leaping in scores of works annually, the eclectic mix of styles typical of our..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Top 10 Reasons I Stayed in Love With Theatre in 2013

Austin thespians played for keeps, with boundless commitment and imagination, in the year's most memorable theatre

"...1) 'SLIP RIVER' (UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance/Cohen New Works Festival) Spiriting its audience beneath the Payne..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

A new theatre company gets Broadway vets to teach teens in Austin, and an older one gets a new artistic director and a new name

"...techniques, will be held Monday, June 2, 2-8pm. The newly formed Austin Children's Theater is bringing the New York..."

May 30, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Best in Show

The 2012-13 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...achievements in the arts, the Critics Table welcomed five new members into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame and..."

June 7, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Here Today ...

Site-specific art that exists so briefly says a lot about Austin

"...the bridge like a light switch being thrown. The new materials in contrast to the existing ones prompted a..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

re:Psyche

A fine creative team works to reimagine a myth, its own play, and love itself

"...one life and entering another. These concepts of time, renewal, death, and loss play deeply in re:Psyche. So too..."

July 2, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

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