C. Denby Swanson: A play for Clifford

Austin playwright C. Denby Swanson has received a prestigious national grant to develop a play based on the life of Clifford Antone with the Zachary Scott Theatre Center

"...the only Austinite chosen for this year's residency program. Dan Dietz, acclaimed author of tempOdyssey, Americamisfit, and A Bone..."

May 4, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

The Art Palace glows in the 'Times,' and Dan Dietz gets a hearing at the Kennedy Center

"...• Playwright Dan Dietz and his Americamisfit get a hearing in the..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Last call for changes to the city arts funding guidelines, another cool two million for the Long Center, Sally Jacques gets touched by an angel, more Austin artists do New York, and another honor for Conspirare

"...work by Austin artists. Salvage Vanguard Theater resident playwright Dan Dietz is having his tempOdyssey produced in the second..."

July 8, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Death of a Cat

C. Denby Swanson's unconventional new play, 'The Death of a Cat,' takes us into a weird world as dark and funny as an Edward Gorey cartoon

"...punishing spoon she wields) to deal with the devil/doctor. Dan Dietz, with a starch-stiff goatee and moustache, seems at..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

That Thinking Feeling

L.B. Deyo and Buzz Moran's Dionysium puts the fun back in cogitation

"...Dionysium's music director, is providing a sonic interlude before Dan Dietz and Chad Nichols come up to perform the..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

Austin Playwrights Dan Dietz and Tom White get produced in L.A., playwright Colin Swanson gets two shows mounted in NYC, and set designer Christopher McCollum and painter Michael Ray Charles show up on PBS.

"...Playwright Dan Dietz has a new play, Tilt Angel, opening at..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin artists and arts companies continue to hit the road at a breathless pace.

"...Dan Dietz: The Salvage Vanguard Theater co-artistic director is off..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

New Paintings By Sarah Higdon: Nonsense and Sensibility

"...you'll be elated. -- Sam Martin AUSTIN FESTIVAL OF DANCE: DANCING FOR LIFE..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Review

Articulations

Nine current and former Austin playwrights storm the finals for the 2003 Hedieman Award, while playwright Lisa D'Amour storms New York.

"...year's finalists. Congratulations then to member playwrights Lowell Bartholomee, Dan Basila, Amparo Garcia-Crow, Greg Romero, Molly Rice (aka Chronicle..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Humana Festival of New American Plays

A report from Louisville, where Austin theatre artists stood tall

"...theatrical talents paralleled that of The Cherry Sisters Revisited, Dan O'Brien's look at the true-life siblings whose vaudeville act..."

April 2, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Under the Influence

So what does being named one of the nation's most influential critics really mean?

"...some argue, a review can influence a local show's attendance. Possibly, though the only evidence I've been given is..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Humana Festival of New American Plays

Local theatre artists play a major role in this year's festival of new drama

"...Script Works director and Salvage Vanguard Theater resident playwright Dan Dietz. One of the three other playwrights whose 10-minute..."

March 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Human Interest Story

In 'A Human Interest Story,' the dirigo group shows us a world lighted only by the dim glow of television, which makes us aware how much is lost in the dark

"...seems that she might at any moment break into dance; the halting, troubled suicide witness of Chronicle listings editor..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"...story: A radical Australian professor faces career- and life-threatening danger when he expresses a few leftist ideas in the..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures & Pleasures of 2005

'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires lists his favorite theatrical productions of 2005

"...1) Americamisfit (Salvage Vanguard Theater) Playwright Dan Dietz dusted off the lost saga of our country's..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Waterfalls and Sea Changes

The former and current artistic directors of Austin Script Works discuss new plays, local theatre, and the writer's voice

"...Dan Dietz: So have you always wanted to be a..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

Free Night of Theater: The List

These Central Texas theatre companies are offering free tickets as part of the national Free Night of Theater campaign

"...by Paul Pörtner, adapted by Marilyn Abrams and Bruce Jordan; Whisenhunt Arena Stage, 1510 Toomey, 474-TIXS Saturday, Oct. 22The..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature

Playing God … and W

Actress Shannon Grounds on tackling a pair of the ultimate power roles – at once

"...asking me to work on this project and to Dan Dietz and Shanon Weaver for writing such amazingly fun..."

June 24, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

StallGraffiti ATX

StallGraffiti ATX throws short, original plays from local writers into a full-length variety show that revolves thematically around the porcelain palace

"...gray-dark colors and scrawlings; the floor looks sticky and dank. Reminiscing on the ugly aesthetic of a public toilet,..."

June 17, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Message in a Can

What's been scrawled on bathroom walls inspired the songs and stories of 'StallGraffiti ATX'

"...six actors, and 11 playwrights – including Lowell Bartholomee, Dan Dietz, and the Chronicle's own Wayne Allen Brenner –..."

June 3, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Stage Uncaged

How a performative open mic From Iowa became a theatrical springboard in Austin

"...and I went to see it, and it was Dan Dietz in Terminal Hip."..."

April 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Maple Leaf Wags

If it's Hyde Park, this must be a quirky Canadian comedy.

"...past several years. Local writers such as Kirk Lynn, Dan Dietz, Kirk Smith, and Cyndi Williams can attribute much..."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Culture Flash!

Esther's crowns new wits, and Chase Staggs gets a check from SVT

"...Genghis Khan, opening in March, joins playwright and actor Dan Dietz, composer Graham Reynolds, and actor Jenny Larson. For..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Arts Column

Do Kill the Messenger

Guest performers bring cameo cutups to Tongue and Groove Theatre's production of The Comedy of Errors

"...The Nutcracker by having prominent members of the community "dance" the role of Mother Ginger, the big mama –..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playwright Update

Playwrights Dan Dietz and Colin Denby Swanson are among the 18 semi-finalists for the 2004-5 P73 Playwriting Fellowship , and Dietz’s Tilt Angel has been selected for full production at New Jersey Repertory Theater next season

"...Following up on last week’s story about playwrights Dan Dietz and Colin Denby Swanson: In addition to their..."

May 28, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...to recognize the year's most exceptional work in theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art. On Saturday, May 1,..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

News/Print

I've some good news and I've got some bad news. Which do you want first?

"...Crispin has graciously joined Pollack, poet/professor Dorothy Barnett, playwright Dan Dietz, and fictioner Scott Blackwood as an 11th annual..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

The Way We Were

On the eve of his move to New York City, playwright and Austin Script Works Artistic Director John Walch reflects on the development of Austin's theatre scene during his time here.

"...goodbye to Walch, part welcome to new Artistic Director Dan Dietz, and part fundraiser to support Script Works' transition..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Articulations

Austin Script Works has a changing of the bard, Austin officially becomes a capital of culture, and the Texas Fine Arts Association is renamed Arthouse.

"...to take his place. As of Jan. 1, 2003, Dan Dietz, author of Tilt Angel and Dirigible, will serve..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Heart Attack & Fine

Actor Douglas Taylor is alive (again) and well in Austin, Texas

"...go. Usually, I'm in rehearsal -- I was doing Dan Dietz's Tilt Angel with Salvage Vanguard at the time..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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