Thursdays, 7pm, Fri., April 12, 8pm, Sat., April 20, 8pm, Fri., April 26, 8pm, Sat., May 4, 8pm, Fri., May 10, 8pm, Fri., May 24, 8pm, Fri., June 7, 8pm, Fri., June 21, 8pm, Fri., July 5, 8pm and Fri., July 19, 8pm
Lauren Gunderson's excellent comedy features William Shakespeare's friends and fellow actors in The King's Men company doing whatever it takes to make sure that true versions of the Bard's plays survive – by compiling the First Folio, thwarting all the tailcoat-riding bastardized versions, faithfully recapturing the words that shaped their lives. Directed by Lara Toner Haddock for Austin Playhouse. And, prithee, what did our reviewer think of the show?
Through June 30. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $36-42 (student discounts available).
Doula Training International hosts a conference about all things birthing. Expect 200 birth workers, holistic health professionals, and leaders in the field for three days of resource sharing, skill building, and professional development.
BSOM University offers a six-course roster of classes centered around cultural contributions of minority groups in America and around the world, from poetry in the Middle East to counterculture America and the Vietnam War. The instructors include local artists, business owners, cultural archivists, and one UT staff affiliate.
June 5-Aug. 8. Mon.-Thu., 6:30 & 8pm. Free, but donations welcome.
Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt is currently accepting applications for a visiting justice of the peace to hear class C misdemeanor cases and more. Those selected – a legal background is required – will be part of a roster available to serve when a sitting Travis County judge is away.
Founding members of the Austin-based Black Mountain Project – Adrian Aguilera, Betelhem Makonnen, and Tammie Rubin – debut a new body of work in sculpture, photography, text, and video. Also on display at the Carver: "Re-Membering Is the Responsibility of the Living," an installation by Taja Lindley.
What does Dana Robinson use to create her monoprints? Images that circulated in printed advertisements, images from which she's removed traces of exploitative white-dominated capitalist visual language to allow the individuals pictured to regain their agency in the world. Images from vintage Ebony magazine ads, in this show.
This new show features works by Annie Darling and David Elliott, the paintings and sculpture on display here offering each artist's own vision – always colorful, sometimes dazzling – of our quickly expanding and changing city.
Linklater's period ensemble piece about a group of teenagers on the last day of high school in 1976 also functions as a timeless social study of high school's character types and the system's abuses of power.
This new show of beautiful sculptural works by Laura Latimer is informed and inspired by the way an organism physically modifies an environment or moves to another habitat that better suits its needs. (Kind of like the way Dimension's outdoor Sculpture Park moved across the street, y'might say, and you could experience that before or after viewing this fine exhibition.)