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Opening night of Dead Man's Cell phone played to a sold house, with performances full of curiosity, contrast and unexpected twists.

WT Theatre puts on: Dead Man’s Cell Phone

Kate Kinder, Lead Reporter October 2, 2025

On Sept. 25, 2025, West Texas A&M University’s theatre department put on their latest show, ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’. Opening to a sold-out audience. I arrived early at the box office to get...

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Comedy Tonight, Tragedy Tomorrow

Comedy Tonight, Tragedy Tomorrow

Ashlyn Harvell, Contributor April 28, 2025

WT Theater’s last production of the 2024-2025 season, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, is a hilarious, picture perfect, masterpiece. Forum, a comedy, was first published by Burt Shevelove...

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West Texas A&M University's Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex, photo courtesy of WTAMU

WT Theater Productions: What, how and why

Jonah Dietz, Senior Reporter September 19, 2021

Every year West Texas A&M University’s Theater Department puts on around four to five productions, ranging from Shakesperian dramas to musical comedies. Each summer the production list is announced...

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Cover artwork for Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play, by Joe Landry

WT Theater finds a place on the airwaves

Jonah Dietz, Senior Reporter September 5, 2020

It is difficult to begin a story about the effects of the pandemic without making it seem like the outbreak was a spontaneous and surprising event that happened last Thursday. We are not surprised...

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Photo by Steven Osburn
poster located just outside of the Fine Arts complex promoting the play

Ada and the Engine is a calculated success

Steven Osburn November 13, 2019

  Ada and the Engine was being performed at the Branding Iron Theatre in the Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex from Nov. 14-16 starting at 7:30 pm and on Nov. 17 at 2:30 pm. The story is...

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