Not Quite Myself: Uh, Yeah, Exactly

Local Arts Reviews

"...And even the show's best piece -- the poignant FronteraFest hit Stroke of Luck, featuring Dodge -- lost some..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

An extraordinary new project for Deborah Hay and his week in Louisville that was all about Austin.

"...BackStory and once penned a piece called Clip for FronteraFest). Or to run into local director Rod Caspers (Big..."

April 7, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

One Man Talking

In these days of HDTV, IMAX theatres with SurroundSound, and interactive software in 3-D hyper-realism, who wants to listen to one man talking for 90 minutes on a stage? A lot of people, when the man is Steven Tomlinson, award-winning economics lecturer, lay preacher, and Austin's premier monologist, as Wayne Alan Brenner explains.

"...arts class and staged as part of the original FronteraFest in 1993. It was based on the performer's experience..."

March 31, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Speaking in Tongues

When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.

"...by Lisa D'Amour and directed by Katie Pearl for FronteraFest '98 was modest in its production values -- newspaper..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

PostFest

With cultural festivals popping up around Austin like orange traffic cones, a few festival organizers offer their insights into running a festival.

March 10, 2000 Arts Feature

Golden Arm Symphony

Unraveling the budding symphonic genius of Graham Reynolds

"...was used recently as a venue for Austin's annual FronteraFest, the local theatre community's version of South by Southwest...."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Going Long

Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Going Long

Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Going Long

Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Going Long

Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Going Long

Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Going Long

Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Dancefest: Seeing Movement For What It Is

In this week's section of Austin Chronicle arts reviews, Ben Willcott reports on a night at the second annual Dancefest.

"...But I didn't see them because I was at FronteraFest, one of the other performance festivals going on right..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Review by Ben Willcott

Scavenging for Home

The NATObombing of Belgrade provoked playwright Lisa D'Amour to examine the intention behind her art and reasons for being an artist.

"...In SLABBER, which I will perform for the FronteraFest Long Fringe February 1-5, audiences will meet "Our Lady,"..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Lisa D'Amour

Articulations

A major change in the staff for the Salvage Vanguard Theater; a new endowed chair for the UT Department of Art and Art History.

"...Reserve seats now: 476-RUDE. ... My first trip to FronteraFest 2000 confirmed that the fest is doing big business...."

Jan. 21, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Page Two

Smart Growth and other millennial hallucinations ...

"...Over the past few years, FronteraFest has become a theatrical event of not only citywide..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Column by Louis Black

Articulations

Palmer Design Team Named

"...into slabs. D'Amour had worked with Pearl on the FronteraFest '98 piece Dress Me Blue, Window Me Sky, and..."

June 4, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

Salome: Under the Veils, No Heart

"...Liz Gaines. Hux's Yes/No, which she also performed at FronteraFest, is a pleading, therapy-esque question-and-answer set in which she..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Review

The Director Dreams: Homing in on the Playwright du jour

"...same book as House, and we did that for FronteraFest in 1998. I started reading as many McIvor scripts..."

April 30, 1999 Arts Feature

Articulations

What's That Smell?

"...Austin. The blow came right on the eve of FronteraFest, the company's annual performance jamboree, and artistic director Vicky..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

SOUND & VISION '99

"...Margery Segal If you know FronteraFest, Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre's annual orgy of performance, word of..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Articulations

"...1993, he fearlessly took part in the very first FronteraFest, performing a self-penned monologue titled My Son, John. And..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

"...company will plunge ahead into its five-week performance party FronteraFest, its new Sound & Vision Festival, and the premiere..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

"...such as Black Mountain Ballyhoo, produced as part of FronteraFest '98's Mi Casa Es Su Teatro last February, and..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Enter One, Exit Another

"...in the job, Elissa Adams, appeared in Jones' 1997 FronteraFest piece ambient love rites and in Deviant Craft. (As..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

"...won Best of Fest with this piece at 1997's FronteraFest, so one ought not doubt its quality); she frequently..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Arts Review

Articulations

Gluckman Speaks!

"...Perdus, Blood:Shock:Boogie, blood pudding; the company that gave us FronteraFest. You'd think it would be flooded with applications from..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

In Memoriam

"...of the company's subsequent pieces, including Tiller and the FronteraFest favorite Digi-Glo, and he directed the mysterious and haunting..."

May 8, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...a new Austin theatre institution, the weeks-long performance festival, FronteraFest. It draws artists from across the country, many of..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

A Commitment to Playwrights

The Life and Legacy of David Mark Cohen

"...with any sense. I carried his review of my FronteraFest '96 entry around with me, in which he said..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Arts Feature

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