Alumni in the News
To submit alumni news about yourself or a classmate fill out the Alumni in the News form or email your news to Stephanie Taparauskas, assistant director for constituent and alumni relations.
Greg Romero (MFA Playwriting, ‘06)
premiered his play The Most Beautiful Lullaby Ever Heard at City Attic Theatre, an emerging off-off-Broadway company in May 2007.
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Elliott Forrest (BA Drama, ‘79)
named co-artistic director of Riverspace Arts in Nyack, NY. The theatre had been dark for 11 months until Elliott helped gather community support to bring it back to life.
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Fritz Gechter (M.M., D.M.A. Music Studies, ‘93, '01)
is currently Associate Professor of Music/Piano at Texas A&M International University in Laredo where he played the first recital of the TAMIU Steinway Series in October 2006.
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Gordon Prince (BFA Drama, ‘98)
is Co-Producer of Eve of Understanding, an award-winning indie film to premiere in Texas at the inaugural AFI Dallas International Film Festival. Eve of Understanding was filmed largely in Katy and Austin, Texas.
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Will Underwood (BA Drama, ‘97)
is Associate Producer of Eve of Understanding, an award-winning indie film to premiere in Texas at the inaugural AFI Dallas International Film Festival. Eve of Understanding was filmed largely in Katy and Austin, Texas.
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Elizabeth Holland Gendler (BA Dance, ‘05)
is a stockbroker with Alliance Financial Group, Inc. in Dallas
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Naseem Khozein (B.A. Music Studies, ‘06)
plays violin and fiddle with Barrage, an international multi-instrument performance group.
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Jen Prince (BFA Drama, ‘98)
is Producer of Eve of Understanding, an award-winning indie film to premiere in Texas at the inaugural AFI Dallas International Film Festival. Eve of Understanding was filmed largely in Katy and Austin, Texas.
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Michael D. Arthur (PhD Theatre History & Criticism, ‘99)
made his New York stage debut in March 2007 at the Joyce Theater. He appeared on stage with Buglisi Dance Theatre in a piece called Acapelorus (A Walrus Tale) where his live drawings were projected on a screen behind the dancers as they performed.
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Darrell C. Raby (B.M. Music, ‘97)
won the 2006 Young Film Composers Competition sponsored by Turner Classic Movies and Film Music Magazine. He composed a new score for the 1927 silent film, “The Show”, which premiered on TCM January 29, 2007.
Posted: Monday, July 2, 2007
Ishmael Soto (B.F.A. Art, ‘58)
has been creating unique ceramic pieces and metal sculptures for over 50 years. This past Spring his work was featured in an exhibit—“Vessels and Inspirations: Ceramic and Sculptural Works of Ishmael Soto”—at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin.
Posted: Monday, July 2, 2007
David Viscoli (B.M. Music, ‘87)
Pianist, released a live solo piano CD in 2005 on the Eroica Label. It recently received a favorable review in the American Record Guide.
Posted: Monday, July 2, 2007
Randy Mack Bishop (B.F.A. Studio Art, ‘69)
worked as an illustrator at the Dallas Morning News for 18 years. During that time he created 85 original pieces of art that were all accepted by the Center for American History at The University of Texas.
Posted: Monday, July 2, 2007
Leah Zeger (B.A. Opera Performance, ‘06)
plays violin and fiddle with Barrage, an international multi-instrument performance group.
Posted: Monday, July 2, 2007
A.C. Gentry (B.F.A. Art, ‘52)
specializes in watercolor. Tyler Museum of Art exhibited his work in “The Past is Present: Watercolors by A.C. Gentry” that ran from November 17, 2006 through January 14, 2007.
Posted: Monday, July 2, 2007
Robert A. Pruitt (M.F.A. Studio Art, ‘03)
was recently featured in an exhibition, “…but I was cool”, at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, NJ, November 9, 2006 through January 20, 2007
Posted: Sunday, July 1, 2007
Cat Quintanilla (B.F.A. Studio Art, ‘80)
has transitioned from 25 years as a promotional graphic designer to serving as the mayor of Sunset Valley, Texas and working as an adjunct faculty member at Southwest School of Art and Craft in San Antonio in the stone carving department. A member of the Texas society of sculptors, she welcomes visitors to her “sculpture garden studio.” Her pieces have been featured in Austin at the annual Sculptfest shows at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and in the juried faculty show at Southwest School of Art and Craft.
Posted: Sunday, July 1, 2007
Sharon Shackelford Watkins (B.F.A. Studio Art, ‘76)
recently accepted a position as an art teacher with the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Posted: Sunday, July 1, 2007
Literary agent William Craver (M.F.A. 1956)
has a new musical, PASSING STRANGE, running at the Public/NY Shakespeare Theatre May 14-June 3, 2007. Another UT alum, Kevin Adams (B.F.A. 1984), is Lighting Designer for this show.
Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007
See Joe Murray (M.F.A. Acting, 2001)
in this national commercial for Wendy’s. He plays the scientist who runs the wind tunnel.
Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2007
