Video Backgrounder: Four UT New Theatre Plays and Playwrights, February 26 - March 8, 2026 (3mn13s)
(Video by University of Texas Theatre and Dance)
Texas Theatre and Dance presents UTNT (UT New Theatre), showcasing newly developed plays from graduate playwrights. Now in its 19th season, this festival serves as an incubator for new work that speaks to our current time. Titles presented as part of UTNT (UT New Theatre) 2026 include:
- Vulturine by Matt Thekkethala
On stage February 26, March 1 and 7 | Lab Theatre (MAP)
A darkly comedic reckoning with extinction in which a father and son discover the last two vultures on Earth. - Ordinary Time by Kaia L
On stage February 27, March 4 and 7 | Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (MAP)
A durational, experiential performance following an order of Benedictine monks after the disappearance of one of their own. - A Tale for Home by Chih-Ching Chester Tsai
On stage February 28, March 5 and 8 | Lab Theatre (MAP)
Set on an island and interwoven with myth, memory and migration, A Tale for Home investigates what it means to call a place “home.” - Diet of Worms by Nick Hart
On stage February 28, March 6 and 8 | Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (MAP)
A satirical look into an emergency session of Congress in which senators try frantically to address a 487 quadrillion dollar deficit.
TICKETS:
Tickets are $15 adult, $12 for students/children and are available for sale atJoinTheDrama.org, or at the F. Loren Winship Box Office beginning one hour prior to performances. Office locations and hours: theatredance.utexas.edu/ticketing
UT New Theatre 2026
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University of Texas Theatre & Dance
February 26 - March 8, 2026
University of Texas at Austin
Tickets are $15 adult, $12 for students/children and are available for sale atJoinTheDrama.org, or at the F. Loren Winship Box Office beginning one hour prior to performances. Office locations and hours: theatredance.utexas.edu/ticketing
Get tickets: https://tadticketing.thundertix.com/events/244539
