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Austin Shakespeare's staging of this historical drama is something special

Helen Merino is open and radiant as Emily Dickinson in this one-woman show about the reclusive poet

Keen direction and outstanding performances bring us into Noël Coward's Thirties dandyism

In Madame X, playwright Ann Ciccolella dramatizes the events surrounding the creation of Sargent's famous portrait of Virginie Gautrau, using them as a springboard for an absorbing inquiry into the meaning and relationships of art, beauty, and society.

Austin Shakespeare fuses matter and art in a well-balanced take on the tragedy

You're not alone in the theatre, and there's power in that

The day after opening in the solo comedy 'Bad Dates,' actress Helen Merino broke her foot, forcing director Dave Steakley to bring in Jill Blackwood as a ringer

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a real horror show, making the clash of Edward Albee's middle-aged marrieds George and Martha both titanic and terrifying.

Despite the presence of a talented ensemble, the Austin Shakespeare Festival production of what most of the English-speaking world considers the greatest play ever written is a thin Hamlet of watered-down performances and even more diluted directorial choices.

Another Austin theatre company suffers a mid-performance disaster and responds to it with resourcefulness and pluck, and the Austin Community College Drama Department marks Shakespeare's 437th birth with an all-star "Billy Bash."

My Children! My Africa!: Schoolbells in the Revolution

This site-specific staging immerses its small audiences in Ibsen's bleak, tragic world via an Austin home

This new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's beloved classic takes wing well enough but doesn't quite soar

This military-themed staging of the tragedy gets lost in a haze of design and technical issues

This production of the Greek tragedy asks the audience to consider the whole story before passing judgment

Running down the winners at this year's awards from the Austin Circle of Theaters

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

Sam Bass Theatre's Forever Plaid took top honors at the 30th anniversary B. Iden Payne Awards

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of 'Omnium Gatherum' starts as captivating, then rounds a hairpin turn to become compelling

Two plays – Omnium Gatherum and The Guys – try to express what happened on September 11

Script-wise, Pride's Crossing is PBS-esque : one of those wistful period pieces about a lively old woman looking back on her privileged youth : but throw a bunch of charming actors into the mix and hip director Sarah Richardson, and you get a show happily at odds with this Masterpiece Theatre-worthy tale.

Scooby Doo, where are you? Online, in this new Vortex series

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

A theatre year of staged fantasies, musical fun, and crazy families

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

More than 60 shows scored nominations for ACoT's annual theatre honors

You may think you know what a Noël Coward comedy is like, but the Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of Present Laughter is light years ahead of your expectations

A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.