Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...himself and playwrights Victor Cazares, Krysta Gonzales, and Jesús Valles. Frank Wo/Men's untitled project explores attitudes and agency in..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Trey Gutierrez's Top 10 Moments That Left Audiences Speechless in 2019

The year celebrated through moments when performers stunned their audiences into silence

"...1) JESÚS I. VALLES IN BALA.FRUTA./BULLET.FRUIT. (FuturX) Valles' pained musings on El Paso's..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

Performance Park Preview at the Vortex

"...takes the mic, observed by (l-r) Wheel of Fortune (Jesus Valles), Knight of Wands (Ali Marie Stuckey), Strength (Kristin..."

March 22, 2018 Photo Gallery

Austin Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors

Austin Shakespeare's new take on Shakespeare's farce takes some time figuring out its own identity

"...him an effective comic foil. And the arrivals of Jesus Valles' bug-eyed exorcist Dr. Pinch and Alison Stebbins' brooks-no-bull..."

May 12, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Teatro Vivo’s EL

Raul Garza's new play explores the power of the storyteller

"...Becker), to the butcher shop where Emilia's brother Gustavo (Jesus Valles) works, to a coffee shop and through Chicago..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Arts Review by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

The Vortex's Privacy Settings: A Promethean Tale

Ancient myth meets modern surveillance memorably in this devised work at the Vortex

"...by strong performers, including Karen Jambon, Delante Keys, and Jesus Valles. (While I'd love to list more, there was..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

El Nogalar

Teatro Vivo's El Nogalar provides a context for examining social class in contemporary Mexico

"...Yadira Herrington, Krysta Gonzales, Olivia Jimenez, Gricelda Silva, and Jesus Valles) delivers the story deftly, set against yet another..."

June 19, 2015 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Rudy Ramirez's FuturX Festival Puts Latinx Performance Center Stage

The theatrical Renaissance man moves Latinx performance out of the margins

"...to directing FuturX's first headline performance, (Un)Documents, Jesús I. Valles' poetic solo show that, in addition to foregrounding queer..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

Outsider Fest 2022

"...2021 Artist in Residence Jesus Valles performs a meditation on bullets, a summoning of..."

Feb. 22, 2022 Photo Gallery

Austin Theatres Are Moving the Stage Beyond Zoom

Companies thinking outside the boxes bring theatre to your radio, your mailbox, and your neighbor's yard

"...company [for actors], and Taylor Flanagan, Malyssa Quiles, and Jesus Valles raised their (virtual) hands. Reina is writing Jennifer,..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place

Lots of worthy FUNdraisers this week

"...lives of past and present. Artists include Ena Ganguly, Jesus Valles, and more. Please bring something to add to..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Too excited about Pride to let 2017 get me down

"...month and everyone's having feels. Carina Magyar, Tutu Apple, Jesus Valles, and more share their farewell stories. Wed., Aug...."

Aug. 25, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Black Pride is here, and it's queer

"...Queer Film Theory 101 Comedians Ralphie Hardesty, Carina Magyar, Jesus Valles, and Micheal Foulk discuss the lack of queer..."

March 31, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Four Years of Queer Storytelling

Queer Mountain celebrates their fourth anniversary tonight

"...speakers that come to Hardesty's mind include: Daniel Webb, Jesus Valles, and Carina Magyar. Even I've gotten up on..."

March 29, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Ezra Edwards

Gay Place

OUTsider Fest heads into the woods and will "emerge ready to fight"

"...Hardesty host a special OUTsider edition with Sweet Gwendolyn, Jesus Valles, and more! Sat., Feb. 18, 8-11pm. The Vortex,..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

New Austin Show Celebrates the Lighter Side of Ethnic Assimilation

Lucky Chaos Theatre’s Leng Wong tells us about Living on the Hyphen

"...the midst of all that, we’ve got poetry by Jesus Valles. We’ve got JooHee Ahn singing – she was..."

March 28, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

MLA Subconference: Politics for Scholars

Two-day event takes place at Cheer Up Charlies

"...Studium’s Dan Rudmann, high school teacher and Chicanix artist Jesus Valles, and Workers Defense Project Associate Director Brigid Hall...."

Jan. 6, 2016 News Post by Amy Kamp

2018 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Top honors go to Drowsy Chaperone and Fixing Troilus

"...Also making a strong showing was Jesus I. Valles, whose autobiographical solo show (Un)Documents won him..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Past, Present, and FuturX of Latinx Performance in Austin

The current surge of Latinx theatre and dance in Austin speaks to both tradition and pioneering new directions

"...Raul Garza; (Un)Documents, a new work by local performer/poet Jesus I. Valles, which was the anchor for the inaugural..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Feature by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

Teatro Vivo's La Pastorela

This new take on the old Christmas tale has the shepherds' rough edges but a heart of gold

"...they make their long pilgrimage to see the infant Jesus, determined but also weary and beset by devils –..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Treasures in Theatre of 2018

It was a year in which theatre making the political personal left the deepest impressions

"...a year thick with theatre making the political personal, Jesus I. Valles' (Un)Documents and Isaac Gomez's The Way She..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Generic Ensemble Company's Carmen

This devised work shares the name of Bizet's opera, but it has its own story to tell, one that's modern, irreverent and funny

"...the raging, F-bomb-dropping cop. As the bar manager Menny, Jesus I. Valles (who's in just the first four performances..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

2017 Payne Theatre Award Winners

Lotta love for Nevermore, Drowning Girls, Agent Andromeda

"...awards for Production, director Susan Gayle Todd, and actors Jesus I. Valles and Gricelda Silva. Shrewd Productions' The Revolutionists..."

Oct. 25, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...Peña, Elephant and Piggie: We Are in a Play! Jesus I. Valles, Rosita y Conchita..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Vortex Repertory’s A Perfect Robot

Sarah Saltwick’s timely script elegantly explores the tension between idealized automatons and messy humans

"...A Perfect Robot, Diego (played by a very sincere Jesus I. Valles) is a roboticist who deals in the..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...and Jenn Hartmann Luck Heartland, Gabriel Jason Dean (Un)Documents, Jesus I. Valles..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five Recommended Art Events This Weekend

How can you lose with a sweet list to use before it's time to choose?

"...shorb tends not to fuck around, and similarly inclined Jesus I. Valles is directing the show for Generic Ensemble..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pleasure of the Paynes 2016

Annual theatre awards think Terminus is the living end

"...Actor Jesus I. Valles, Just a Minute..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Arts Post

Aye, No!

This Teatro Vivo show finds its comedy in the contradictions within us and the way we relate to our families

Nov. 21, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

TCB: Friday

SXSW music news and carryings on

"...the Wheel and Austin NBC affiliate KXAN anchor Michelle Valles. Want to see someone famous? Or at least semifamous?..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Christopher Gray