Partnerships
The University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance is committed to building bridges between academia and the professional world. We strive to provide our students with as many connections and opportunities as possible. Between all our our faculty and staff members, we have a network of theatre and dance artists and technicians that extends from coast to coast and crosses the Atlantic ocean.
We are also committed to developing and presenting new work with local and national theatre and dance artists. Recent collaborations include:
- a co-production of Mickey Birnbaum's Big Death and Little Death with The Catastrophic Theatre, a local theatre company created by founders of Infernal Bridegroom Productions.
- commissioning Houston's most unique string quartet, Two Star Symphony, to score and perform in Bertolt Brecht's The Good Woman of Setzuan.
- commissioning playwright Nathaniel Freeman to write the 2008 season opening play KATRINA: The Bridge.
- working with local theatre company Mildred's Umbrella to develop a new play by playwright John Harvey.
- creating a new music/dance piece with AURA, the Moores School's contemporary music ensemble.
- annual debuts of local choreographers' new work in the Spring Dance Concert.
