A Bedtime Gorey

This view of an upper-crust world both morbid and lively should please die-hard and casual Gorey fans alike

"...in their offstage hours anyway, and the players here (Kaci Beeler, Aaron Saenz, Ruby Willmann, and Jason Vines, among..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fandom: Improvised Fan Fiction in Your Favorite Worlds

This Hideout series both sincerely celebrates and lovingly pokes fun at the fantasy worlds we love

"...cultural consciousness, and the Hideout's cast, led by co-directors Kaci Beeler and Andy Crouch, seems to include both neophytes..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Top 10 From Visual Art in 2012

In an exceptional year for seeing art, deconstructed graphics, technosculpture, and detailed drawings stood out

"...though I curated the Fusebox-enhanced "Food Porn" show by Kaci Beeler and co-curated (with Shannon McCormick) the "Presidential Losers"..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

All Over Creation: Crossbred and Circuses

Fusebox's hybrid artworks get more exhilarating as they get more innovative

"...Betrayal, where David Fruchter's text, Jodi Elliott's pastries, and Kaci Beeler's paintings of the same blended in a complex,..."

May 11, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Fusebox Festival

Beaming down to Fusebox and charging it up are Captain Kirk and the King

"...a dessert newly imagined by writer David Fruchter, painter Kaci Beeler, and chef Jodi Elliott, among other delectations. This..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Austin Secrets'

Handling real people's secrets sends improv pros places they've never been before

"...those buried emotions I often hide," says cast member Kaci Beeler. "I knew I would be sympathetic with many..."

March 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Confidence Men / Start Trekkin'

Improvised Mamet as sharp and fast as gunfire; Trek a bit slow getting to warp speed

"...Spock, if not them specifically. The fact that when Kaci Beeler's "pretty face" cadet took command, the show took..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hideout Improv Marathon

In hour 40, these improvisers were still in top form: fresh, focused, and incredibly funny

"...eight who had gone the distance – Kareem Badr, Kaci Beeler, Matt Pollock, Curtis Luciani, Jeremy Lamb, Andy Crouch,..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hideout Improv Marathon

Eight players improvise for 40 hours straight to help save their artistic home

"...in the madness undertaken by Parallelogramo-phonograph's Kareem Badr and Kaci Beeler, Junk's Andy Crouch and Troy Miller, Available Cupholders'..."

June 26, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hideout

A team of local improvisers has acquired the home base for Austin's improv revolution

"...and with support from Michael McGill, Andy Crouch, and Kaci Beeler, they have plans to make the Hideout an..."

May 22, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Parallelogramophonograph: Supercalifragilisticexpiali motherfuckingdocious

When Parallelogramophonograph does improv, it's like watching hyperintelligent, human-shaped, joyously goofy otters at play

"...as this seasoned troupe of performers -- Roy Janik, Kaci Beeler, Kareem Badr, and Valerie Ward -- can likewise..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Your Betrayal, Caked on the Wall

Painting desserts like it's murder, baby

"...Maybe you've seen some of Kaci Beeler's food porn paintings, like the Cuban Sandwich featured..."

April 26, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2016

Uncommon combinations – dance with horses, music with robots, drama with a Tesla coil – made the year unforgettable

"...TO CONTROL (American Berserk Theatre) The first effort from Kaci Beeler and Curtis Luciani's American Berserk Theatre was a..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Steve Rogers Is the Man Who’s Shooting All Those Performers

Local arts-scene photog reveals a plethora of faces at the Hideout

"...Vanguard space, a show – written by and starring Kaci Beeler and Curtis Luciani – that had audiences laughing..."

Sept. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fallout Theatre Hosts Hardass Trivia Tournament of Champions

Comedy competition of cultural arcana comes to Twitch

"...vying for knowledge-based supremacy among their fellow popcult brainiacs: Kaci Beeler. Shannon McCormick. Kareem Badr. Maggie Maye. Yamina Khouane...."

Nov. 2, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

What Odd Circumstance Joins Austin’s L.B. Deyo With Gabriel García Márquez Even Beyond the Ransom Center’s Newly Revealed Archives?

Maybe it’s, what? Love, in the time of measles?

"...Coincidentally – because these things are never planned, etc...."

Feb. 3, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hideout Theatre's The Hallmark Holiday Musical

This delightful improvised spin on Hallmark Christmas movies has just what the real things never do: surprises

"...for these films, as you can tell just from Kaci Beeler's exquisitely painted backdrop of a snowy rural scene...."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Honolulu’s Oil in the Alley to Rock the Hideout

Hawaiian trio takes the Downtown stage for an improv-fueled joyride

"...folks at The Hideout (shout out to Roy Janik, Kaci Beeler, Kareem Badr, and Valerie Ward) have brought several..."

Nov. 14, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

2018 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Top honors go to Drowsy Chaperone and Fixing Troilus

"...Direction Bridget Brewer and Kaci Beeler, Orphans!..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend

In which your cultural FOMO is subdued via this handy listicle

"...in this arch musical romp from the mind of Kaci Beeler and the prodigious resources of American Berserk Theatre?..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ColdTowne Theater's Deja Noir

Double Indemnity provides the structure for an improvised and hilarious riff on those dark crime films out of the past

"...many talented improvisers in town (being Facebook friends with Kaci Beeler and Roy Janik isn't quite enough. Is it?)...."

Feb. 9, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

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

"...Direction Ben Bazan, Latinauts: La Frontera Finál Kaci Beeler & Rob Yoho, The Kindness of Strangers Girls..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wide Awake and Brilliant

Eyes open on the Hideout Theatre's 48-Hour Improv Marathon

"...improvised tale of Neverland with all the brio of Kaci Beeler's Peter. The format, which had a successful run..."

July 4, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

47 Nonstop, Unsleeping, Possibly Hallucinatory Hours of Improv This Weekend

The Hideout is doing that wild thing they do every year

"...“Kaci Beeler asked me to join in on the marathon,”..."

June 16, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Good Eye: Tales From the Aging Box

Two actresses opine on when the only opportunity left is to play a mother. (Or a grandmother.)

"...does a person even age in this career?" wondered Kaci Beeler; other actresses were already worrying over nearly invisible..."

March 13, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Still the Fading Stains of Some Bad Improv Blood

Because: You have Five Families, you're gonna have some dysfunction.

"...Kaci Beeler: I think working toward inclusivity is important, and..."

Aug. 28, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Comedy Out the Wazoo and In Your Weekend: Now!

Unless you'd rather just, what, twiddle your thumbs until Moontower?

"...mention the not-so-secret improv weapons named Curtis Luciani and Kaci Beeler. Tipsy pro tip: Never mind the tasty coffee..."

April 9, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2013

Remembering the year thick with superlative works of art onstage and in galleries

"...'THE GRAYDUCK 5K' (grayDUCK Gallery), with the works of Kaci Beeler, Katy Horan, Katy O'Connor, Katie Rose Pipkin, and..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Show Was a Bitter Disappointment

"...maintained any sort of cohesiveness to the show was Kaci Beeler, though the "yes, and" nature of improv dragged..."

Dec. 5, 2013 Postmarks

A Sunday at the Capitol

Orange-clad abortion bill opponents witness House floor folly

"...follower of Austin’s improv community, you might run into Kaci Beeler and Kelli Bland and Curtis Luciani and Amy..."

June 24, 2013 News Post by Dan Solomon

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