Present Laughter

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

"...Present Laughter informs us that the man playing Essendine, Jamie Goodwin, has long been an actor in televised daytime..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

An Almost Holy Picture

Zachary Scott Theatre's Almost Holy Picture might work better with a thousand different words

"...Derek Whitener clothes the caretaker Gentle, played by actor Jamie Goodwin, in earth shades of brown and tan. Jason..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Shooting Star

Stories told this well don't come around very often, and this one deserves to be seen

"...Dietz didn't write this play for Barbara Chisholm and Jamie Goodwin, I can't imagine who he might have written..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

That Obscure Object of Delight

Zach's dreamy Chaperone speaks to the enthusiast in us all

"...from every gag a bumper crop of laughs. Whenever Jamie Goodwin's Latin Lothario does one of his outrageously outsized..."

July 16, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Urinetown: The Musical

'Urinetown: The Musical' may wallow in a sordid premise and have an awful title, but Zach's production is always making you happy, if not downright giddy

"...their paces, nailing the mile-a-minute gags with split-second timing. Jamie Goodwin leads the way as musical-besotted Officer Lockstock, who..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Peter and the Starcatcher

Zach Theatre's Peter and the Starcatcher brings storytelling magic to the tale of how Peter Pan came to be

"...Sara Burke), the precocious young daughter of Lord Aster (Jamie Goodwin), and guardian of some incredibly precious cargo...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Ragtime

Zach Theatre renders the musical with a sweep befitting its grand scale

"...As her husband and embodiment of that old life, Jamie Goodwin bristles with patriarchal impatience, yet leaves room for..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Next to Normal

Strong performances make this musical about mental illness worth seeing

"...Diana is severely bipolar. She and her husband Dan (Jamie Goodwin) experienced tragedy 18 years ago, and while Dan..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Eurydice

This show doesn't the plumb the depths of eternal love but is solidly staged

"...made even more so when she meets her father (Jamie Goodwin, in a touching and quiet performance) in the..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

City of Angels

"...and patter as hard as his name. He and Jamie Goodwin's Stine – who captures the anguish and frustration..."

April 16, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

bobrauschenbergamerica

This theatrical tribute to the artist is a glorious jumble, an exuberant hodgepodge

"...Indeed, Jamie Goodwin, sporting a scraggly version of the Good Gray..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

2007 B. Iden Payne Awards: Prize night

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

"...voted Outstanding Production of a Comedy and honored for Jamie Goodwin's lead performance, Helen Merino's supporting performance, and Cliff..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Whole Foods is about to get more arts-friendly, Austin moves closer to Puerto Rico, Shear Madness has a new detective running the show, and art at the new fire station really rocks.

"...the role of the show-running investigator from the departing Jamie Goodwin...."

Nov. 18, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Shear Madness

Zach's spirited revival of 'Shear Madness,' that audience-interactive murder mystery-comedy, just might be the kind of confection your dayjob-wearied mind could use

"...Espie Randolph, portraying the salon's proprietor, and the studly-yet-affable Jamie Goodwin, manfully embodying the APD detective who runs the..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 (plus one) Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2007

'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires recalls 2007, in the theatre

"...verve of the cast – led by an uproarious Jamie Goodwin, giving a master class in theatrical vanity –..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...writers, consisting of the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes (arts), Jamie Smith Cantara (theatre/music), Clare Croft (dance), Randy Harriman (music),..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

This Is Who We Are #9: Mary Moody Northern Theatre's bobrauschenbergamerica

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...Indeed, Jamie Goodwin, sporting a scraggly version of the Good Gray..."

May 18, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Tartuffe

David Long's direction of this Molière comedy infuses what could be a dusty antique with light and life

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Evans

The New Topfer Theatre at Zach Scott

October 4, 2012. 11 Photos

"...Jill Blackwood as Mother, Benjamin Roberts as Little Boy, Jamie Goodwin as Father, Andrew Foote as Tateh, Brooke Silverstein..."

Oct. 4, 2012 Photo Gallery

Of Thee I Sing (and Dance)

The musical is America's gift to theatre, and here's the local state of the union

"...people such as Meredith McCall, Jill Blackwood, Janis Stinson, Jamie Goodwin, Andrew Cannata, Brian Coughlin, Amy Downing – and..."

July 20, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...Jamie Goodwin, Next to Normal..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Jamie Goodwin, The Drowsy Chaperone/Eurydice..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dramatic Turn

Actress Meredith McCall is about much more than musicals

"...partner-in-crime for nine productions of The Santaland Diaries, or Jamie Goodwin, with whom she's made comic hay in Present..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TOP 10 Theatrical Wonders of 2010

A theatre year with a tipsy crew, a zoo, a shrew, and lots of cross-dressing

"...Zach all-stars – Martin Burke, Jill Blackwood, Meredith McCall, Jamie Goodwin, et al. – masterfully mined comic gold from..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Most Memorable Locally Produced Live Performance Offerings That I Chanced To See in 2010

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

"...'THE DROWSY CHAPERONE' (ZACH THEATRE) Martin Burke, Meredith McCall, Jamie Goodwin, Jill Blackwood, and a cast of thousands –..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Top 9 Most Memorable Locally Produced Live Performance Offerings That I Chanced to See in 2009

A theatre year of crazy families, love lost and found, and lots of dancing

"...again, with two oh-so-sweet performances by Barbara Chisholm and Jamie Goodwin. Directed by Dietz...."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Top 9 Theatre Productions of 2009 That Did Ascend the Brightest Heaven of Invention

A year of failed romances, Greek myths, and more that were staged so ingeniously

"...by David Gallagher and Annika Johansson, the latter by Jamie Goodwin and Barbara Chisholm (full disclosure: my wife). HONORABLE..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Favorite Arts Events Across The Disciplines (In No Particular Order)

Chronicle Arts writer Wayne Alan Brenner on his favorite arts events in 2007

"...man for the lead in this Noel Coward comedy: Jamie Goodwin, joyously overpowering the show as a sort of..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

2007 B. Iden Payne Awards

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

"...for Production of a Comedy with recognition for actors Jamie Goodwin, Helen Merino, and Elizabeth Doss; set designer Cliff..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Jamie Goodwin, Present Laughter..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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