Hey – Are You White?

And what, if anything, do you intend to do about it?

"...new drama called Am I White by Austin playwright Adrienne Dawes. And this Connor guy is based on a..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Salvage Vanguard Theater's Denim Doves

Adrienne Dawes' play takes the idea of postapocalyptic sister wives in an original, amusing direction

"...Adrienne Dawes' script continues to evolve from there. The many-wives..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Home Is Where the Art Is

Time for FronteraFest's 'Mi Casa Es Su Teatro' fun

"...Austin for one-off site-specific performances. And this year's curator, Adrienne Dawes, has lined up some doozies...."

Feb. 8, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

New Live Comedy Show Is Doper Than What, Exactly?

Heckle Her Productions goes all Nineties-style with latest comedy gig

"...Heckle Her Productions, which means that Adrienne Dawes is one of the head honchos here. (Note:..."

July 13, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Summer's Easy Readin'

Writers on their go-to books for when their gray cells need a vacay, too

"...and La Ganga on Broadmoor Sat., June 13, 8pm. Adrienne Dawes, playwright, Am I White?..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Examining the Sins and Virtues of Hypermasculine Theatre

When is violence in theatre too much?

"...character tic' that I can consume," says Austin playwright Adrienne Dawes (Denim Doves, Am I White), whose work often..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

Am I White?

One man's twisted sense of racial identity unravels in Adrienne Dawes' brisk and tense new drama

"...See, the protagonist of Adrienne Dawes' tightly wound drama, receiving its world premiere from..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

New Solo Performance Shows How Black Mothers Are Left Doubly Unprotected by the Constitution

Taji Senior's amendment puts the country’s foundational document on trial

"...to investigate this material three years ago, when playwright Adrienne Dawes prodded her to create a solo show for..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pleasure of the Paynes 2015

Big wins for Am I White?, Heathers at the 2015 theatre awards

"...premiere production of Am I White?, by local playwright Adrienne Dawes, and another three, fittingly enough, for Thr3e Zisters,..."

Oct. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Identity Crisis

Two concurrent stage productions show what happens when we define ourselves too narrowly

"...Now, I don't expect that playwrights Mike Bartlett and Adrienne Dawes compared notes when they were penning Cock and..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Column by Robert Faires

FronteraFest 2013

Performance jamboree's 20th brings back old faves and welcomes new stars

"...or team of artists, and this year it's playwright/performer Adrienne Dawes (Am I White) and theatrical maven Sam Webber..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

You Are Pretty

St. Idiot's amazingly intimate tour of a brothel is funny, daring, and real

"...Playwright Adrienne Dawes returns frequently to the removal of the brothel's..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Rainbow Family of the Serendipitous Now, or the Orpheus Project

Rainbow Family of the Serendipitous Now refracts the Orpheus myth through the lens of the Manson family in a seamless, complex, color-coded vehicle

"...Let's mention, too, the script by Adrienne Dawes, which is as serviceable as it needs to..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

FronteraFest 2007: The lowdown

"...Greg Romero (Jan. 17); "Like Meat Love Salt," by Adrienne Dawes (Jan. 24); "Brand Loyalty," by Max Langert (Jan...."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature

Five Fantasy-Forward Arts Events

Experience the outer reaches of creative imagination

"...Salvage Vanguard Theatre presents Adrienne Dawes' new play – an immersive show that features..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pleasure of the Paynes 2016

Annual theatre awards think Terminus is the living end

"...Direction Adrienne Dawes, Doper Than Dope..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Arts Post

Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...Now Beyond by Daniel Alexander Jones and Bobby Halvorson, Adrienne Dawes' Am I White, and the dazzling metafictive zombiefest..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

Top honors to Salvage Vanguard's Thr3e Zisters, LOLA Austin's Femme Bohème, and Texas State's Kiss Me, Kate

"...DAVID MARK COHEN NEW PLAY AWARD (TIE)Am I White?, Adrienne Dawes Cenicienta, Rupert Reyes and Caroline Reck Dance..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Everything Is Exemplary

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Mark Cohen New Play Award (tie) Am I White?, Adrienne Dawes Cenicienta, Rupert Reyes and Caroline Reck DANCE..."

June 3, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Someone’s Got a Soul Grudge and It’s Gonna Hurt Like Whoa

Blue High Machine Mid-Southern Wrestling Coalition brings the pain

"...see you as an incarcerated felon in that intense Adrienne Dawes show Am I White? and as one-third of..."

May 26, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Am I White?, Adrienne Dawes..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Non-ACL Edition

Best queer-grrrl-tastic events this weekend and every weekend

"...Saturday night, alongside the play Am I White, by Adrienne Dawes. Buy tix for that now...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

And You Were There, and You Were There, and –

"...Adrienne Dawes playwright, performer..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Arts Feature

'Rainbow Family of the Serendipitous Now': Working together

"..."We began working in January," says Adrienne Dawes, SIC's business manager and, in this case, the..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Polaroid Stories

Polaroid Stories

"...very excellent glitter boy (Cory Cruser) sings to Echo (Adrienne Dawes) about his beautiful voice, and the expertly swaggering..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun