Spotlight: UTNT at Oscar G. Brockett Theatre and Lab Theatre

Texas Theatre and Dance presents UTNT (UT New Theatre), showcasing newly
developed works from graduate playwrights. Now celebrating its 19th season, this
festival exists as an incubator for new work, with many plays continuing on to
be professionally produced across the country.

This year's UTNT (UT New Theatre) features four fully produced plays and one new
play reading.

Through March 8, 2026
Oscar G. Brockett Theatre and Lab Theatre

TITLES PRESENTED AS PART OF UTNT (UT NEW THEATRE):

By Matt Thekkethala
Directed by Sunghyun Lim

When a prickly Old man demands a sky burial – an ancient ritual in which
vultures consume the dead – his estranged son Small Fry accompanies him to a
faraway land to see it through. But when they discover that only two vultures
remain on Earth, the funeral arrangements spiral into a visceral, personal,
diabolical reckoning with extinction.

By Kaia L
Directed by Julia Kreutzer

When a member of their community disappears, an order of Benedictine monks is
forced to reckon with their conceptions of loyalty, identity, justice and
Godliness. Ordinary Time is a durational, experiential performance that asks us
to weigh the costs and benefits of silence.

Written and Directed by Chih-Ching Chester Tsai

We’re on an island far from America, where complicated realities take root and
uproot one another: An immortal rabbit speaks from the past. A girl digs beneath
a mulberry tree. A returning American brings a gift that unsettles the ground.
Through myth, memory and migration, the island remembers—and refuses to forget.

By Nick Hart
Directed by Rodolfo Robles Cruz

Gentlemen. This Emergency Session of The United States Congress has begun.
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS: WE HAVE TO pass a budget for the next fiscal year by
midnight tonight. We currently have a 487 quadrillion dollar deficit. Everyone
in this room tonight needs to look inside their hearts and collectively find or
raise 487 quadrillion dollars by midnight, or we’ll all be executed gangland
style in the back alley. Ok?

And a new play reading of:

By Adithi Chandrashekar
Directed by Georgia Beckmann

Do you, or have you ever: Carried a carabiner? Worn flannel? Gifted or been
given a bouquet of violets? Had an undercut? Driven a U-haul?

If you said yes to any of the above, meet us at 11:00 a.m. on March 8, 2026.
Bring a "friend." Combat boots optional.