Elizabeth Cobbe
Elizabeth Cobbe is a journalist, dramaturg, and playwright. By day, she writes python and javascript, and by night she writes reviews, arts coverage, and plays. She moved to Austin in 2005.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock takes a comic turn in Penfold Theatre’s three-actor spin on The Hound of the Baskvervilles
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The Strangerer
Bush 43 ponders murder and existentialism while debating Kerry in this ambitious comedy from Capital T
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Trouble Puppet’s The Wars of Heaven, Part I
The eons-old battle between heaven and hell gets reorganized along gender lines
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Random Acts of Magic
The 2015 batch of Out of Ink 10-minute plays is a satisfying buffet of silliness and thoughtfulness
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The Christians
Hyde Park Theatre’s The Christians is remarkable in its compassion for its characters’ beliefs
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Everything Is Established
Physical Plant’s new work is a fast, funny, disturbing example of great Austin playmaking
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Dug Up and Fed Up
In Thr3e Zisters, Salvage Vanguard disinters Chekhov’s famous siblings in a beautiful, fascinating, cutting way
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Exhibitionism
C. Denby Swanson and Jenny Larson execute a real Nordic move in this murderous show
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The Method Gun
The Rude Mechs’ play both affirms and dismantles everything your own guru taught you
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Exhibitionism
Penfold’s condensed version of Shakespeare’s play, played by five actors, brings out the heart of the tragedy