The Brockett Center at UT Austin

02/06/2019

Last week our directors condensed all of Austin's theatre history into a tight 45 minutes!

Imagine a thorough local history on a key subject delivered in 45 minutes by three Ph.D.s who also happen to be entertainers.That scholarly show was the

04/11/2018

If you are in Austin, please join us for the first Oscar G. Brockett Lecture next week! 5pm Thursday, April 19th in the Brockett Theatre at UT Austin.

09/21/2017

Our directors take to the field! Theatre history FTW!

09/12/2017

Our work is featured on UT's series on public history!

This Month in Theatre History September 12, 2017By Zoya Brumberg There are moments in history seldom publicly remembered and performed—and there are moments of performance that are seldom remembered in history. Reviving and sharing these stories has the potential to inform the ways we understand the...

02/08/2017

Our latest contribution to American Theatre!

From the birth of the Little Theatre movement and the Native American Theatre Ensemble to the death of Bert Williams, February was filled with notable moments in theatre history.

01/29/2017

Theatre history in performance!

After opening at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles nearly 40 years ago, Luis Valdez’s production is revived at its home theater.

01/17/2017

Our director was interviewed by the Howlround podcast series on theatre history!

Michael Lueger interviews Dr. Charlotte Canning on her new book and US theatre artists in the mid-twentieth century who shared their work abroad.

01/03/2017

Our Managing Director, Andrew Carlson, wrote this terrific piece on Othello for our most recent collaboration with American Theatre.

The history of Othello in the U.S. tells a story of race, erasure, and reclamation.

12/29/2016

A true triple threat---she conquered film, TV, and the stage. RIP, Ms. Reynolds.

Ms. Reynolds starred in “Singin’ in the Rain,” the classic MGM musical about 1920s moviemaking, in which she held her own with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor.

12/08/2016

Set your DVRs folks, tonight is one for the history books---8PM (7 central) on TCM a lost version of Glass Menagerie with Shirley Booth and Hal Holbrook!

Thanks to an indefatigable researcher, a 1966 television production of Tennessee Williams’s play will air for the second time in half a century.

08/09/2016

Our contribution to the most recent issue of American Theatre!

From the African Grove to the first playwrights' copyright, from Rude Mechs to the DMX512 dimmer protocol, this was an august month in theatre history.

08/03/2016

Our latest collaboration with American Theatre.

What have centenary commemorations of our most popular playwright had to say about us and our aspirations?