The Trip to Bountiful

Horton Foote's moving drama is staged with the simple modesty of an old hymn

"...we may best know ourselves. Before she reaches it, Mary Agen Cox's Mrs. Watts is a portrait of agitation,..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Playhouse's A Little Night Music

Wonderful musical numbers, strong voices highlight Austin Playhouse's A Little Night Music

"...to swallow now, but Artistic Director Don Toner eschews agenda, embracing the story for its entertainment value and, of..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Women Who Steal

Austin Playhouse's revival takes this female comedy beyond Thelma-and-Louise territory

"...company two comediennes as talented as Babs George and Mary Agen Cox. The first act belongs to George; her..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Austin Playhouse's Shakespeare in Love

The Oscar-winning film makes a successful transition to the stage through Don Toner's marvelous production

"...the Admiral's Men; Brian Coughlin as Lord Wessex; and Mary Agen Cox as Queen Elizabeth I all dominate any..."

March 30, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Roaring

Cyndi Williams' study of a subterranean retirement community during a catastrophe has promise but isn't always clear

"...all too familiar to the residents, including Smart Joan (Mary Agen Cox) and Johnny (Huck Huckaby). But not everyone..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

A Flea in Her Ear

This Feydeau farce is like an apple pie: familiar, and it tastes good going down

"...appearances, including the daft Baptistin (Tom Parker) and Olympe (Mary Agen Cox), a madame of some experience. We also..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Enchanted April

Austin Playhouse's Enchanted April' taps the story's timeless charms and envelops you in a captivating glow, as warming as spring sunshine

"...the Italian servant Costanza, played with sly verve by Mary Agen Cox, whose every muttered exit is priceless. Michael..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

As produced by Austin Playhouse, Tennessee Williams' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' leaps and lands on its feet with aplomb

"...plantation owner in the Deep South in the 1950s. Mary Agen Cox provides a fine character study of overdoting..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Building a City on a Stage

Epic is not something often attempted in the theatre, much less by small arts groups, but with Orange, Refraction Arts Project is telling the epic history of a fictitious city across three time periods in four overlapping storylines, with the participation of 15 playwrights and 25 actors.

"...and Jessica Hedrick; 25 cast members, including local favorites Mary Agen Cox, Barbara Chisholm, Robert Pierson, Leigh Anderson Fisher,..."

May 23, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Stuffed to bursting with outrageous characters, broad reactions, and slapstick, The Merry Wives of Windsor as mounted by the Austin Shakespeare Festival and Austin Playhouse is big on big comedy, and the crisp comic work of the cast makes it a sizable pleasure.

"...a sojourn at the beauty parlor. Babs George and Mary Agen Cox embody these gals with an old-fashioned glee,..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Copenhagen

If director Don Toner's staging of Copenhagen, a drama about 20th-century physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, is good but unexceptional, the trouble may lie in Michael Frayn's script, which is full of intriguing ideas but less than satisfying as a story.

"...Copenhagen: Talking It Over ... and Over and Over..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Local Arts Reviews

"...whose verbal attacks she always parries, and deftly; by Mary Agen Cox and David Jones as the hapless couple..."

June 7, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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.

"...from Australia to America, hers just the reverse. And Mary Agen Cox and Ron Berry spin through an array..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Light Up the Sky

For the debut of his new Austin Playhouse company, Don Toner provides a time-travel trip back to 1948 with old Moss Hart and his play about putting on a play, Light Up the Sky. And the trip is one sure to leave a smile.

"...Vil, Close would've had to kiss those puppies goodbye. Mary Agen Cox is here, too, as a sort of..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

For the new year, resolve to support the new in the local arts scene. Here are several new projects that would welcome support.

"...colleagues Babs George, Dirk van Allen, Thomas C. Parker, Mary Agen Cox, David Stokey, and Ellsworth Schave. The production..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

How I Learned to Drive: This Caged Bird Sings

Local Arts Reviews

"...Li'l Bit, Thomas C. Parker as Uncle Peck, and Mary Agen Cox, David Jones, and Lara Toner making up..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Exhibitionism

Sandbox: Young at Heart

"...in his gradually slumping shoulders and increasingly grim face. Mary Agen Cox gives us a Lily Dale foundering before..."

July 16, 1999 Arts Review

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...The Medea Stories, Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The Imaginary Invalid, Mary Moody Northen Theatre..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Mary Moody Northen Theatre..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...c/o The Grove, Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...Death of a Salesman, Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's University..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

The Critics Table's Crème de la Crème

The winners of the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...John Bustin Award for Conspicuous Versaility Mary Agen Cox, Jeff Mills..."

June 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Austin Playhouse's production provides a pleasurable escape from our world of straight talk and minimal etiquette

"...the language, Ben Wolfe provides great comic relief, and Mary Agen Cox is an anchor of sobriety in this..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

Steel Magnolias

Thanks to an ensemble of fine actresses, Austin Playhouse's new production of Steel Magnolias is a breath of fresh Louisiana air

"...big and unyielding as their hair. The barely recognizable Mary Agen Cox plays Truvy and makes her more matronly..."

May 4, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Nominations for the 2004-2005 B. Iden Payne Awards

A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.

"...Mary Agen Cox, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature

Private Lives

In Austin Playhouse's production of Private Lives, an excellent ensemble mines Noël Coward's witty wordplay and his characters' spectacular self-absorption with comedic aplomb

"...and horrifying their more experienced spouses. The quartet, plus Mary Agen Cox as surly French maid Louise, make for..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar