Mustang Island

A deft millennial comedy of manners

"...Craig Elrod. Starring: Macon Blair, Lee Eddy, John Merriman, Molly Karrasch, Jason Newman, Byron Brown and Haley Alea Erickson...."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Silent Sky at Austin Playhouse

This luminous staging of Lauren Gunderson's play brings wonder to the universe and makes it at once vast and intimate

"...fervent dialogue but also in the vibrant performance of Molly Karrasch. From the moment the actor opens the play..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Actors' Inequity

The Cost of Art IV: The artists onstage in Austin aren't just not paid what they're worth, many aren't paid at all

"...work away for free or near-free feels wrong. Actor Molly Karrasch notes that when any actors in a show..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Fool for Love

The relationship of the doomed duo in Fool for Love gets explosive in Capital T's production

"...cat and mouse. Unstable though the pair might be, Molly Karrasch handles the intricacies of May's personality with superb..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Time Stands Still

Austin Playhouse finds the raw pain in this drama of a photojournalist wounded in the Iraq War

"...centers on a successful photojournalist. We first meet Sarah (Molly Karrasch), who was injured by a roadside bomb while..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Slowgirl

Hyde Park Theatre transports us to Costa Rica's jungle for an awkward but affecting meeting of uncle and niece

"...lighting. And costume designer Glenda Barnes hits teenaged Becky (Molly Karrasch) dead-on with chipped mermaid-tail nail polish, a wrist..."

March 29, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Austin Playhouse's A Little Night Music

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

"...especially during the familiar "Send in the Clowns," with Molly Karrasch also striking as Petra, Anne's lady, when she..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Austin Playhouse's Disgraced

Ayad Akhtar's drama delivers a raw, powerful conversation about race without the usual distractions

"...Ben Wolfe), a Pakistani-American attorney, and his wife Emily (Molly Karrasch), a painter exploring Islamic influence in art. Don..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Venus in Fur

A spirit of fun drives this Austin Playhouse comedy about power plays in the bedroom and the theatre

"...Toner captures that Ives-ian spirit of perverse fun, with Molly Karrasch at her most effervescently effusive, hilariously babbling on..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Exit, Pursued by a Bear

An abusive husband gets a shot of Southern discomfort in this hysterical revenge comedy

"...like the vengeful murderesses in Chicago's "Cell Block Tango," Molly Karrasch plays Nan as a sweet, slightly neurotic woman..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2016

Works that struck a nerve with the political state of our city and our nation stood out in this year's outstanding theatre productions

"...to Harvard's first female astronomers. Led by a vibrant Molly Karrasch, five actors formed a lovely constellation in a..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chicago

A cast of familiar faces conjures Kander and Ebb's Jazz Age classic in an entertaining way

"...the action. Of particular note is the always fabulous Molly Karrasch, whose hilarious and unique delivery of her monologue..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

DNA

Capital T Theatre's DNA reveals more about how animals behave in a group than an episode of Nature

"...to get in front of the story. But director Molly Karrasch does her best to work against these shortcomings,..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Top 10 Theatre Duos & Trios of 2014

Remembering a year in theatre in which performers distinguished themselves in twos and threes

"...10) MOLLY KARRASCH & BRIAN COUGH­LIN IN TIME STANDS STILL (Austin..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Top 10 Reasons (+3) I Stayed in Love With Theatre in 2014

Valentines to theatre and comedic craft played a large part in making 2014 a memorable year in theatre

"...and acting artistry: the aforementioned Ms. Hollingsworth in Chicago, Molly Karrasch in Venus in Fur (Austin Playhouse), Liz Beckham..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Roaring

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

"...Guy" (J. Ben Wolfe) and manager Melanie (Hildreth England). Molly Karrasch plays the mysterious Lil, alternately seen and unseen..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2013

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

"...a sports paradigm and confer MVP status on actor MOLLY KARRASCH? I mean, Jesus, Slowgirl, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Tragedy:..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tragedy: a tragedy

Hyde Park fave playwright Will Eno keenly satirizes the TV news biz when a team covers the day the sun doesn't rise

"...proceedings. On the scene are Constance at the Home (Molly Karrasch); Michael the Legal Advisor (Michael Ferstenfeld); John in..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Gruesome Playground Injuries

Two wounded friends walk a line between nostalgia and regret in Street Corner Arts' staging of Rajiv Joseph's play

"...Though we meet Kayleen (Molly Karrasch) and Doug (Benjamin Summers) when they are 8..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Tigers Be Still

Distractions aside, this Hyde Park production's heart and funny bone are in sync with the play's

"...affectingly in Hyde Park Theatre's production, most often in Molly Karrasch's Sherry, whose face reveals the character's constant fight..."

July 27, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

Six actors play everyone in the holiday favorite, and they become Bedford Falls

"...only see why this George is so beloved of Molly Karrasch Wineberg's Mary – winsome and beaming, the model..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mustang Island Premieres at Dallas International Film Festival

Craig Elrod and Nathan Smith screen their latest starring Macon Blair

"...who has had several shorts premiere at SXSW, including "Molly" (2014) and the 2010 Jury Award winner "Petting Sharks,"..."

March 31, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Making Play Pay

Is anyone making a living at acting? Bueller?

"...Molly Karrasch doesn’t make a living yet, “but that is..."

Jan. 22, 2015 Arts Post by Katherine Catmull

ATX's Inaugural Addresses

Local artists, comics speak out about Trump taking office

"...A Team of Nasty Women — consisting of director Molly Karrasch and actors Crystal Bird Caviel, Jess Hughes, and..."

Jan. 18, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Molly Karrasch, Venus in Fur..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Term 'Appropiately Anorexic' Is Wildly Inappropriate

Dec. 13, 2013 Postmarks

'Dulcey and Roxy at City Hall'

Russia's Maksym Kurochkin weaves our town into his new play

"...Kolluri, and, as Dulcey and Roxy, Gricelda Silva and Molly Karrasch, and they're the voices you'll hear at tonight's..."

Nov. 6, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Playhouse

Once more with feeling: It's yet another temporary space for the theatre's new season

Dec. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Steel Magnolias

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

"...I couldn't say the same for with Ms. Parton. Molly Karrasch plays Truvy's new assistant, who lost her husband..."

May 4, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad