Won't You Come In?

For four years, playwright Lisa D'Amour and director Katie Pearl have forged an uncommon bond with audiences through the welcoming, intimate quality of their theatre work. They've also forged an uncommon bond with each other, a mutually fulfilling creative partnership that will continue for the rest of their lives.

"...Lisa D'Amour and Katie Pearl aren't just theatre artists. They're hostesses of the..."

May 11, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Scavenging for Home

The NATObombing of Belgrade provoked playwright Lisa D'Amour to examine the intention behind her art and reasons for being an artist.

"...Austin Script Works, Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre, and my collaborator Katie Pearl (all in Austin), New Dramatists (in New York..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Lisa D'Amour

Object Lesson

In Sherry Kramer's new play, things that are ordinary become magical: flowers, Barbies, even the writer herself

"...Arts Editor Robert Faires.) The play is directed by Katie Pearl, with set design by Michael Raiford and visual..."

May 16, 2008 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Articulations

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

"...That Doesn't Sleep. Earlier this year, D'Amour and friends/collaborators Katie Pearl and Kathy Randels scored Obie Awards for their..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Being Edmundo

In her new cabaret performance piece Edmundo, writer and actor Jennifer Haley dallies with a man who needs to have it all.

"...In May of 2001, Haley was working with Katie Pearl on another play, and over breakfast one day..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Understanding Islam

Steve Moore's latest play makes a pilgrimage to the truth of a misunderstood faith

"...see the changes in Moore's writing more acutely than Katie Pearl, who has collaborated with Moore on numerous projects..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From Nothing to Bounty

Playwright Lisa D'Amour muses on the distance between Austin and 'Detroit'

"...Miltons with her fellow interdisciplinary artist and longtime collaborator Katie Pearl. (See "Won't You Come In?," May 11, 2001.)..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Articulations

A pair of dancing Hungarian sisters led to a trio of Obie Awards for sometime Austinites Katie Pearl and Lisa D'Amour and their friend and collaborator Kathy Randels.

"...to a trio of Obie Awards for sometime Austinites Katie Pearl and Lisa D'Amour and their friend and collaborator..."

May 23, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Palmer Design Team Named

"...in operation. Just last week, it pulled Austin director Katie Pearl and musician SXIP up to the Land of..."

June 4, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Nightswim

History and friendship are the fulcrum on which Nightswim balances Steve Moore's impressionistic, profound look at famous friends Roy Bedichek, Frank Dobie, and Walter Webb

"...this world-premiere production by the State Theater Company, director Katie Pearl is fortunate in many ways. Christopher McCollum's simple..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Articulations

Naughty Austin makes a new home for itself on the Eastside, and Katie Pearl and Lisa D'Amour return to the Grove on Lamar.

"...It's art. The creative team of Lisa D'Amour and Katie Pearl, who began their fruitful artistic collaboration with a..."

April 4, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

New Works Theater Community

Austin theatre groups band together and land $90,000 to support making new work

"...community to be and how they would utilize funding. Katie Pearl of Physical Plant Theater and Vortex Repertory Company..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Still Fountains

Michael Mitchell's paired one-acts depict characters with a lot bottled up inside

"...a strong acting ensemble under the focused direction of Katie Pearl. Pearl choreographs a nuanced dance of the characters,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Laboratory of Playmaking

Artists from different realms join forces to concoct new strains of performance in UT's New Works Festival

"...Katie Pearl sympathizes. The Obie Award-winning co-creator of Nita &..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Anna Bella Eema

In Anna Bella Eema three women sitting behind TV trays spin an incredible tale of a girl who builds a girl out of mud and what happens when she comes to life. And as written by Lisa D'Amour and directed by Katie Pearl, it is glorious, with a beauty and depth almost beyond language.

"...believe that, between them, playwright Lisa D'Amour and director Katie Pearl have roughly, oh, five thousand and 12 eyes...."

May 18, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

Goodbyes and good news at the 2000 Austin Theatre Critics Table Awards.

"...of the good news being shared on Monday. Director Katie Pearl, who staged this year's Critics Table award-winner for..."

June 2, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Beat the Clock

Rediscovering the Danger in Theatre Under the Gun

"...that I dropped in on was slightly surreal. Director Katie Pearl and actor Amy Dickson spent the first five..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Culture Flash!

Art prize finalists, grants for a dancemaker and a new musical, and Mother Ginger

"...federal prison near Bastrop at the $10,000 level, but Katie Pearl and Lisa D'Amour, present and past Austin theatre..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Arts Column by Robert Faires

David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

Comedy and collaboration were distinguishing elements in the 2009 New Works Festival

"...it surfaced in discussions such as the focus group Katie Pearl led on directing new work, combined with the..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rude Mechs

The Rudes' next show gets tapped for a prestigious New Play Development Project

"...Wrestling Patient, a collaboration with Obie Award-winning Austin director Katie Pearl and Boston actress Anne Gottlieb, was one of..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fuse Box by Day

Schedule

"...Lisa D'Amour (New York City/Austin/New Orleans) and Katie Pearl (Austin), with choreography by Emily Johnson (Minneapolis)..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kneeling Down at Noon

The Mary Moody Northen Theatre's Kneeling Down at Noon is a thoughtful and deeply humane drama that considers the way Islam informs the lives and actions of various characters

"...Moore and director Katie Pearl portray this with the striking theatricality that's distinguished..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

See a show and aid local theatres, catch some more Crush, show some dramaturgs how to two-step, and read up on Austin artists in national mags

"...(and Austin Critics Table Award-winning) show by sometime Austinites Katie Pearl (director of Nightswim) and Lisa D'Amour (author of..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Top 10 Most Memorable Theatrical Offerings That I Chanced to See in 2004 (A Hierarchical List)

Barry Pineo lists his favorite stage productions of 2004

"...uniquely Austin rumination on friendship and history. Directed by Katie Pearl...."

Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Backward 'Spin'

Catherine Berry explains how to reverse engineer your very own musical

"...know Lisa D'Amour through a workshop I'd done with Katie Pearl. It was very bizarre. There were some playwrights..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Bullets

It's Edinburgh for 'Bolero,' the Big Apple for 'Flawed' and 'St. Enid,' and AMOA for PR guy David Wyatt

"...in the fest's New Play Boot Camp, and director Katie Pearl staged Sheila Callaghan's Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin..."

June 18, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SLABBER: Audience With Mystery

The FronteraFest 2000 Long Fringe round-up continues with Robert Faires' review of SLABBER, by Lisa D'Amour.

"...But writer/performer Lisa D'Amour and director Katie Pearl reminded us of this in SLABBER with such..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Long Fringe -- Bring Your Own Venue!

"...Directed by: Katie Pearl..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

Growth Spurt

Nine Shows That Transported Me

"...voyage to the bottom of the sea, Steve Moore, Katie Pearl, and a corps of imaginative collaborators fashioned a..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Looking for a Few Good, Um, Nonprofit Arts Types

"...the arts listings this issue for more info.) And Katie Pearl, formerly the Frontera development associate, has bounced over..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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