07December

URTA Hosts Women+ Theatre Forum

URTA will host the Women+ Theatre Forum, bringing together women+ theatre artists for discussion and advice. The event will galvanize the community by offering support and encouragement in a safe environment, surrounded by peers and veteran artists. URTA’s President, Holly Poe Durbin with UC, Irvine colleague Jane Page, will host the Forum on January 26th

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01October

Celebrating 50 Years of URTA Stories

In 2019, URTA celebrates its 50th anniversary. The longevity alone is impressive and reason enough for us to be proud, but when one begins to reflect on the number of lives URTA has touched over those years—in so many different ways—it’s really staggering. To me, those 50 years represent many thousands of individual URTA stories.

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27September

URTA at LDI – Portfolio / Website Review and Free Floor Pass!

URTA is excited to be part of LDI in October! All students and young professionals are invited to participate in the tenth annual LDI Portfolio and Website Review. Bring your portfolio and/or device to get tips one-on-one from the industry’s top designers and professionals. Co-moderated by URTA faculty Brackley Frayer (UNLV) and Anne McMills (SDSU).

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11September

Announcing the URTA Excellence Awards in Undergraduate Training

URTA announces the creation of the URTA Excellence Awards in Undergraduate Training. The awards will recognize undergraduate instructors, coaches, mentors and their respective institutions for excellence in the training and preparation of undergraduate theatre artists. The awards will be presented to individuals from across the nation whose students display particular excellence in skill and preparation

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06September

Vertigo Partners with URTA to Provide Free Registration at The URTAs

URTA and Vertigo are “paying it forward” with a new Candidate Award. URTA is excited announce an expansion of the Candidate Awards program for attendees seeking placement in MFA theatre programs at the annual “URTAs”. The Candidate Awards provide free registration for The URTAs, including free attendance to all continuing education sessions—a value of up

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05September

Registration is Open for the 2019 URTAs!

Candidate registration has opened for the 2019 URTA Auditions & Interviews, widely known as “The URTAs”. The event, produced by the University Resident Theatre Association, allows MFA candidates in all areas of theatre a single place to audition and/or interview with recruiters from dozens of schools from across the U.S. and abroad. More than 1,200

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05September

Live Design Returns as URTA Sponsor

We’re is happy to announce that Live Design is returning as an URTA corporate sponsor. Live Design provides designers, programmers, and technicians with tips, trends, news and reviews of the latest tech, reports from the field, and industry viewpoint and commentary. New content is featured daily at livedesignonline.com and in daily e-newsletters. Live Design is

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17July

San Diego State University is URTA’s Newest Member

This July, URTA welcomed San Diego State University as its newest Member. SDSU offers a MFA in Design and Technology with focuses on scenery, costume, or lighting design and technology. With the addition of SDSU, URTA membership now numbers 43 universities—the largest in our organization’s history. SDSU’s program is a rigorous three years with the

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06March

Spring Training in Florida with URTA and USITT!

Don’t forget to check in with URTA at USITT in Fort Lauderdale! We’re excited to be hosting Spring Training for Student Designers—a mixer with a dozen theatre design and technology faculty from some of the top MFA programs in the country. SPRING TRAINING FOR STUDENT DESIGNERS Friday, 3/16 2:45p – 4:00p Sailfish Pavilion (outdoors) (Rain

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26February

2018 URTA Board Elections

URTA is pleased to announce the election of several new members to our national board. Holly Poe Durbin of the University of California, Irvine has been elected the new President of URTA, after having completed two terms as Vice-President. Robert Ramirez of the University of Texas at Austin has been elected as the new Vice-President

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