Review: Penfold Theatre's Vincent

Size matters when painting a portrait of Van Gogh

"...– a one-act, one-man play currently being staged by Penfold Theatre – does precisely that. Vincent's life story is..."

March 31, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Penfold Theatre’s Box

Audacious retelling of an equally audacious life

"...Over its past 14 seasons, Penfold Theatre has been on a mission to give audiences..."

June 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: Penfold Theatre’s ‘Art’

New version of Yasmina Reza’s satire remains hysterically timely

"...One of the loveliest gifts a theatregoer can receive is to see a production fully realize..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Post by Jasmine Lane

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..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Review: Penfold Theatre Co.'s A War of the Worlds

All's Wells that ends Welles in this uneven but innovative reenvisioning of a radio sci-fi landmark

"...a towering yet slightly off-kilter Martian killing machine, this Penfold world premiere of A War of the Worlds –..."

June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Penfold Theatre's Interactive Show The Control Group Lets You Fix the Future

The sci-fi drama by phone calls on you to correct a crisis in the time stream

"...That bulletin comes courtesy of our pals at Penfold Theatre, who have had plenty of their own excellent..."

Oct. 23, 2020 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..."

June 6, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Penfold Theatre's Henry V

This production in the park makes Shakespeare’s epic history into a satisfying show for a summer evening

"...for war. Six actors make up the cast in Penfold Theatre Company's condensed version of Shakespeare's famous historical play,..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Penfold Theatre’s Around the World in 80 Days

This original, gender-bending theatrical take on Jules Verne’s adventure tale is a grand story told with delightful imagination

"...Thus begins Penfold Theatre's summer production, a goofy, family-friendly adaptation of Jules..."

June 23, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Penfold Theatre's Crime and Punishment

In this stage adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel, a fascinating glimpse into the more twisted corners of the human mind

"...Penfold Theatre has done us the great service of mounting..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Doctuh Mistuh and Penfold Theatre's Nevermore

In Jonathan Christenson's musical, Edgar Allan Poe's life is imagined as a spooky, entrancing dance of the spirits

"...2016 (here co-produced by McKelvey's Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Penfold Theatre Company), Poe and his partners never touch; their..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Review 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

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

June 3, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Penfold Theatre's Ghost Quartet

Among the threads of this darkling tapestry are spirits of malice and mayhem and longing and love

"...you go to see this Ghost Quartet show that Penfold Theatre is staging at the Blue Genie Art Bazaar..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Penfold Theatre’s ‘Art’

New version of Yasmina Reza’s satire remains hysterically timely

Nov. 17, 2023 Arts Feature by Jasmine Lane

Review: Penfold Theatre’s Box

Audacious retelling of an equally audacious life

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

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

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

"...tensions made America's political landscape a battleground, no local theatre artist took to the front lines as often or..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

"...1) THE STRANGE UNDOING OF PRUDENCIA HART (National Theatre of Scotland/Texas Performing Arts) On a Bass Concert Hall..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Robert Faires' Top 10 Theatre Treasures of 2019

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

"...4) NOTES FROM THE FIELD (Zach Theatre) Anna Deavere Smith trusted her documentary report on race..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 9 Theatre Productions of 2009 That Did Ascend the Brightest Heaven of Invention

A year of failed romances, Greek myths, and more that were staged so ingeniously

"...1) 'BOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA' (MARY MOODY NORTHEN THEATRE) Modern art's master of collage celebrated in a theatrical..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hidden Room Theatre Resurrects King Lear

The once-popular but now obscure revision of Shakespeare's play by Nahum Tate is revived, complete with happy ending

"...oblivion. Burns and her team in the Hidden Room Theatre have been focused on a mystery: the unexplored practices..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

Top 10 Theatre Duos & Trios of 2014

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

"...Top 10 Theatre Duos and Trios of 2014..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Dueling Dickens

Two productions of a seasonal classic raise the spirits, with Zach Theatre's A Christmas Carol vs. Penfold Theatre's A Christmas Carol Classic Radiocast

"...stage productions within months. This year, in Austin, two theatre companies roast this old chestnut, doing so through creative..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Red

This struggle between an aging Mark Rothko and his idealistic assistant is a good fit for Penfold Theatre

"...RedTrinity Street Theatre, 901 Trinity www.penfoldtheatre.org Through Sept. 29 Running time: 1..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Last Five Years

Penfold Theatre's remount of The Last Five Years tracks a failed romance with intimacy and polish

"...The Last Five YearsTrinity Street Theatre, 901 Trinity www.penfoldtheatre.org Through April 12 Running time: 1..."

April 3, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock takes a comic turn in Penfold Theatre's three-actor spin on the Holmes mystery

"...Not this time! Penfold Theatre Company mounts this new adaptation of The Hound..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Rocketing Through Hard Times

Yellow Tape and other small theatre groups blast past the black hole of the recession

"...and Amanda Butterfield are the two of the peppiest theatre artists in Austin. You know this because they use..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Nowhere to Play

The Cost of Art, Part I: Austin's growth and rising rent take out theatre venues, one by one

"...the show is slated to run at Trinity Street Theatre in summer 2014. "I'm hoping that's going to work..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...was outstanding in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in that span and announced the nominees for the..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...outstanding work in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in the past year and announced the nominees for..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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