The Persistence of Vision Podcast Books Your Life Up Right

Austin-based audio series brings lively lit-talk from local lights

"...George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, Kelli Bland on Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being,..."

March 16, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

2018 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Top honors go to Drowsy Chaperone and Fixing Troilus

"...Caviel, Cassie Reveles, Noel Gaulin, Derek Kolluri, Rommel Sulit, Kelli Bland, Lauren Lane, Jeff Mills, John Christopher, Vincent Tomasino,..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...arch dialogue among the likes of Chris Cubas and Kelli Bland and Jason Liebrecht and more, in SVT's smaller..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Live Nude Art Models from Paper Chairs

An interactive show about live models and the artists who paint them

"...the model featured in that story – the ever-delightful Kelli Bland – is the director of a new show..."

Feb. 25, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Good Eye: Tales From the Quirky Box

More side-eye examination of "quirky" female film roles

"...says male actors also deal with this pressure. But Kelli Bland, another quirky-boxer who often bumps into Beeler at..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Good Eye: Tales From the Beauty Box

Side-eyeing the confines of female film roles

"...nonexistent, and the expiration dates for most non-negotiable. Actress Kelli Bland (Austin High, The Man From Orlando) put it..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Playback: Austin Scared Stupid

Once again, everything hits at once

"...• Frank: Cinema Mysterioso Costume Party, with Spindrift, Christian Bland & the Revelators, Hollow Trees..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

'Art Show/Model Show'

Paper Chairs stages a life drawing session in which those who pose speak out about what they do

"...experiences with one another through filmed and audio interviews. Kelli Bland and Meghan Morongova, who conceived of and co-direct..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Sunday at the Capitol

Orange-clad abortion bill opponents witness House floor folly

"...improv community, you might run into Kaci Beeler and Kelli Bland and Curtis Luciani and Amy Gentry as you..."

June 24, 2013 News Post by Dan Solomon

Adam Sultan

In marking the future deaths of local theatre artists, Physical Plant celebrates their community today

"...Gaulin is perfectly cast as the dying Noel Gaulin. Kelli Bland is as delightful as ever, playing Kelli Bland...."

April 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

EAST-tastic

Six stops to make the 2012 East Austin Studio Tour extra special

"...bring their supplies and easels and create portraits of Kelli Bland, Elizabeth Doss, Meghan Adriel Dwyer, Michelle Keffer, and..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What's Earp in the World of Animation These Days?

Craig Staggs & company break the legendary OK Corral's funnybone

"...This is the cast: Kelli Bland, Jason Liebrecht, Jennymarie Jemison, Judd Farris, Asaf Ronen,..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bastion Standard Time

Austin theatre's 'enfant terrible' swapped his poison pen for a Poison Apple and still gets people talking

"...LaBute's Bash, and the following year, he recruited performer/director Kelli Bland to helm the production of his script Sometimes..."

July 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Jennifer Balkan: Peep Holes

In Balkan's figurative portraits, the realism is heartbreaking

"...(Two of them are Kelli Bland and Michelle Keffer, who talk about their experience..."

March 23, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Model Citizens Bland and Keffer

Striking Poses in the Name of Art

"..."Peep Holes" exhibition at the Wally Workman Gallery are Kelli Bland and Michelle Keffer...."

March 21, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Knot a Secret

After 17 years, playwright Hank Schwemmer is finally getting seen

"...without Dustin needed to be very special," says actor Kelli Bland, "and we unanimously decided we wanted to produce..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hillcountry Underbelly

You can feel Elizabeth Doss' new play rising from deep in her past and this land

"...the action with absurdity, and the cast, which includes Kelli Bland, Emily Tindall, and a brusquely paternal Robert Pierson..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Story Seekers

For their debut, the Exchange Artists have created an engaging fairy tale of a show

"...of the Elisabet Ney Museum. A princess named Bet (Kelli Bland) and her friend Gil (Frederic Winkler), a gardener's..."

April 1, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Top 10 Instances in 2010 in Which I Hit My Word Count

Toasting 2010's most memorable performances, set designs, and directors

"...8) KELLI BLAND'S SEAMLESS ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE IN 'BAAL' AFTER SUDDENLY FINDING..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Still Life, All Shook Up

Naked Lunch's models are a bunch of sketchy posers

"...regular artist and photographer modeling, too," says the pixieish Kelli Bland, actor/director/theatrical woman-about-town. "So I was posing for Danielle..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Guilds of Steel / Faster Than the Speed of Light

Improv offers a nerdgasm for fantasy fans, but the sci-fi musical's gears rarely mesh

"...for this brief goodness is shared equally by director Kelli Bland and choreographer Lindsey Taylor, but neither they nor..."

June 12, 2009 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Belly Laughs of 2008

Chronicle Arts writer Elizabeth Cobbe remembers the sweetest comedic moments in 2008

"...5) Kelli Bland, the cutest hoodlum of all, in The Red..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Red Balloon

Tongue and Groove Theatre's new show leaves you feeling like something dark and heavy has been lifted up and carried far, far away

"...masked elderly gentleman, Jeanne Harris as the teacher, and Kelli Bland, who might just be the cutest, angriest little..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

FronteraFest Short Fringe Week One

The first week brought packed houses, captivating shows, and the promise that the rest of the fest will be just as magical

"...Kelli Bland's "A Genuine Plea to My Insides" capped off..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Anything Goes

That free-for-all spirit is part of the kick of FronteraFest

"..."A Genuine Plea to My Insides," by Kelli Bland. A dialogue between the performer and her body...."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Thought in Three Parts

In staging Wallace Shawn's famously unproduced and pornographic A Thought in Three Parts, it'd be so easy to stumble or misjudge, but Rubber Repertory has gotten almost everything stunningly right

"...Hislope and Meyer, not to mention Rosaruby Glaberman and Kelli Bland, are way easier on the eyes than the..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

FronteraFest 2007: The lowdown

"...Tuesday, Jan. 16"A Genuine Plea to My Insides," by Kelli Bland. A dialogue between the writer/performer and her body...."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature

365 Days/365 Plays: Week 5

The yearlong festival of plays by Suzan-Lori Parks continues with seven short plays presented by Hyde Park Theatre in Week Five

"...Hoard, Christopher Loveless, Marisa Pisano, Jessie Tilton, Michelle Keffer, Kelli Bland, Marc Frost, Adam Sultan, Julie Wright, Jenna Cox,..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Arts Feature

Lonely, and You're No One's Nothing Special

Hyde Park Theatre lets Ann Marie Healy's short plays 'Lonely' and 'You're No One's Nothing Special' stand alone and creates a fully satisfying evening of theatre

"...I saw the show but is normally played by Kelli Bland). Noah Neal, who plays Frank, looks out through..."

June 9, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Coach's Corner

"...pick the threesome of Susie Redman, Nanci Bowen, and Kelli Kuehne, solely on the sound basis that Kuehne's a..."

May 28, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton