Texas Tech University

J.T. & Margaret Talkington

College of Visual & Performing Arts

School of Theatre & Dance

Who We Are

The School of Theatre & Dance at Texas Tech University champions training and education that is contemporary, exciting, and innovative in an inclusive and equitable environment. From their first semester on campus, our students direct, devise, design, dance, act, critique, dramaturg, and produce raw and fully designed events.

We offer students experience in a breadth of programs, and we balance that experience with the highest standards of scholarship and professionalism to prepare them for careers in both practice and pedagogy. Our experiential education programs like the WildWind Performance Lab and The Marfa Intensive encourage transformation. However, we can only shape art if we understand and embrace the community around us.

Our students learn to be global leaders, dedicating their time and efforts to first understand and then to better the world around them.  We encourage students to break the silos and work between disciplines to contribute to a pluralistic society as leaders in their profession.

 

School Highlights

We provide the opportunities and experience students need to grow as artists and distinguish themselves regionally, nationally, and internationally.

 
 
 
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School of Theatre & Dance's Upcoming Production

The Antelope Party

The Antelope Party

The Antelope Party

 

 

SoTD Events

  • 10-20
    Oct

    The Antelope Party

    A timely new comedy that explores the rise of a new social order and how the currents of history, normalization, and fear can sweep up even the most generous "bronies."

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  • Oct 31-
    Nov 10

    Bright Star

    An uplifting theatrical journey that holds you tight in its grasp, Bright Star is as refreshingly genuine as it is daringly hopeful.

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  • 14-17
    Nov

    Fall Dance Festival

    Showcasing exciting new work, Fall Dance Festival is a capstone project that highlights the extraordinary talent of fourth-year students in our dance program.

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Latest SoTD News

 

Director Inducted into College of Fellows

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Instructor Yvonne Racz-Key shares her experience as a Fulbright Scholar at the Hungarian Dance University in Budapest.

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SOTD hosts an international seminar about balancing parenthood with a career in the dance industry. 

Texas Tech Maedgen Theatre

Guest artists David Olarte and Carla León work with dance students to create a new work for DanceTech 2025.

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Meet a few of the new undergraduate and graduate students in our Fall 2024 incoming class.

 

Accreditations

Academic programs in the TCVPA School of Theatre & Dance are accredited by the following:

 

Professional Organizations

The School of Theatre & Dance is a member of numerous professional organizations that amplify opportunities for faculty and students not only to further their education, but also to share their research and creative activities while networking with industry leaders across the nation.