Found at the Daily Texan on-line:
Student-run troupe wins ‘hearts’
By Olivia Watson, Daily Texan Staff
Published: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
With a successful first production under its belt, I Heart M.O.M. is a student-run theatre company ready to create more opportunities for students as the fall semester begins.
I Heart M.O.M. has been on the UT scene since November 2009. Created by theatre and dance undergraduates junior Jon Cook, senior Michael Howell, senior Tim Stafford and UT theatre and dance alumna Michelle Flanagan, the company is using a fresh idea to reach larger audiences.
The four coproducers collaborate by writing scripts, building sets, casting actors and directing for the shows they produce. Though works are created and sometimes performed at UT, I Heart M.O.M. is not a registered UT organization.
“We didn’t want it to just be another school theatre company, we wanted it to carry over to the outside world,” Cook said.
Flanagan added about creating the company, “We were all developing our own pieces independently and in talking about what we wanted to do in the future, we decided it would be cool if our close knit friends could make a name together.” Though, the acronym “M.O.M.” is a secret between the creators.
“It was a place where we could all put our own work and a place we could develop from,” Howell said.
With the encouragement of Denise Martel, producing director for the Department of Theatre and Dance, and others, the company was able to become a reality.
[Next production: Witness Protection and Sweet Chariots, UT Lab Theatre, December 2-4]
Read more of Olivia Watson's profile at the Daily Texan online. . . .
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