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 new work is generated..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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.

"...van Ryzin (arts), and freelance writers Jamie Smith Cantara (theatre), Sondra Lomax (dance), David Mead (music), and Moira Muldoon..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dan Dietz: The exit interview

As local playwright Dan Dietz prepares to leave Austin for a teaching gig at Florida State, he talks about his experience here and what he sees happening down the road

"...12 years ago to pursue an advanced degree in theatre history/criticism at UT, but he soon discovered that he'd..."

May 25, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Drive, He Said

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

"...a home of its own. We'll have a 100-seat theatre, rehearsal space, artist studios, a costume shop, a scene..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Not Clown

Physical Plant Theater becomes the latest Austin company to get a run in New York City when it takes its darkly comic political play 'Not Clown' to Soho Rep

"...and, with a couple of friends from college, founded Physical Plant Theater. Since then, Physical Plant has produced some..."

March 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2014

In 2014, reality and fantasy battled it out in theatre and art that was equally exquisite and unnerving

"...the foundations of identity with huge, unforgettable portraits of physical-trauma survivors decked out in the style of a high-fashion..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Don Howell: In Memoriam

"...Don Howell has passed away. The former high school theatre teacher, patron, and new inductee into the Austin Arts..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nominations for the 2004-2005 B. Iden Payne Awards

A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.

"...Charlotte's Web, Second Youth Family Theatre..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature

Top 10 Performances of 2004 That I Ruminate Over After the Dust Has Settled

Heather Barfield lists her favorite stage performances of 2004

"...of shuffling through all the wonderful talent in Austin theatre and curmudgeonly nitpicking technique and degrees of thespian perfection,..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...at present, and you can find them making instant theatre across the city seven days a week, 52 weeks..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Delighted Lee

Actor Lee Eddy is back onstage in Austin after five years away, and boy, is she happy

"...and this week she opens her first show with Physical Plant Theater since Not Clown, playing a mail-order bride..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Small Audiences, Large Souls

At the Fusebox Festival, size matters, but that doesn't always mean 'big'

"...South by Southwest-sized masses lining up for its envelope-pushing theatre, dance, music, and cross-disciplinary mash-ups every April, if only..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Fever

In producing Wallace Shawn's The Fever, Physical Plant Theater issues a call to think, from your car radio, and it's worth heeding

"...Physical Plant Theater has always found ways to present plays..."

June 25, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Culture Flash!

Clowns picket Physical Plant, Mills takes the prize in Montreal, Steakley mixes up some 'Tuna' in Louisville, and Salvage Vanguard wants you to join their party

"...it. The co-creator (with Steve Moore) of the current Physical Plant Theater show Not Clown reports that just before..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...its lobby, in its studio space, in its main theatre, over the years...."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

2016 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Marc Pouhé, guest artist in the Mary Moody Northen Theatre production of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, points at..."

May 26, 2016 Photo Gallery

Adam Sultan

In marking the future deaths of local theatre artists, Physical Plant celebrates their community today

"...Adam SultanSalvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., www.physicalplant.org Through April 19 Running time: 1 hr...."

April 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fusebox Festival

The 2010 lineup promises a Fusebox as wild, novel, and thrilling as ever

"...Savisky, Heloise Gold, and, after too long an absence, Physical Plant Theater. Kicking things off (in a literal sense)..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The first weeks of 2002 show that Austin artists are still busy taking their art to other parts of the country, and Physical Plant Theater needs your leaves.

"...and continues through January 12 at the Baby Grand Theatre in Wilmington...."

Jan. 4, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Points of Departure

The Viewpoints Invade Austin

"...to a lot of different artists in the American theatre. At their most basic, the Viewpoints are a technique..."

May 8, 1998 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Payne Pleasures 2005

Drama with a Gothic flair scored high in the nominations for the 2005 B. Iden Payne Awards, as announced by Austin Circle of Theatres on August 15

"...Drama with a Gothic flair scored high with the theatre buffs making this year's nominations for the Austin Circle..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playing God … and W

Actress Shannon Grounds on tackling a pair of the ultimate power roles – at once

"...that we have – so many gifted playwrights and theatre companies doing original and exciting work – I'm never..."

June 24, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Rob Nash's latest gets a holdover, and those truly were picketing clowns

"...Manor. Go and you can take advantage of the theatre's new "get back to the adventure of theatre" deal:..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Column 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

"...Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing exceptional work in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art from May 1,..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Discomfort Zone

How far can Rubber Repertory push you?

"...Three Parts, and the audience-participatory performance pieces Biography of Physical Sensation – which involved an audience member wearing a..."

April 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

The Choice Is Yours

Rubber Repertory's Casket of Passing Fancy makes you 500 offers you can't reuse

"...at Luby's Cafeteria with me and his partner in theatre, Matt Hislope. He's talking about an experience they had..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Culture Flash!

Art in Public Places sets a fingerprint at the forensics lab, and Austin theatre is all over the map – of the U.S.

"...guided tour of their work, which features weathered steel planters full of prairie grasses and wildflowers and bermed turf..."

May 13, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...Mills as Alan Strang in the Mary Moody Northen Theatre production of Equus. Some roles you leap into, like..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Articulations

In Memoriam

"...3, Mike Martin, one of the founding members of Physical Plant Theater, took his own life in Chicago. Martin..."

May 8, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

New Paintings By Sarah Higdon: Nonsense and Sensibility

"...Paramount Theatre, April 16 and 17..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Review

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