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department of theatre and dance Texas State University’s Theatre program offers undergraduate B.F.A. degrees in Acting, Musical Theatre, Teacher Certification, Technical Production, Performance and Production, Film Production, and a general B.A. degree. The department also offers a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre with emphases in Directing and Design. The department presents 10 fully produced shows each year as well as dozens of new play readings and class-related productions. Production facilities include the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre, PSH Foundation Studio Theatre, the Jeremy Torres Lab Theatre, and the flexible stage of our former main stage. Our students and faculty continue to excel at regional, national, and international levels. RECENT ACCOLADES • # 9 IN 2021 MOST POPULAR DRAMA & THEATRE ARTS SCHOOLS ( College Factual ) • # 9 THEATRE PROGRAM ( Performing-Art- Schools.com 2015 ) • Winners of the O’Neill National Critics Institute Award, the KC/ACTF Ken Ludwig Playwriting Scholarship, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg National Student Playwriting Award, the John Cauble Short Play Award, the Judith Barlow Prize, and the Princess Grace Award • 58 NATIONAL FINALISTS and 15 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS (Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival) • Acting and Musical Theatre featured in the New York Times • New York Showcase (18 YEARS) and Shakespeare Study Abroad (16 YEARS) • Hosts nationally recognized Texas State Black and Latino Playwrights Conference (18 YEARS) • M.F.A. Directing one of ten programs featured in American Theatre magazine • 53 AUSTIN CRITICS TABLE AWARD NOMINATIONS, WINNING 24 AWARDS • Teacher Certification graduates have nearly 100% job placement • Robust film program placing students behind- the-scenes on projects such as the new Scorsese film Killers of the Flower Moon , Fear The Walking Dead , American Crime , Tree of Life , Flight of the Navigator , and Bull RECENT GUEST ART I STS • Tony Award-winners Howell Binkley , Christopher Durang , Tony Walton , Shirley Knight , and Douglas Turner Ward • Tony nominees Andrew Lippa , Austin Pendleton , and Chris D’Amboise • Emmy Award-winner Larry Grossman • Playwrights Teresa Rebeck , Adam Szymkowicz , Luis Valdez , Josefina Lopez , Regina Taylor , and Culture Clash FOR MORE I NFO, V I S I T: theatreanddance.txstate.edu 48 ■ C O L L E G E R E P O R T 2 0 2 1 ALUMN I *See also Distinguished Alumni • G.W. BAILEY MASH , Police Academy , The Closer • JOHNNY BRANTLEY Beetlejuice on Broadway • STEPHEN BROWER Anastasia on Broadway • ROBERTA COLINDREZ Drama Desk nominee; Fun Home on Broadway; I Love Dick • MATT FORD Emmy-winning lighting designer • DEMOND GREEN Drama Desk Nominee; Sister Act on Broadway • JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY Tony-winning actor, The Big C , Manhattan • JORGE JIMENEZ Narcos , Best Actor Boston Film Festival • TERISSA KELTON Vice President, Development and Production Rehab Entertainment • BOBBY MORENO Drama Desk nominee, Homeland • EDI PATTERSON The Righteous Gemstones , Vice Principals , We Bare Bears • JULIE WHITE Tony-winning actress; Transformers , Grace under Fire • ANNA UZELE Once on This Island and Six on Broadway ■ 49