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UNT alumna Jayme Marrs Castle's behind-the-scenes work makes musicals, operas happen

Posted on Mon, 03/07/2016 - 11:37am
Jayme Marrs Castle ('06) may have one of the most important jobs in the theatre -- even though she's never seen on stage.
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UNT alumna Libby Villari shines in "Boyhood," "Friday Night Lights"

Posted on Mon, 03/07/2016 - 11:36am
Libby Villari ('80) has been acting in Texas for 30 years. Now she's ready to take on Hollywood.
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UNT graduate Tyler Donahue fulfills dream by acting in Europe

Posted on Fri, 12/04/2015 - 2:31pm
Tyler Donahue ('07, '14 M.A.) saw his first professional play, The Phantom of the Opera, 20 years ago. This year, he got the opportunity to work with that musical's legendary composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Doug Wright serves as artist-in-residence at UNT

Posted on Fri, 12/04/2015 - 2:30pm
Doug Wright won the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for his 2003 play, I Am My Own Wife, about a transgender woman, and penned the musical The Little Mermaid, as well as Grey Gardens and Hands on a Hard Body.
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UNT alumna Kristen Adele takes on many roles on, off stage

Posted on Fri, 12/04/2015 - 2:27pm
Adele is making a name in New York theatre and TV shows -- and helping to bring diversity to the industry.
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UNT alumna Renee Vance Brunson part of award-winning costume design team

Posted on Wed, 06/03/2015 - 2:28pm
Renee Vance Brunson ('02) has stitched up a nice career in the entertainment world.
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UNT alumna K Callan makes mark in a variety of film, TV roles

Posted on Wed, 06/03/2015 - 2:26pm
K Callan ('64) has dueled with Archie Bunker and raised Superman. Callan, who first attended North Texas in the 1950s as Kay Borman and returned in the '60s to complete her degree in speech and drama, has established herself in a wide range of parts in four decades of acting.
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UNT alumna Ana Armenta lands place at international theatre workshop

Posted on Wed, 06/03/2015 - 2:25pm
Ana Armenta ('15) is spending her first summer out of college at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland, attending a four-week intensive program that accepts only 21 students from around the world.
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UNT improv group places at national tournament

Posted on Wed, 06/03/2015 - 2:25pm
The improv group Roll Out the Barrel knows how to stir up laughs. The group of UNT students placed third in the preliminary round of the national College Improv Tournament in March in Chicago.
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UNT faculty members Shelley Cushman, Matthew Bourbon receive time to create art with fellowship

Posted on Wed, 06/03/2015 - 2:23pm
Two faculty members will expand upon work they've done in the past when they complete projects as the 2015-16 fellows in UNT's Institute for the Advancement of the Arts. Shelley Cushman, professor of dance, and Matthew Bourbon, associate professor of studio arts, will be granted a semester off from teaching duties to work on their projects.
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