UT Committee is the governing body and public face of University Theater. As elected representatives, Committee is responsible for fostering, approving, scheduling, and supporting student productions. They relate the needs and concerns of the UT community to TAPS Pro Staff and the Center for Leadership and Involvement, ensuring the stability and continuity of theater and performance on campus. Committee members write and propose new bylaws, striving to accurately reflect the current needs of the community as well as their vision for how UT might change and grow. Often, this work is done in subcommittees dedicated to specific initiatives. Reach out to Committee to learn more about subcommittees and join one if you have a strong interest in working with Committee on an initiative!

Committee is made up of ten elected members, as well as one representative from Off-Off Campus, Tech Staff, Student Staff, and the Dean’s Men. They meet every Monday at 5pm! Locations may vary by quarter; refer to the UT listhost for up-to-date information. Each meeting begins with a Public Portion, where members of the community are encouraged to participate, say hi, and share their thoughts. Make sure to stop by!

Want to run for Committee? Elections are every year, 6th week of Winter Quarter!

How do you contact Committee? Reach all of us at ut-committee@lists.uchicago.edu, or click on the names below to email members individually.

  • Emily Curran (Chair) is a fourth-year Public Policy and Sociology major and TAPS minor. This is her second year on Committee after serving as Social Chair last year. Her UT and TAPS credits include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Logainne SchwartzandGrubenierre); Cactus Flower (Liaison); 35MM: A Musical Exhibition (Vocalist); 13th Morning (Lighting Designer & Asst. Director); If/Then (Liaison); Much Ado About Nothing (Margaret); Arcadia (Asst. Lighting Designer); Strings Attached (Lighting Designer); Falsettos (Charlotte); Twelfth Night (Lighting Designer); Be More Chill (Asst. Lighting Designer); Macbeth in Space (Lighting Designer); and Romeo & Juliet (Asst. Lighting Designer). She is also a Theater[24] Curator and is beyond pleased to be working with this fantastic group of people for another year!

  • Alasdair Dodd (Treasurer) is a fourth year East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Religious Studies double major. His UT credits include Falsettos (Lighting Designer), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stage Manager), Royal Flush (Stage Manager), The Arsonists (Lighting Designer) and Troilus & Cressida (Production Manager). He is very excited to be on committee and make at least one spreadsheet!

  • August Petry (Secretary) is a second-year TAPS and Public Policy major. Their UT credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Director), If/Then (Assistant Director) and Cactus Flower (Assistant Lighting Designer & Assistant Production Manager). They are so excited to work with Committee and be your secretary for this year!

  • Sara Romai (Social Chair) is a third year Political Science and Economics major double major. Her UT credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Assistant Production Manager), If/Then (Assistant Stage Manager), Cactus Flower (Stage Manager), and As Y’all Like It (Adam/Corin). She is very excited to have joined Committee this fall!

  • Joseph DePaula (Outreach Chair) Joseph DePaula (Outreach Chair) is a Medieval Studies/History major & TAPS minor. Primarily an actor, his UT credits (former & upcoming) include Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood (Little John), Dead Fun Society (Mark Hellebrand), The Taming of the Shrew (Grumio), and Strings Attached (Walt), as well as assistant directing Much Ado About Nothing (Fall 2024) and directing Cactus Flower (Spring 2025)! This is his second year on Committee in the capacity of Outreach Chair, which means he runs all UT social media and photographs every show. He also currently serves on the boards of both Cup of Theater (as Artistic Director) and of Attori Senza Paura/UChicago Commedia (as Production Manager)! He is incredibly excited to work with the new Committee!

  • Josiah Rubio (Dean’s Men Liaison) is a third year TAPS and CHDV major and they have been a part of UT and the Dean’s Men (woop!) since winter quarter of their first year. They have been on various productions in different roles such as director, actor, sound, and scenic. They’re chillin at the moment.

  • Madison Esrey (Off-Off Liaison) is a third-year Cinema and Media Studies/English Language and Literature double-major who currently serves as the Production Manager and UT Liaison for Off-Off Campus, where she’s appeared in many, many comedy shows including Off-Off Campus Struggles With Intimacy, Murder on the ISAC Express, and SlimeGrimeCrime. When she’s not trying to make people laugh onstage, you can find her updating her ever-changing rankings of the campus coffee shops or catching a screening at Doc Films!

  • TBA (Administrative Staff Liaison) is currently a rotating position while TAPS selects a new Managing Director.

  • Eva Schultz (Tech Staff Liaison) Eva Schultz is a third year astrophysics and visual arts double major. Their UT credits include: Falsettos (Scenic Designer), Weekend of Workshops (Director, Writer, Actor), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scenic and Lighting Designer), and If/Then (Scenic Designer). You can find them rehearsing with their Acapella group, working in the Logan wood shop, and working in their lab on campus!

  • Will Rehmus is a third-year astrophysics major and TAPS minor. Their UT credits include: Muscle Memory (Asst. Lighting), Cassandra (Lighting and Sound), Falsettos (Asst. Stage Manager), Strings Attached: A Musical (Co-Sound), The Play That Goes Wrong (Asst. Lighting), Much Ado About Nothing (Scenic), Troilus and Cressida (Asst. Sound), 13th Morning (Committee Liaison), 35 mm (Asst. Sound), and Cactus Flower (Lighting). They also run this website! Please reach out if there are any issues, this codebase is a mess and they’re doing their best.

  • Clara Pressey is a second year TAPS and Classical Studies major! She is an avid Theater[24] enjoyer and a member of Off-Off Campus. This is her first year on UT Committee, and she is beyond excited to be involved!

  • Rachel Bolte is a fourth-year Sociology major. Her UT credits include Thirteenth Morning (Olivia), The Arsonists (PM), and The Play That Goes Wrong (APM). You can usually find her color-coding spreadsheets or reading books.

  • Kaden Kaden is a third-year History and Linguistics major from San Francisco who has worked on a variety of UT shows in lighting, sound, costume, and scenic design. They’ve never been on committee before but are excited to give it the ol’ college try.

  • Maya Miller is a student in the College.

Past committee members and their bios can be found here.