Spectrum Theatre Company

'Illumination Celebration' brings African-American theatre one step closer to the spotlight

"...Austin certainly doesn't lack for African-American theatre artists. African-American theatre companies, though? That's another story. Over..."

June 27, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Clybourne Park

This company has vibrant success with Bruce Norris' racial drama that shows how far we haven't come in 60 years

"...Prize as well as Olivier and Tony awards, Penfold Theatre Company has assembled an artistic team so strong that..."

June 3, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Spectrum Theatre Company's Spunk

This Austin company weaves three classic tales by Zora Neale Hurston into a spirited service full of sass and grit

"...In Spectrum Theatre Company's Spunk, the eyes have it. Carla Nickerson's eyes..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Spectrum Theatre Company's Juneteenth Chronicles

With this play, Crystal Bird Caviel honors ancestors who were slaves and her colleague, the late Dr. Billy F. Harden

"...which is being given a staged reading by Spectrum Theatre Company this weekend. As Caviel is directing that reading,..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gobotrick Theatre Company: Keeping the Soul Happy

Naomi Wallace's drama One Flea Spare is the latest venture from Gobotrick Theatre Company

"...Perhaps you've heard of One Flea Spare, Naomi Wallace's play about four disparate Londoners..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

City Theatre Company

A pro-Catholic organization threatens City's staging of a biblical comedy – sort of

"...a fabulous story? Back in early May, Austin's City Theatre Company began receiving postcards and e-mails protesting its upcoming..."

June 11, 2010 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Tutto Theatre Company

Dustin Wills' new play reconsiders Hamlet through a quintet of Ophelias

"...is a prime example. The promotional material for Tutto Theatre Company's upcoming production of Ophelia describes her as "literature's..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Groundswell Theatre Company's Bear Eats Bear

This site-specific audio work puts the audience in a postapocalyptic world to show how central art is to the human experience

"...of the traditional performance spaces from a city, and theatre companies wind up making some crazy stuff...."

Nov. 3, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Tutto Theatre Company

Artistic Director Dustin Wills opens a play here then bolts to Rome to mount another

"...Dustin Wills' schedule: Thursday, June 26, he opened Tutto Theatre Company's production of Black Snow at Salvage Vanguard Theater..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gale Theatre Company's TWENTYEIGHT

In this Afrofuturist drama by Tyler English-Beckwith, blacks labor to reach a safe space in space

"...sky. "There ain't nothin' you can't have in space," one insists, and we can feel in the space station..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Last Act Theatre Company's Postville

In Don Fried's drama, small-town Midwesterners face a clash of cultures when Hasidic Jews move in

"...making ends meet. With times this tight, you'd think someone sweeping in to reopen the plant would be seen..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Gale Theatre Company's Salomé

This original drama reworks the familiar tale to give us a new perspective on the Judean princess

"...The Dance of the Seven Veils is done. The head of the Baptist has been given to..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

State Theatre Company

It's a new year, and the State Theater has a new artistic director, who has announced some new additions to the theatre's season

"...It's a new year, and at the State Theatre that means much that's new, including the artistic director...."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hidden Room Theatre Is Working With a Presidential Assassin

Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, we reckon you’ll really enjoy the show

"...Austin’s Hidden Room theatre company is officially in cahoots with John Wilkes Booth,..."

June 12, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spectrum Theatre's Tribute to Boyd

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

"...African-American theatre in Austin is getting a major boost these days,..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...the B. Iden Payne Awards Council Monday. When the theatre group announced the nominees for the 2016-17 season, Doctuh..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Theatre in the Round (Rock)

Penfold Theatre makes its entrance up north – where it's always wanted to be

"...The past decade has seen more than 50 theatre companies spring from the fertile soil of our creative..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Who Wants to Be a Theatre Geek?

A quiz to find out who knows what about theatre in Austin.

"...1. On average, how many productions does the Austin theatre community mount or present in Austin during a year?..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Theatre -- ALL CAPS, All the Time

There's nothing lower-case or lethargic about theatre director, actor, and producer Sharon Sparlin. She's bold, animated, even electric, and channeling all that high-voltage energy into creating equally energetic theatre all the time.

"...thinking, 'What am I going to do next?' There's none of that panic." She knows that there's work because..."

April 13, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

A Theatre Mecca?!?

Honest, Some Folks Move to Austin for the Theatre

"...is rapidly becoming known around the country, particularly if one has an ear to the theatre grapevine. My college..."

July 18, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Penfold Theatre Gives Live Readings of Radio Plays in the Ransom Center Archives

The company has dusted off radio adaptations of Shakespeare, Fitzgerald, and Thackeray for the 21st century to hear – live

"...When we last heard from Penfold Theatre Company, it was bringing the future into the present,..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Examining the Sins and Virtues of Hypermasculine Theatre

When is violence in theatre too much?

"...This past June, a Chicago theatre company became the focus of national attention when the..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

Two Generations, One Art

Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.

"...Terry Galloway and her "sisters" in the Rude Mechanicals theatre company is purely coincidental. After all, these women are..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art

The first production by the new Penfold Theatre Company reveals a company of fine actors capable of very fine work

"...Art can be so subjective. Penfold Theatre Company, with producing partner City Theatre, is resurrecting the..."

June 6, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Raving About Theatre

A Swarm of Wily, Unruly Theatre Types Meet in the Heat

"...arguments, lengthy meals, laughter, parties, gossip, drinking, and, if anyone thinks of it, bowling, all in the name of..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Review: Penfold Theatre's Vincent

Size matters when painting a portrait of Van Gogh

"...The small-scale Vincent – a one-act, one-man play currently being staged by Penfold Theatre –..."

March 31, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: City Theatre's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

A perfect measure of schadenfreude on the rocks, with an angst chaser

"...These days, productions at the City Theatre feel like a litmus test for one's ability to..."

April 18, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Subject to Control

American Berserk Theatre's debut is a heady, funny treat, smuggling heavy ideas in a light package

"...Subject to ControlSalvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd. www.americanberserktheatre.com Through June 4 Running time: 1 hr., 40 min...."

May 27, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"..."The Farmboys" in Austin Musical Theatre's Gypsy. photograph by Kenny Braun..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

Robert Faires' Top 10 Theatre Treasures of 2019

History came alive and exceptional ensembles propelled the year's most memorable shows

"...Texas, with its Moscow the titular burb where no one wants to go. Even with ghosts and evil twins..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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