Out of Ink: Forgetting Finnegan

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

"...at present numbering more than a hundred, to write 10-minute plays in only 48 hours, with each play based..."

April 15, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Flash Dance: 30 Dances in 60 Minutes

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company's Flash Dance: 30 Dances in 60 Minutes won't give you Jennifer Beals, just clean, clear movement in expressive, compact little nuggets

"...Fringe. Then there's Austin Script Works' annual harvest of 10-minute plays in its Out of Ink festival (coming our..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin playwright John Walch goes to Louisville for its festival of new plays; Vincent Kitch goes to Washington for Americans for the Arts; and Everett Quinton goes to Seattle for a new production of Twisted Olivia.

"...anthology for the 28th Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Titled Fast and Loose,..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Arts Column 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.

"...Finer Point Production program, through which ScriptWorks produced members' plays, the board agreed to a Finer Point Production Fund,..."

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

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

"...innovate within that form. ... Some theatres did audio plays, some did animated/live-action hybrids, Deaf Austin Festival did a..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Changing of the Bard

Austin Script Works director Dan Dietz passes the pen to Colin Denby Swanson

"...to relinquish the wheel and get back to writing plays full time. So, on June 30, the author of..."

May 21, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Frailty, Thy Name Ain't Woman

"...trusted. For every fully realized, three-dimensional heroine in his plays -- say, Rosalind, Beatrice, Juliet -- there are two..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Arts Feature 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

"...generated through ScriptWorks' Out of Ink program for writing 10-minute plays. That version followed the same storyline with the..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Speaking in Tongues: Un Bon Buffet!

Sample the Austin theatre scene in tasty 10-minute bites via the new Austin Script Works' compilation Speaking in Tongues.

"...Welcome to Speaking in Tongues, a selection of nine 10-minute plays written during a weekend-long Austin Script Works writing..."

March 10, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Belle de Jour

Rufus Wainwright's wardrobe change

"...a diva out of the studio to do a 10-minute phoner with some yokel down in Texas doesn't inspire..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Mondo Mink

Mink Stole on life with John Waters and death in the new horror-comedy All About Evil

"...is her newest, All About Evil, a horror-comedy that plays with classic horror movie tropes and co-stars Natasha Lyonne..."

May 14, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar wrestles with the subcutaneous nature of beauty

"...part of Short Stories 10, a program of seven 10-minute plays produced by NativeAliens Theatre Collective (www.nativealiens.org) every year..."

June 26, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Articulations

ArtPlex Additions

"...of the Texas brawl) and that holiday festival of 10-minute plays crammed into Little City just before Xmas -..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Five Recommended Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

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

"...presents the 20th annual Out of Ink showcase of 10-minute plays, with a swift array of drama, hilarity, and..."

April 26, 2018 Arts Post

Lisa Scheps' Ground Floor Theatre

The tireless advocate for the underserved has built a home for their stories

"...Group presented The Flip Side, a collection of six 10-minute plays all told from the vantage points of people..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Jenn Lewis

Live Shots

Dianne Reeves, Pam Hart/Austin Music Festival

"..."Suzanne," both from Bridges, swung with funky soul. Her 10-minute, set-ending ode to family, "We Don't Talk About Grandma..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature

Looking for Las Vegas

An Austin playwright discovers Sin City by going to Louisville

"...a show at the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Curtain is in 90 minutes. It's a 50-minute flight...."

May 5, 2006 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

"...a series of disturbing images loosely strung together, Taguchi plays the “Salaryman,” an average Joe who accidentally runs over..."

Sept. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Record Reviews

"...the occasional light strings and horns, This Is Hardcore plays well and cares for your soul, so the least..."

May 8, 1998 Music Review

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Texas stars - especially native and honorary Austinites - plays a big part in the list. Sandra Bullock brings..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beatriz at Dinner

Classes clash over chow

"...Everyone but Beatriz. As Hayek plays this outsider – a Mexican émigré in a plainly..."

June 16, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Knot a Secret

After 17 years, playwright Hank Schwemmer is finally getting seen

"...Considering how many original plays are produced in Austin every year and have been..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Risk Immersion

Time again to sink deeply into FronteraFest's exhilarating experiments in performance

"...– about suicide. A selection from the collection of plays A Matter of Taste...."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Am Legend

After a terrific start marked by the film's striking views of a desolate Manhattan island, Will Smith's mostly solo action movie devolves into a monster-movie malaise.

"...Price and The Omega Man starring Charlton Heston), Smith plays Robert Neville, a military immunologist who is the only..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Steamboy

Japanese anime director Katsuhiro Ôtomo, best known for Akira, here delivers a dazzlingly straightforward rush that thrusts its protagonist into astonishing action set-piece after set-piece.

"...masterworks, and in fact, if anything, the optimistic Steamboy plays like an ode to the possibilities of the creative..."

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Articulations

The final exit for actress Patsy Goldwater, a home run for playwright Dan Dietz, a fair for your inner Frankenstein, and a training ground for aspiring critics

"...of the park with his script Trash Anthem. The 10-minute play has been accepted for presentation at the 2003..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Moontower Comedy 2019: Joel Kim Booster

The L.A. comic on the politics (and bravery) of being hot

"...life and upbringing, but you’re also a comedian who plays with a stage persona. I’m curious about how you..."

April 24, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

The Grandmaster

Visual master Wong Kar-Wai tells the story of the legendary martial-arts practitioner and teacher Ip Man.

"...now showing stateside? For this diehard Wong fan, it plays like an ambitious and anomalous entry in the canon..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shine a Light

The Rolling Stones gather no moss in this Martin Scorsese-directed concert film that's playing on both IMAX and conventional screens.

"...upsizing Shine a Light for IMAX screens (it also plays in conventional theatres) transforms concert film into concert. The..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Articulations

Playwright Dan Dietz gets his second play staged at the Humana Festival in Louisville, Johnson / Long Dance Company heads to Hamburg, and Zach shuffles its season

"...for two at the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Last year, the playwright and artistic director of Austin..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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