Pleasure With the Payne

38th annual local theatre awards ceremony tonight

"...If show folk across Austin are pulling out their spiffiest duds and stocking up..."

Nov. 5, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gay Place

Welcome to Hell ... Halloween, Austin queer-style

"...FALSETTOS Austin Theatre Project presents this evening of la-la-las from the..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Dreaming ART

This year in Austin, autumn brings a Spring Storm, and with it Actors Repertory of Texas, the realization of the city's long-cherished dream of a locally based professional theatre company.

"...Spring Storm is receiving its world premiere production in Austin. Inside the B. Iden Payne Theatre, an opening-night crowd..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Taking the World Stage

How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means

"...Exhibit A: An Austin-born theatre piece wows audiences from Galway, Ireland, to Seattle,..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin Critics Table to the last year in the arts...."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...achievements in dance, classical music, the visual arts, and theatre. The nominations for these awards, covering the period from..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Does an Artist Get a Passport?

Two Austin playwrights join dozens of writers from across the hemisphere to 'dream the Americas'

"...We being Austin playwrights Amparo Garcia-Crow and C. Denby Swanson and Dreaming..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature

`Tis the Season...

When Zachary Scott Theatre Center Flies With Angels

"...easy, not for Oedipus or for the Zachary Scott Theatre Center. The tragic king of ancient Greek drama took..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Telling' the Truth

Austin veterans perform their pasts to bridge the civilian-military divide

"...Fifteen years later, on a Saturday morning in an Austin Community College classroom, the mocking continued."Something's different about you,"..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...just once but four times. And right here in Austin...."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...see, these scribes initially focused their attention solely on theatre, and that's what they handed out awards for. By..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Revolution in Acting

The SITI Company's J. Ed Araiza is transforming the way Austin actors view their art

"...of unusually promising young actors has appeared on the Austin theatre scene, contributing vivid performances to shows as diverse..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Entrances & Exits

Comings and Goings on the Theatre Scene

"...with the characters in the ongoing drama we call Austin theatre. Each season sees the arrival of actors, directors,..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Arts Feature

Rate of Exchange

Why the Russian connection matters to Austin theatre

"...In May, Austin was one of four stops in the U.S. for..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...to conjure dread in the heart of a poor theatregoer. It suggests self-proclaimed artistes in black turtlenecks spewing stream-of-consciousness..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

2007-2008 B. Iden Payne Award Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...Ashes, Ashes (UT Department of Theatre & Dance)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

2008 Payne Awards Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...Ashes, Ashes (UT Department of Theatre & Dance)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

Home Improvement

Live Oak Theatre and the Overhaul of the State

"...won't be leaving any little bundles under Live Oak Theatre's tree. Oh, it isn't because this longtime local stage..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sudden, Silent Exit

Director Mark Ramont Leaves Austin

"...finished packing his belongings into a truck and left Austin, Texas, for good. He had told no one in..."

July 21, 1995 Arts Feature

Hustle and Show

City Theatre Company's first year is a lesson in building a new stage and mounting a season at breakneck speed

"...Some theatre companies plan for years to take over their own..."

July 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Homecoming Queen

Many actors leave Austin seeking a career on the stage and are never heard from by the folks in their old hometown. But Austin native Starla Benford has come home as the star of a national tour. She talks about starting out at Harvard, making her mark as a professional, and nine months on the road with The Vagina Monologues.

"...themselves on local stages take their final bows in Austin and set off in search of theatrical careers elsewhere...."

June 8, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...Rod Caspers wears a crew-cut and projects a bossy demeanor that makes him seem as much..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Godspell

The Austin Theatre Project cast is exuberantly energetic, but it's in the still moments that they're most true to this musical

"...GodspellDougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd. www.austintheatreproject.org Through Aug. 31 Running time: 2 hr...."

Aug. 29, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Many Worlds of Author Marshall Ryan Maresca

The Austin-based maestro of Maradaine writes and sells at a steady and impressive pace

"...and it's written by a clever and longtime D&D-playing Austinite who cut his scribbling teeth on writing stage plays..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cultural Cancellations and Postponements: The Big List

What's not happening around Austin, arts-wise

"...As noted elsewhere on this site, Austinites are wasting no time in taking their art online,..."

March 24, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Terminal Stage

With 'Adam Sultan,' playwright Steve Moore again reflects on friendship and mortality in Austin

"...who is based on and also portrayed by the Austin theatre artist and musician of that name – my..."

April 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

New curatorial directions, a new drama getting around, and a new way for theatre to change lives

"...• Austin Theatre Project received a $103,600 grant from Impact Austin..."

June 29, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'

The Georgetown Palace Theatre tours its hit musical to the State Theatre

"...Okay, Austin, since you've yet to visit the Georgetown Palace Theatre,..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On His Mark

Richard Linklater explores the rich contradictions of artifice and reality, theatre and film, love and desire in Me and Orson Welles

"...When entering a theatre to see any film by director Richard Linklater for..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Making Room to Play

Create Space Austin kicks off the drive to secure more performing venues in the city

"...Two things happen when a roomful of Austin theatre artists gather with no audience present: They start..."

April 15, 2016 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

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