A Sunday at the Capitol

Orange-clad abortion bill opponents witness House floor folly

"...of that discussion has also been the subject of national attention), and that discussion was back on Sunday: The..."

June 24, 2013 News Post by Dan Solomon

Unraveling Shakespeare's Life

Dr. James Shapiro tackles the Bard one slice at a time

"...kind of claim about many, many writers and many playwrights in particular. Like Arthur Miller, for example, who was..."

March 23, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Culture Flash

A dozen NEA grants, an Austinite for State Artist, and Austin High takes state

"...that have just been awarded 2011 grants from the National Endowment for the Arts: Arthouse: $35,000 to support studio-based art..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

New Works Theater Community

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

"...Austin's national reputation as a theatre city, one in which exceptional..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig

This Michener Center grad wins a second major prize and more national notice for her drama

"...which is also proving a hot property on the national new play circuit. The drama, in which a former..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Days of Future Past

The history of Salvage Vanguard Theater's unlikely sci-fi success, The Intergalactic Nemesis

"...The writing team was made up of Colgan, playwrights Lisa D'Amour (16 Spells to Charm the Beast) and..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

MACC Mommy

Managing the busy new Mexican American Cultural Center is inspiring work for Amparo Garcia-Crow

"...She's not. She's a multidisciplinary artist who has enjoyed national as well as local recognition for her work. Over..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Austin Script Works: Swanson steps down as artistic director

After three years as artistic director of Austin Script Works, playwright Colin Denby Swanson is leaving her leadership post at the organization to focus full-time on her writing

"...for Austin Script Works, the membership organization that supports playwrights by helping them hone their craft, develop their work,..."

July 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Does an Artist Get a Passport?

Two Austin playwrights join dozens of writers from across the hemisphere to 'dream the Americas'

"...We being Austin playwrights Amparo Garcia-Crow and C. Denby Swanson and Dreaming the..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature

Amparo Garcia-Crow: Write this way

Playwright and screenwriter Amparo Garcia-Crow appears to be on a roll, given the way her recent work has been garnering attention from coast to coast

"...took first place in the Female Protagonist Project, a national competition sponsored by the Mae West Festival, an organization..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Yoga Drama

For a year, Austin will be practicing daily public acts of creative expression through the national festival 365 Days/365 Plays

"...to producing the entire cycle, in order – a national ritual of theatre-making and theatre-going...."

Nov. 10, 2006 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Drive, He Said

In its 13th year, Jason Neulander shifts Salvage Vanguard Theater into overdrive

"...Neulander spearheaded the four-day RAT (putatively, Regional Alternative Theatre) conference that brought fierce companies from across the world to..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Conference Confluence

Austin hosts not one, but two national conferences on the arts the same weekend in June

"...of our fair city hosting not one, but two national conferences on the arts. Americans for the Arts, a..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The photography gallery Lake Austin Fine Arts closes its doors, and local playwrights Dan Dietz and C. Denby Swanson see new productions of their work.

"...the past year as a Jerome Fellow at The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis. First, her short play, 178 Head,..."

June 21, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

A grand operatic production of Turnadot by the Chinese National Opera has been canceled, playwright C. Denby Swanson receives a McKnight Advancement Grant, Davy Crockett gets caught in the Web, and Peter Pan receives his own Amy's Ice Cream flavor.

"...was a production of Puccini's Turandot by the Chinese National Opera, that would have featured 150 performers, including 36..."

May 10, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Seven Austin arts organizations receive outreach grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, playwright C. Denby Swanson receives a McKnight Advancement Grant, and Peter Pan receives his own Amy's Ice Cream flavor.

"...Austin arts organizations received some welcome news from the National Endowment for the Arts last week: federal funds to..."

May 3, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Salvage Vanguard Theater loses Dan Dietz as co-Artistic Director, the National Endowments for the Arts loses its new director, and the Rude Mechanicals sell out their Mid-America tour of Lipstick Traces.

"...The change is being prompted by a surge of national interest in Dietz's work as a playwright. In the..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

A busy summer for Austin artists.

"...is plenty busy -- but in terms of the national scene. More and more of our playwrights, performers, dancers,..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Bottom's Dream: chokecherry

"...Austin theatre artists (and some of our favorite new playwrights) traveling the West Coast for a number of years..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Working Vacations

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...the opportunity to show off those skills in a national forum. This month, she'll be in Sundance, Utah, helping..."

July 9, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...Non-linear narrative? Deconstructed text? Puppets? It would take a conference of NEA panelists and Talmudic scholars to settle such..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

Plays in Our Stocking

A Few Dramas We Want St. Nick to Give Austin Theatre

"...Critical Mass, Rude Mechanicals, Third Coast Repertory Company), a national conference for improv troupes and one for independent theatre..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playwrights in the Queue

"...British Theater at the Social Security Office; November 8 Playwrights Tom Stoppard and David Hare, theater critic Michael Billington,..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Books Feature

Page Two

"...running the Powell/Pressburger Archers series (see p.46), the British Playwrights series (p.48), a fall edition of their successful Film..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Column by Louis Black

Articulations

RAT Droppings

"...companies around the country, who have formed an informal national network called RAT (it may look like an acronym,..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Arts Column by Robert Faires