Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...Jouét, Allen Robertson..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

The Seagull

Guy Roberts and a talented cast stage Anton Chekhov's The Seagull as a rehearsal, rather than performance, and in doing so allow the audience to watch the nuts and bolts of how a show is put together, the process of exploration, the sometimes messy, personal world of the rehearsal.

"...This is The Seagull as envisioned by adapter-director Guy Roberts and his talented cast, a subtextual Seagull, a..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Articulations

Robert Faires reports his recent binge of arts festivals programming.

"...of the Scottish lord's bloody rise and fall. Director Guy Roberts kept this version focused tightly on the murderous..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

If It's Summer, It Must Be Shakespeare

Summer is the time for Shakespeare, so naturally here are a couple of the Bard's plays being staged in the Austin area -- Julius Caesar from the Austin Shakespeare Festival and Two Gentlemen of Verona from Different Stages -- and directors Paul Norton and Norman Blumensaadt to explain how they came to produce them this season.

"...Paul Norton: Guy Roberts [ASF's current artistic director] decided to form an..."

June 27, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Glass Menagerie

If any 20th-century American play deserves to be called "classic," it is Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie but the State Theater Company's puzzling production seems to ignore what is most obvious in the play, only rarely connecting with the story.

"...mentally defective, a whipped dog who never bites back. Guy Roberts' Gentleman Caller is an eager pup, every inch..."

March 29, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Senseless

"...Wayans plays college student Darryl Witherspoon, a bright, clever guy whose one big dream is to secure a junior..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spread Your Wings With The Peanut Butter Falcon

The story behind an unlikely filmmaking adventure

"...are. "Mick Foley and, of course, Jake 'the' Snake Roberts," he said...."

Aug. 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Delicious Collisions

What a difference a year makes with Ann Ciccolella at Austin Shakespeare's helm

"...the picture was very different. At the end of Guy Roberts' five-season run as artistic director, Austin Shakespeare was..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Austin Shakespeare Festival: Raising the Curtain for ASF

The Austin Shakespeare Festival has been invited by gaming guru Richard Garriott to perform regularly at the Curtain, his scaled-down replica of the Globe Theatre

"...is involved in the show.) However, ASF Artistic Director Guy Roberts hopes to mount the rest of ASF's productions..."

May 4, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Shakespeare Festival: Playing in a theatrical mecca

A dream comes true for the Austin Shakespeare Festival when it gets to perform the Bard's As You Like It in Richard Garriott's replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

"...Like It. It came about, says ASF Artistic Director Guy Roberts, when the company's board president, Boyce Cabaniss, was..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Theatre: Classic Comeback

Throughout November, Austinites have the chance to see four plays that have stood the test of time: 'Hamlet,' 'Macbeth,' 'The Way of the World,' and 'The Playboy of the Western World'

"...the story of Hamlet is compelling in itself," says Guy Roberts, ASF's artistic director, who is directing and starring..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

A Man for All Seasons

In Austin Playhouse's 'A Man for All Seasons,' David Stahl's immaculate Sir Thomas More stands his moral ground with humility, humor, and insight

"...Guy Roberts, disguised in dark hair, diabolically slithers from the..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Culture Flash!

Actors' Equity honors Dirk van Allen, and the 2005 B. Iden Payne Awards go to ...

"...for co-directing Midsummer with Ian Manners, ASF Artistic Director Guy Roberts was given an award for his performance as..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Windy Side of the Law: Bard for the Defense

You can experience the connection between the law and literature by attending 'The Windy Side of the Law: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night'

"...Shakespeare at Winedale, addressing the history of the play; Guy Roberts, the artistic director of Austin Shakespeare Festival, focusing..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Payne Pleasures 2005

Drama with a Gothic flair scored high in the nominations for the 2005 B. Iden Payne Awards, as announced by Austin Circle of Theatres on August 15

"...Outstanding Production of Music Theater, Dave Steakley's direction, Allen Robertson's musical direction, Jason Amato's lighting design, and the performances..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...DramaCarla Nickerson, House Arrest/Omnium-Gatherum/Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992Supporting Actor, Drama Guy Roberts, OthelloProduction, ComedyThe Drawer Boy, Hyde Park TheatreDirector, ComedyCarlos..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ASF + $$$ = RSC N TX?

The Austin Shakespeare Festival may be the first company in America to stage the Royal Shakespeare Company's hit comedy 'The Dog in the Manger,' but first it must raise $15,000

"...way to bring him to Texas. So, Artistic Director Guy Roberts, who put the play on this season after..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Payne Pleasures 2004

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

"...Guy Roberts, Romeo and Juliet..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Do Kill the Messenger

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

"...June 12: Guy Roberts, artistic director of Austin Shakespeare Festival..."

June 11, 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

"...Guy Roberts, Romeo and Juliet..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin Shakespeare perseveres, Ballet Austin gets a grant for a Shrew, Zach hunts for a fundraiser, Mexic-Arte's Museum Store hits USA Today's Top 10, and the Funniest Person in Austin goes global.

"...festival out of debt. According to ASF Artistic Director Guy Roberts, the Austin Shakespeareans responded to the call by..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Three highly amusing and personable comic actors skewer, pun, and cook their way through all 37 of Shakespeare's plays in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), a show that launches the Austin Shakespeare Festival's 20th anniversary season with a bang, a few whacks, and a lot of laughs.

"...Winfield (with additions and improvisations by this cast). Directors Guy Roberts and Richard Fonté wisely give their trio a..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Mrs. Warren's Profession

The State Theater Company's scintillating revival of Mrs. Warren's Profession moves George Bernard Shaw's characters beyond the politics for which they serve as mouthpieces and fills them with the breaths and gestures and expressions of people who live.

"...way into others' affections by playing the little boy. Guy Roberts animates him with a boy's love for games..."

March 28, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin helps the Lysistrata Project become the Little Peace Project That Could, the Long Center says "no thanks, after all" to the $25 million in Waller Creek tunnel bond money, and Austin Shakespeare Festival launches a new reading series.

"...Gagne, Tom Green, Harvey Guion, Don Howell, Patricia Pearcy, Guy Roberts, David Stahl, and Ben Wolfe. The free event..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Stuffed to bursting with outrageous characters, broad reactions, and slapstick, The Merry Wives of Windsor as mounted by the Austin Shakespeare Festival and Austin Playhouse is big on big comedy, and the crisp comic work of the cast makes it a sizable pleasure.

"...on comedy -- and big comedy at that. Director Guy Roberts takes advantage of the play's farcical plot and..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...for which he was passed over in favor of Guy Roberts, of whom he was especially scathing in the..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

True West

The dirigo group production of Sam Shepard's True West sees Corey Gagne and Judson L. Jones swapping the roles of petty criminal Lee and screenwriter Austin every other night. While both are exceptional actors, offering plenty of sharp character work, both versions bring that pervading sense of threat that gives the show the violent inevitability of Greek tragedy.

"...always clear. The nebulous direction of this story by Guy Roberts takes the edge off the brothers' twisting and..."

July 19, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

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.

"...Guy Roberts, The Glass Menagerie/Wit..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Tempest

In the State Theater Company's new staging of The Tempest, director Scott Kanoff offers a carefully considered, vividly imagined, and vividly theatrical exploration of Shakespeare's text, sounding its themes of family, aging, freedom, justice, and mercy.

"...goes flat in places, the sense of menace in Guy Roberts' Caliban -- his chalky skin and lower-class Irish..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Disaster Relief

In the wake of last week's terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., Austin theatre artists are doing their part to help out: raising funds for disaster relief from audiences attending their shows.

"...director and newly announced Austin Shakespeare Festival artistic director Guy Roberts reports that from Thursday through Sunday, the Shakespeare..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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