On the Drunk Bus With Pineapple Tangaroa

The Austin body modifcation artist isn't playing around in his surprise new comedy

"...he returned to his previous stomping grounds of San Marcos and worked a couple of lousy piercing gigs and..."

May 21, 2021 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

In Memoriam: Peg Miller

Last call for the big-hearted co-owner of Chicago House

"...Sterling Price-McKinney, Steven Tomlinson, Will T. Massey, C.K. McFarland, Marco Perella, Heloise Gold … the astounding list goes on...."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Devil's Candy

Heavy metal and Satanism in a rural Texas town

"...Craig Nigh, Leland Orser, Oryan West, Richard Rollin and Marco Perella...."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spectrum Theatre's Tribute to Boyd

African-American company's gala salutes the great Boyd Vance

"...jazz chanteuse Pamela Hart, state Rep. Dawnna Dukes, actor Marco Perella (who co-starred with Vance in Shear Madness), and..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Jaston Williams

Before 'Tuna,' he rode with 'Maid Marian in a Stolen Car'

"...Mexico, in the 1970s to do theatre. CK McFarland, Marco Perella, and some of the craziest people I've ever..."

Aug. 28, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Christmas Story

Zach Theatre faithfully re-creates the beloved holiday film onstage, though it lacks part of the original's shine

"...charm and easy manner (not to mention ample experience), Marco Perella would seem a fine fit for the role,..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Zach Theatre

The theatre is giving away a free wedding to some homegrown George and Emily

"...including Janelle Buchanan, Lana Dieterich, Harvey Guion, Billy Harden, Marco Perella, Scotty Roberts, and, as the Stage Manager, Jaston..."

March 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Glynda Cox: In Memoriam

The co-owner of beloved arts venue Chicago House and one of the great moms of the arts scene has passed

"...Slaid Cleaves, Betty Elders, Will T. Massey, C.K. McFarland, Marco Perella, Heloise Gold ... the list goes on. In..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'My Trip to Al-Qaeda': Lawrence Wright's journey from page to stage

Lawrence Wright's experiences in the years he spent researching The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 have become the basis for a one-man theatrical work

"...later, Wright presented My Trip to Al-Qaeda, directed by Marco Perella, at the LBJ Library and Museum. That was..."

March 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 'West' Shall Rise Again

A new generation creates its own take on the show that changed Austin theatre

"...some of the original Big Staters. Sidney Brammer and Marco Perella, two of the crew still in Austin, considered..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'In the West': Living Portraits Avedon Would Die For

The original Austin Chronicle review from Nov. 15, 1985

"...a breakup in "End of the World" (written by Marco Perella and performed by Sidney Brammer) is a universal..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

... And the 'West' is History

How Big State Productions' little monologue show changed Austin theatre

"...Counterparts – and individual Big Staters developed several others: Marco Perella's Tarot for a New Age, C.K. McFarland's Earth..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From Method to Make-Do

Austin's myriad thespian coaches teach us to seek, grow, and do … or at least act like it

"...Marco Perella penned the book every Austin wannabe-actor should read:..."

July 1, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sonny's Last Shot

Though it has the episodic feel of a screenplay, 'Sonny's Last Shot' is, all in all, a satisfying evening of getting your jollies at the expense of the Texas Legislature

"...The set, designed by Valerie Light and director Marco Perella, is a bright and cartoonish representation of the..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

"...Integration of AbilitiesPaul Baker, Robert Flynn, Eugene McKinney, Moderator: Marco Perella..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature

Side Man

In the Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of Side Man, director Dave Steakley conducts the play's overlapping conversations and monologue "solos" like a good bandleader, but that fine work can't compensate for the distance from the action created by playwright Warren Leight in depicting the gap between jazzmen and their families.

"...all alone at home, waiting for Dad (the excellent Marco Perella). No words are spoken, but the audience is..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Music to Hang On to Life By

Dramatizing the pull of music on a human life is no easy task, but Warren Leight's Side Man shows jazz players hanging on to their music to keep from giving in to despair, and its Austin premiere will benefit from the skill of Zachary Scott Theatre Center Artistic Director Dave Steakley, who has consistently demonstrated an uncanny knack for portraying the impact that music can have on a life and the place where drama is best expressed through music.

"...and with those of his cast, including local favorite Marco Perella (Adventures of a No-Name Actor) as Gene, Lisa..."

May 16, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Short Cuts

Classes and a contest.

"...a pair of workshops/salons beginning this weekend: Local actor/author Marco Perella (Adventures of a No Name Actor, and the..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

TIL Awards

"...Best Humorous Book: Marco Perella's Adventures of a No Name Actor..."

March 29, 2002 Books Feature

Long Fringe @ Blue Theatre

"...Rounding Home by Amy Goodwin; directed by Marco Perella All her life, Sally has been overshadowed by..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Arts Feature

2001 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Noon to 12:30pm Giving an Earful Reading TentReading: Marco Perella12:15 to 1:30pm House ChamberFrom Manuscript to Marketing: An..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature

Postmarks

Stirred up by the arts, sounding off on local TV

"...Congratulations to Marco Perella on the publication of his wonderful book, Adventures..."

July 20, 2001 Column

Marco Perella Reviewed

Movie actor Marco Perella has at least one doozy of a story for every picture he's made, and in his Adventures of a No Name Actor, he makes each one so light and salty and tasty, you just want to keep tossing 'em back, like popcorn.

"...Adventures of a No Name Actorby Marco Perella; foreword by Molly Ivins..."

July 6, 2001 Books Feature by Robert Faires

The Player

With Adventures of a No Name Actor, a comic memoir of his adventures in the screen trade, anonymous player Marco Perella is finding literary stardom.

"...Marco Perella is running his highlight reel...."

July 6, 2001 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

Postscripts

First Marco Perella told us about the apparently very funny experience of being a nobody in his Adventures of a No Name Actor; now Bruce Campbell wants us to know what it's like to be both a B-movie king and a regular Joe.

"...First Marco Perella told us about the apparently very funny experience..."

June 29, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

"I have a big fan base of five-to-ten-year-olds," Austin actor Marco Perella confides in his new book Adventures of a No Name Actor. "I get invited to speak at elementary schools and Cub Scout pack meetings. I'm a big draw at after-school library parties."

"...Where in the World Is Marco Perella?..."

June 8, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Austin Symphony Orchestra Family Concert

With the Austin Symphony Orchestra in street clothes and everyone sporting bright yellow Symph-o-Vision glasses that turned even the dullest brown wall at the Bass into a rainbow of light, the kid-packed audience was taken on a colorful family musical journey.

"...was ready for a colorful family musical journey. Host Marco Perella explained the ritual of tuning up the orchestra,..."

April 27, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Deep in the Art

How In the West Became Deep in the Heart (of Texas)

"...State troupers including Sidney Brammer, Aralyn Hughes, Janelle Buchanan, Marco Perella, C.K. McFarland, and Jo Carol Pierce (most of..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Deep in the Heart (Of Texas)

"...Directed by: Stephen Purvis. Starring: Kenneth Cranham, Amanda Root, Marco Perella, C.k. Mcfarland, Tim Mateer, Jo Carol Pierce, Karen..."

May 8, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Writers Month Events

"...Sublett, Jim Fritzler, Thomas Alcala, Aralyn Hughes, Lou Perryman, Marco Perella, and John Hawkes, May 3, 3-5pm, Borders..."

April 24, 1998 Books Feature

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