UTEP Theatre and Dance
Season Update Fall 2020
Students and patrons,
Thank you so much for your patience during these trying times, as the world is ever changing, we have adapted the Fall production schedule to meet safety and creative needs. For a full list of our upcoming events, please visit our Fall 2020 events page here.
ReUnión rEvolución will now be happening for radio. We are so excited that our local NPR station--KTEP--and the radio show State of the Arts have agreed to host the festival in a radio format for the entire month of September.
Into the Beautiful North will be directed by Melissa Crespo: https://www.melissacrespo.com/. Melissa will respect cast and design existing decisions, and will work with students to incorporate the work they have done so far, as much as possible.
This project will be completely online.
DANCE CAPSTONES will be online, Melissa Melpignano is already working with students to adapt/re-conceptualize these important milestone projects for our dance students.
A Christmas Carol en la Frontera will also be reformatted for the radio. Jay Stratton and Adriana Dominguez are reworking the script and the radio play will be directed by Greg Thompson. Audition dates TBA.
Additionally, through the College of Liberal Arts Dean's Speaker Series, there are several amazing talented speakers from all over the country that will be focusing on Representation in the Performing Arts, zoom links will always be on the Department FB page.
July 14:
Martine Green-Rogers, SUNY New Paltz
August 11:
Mindy Leanse-Escobar, Professional Actor and Puppeteer
September:
Anne Garcia-Romero, Norte Dame
Gregory Ramos, University of Redlands
Virginia Grise, Cara Mira Theatre
Julia Sosa, Cleveland Playhouse
Andrew Sianez-De la O, Huntington Playwriting Fellow
We are continuing to work on creative strategies to develop our craft, yet know that YOUR safety is our number one priority.