FronteraFest Is Back to Push New Boundaries

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

"...the wizards behind the curtain. So we asked HPT's Katherine Catmull, and Christina J. Moore, executive artistic director of..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

MacIvor’s House, Now In Your House

One man’s relentlessly fucked-up existence debuts on YouTube

"...I imagine his wife (the actor and bestselling author) Katherine Catmull agreeing. “Fuck it, you can do it on-camera.”..."

March 26, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Capital T Theatre's It Is Magic

This captivating staging of Mickle Maher's comedy debates theatre's enchantments where Macbeth meets "The Three Little Pigs"

"...when you least expect it and much that surprises. Katherine Catmull's sweetly hopeful Deb, defending theatre's magic, might seem..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Playhouse's Summer and Bird

This world premiere production gives audiences of all ages the chance to travel to a mythical land of wonders

"...the same name, adapted by its author, Austin's own Katherine Catmull, the surface story of the play is also..."

May 10, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

Hyde Park Theatre's A Doll's House, Part 2

Like its source material, this sequel from another mother entertains and inspires on its own terms

"...portrayal carefully captures the same qualities and characteristics that Katherine Catmull displays as Emmy's estranged mother...."

March 8, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Capital T Theatre's Small Mouth Sounds

This hilarious and moving production reveals near deafening truths with barely a sound

"...McBride, Jason Phelps, Delante G. Keys, Theresa Baldwin, and Katherine Catmull (under the purposeful eye of veteran director Mark..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...Lead Actress Katherine Catmull, John Barbara Chisholm, The Totalitarians Sarah Marie Curry,..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hyde Park Theatre's John

In playwright Annie Baker's fun twist on haunted house tales, you learn what it is to be watched

"...famous Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg. The owner, Mertis (Katherine Catmull), greets them. She seems off in a creepy-but-amusing..."

March 17, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Sister of Shattering Glass

A new supernatural thriller spills out, live, through your phone

"...Austin’s Physical Plant Theater, written by the acclaimed novelist Katherine Catmull and enhanced with images by Annie Gunn and..."

Feb. 8, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2016

Works that struck a nerve with the political state of our city and our nation stood out in this year's outstanding theatre productions

"...T Theatre) The reunion of writer Mickle Maher with Katherine Catmull, Jason Phelps, and Ken Webster made this Twilight..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2016

Uncommon combinations – dance with horses, music with robots, drama with a Tesla coil – made the year unforgettable

"...modern rom-com celebration of William Blake's writings – with Katherine Catmull, Ken Webster, and Jason Phelps, that he decided..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Song About Himself

Walt Whitman's spirit logs on to social media with imagination in this Mickle Maher drama

"...Carol's aloneness in that expanse is made palpable by Katherine Catmull, clutching a clarinet and bearing the beaten, haunted..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Katherine Catmull at the Texas Teen Book Festival

Like a fairy in her YA novel The Radiant Road, Katherine Catmull keeps transforming the mundane into lovely art

"...She's always creating at least three things at once. Katherine Catmull has just returned to Austin from a West..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

The Q&A Hole: What’s the Most Important Thing in Life?

With JT Habersaat, David Wheeler, Jodi Egerton, Marc English & more.

"...of the people here – not even that adorable Catmull and Webster pair at the end – were aware..."

Sept. 27, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

To Build a Home

Four Austin writers discuss how they create their fantastic worlds

"...Stina Leicht, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Donna Dechen Birdwell, and Katherine Catmull all make Austin their home base, but each..."

June 17, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

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

"...performers into wherever his character exists at that moment.) Katherine Catmull's "Right Into the Night Sky" also manages to..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Radiant Road

Author Katherine Catmull elegantly summons a fairy-tale timelessness for this YA story of teen anxieties, fairies, and creativity

"...With The Radiant Road, Katherine Catmull elegantly summons that same fairy-tale timelessness, that gentle..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

Hyde Park Theatre's The Quarry

Greg Pierce's play is rough and has sharp edges, but in the end there is heart that is worth discovering

"...attention from American playwrights. Perhaps that's because, like Jean (Katherine Catmull), the center of The Quarry, it's a place..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...KATHERINE CATMULL..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Christians

Hyde Park Theatre's The Christians is remarkable in its compassion for its characters' beliefs

"...all the way to his decades-old marriage to Elizabeth (Katherine Catmull)...."

March 20, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Pleasure of the Paynes 2014

The 'Fix' was in at the 40th theatre awards ceremony

"...Lead Actress Katherine Catmull, There Is a Happiness That Morning Is..."

Nov. 4, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

We Play Chekhov: Two Short Stories on Stage

Breaking String's two-course meal of Chekhov tales proves both meaty and effervescent

"...by giving the burgeoning feminist Nadia a fresh relevance. Katherine Catmull shines as Nadia's neurotic mother, and when her..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2013

Remembering the year thick with superlative works of art onstage and in galleries

"...script was embodied by three actors – Jason Phelps, Katherine Catmull, and Ken Webster, already among the best in..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

There Is a Happiness That Morning Is

Mickle Maher's play is fiercely literary yet wholly accessible, and Capital T Theatre's staging is a joy

"...Watching such accomplished, capable actors as Katherine Catmull and Jason Phelps playing these roles, under Mark..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

He Happy Is

For Mark Pickell, Capital T Theatre is a source of joy

"...director I have ever worked with, actually," says actor Katherine Catmull, which is saying something, considering that the directors..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Cast About

When Austin thespians go out to drink, here's where they go

"...Katherine Catmull: I am really liking Gourmands right now, which..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Who Dares Try to Out-Author the Authors, Onstage and Off the Cuff?

Institution Theater improvisers wreak creativity on published works

"...just this past Friday – the featured author was Katherine Catmull, whose novel Summer and Bird is a sort..."

June 11, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Q&A Hole: What Color Would You Change the Sky To?

With Mical Trejo, Nate Southard, Katherine Catmull, Mark Love & more

"...Katherine Catmull, Author: The sky is so many shades of..."

April 15, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Full Hearts Can't Lose

The 21st annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...Katherine Catmull is the author of Summer and Bird, which was named..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Monica Riese

Short Story Contest Update

Of the 410 total entries, we're down to 10

"...world – Owen Egerton, Amanda Eyre Ward, Bob Byington, Katherine Catmull, and Jeanne Thornton – are currently poring over..."

Jan. 21, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

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