Love Letter to a Klutz: The Secret Behind John Walch's Brilliant Plays

"...John Walch is a terrible dancer. I believe my first..."

April 20, 2001 Arts Feature by Lisa D'Amour

Give Him Enough Rope

John Walch's new plays -- the monologue The Circumference of a Squirrel and the epic The Dinosaur Within -- are inextricably linked: In their ambitious scope, in their genesis, and in the amount of national attention they're generating for this award-winning Austin playwright.

"...One day, when playwright John Walch was wandering on the beach in Mexico, he..."

April 20, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Everyone's a Critic

The theatre community sounds off on critics as artists.

"...But is the awards process fair? Playwright John Walch, artistic director of Austin ScriptWorks, says, "There has..."

July 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

The Dinosaur Within

In The Dinosaur Within, playwright John Walch links people of vastly different worlds, each of whom has suffered some traumatic loss, to show us the necessity of letting go, and the State Theater Company production communicates that message with compassion, humor, and grace.

"...In The Dinosaur Within, playwright John Walch has crafted a daisy chain of loss, a..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...plays in the early Eighties and her successor, Ken Johnson, premiering his own plays there late in the decade...."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Articulations

Long Center supporters do a funding turnaround by asking the city for $25 million in bond money, another bunch of Lone Stars are being honored by the Texas Cultural Trust Council with Texas Medal of the Arts Awards, and John Walch wins an award from the American Theatre Critics Association.

"...or unfailing support." The sophomore class of recipients are: John Graves (Lifetime Achievement); Marca Lee Bircher (Arts Education); Sandra..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Way We Were

On the eve of his move to New York City, playwright and Austin Script Works Artistic Director John Walch reflects on the development of Austin's theatre scene during his time here.

"...son. In January, award-winning playwright and UT adjunct professor John Walch will be migrating to that mother of all..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

The Circumference of a Squirrel

In the Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of playwright John Walch's The Circumference of a Squirrel, the story of a son struggling with the burden of his father -- a tale of rebellion and acceptance that belongs to every family and every generation -- is rendered so personally, in details both uncommon and illuminating, that it is nevertheless fresh and absorbing.

"...it is with The Circumference of a Squirrel, playwright John Walch's story of a son struggling with the burden..."

April 27, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Backward 'Spin'

Catherine Berry explains how to reverse engineer your very own musical

"...that weds songs by the likes of Stephen Sondheim, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Brel, Shelby Lynne, Kurt Weill, and Amy..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin playwright John Walch goes to Louisville for its festival of new plays; Vincent Kitch goes to Washington for Americans for the Arts; and Everett Quinton goes to Seattle for a new production of Twisted Olivia.

"...Mr. Walch Goes to Louisville..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

A busy summer for Austin artists.

"...playwrights, and their plays have been traveling. Artistic director John Walch was selected as a fellow to the Shenandoah..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin playwrights are drawing attention around the nation, and one theatre company is getting hit by the Macbeth curse smack in the face.

"...for New American Plays has awarded a grant to John Walch (Craving Gravy, or Love in the Time of..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Siegel Tapped for Kennedy Center Post

"...accepted the post of Director of Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington,..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Playwright Dan Dietz gets his second play staged at the Humana Festival in Louisville, Johnson / Long Dance Company heads to Hamburg, and Zach shuffles its season

"...one of them, Dietz's predecessor as ASW artistic director, John Walch, will be represented at the festival by Fast..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Esther's veteran Joel McKean passes away, and during a rare Broadway strike Austin playwright John Walch is honored by the American Theatre Critics Association.

"...handing out the association's M. Elizabeth Osborn Award to John Walch for his play The Dinosaur Within, which was..."

March 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin Script Works has a changing of the bard, Austin officially becomes a capital of culture, and the Texas Fine Arts Association is renamed Arthouse.

"...that serves the folks who write the plays. When John Walch, author of The Dinosaur Play and Craving Gravy:..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Pat Jasper gets a Valentine's tribute for her years at Texas Folklife Resources, and playwrights John Walch and Paullette MacDougal enjoy a couple of out of town openings.

"...John Walch (The Dinosaur Within) takes another step closer to..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Big career moves for a couple of Austin playwrights and big parties thrown by a couple of Austin arts organizations.

"...Playwright John Walch made big news last fall when the Kennedy..."

March 2, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Arts Board Love Stories

That special thing that happens between artists and boards of directors can be a lot like a love relationship: Intimate. Fulfilling. Long-term. Working as one body. However, it can be and often is complicated.

"..."Blair Duncan," John Walch, ScriptWorks' artistic director, says, "he knows what he's..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

School for Scripts

Why Get an MFA in Playwriting? Here's Why

"...John Walch, now in his third year in the Theatre..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

All Over Creation: Under the Influence

So what does being named one of the nation's most influential critics really mean?

"...Sharon Bridgforth, Dan Dietz, Kirk Lynn, Daniel Alexander Jones, John Walch – they've gone possessing a sense of worth..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

American Fiesta

The American Theatre Critics Association has awarded Steven Tomlinson's American Fiesta its 2005 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award

"...years for a local writer to win the Osborn: John Walch won for The Dinosaur Within in 2003. Both..."

March 31, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

State Theater Company: Kanoff Terminated

Just two weeks into what was to be his sixth season with the State Theater Company, Scott Kanoff was booted from his job as producing artistic director

"...including several Austin-penned premieres, such as I'm Not Lying, John Walch's The Dinosaur Within, Steve Moore's Nightswim, and the..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Spin

'Spin' can be described as a one-woman cabaret with one woman who performs several one-woman exposés

"...sweetly suggesting how to murder and betray her ex-lover. John Walch's Gretchen is more psychoanalytic, using a bread box..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Not Your Father's Musical (Or Your Kid's, For That Matter)

Three local shows show breaking into song ain't what it used to be

"...(The Music of Erica Zann) and country swing veteran Johnny Edson (A Man's Gotta Eat, A Spread Misére, Hobnobbin'..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Nine current and former Austin playwrights storm the finals for the 2003 Hedieman Award, while playwright Lisa D'Amour storms New York.

"...as ASW alum Colin Swanson, former ASW Artistic Director John Walch, and current Artistic Director Dan Dietz, who won..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Top 10 Onstage Works of Wonder in 2002

Austin Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires delivers his list of the Top 10 most memorable productions in the performing arts for 2002.

"...(State Theater Company): With epic imagination, compassion, and wisdom, John Walch's script wove together Hollywood and Australian outback, Dreamtime..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...With the Most Reason to be ProudWayne Alan Brenner: John Walch. When you win an award from the Kennedy..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature

Speaking in Tongues: Un Bon Buffet!

Sample the Austin theatre scene in tasty 10-minute bites via the new Austin Script Works' compilation Speaking in Tongues.

"...(directed by David Yeakle); and some heartfelt, such as John Walch's Square Pegs (directed by Christina Moore). The plays..."

March 10, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Articulations

Critix Pix

"...doubt, in which she was terrific). ASW's co-artistic directors John Walch and Clay Nichols will distribute the exec's duties,..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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