ScriptWorks’ Out of Ink 2022: Unusual Embrace

Short-form showcase spotlights local artists in 10 minutes or less

"...human eye. These were the parameters for inclusion in ScriptWorks' Out of Ink 2022: Unusual Embrace – this year's..."

April 29, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

ScriptWorks' Out of Ink 2019: Artificially Intelligent

The 10-minute plays in this year's edition of the annual showcase venture outside the comfort zone

"...10-minute works premiering at this year's Out of Ink, ScriptWorks' annual new-play showcase. Our protagonist Aaron (Matrex Kilgore) is..."

May 3, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Out of Ink 2016: Carry On

As usual, ScriptWorks' annual showcase of 10-minute plays is a bit rough but shows the promise of creative minds

"...Among the many annual events on Austin's arts calendar, ScriptWorks' Out of Ink is among the smallest. Each year,..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Austin One-Minute Play Festival Is Back!

ScriptWorks presents another round of locally penned 60-second dramas – 70 staged back-to-back

"...theatre. For the second year, 1MPF is partnering with ScriptWorks, the homegrown organization dedicated to the career advancement and..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

FronteraFest: The Place to Start

Hyde Park Theatre and ScriptWorks' annual performance festival keeps giving artists a spot to launch a stage career in Austin

"...annual arts calendar. For years, Hyde Park Theatre and ScriptWorks' unjuried jamboree of performances has followed the same format:..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

2016 Long Fringe Canceled

Permit issue leads FronteraFest to shut down part of festival

"...joint statement from fest co-producers Christina J. Moore of ScriptWorks and Ken Webster of Hyde Park Theatre announced that..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Arts Board Love Stories

That special thing that happens between artists and boards of directors can be a lot like a love relationship: Intimate. Fulfilling. Long-term. Working as one body. However, it can be and often is complicated.

"...Emily Ball Cicchini, who helped found Austin ScriptWorks, called me with a flattering offer: "We're doubling the..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Random Acts of Magic

The 2015 batch of Out of Ink 10-minute plays is a satisfying buffet of silliness and thoughtfulness

"...of Magic, this year's Out of Ink offering from ScriptWorks...."

May 1, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Out of Ink 2017: Object Lessons

This year’s crop of new 10-minute plays captures the apprehension in the air but with creativity and craft

"...and again in Object Lessons, the 19th edition of ScriptWorks' annual Out of Ink showcase. The eight 10-minute plays..."

May 5, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

On the Stage, On the Screen: Austin's Theatres Embrace a Virtual Future

Ahead of Austin Playfest and the All Together Now! Revue, directors and producers discuss the challenges and potential they've found online

"...new limits. Like seemingly every other group, the writer-driven Scriptworks was forced to cancel its planned 2020 annual anthology..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Recommended Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

Weather’s lovely, isn’t it? Just right for going out into the city.

"...2) It’s the theatrical version of flash fiction: ScriptWorks presents the 20th annual Out of Ink showcase of..."

April 26, 2018 Arts Post

Making Room to Play

Create Space Austin kicks off the drive to secure more performing venues in the city

"...Moore, executive artistic director of the playwright service organization ScriptWorks, helmed the mini-conference, along with performer/producer Jason Phelps and..."

April 15, 2016 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Out of Ink 2012: Sound Off

Eight playwrights wrote 10-minute plays, and the audience lived happily ever after

"...of Ink 2012: Sound OffBlue Theatre, 916 Springdale, 454-9727 www.scriptworks.org Through April 28 Running Time: 1 hr., 50 min...."

April 27, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Knot a Secret

After 17 years, playwright Hank Schwemmer is finally getting seen

"...the same thing about Hank," says fest producer and ScriptWorks Executive Director Christina J. Moore. "Just when you think..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out of Ink: Forgetting Finnegan

The charm of ScriptWorks' annual showcase of 10-minute plays is in its potluck nature

"...Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., 474-7886 www.scriptworks.org..."

April 15, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Culture Flash

The city helps artists plan, and a writers' organization edits its own name

"...retain their membership when they move to other cities.) ScriptWorks is not only a sleeker moniker but better reflects..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Column by Robert Faires

FronteraFest Is Back to Push New Boundaries

The theatrical fringe festival proves there's still space to experiment in a crowded Austin

"...will be a collaboration between Hyde Park Theatre and ScriptWorks, a joyous joint venture celebrating its 28th year of..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Excitingly Unpredictable

The best fringe since fashion week, FronteraFest 2015 promises a month of exhilarating alternative performance

"...and events. January is when Hyde Park Theatre and ScriptWorks' FronteraFest begins, kicking off a month of some of..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Nowhere to Play

The Cost of Art, Part I: Austin's growth and rising rent take out theatre venues, one by one

"...Christi Moore is frustrated. It took the ScriptWorks executive director six months of searching to find a..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Review: Austin Playhouse's Previews of Departing Attractions

Twenty years in the making, Lowell Bartholomee's latest collection of short plays is worth the wait

"...as well as those he met during the recent ScriptWorks Out of Ink 23rd annual 10-minute play showcase at..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Austin Playhouse Opens New Venue with Lowell Bartholomee’s Previews of Departing Attractions

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll … possibly think of Walter Matthau?

"...pieces: For that same FronteraFest when it happens, for ScriptWorks’ Out of Ink series, for the deep entertainment of..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Culture Flash!

City arts funding revisions get a thumbs-up from council, theatre artists sing for cancer charities, and local playwrights meet and greet

"...thirsty playwrights.) For more information, call 454-9727 or e-mail info@scriptworks.org...."

Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Mmmm! Mmmm! Good drama!

Austin Script Works has four new scripts just out of the oven that it wants you to sample

"...W. 43rd. For more information, call 454-9727 or visit www.scriptworks.org...."

Oct. 29, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Bullets

It's the Changing of the Bard, from Dietz to Swanson, and Tina Marsh plays it cool for CO2. Artists talk techniques, and teens tell you where to find Good Love.

"...W. 33rd. For more information, call 454-9727 or visit www.scriptworks.org...."

July 9, 2004 Arts Feature

Articulations

A weekly rundown of the latest news in Austin's visual and performing arts scene

"...starting at $10. For reservations to the benefit e-mail info@scriptworks.org, or call 692-0523. (For all other dates and times..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin Playwrights Dan Dietz and Tom White get produced in L.A., playwright Colin Swanson gets two shows mounted in NYC, and set designer Christopher McCollum and painter Michael Ray Charles show up on PBS.

"...for Hyde Park Theatre (www.hydeparktheatre.org) and Austin Script Works (www.scriptworks.org) . For more information or to request an application..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Everyone's a Critic

The theatre community sounds off on critics as artists.

"...process fair? Playwright John Walch, artistic director of Austin ScriptWorks, says, "There has to be something somewhat democratic about..."

July 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Articulations

The sophomore production for the Actors Repertory of Texas theatre company.

"...more info, call John Walch at 454-9727 or visit http://www.scriptworks.org...."

March 24, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Tapestry Moves!

"...conjunction with the Austin Circle of Theatres and Austin Scriptworks, will host a reception before the fireworks at the..."

July 4, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Ground Floor Theatre's There and Back

This new play by Raul Garza lets us spend a lifetime with an immigrant and all the decisions she makes

"...was only 10 minutes, as it was generated through ScriptWorks' Out of Ink program for writing 10-minute plays. That..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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