College of Fine Arts and Communication 2023 Report

• #3 in Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to study Drama & Theater Arts in the Southwest Region ( collegefactual.com 2023) • #9 in Most Popular Drama & Theatre Arts Schools in the Nation (collegefactual.com 2023) • Ranks in top 10% of Performing Arts Schools nationally and top 6% in Texas (Performing-Art-Schools.com 2023) • 66 National Finalists and 16 National Champions (Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival) • 53 Austin Critics Table Award nominations, winning 24 awards • New York Showcase (20 years) and Shakespeare Study Abroad (18 years) • 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 • Hosts nationally recognized Texas State Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration (20 years) • M.F.A. Directing one of ten programs featured in American Theatre magazine • Acting and Musical Theatre featured in New York Times • Teacher Certification graduates have nearly 100% job placement • Robust film program placing students behind-the scenes on projects such as HBO’s Love and Death , Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon , Fear The Walking Dead , American Crime , Tree of Life , Flight of the Navigator , and Bull • #9 Theatre program (Performing-Arts- Schools.com 2015) • One of the 10 largest theatre programs in the country • 10 alums on Broadway and 10 alums in Broadway National tours (2022) Recent Accolades 49 College of Fine Arts and Communication