Mother Courage

Melba Martinez's legacy at Mary Moody Northen Theatre

"...Eddy, Jenny Larson, Bradley Carlin, Elizabeth Wakehouse, Andrea Skola, Brent Werzner, Jeffery Mills); and – the big one –..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Static

The Salvage Vanguard Theater world premiere of Ryan Pavelchik's 'Static' seats 12 viewers in a hotel room with a man desperately seeking to find himself

"...His name is Josh, and he's played by actor Brent Werzner as a man desperately seeking to find himself,..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Brent Werzner, StaticActor, Comedy..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fall Arts Issue Critics Picks

From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats

"...Mills from a script by him, Jason Newman, and Brent Werzner. Featuring an original score by Graham Reynolds, sound..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Vaudeville Vanya

St. Idiot Collective's 'Vaudeville Vanya' ambitiously seeks to explode a great old play with a great old medium, but it ends up a sheen of vaudeville brushed over a hellbent staging of Uncle Vanya

"...and props were breaking. Roll with it they did. Brent Werzner caught a falling wine glass without missing a..."

July 21, 2006 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

Vaudeville Vanya

Some of Austin's finest young actors have banded together as a creative family called St. Idiot Collective and are out to make solemn Anton Chekhov fun with 'Vaudeville Vanya'

"...busiest young actors – Lee Eddy, Jenny Larson, and Brent Werzner, among others – came out of the St...."

July 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Intergalactic Nemesis Trilogy

Salvage Vanguard Theater's repertory revival of all three parts of its popular Intergalactic Nemesis series parodying science fiction radio serials delivers three evenings of gluttonous intergalactic delectation

"...Neulander is blessed with just such a cast. While Brent Werzner, as earnestly serious, adventuresome archivist Ben Wilcott, and..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

I'd Like to Thank ...

The 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...DramaDustin Wills, CymbelineActress, DramaKelsey Kling, The Glory of LivingActor, DramaBrent Werzner, StaticSupporting Actress, DramaAnne Hulsman, Where Are They Now?Supporting..."

June 9, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Drive, He Said

In its 13th year, Jason Neulander shifts Salvage Vanguard Theater into overdrive

"...of Ryan Pavelchik's edgy Static, starring SVT acting savant Brent Werzner. And, coming up later this year, a first..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Twelfth Night

What the State Theatre Company's handsome but curiously reserved production of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' lacks is that liberating light-headedness of intoxication

"...but rarely burn with passion. (A notable exception being Brent Werzner's Antonio, whose devotion for Viola's twin brother, Sebastian,..."

March 3, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Americamisfit

Discovering why a rockabilly singer is in the middle of a play about mass-murdering brothers in the American Revolution is one of many delights in Dan Dietz's genius play 'Americamisfit'

"...is ably assisted in presenting them, most notably by Brent Werzner, who plays Big Harpe as a brooding stone..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Intergalactic Nemesis: Twin Infinity

'The Intergalactic Nemesis: Twin Infinity,' the third installment in Salvage Vanguard Theater's retro radio serial, is the only conclusion to a space opera trilogy you need this summer.

"...by Mike D'Alonzo, makes his every line a delight. Brent Werzner has the unenviable task of playing the straight..."

June 24, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Brent Werzner, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestSupporting Actress, Drama..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

St. Ed's Director Fired

Melba Martinez, artistic director at Mary Moody Northen Theatre for the past 12 years, has been fired from that position

"...Jeffery Mills, Jenny Larson, Bradley Carlin, Elizabeth Wakehouse, and Brent Werzner...."

July 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

St. Edward's University has bravely undertaken Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and the show is, strangely, a good time

"...the production is solid and supported with strong performances. Brent Werzner simply owns the role of R.P. McMurphy without..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

The House

The House, director J. Ed Araiza's third collaboration with the student artists at St. Edward's University, is unapologetically about them, which makes for the show's strengths and its weaknesses

"...sequences, we meet the confrontational Luke, played strongly by Brent Werzner, who is Houston's equal in his role as..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

A Revolution in Acting

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

"...and The Kentucky Cycle. These actors – Bradley Carlin, Brent Werzner, Elizabeth Wakehouse, Jeffery Mills, and Andrea Skola, among..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...Brent Werzner, St. Edward's University..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Brent Werzner, c/o The Grove/The Kentucky Cycle..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Something Someone Someplace Else

Like so many characters in American drama, the folks in Ann Marie Healey's Something Someone Someplace Else are trying to measure the distance between the life they have and the life they want, and Hyde Park Theatre's world premiere production is so rich in humor and warmth that we feel no distance between them and us.

"...never get it; and as Lee Eddy's Jeanine and Brent Werzner's Anthony trade guitars and, oh yes, intensely personal..."

April 18, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Kentucky Cycle

The Mary Moody Northen Theatre's decision to stage Robert Schenkkan's monumental The Kentucky Cycle is laudable, and the St. Edward's University student actors and their Equity counterparts put their all into every moment of effort, but the production's nuggets of brilliance are lost in technical inadequacies, inconsistent acting, and awkward staging.

"...in God's Great Supper; Bhagarit Crow's union agitator and Brent Werzner's conflicted miner in Fire in the Hole. Andrea..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

c/o the grove

In c / o the grove, director J. Ed Araiza has moved Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard to modern Central Texas, where pecans take the part of cherry trees and pop culture references abound, not always to the play's benefit, but the strong storytelling and focused performances of the young cast make this another success in big, collaborative, ensemble theatre for the St. Edward's University theatre department.

"...Miss Wanda's daughter, Marya, played sharply by Arlene Cerda. Brent Werzner makes a great faded football star out of..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Medea Stories

With The Medea Stories, the St. Edward's University Theatre Department with guest artists from the SITI Company reinvents Euripides' tragedy as a modern courtroom drama and connects us to Medea's tale with immediacy and a great urgency.

"...courtroom, in the legal combat between the prosecutor -- Brent Werzner, military-erect and righteous, a man on a mission..."

April 19, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Death of a Salesman

On a Mary Moody Northen Theatre stage painted with splashy autumn colors evoking fallen leaves, Melba Martinez and Michael Massey, co-directors/designers of this production of Death of a Salesman, take their audience on a trip through the dying world of Willy Loman, and a powerful trip it is.

"...who understands him all too well; and more in Brent Werzner's Biff, who manages to make the transition from..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

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

"...their newest recruit, a truck-fresh bumpkin solidly played by Brent Werzner) down an acid-fueled path other than primrose until..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Is That Science?: The elements of smile

The initial results of the experiment Is That Science? – wherein members of the theatrical company St. Idiot Collective interacted with the element Improvium – were fast, furious, and funny

"...St. Edward's University. Jenny Larson, Jeffery Mills, Adriene Mishler, Brent Werzner, David Higgins, Adam Sorenson, and the Chronicle's own..."

June 29, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Most Memorable Locally Produced Live Performance Offerings That I Chanced to See in 2006 (A Hierarchical List)

"...3) Static (Salvage Vanguard Theater) Brent Werzner's solo performance and a spooky technical design stood..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

ImproviNation

Can I get a suggestion for an Austin festival in which troupes from across the country gather to create instant comedy?

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Can't Tell the Players Without a Scorecard

"...Zach Muhn, Jason Newman, Jose Villareal, Chuck Watkins, and Brent Werzner..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature

Nominations for the 2004-2005 B. Iden Payne Awards

A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.

"...Brent Werzner, The Intergalactic Nemesis: Twin Infinity..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature

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