The Cohen New Works Festival presented by the University Co-op, is a week-long showcase of new work created by UT students held every other Spring in various locations in and around the Winship Drama Building and the University of Texas campus. It is not just an event, but a celebration of a continuously ongoing process–the creation of new work.
This event is a talkback session.
Talkbacks are brief discussions about the projects designed to gather feedback and provide a forum for engagement with the work.
“Light Instruments” aims to redefine the way people experience everyday spaces through the manipulation of light. The project consists of two independent systems that will alter everyday spaces, creating unique emotive experiences. One will be installed in the Payne Theatre Lobby and the second at the University Co-op Materials Resource Center.
Project Update:
One segment of Light Instruments is installed in the Payne Theatre Lobby and the second is at the University Co-op Materials Resource Center. There will be a talkback at the Resource Center at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Both installations are ongoing.
#light
Project Lead: Lincoln Davidson
Creative Team: Alex Dallas and Michael Rahmatoulin
This installation will no longer be showcased in its previous locations around the University of Texas campus. Instead, renderings and schematics can be viewed in the North Hall of Goldsmith Hall at the University of Texas. Refer to Festival website for talkback information and join this collaborative team in disucssing their process and methodology. For all project updates and notifications, please refer to the Festival website, smartphone and mobile app, and signs around the information table in the F. Loren Winship Drama Building.
This event is a talkback session.
Talkbacks are brief discussions about the projects designed to gather feedback and provide a forum for engagement with the work.
What if that iconic view of the UT Tower was obscured? Would you invest the time to investigate your surrounding in more detail? This team of six architecture students plans on de-emphasizing the recognizable and bring awareness to the obscured. A series of obstructions and frames will be placed throughout the campus in an effort to bring about this mindset.
#campus
Project Lead: Charlotte Friedley
Creative Team: Alex Dallas, Lincoln Davidson, Stephanie Nguyen, Estrella Juarez, and Kim Villavencio
“We Are StarStuff” explores time and distance, observation and experimentation, magic, love and what we and the universe are really made of. Combining actual and imagined texts synthesized from our research of real personalities and powerful scientific concepts, creators and audience alike will experiment with the way we use stories and science to experience our world.
Notice: If you are unable to use stairs, please check in at WIN 1.114 before the event.
#starstuff
Project Leads: Jess Hutchinson and Sarah Saltwick
Creative Team: David Dubose, Tasha Gorel, Colton Perry, Toto Miranda, Philip Olson, Morgan Taylor, and Alyse Ullery
Following this performance there will be a talkback session held in the venue.
Talkbacks are brief discussions about the projects designed to gather feedback and provide a forum for engagement with the work.
“West Texas Beehive”, a play in one act by Alexa Kelly, explores a romantic relationship tested by the rigors of life in a brothel as based on the classic childhood song “I’m Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee”.
Notice: If you are unable to use stairs, please check in at WIN 1.114 before the event.
#beehive
Project Lead: Alexa Kelly
Creative Team: Addie Arnold, Sloan Buffum-Robbins, Kelley Henry, Stephanie Lawson, Bill Malsam, Ben Matkin, Natalie Rinehart, John Smiley, and Alison Stoos
Following this performance there will be a talkback session held in the venue.
Talkbacks are brief discussions about the projects designed to gather feedback and provide a forum for engagement with the work.
Project Update: There will be a second preformance of More Than The Sum at 12:00pm today
An affiliate production as part of the Cohen New Works Festival, More Than The Sum is an applied theatre piece that bridges creative gaps between educators and artists at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Exeter in England. Drawing on personal history to explore moments of courage, empowerment, confusion, strength and confidence, this ensemble has crafted a performance to reflect and demonstrate the ‘ways of working’ that have developed internationally over the last six months.
In partnership with Perfectly Mixed Up and the University of Texas at Austin Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities, Perfectly Mixed Up is a theatre company that crosses countries, communities, and preconceptions and is comprised of a group of graduate students from the University of Exeter collaborating with young people transitioning out of foster care to create new theatre derived from their own stories.
Following this performance there will be a talkback session held in the venue.
Talkbacks are brief discussions about the projects designed to gather feedback and provide a forum for engagement with the work.
“The Beauty Play” looks at how a monolithic ideal of beauty impacts the day-to-day life of people within the U.S. from various races and cultures. Using direct quotes and memories from personally conducted interviews, the play asks the audience to question their own definitions of beauty.
Notice: If you are unable to use stairs, please check in at WIN 1.114 before the event.
#beautyplay
Project Lead: Sarah Marcum and Paige Brown
Creative Team: Addie Arnold, Tyler English- Beckwith, Jacques Colimon, Kyle Connealy, Calli Conti, Uyen-Anh Dang, Rosalind Faires, Amanda Koleckar, Quinn Lara, Audrey Long, Ladonna Matchett, Lindsay Miller, Christen Perez, Gracie Reyna, Natalie Rinehart, and Rocket Thrall
Following this performance there will be a talkback session held in the venue.
Talkbacks are brief discussions about the projects designed to gather feedback and provide a forum for engagement with the work.
Meet LETTER who speaks for SARAH, a student diagnosed with a mental disability, at the University of Blah Blah Blah. Follow LETTER and SARAH to engage in a conversation surrounding how the ADA (Americans with Disabilities) Act, 39 years after its creation, still affects many in the world today.
Notice: If you are unable to use stairs, please check in at WIN 1.114 before the event.
#lavender
Project Lead: Rebecca Goldstein
Creative Team: Olivia Applegate, Rachel Bennick, Marissa Forsyth, Lauren Gallup, Tasha Gorel, Amanda Hopkins, Lauren Kinast, Sarah Kolb, Bailey Lund, Kirk Lynn, James McMaster, Leanne Milne, Nicole Ogelsby, Jessica Painter, Juliet Robb, Kelly Ruiz, Emily Shyrock, Arnold Trevino, and Katy Wicker
Following this performance there will be a talkback session held in the venue.
Talkbacks are brief discussions about the projects designed to gather feedback and provide a forum for engagement with the work.
