An Evening with Refraction Arts at AMOA Downtown

"...The Chrontourage spent an evening hanging out with Refraction Arts at the Austin Museum of Art Downtown. Here..."

Nov. 10, 2008 Events Post by Logan Youree

The Assumption

Part Southern rock opera and part 'Hamlet,' Refraction Arts' comedy is totally captivating and hilarious

"...forced to enter the strange, wild world created by Refraction Arts...."

Dec. 21, 2007 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Long Center for the Performing Arts: Opening the house before it opens

The long-awaited cultural facility throws wide its doors for four days of free performances and tours

"...first taste of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, but why? – when the center is throwing wide..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Bullets

It's Edinburgh for 'Bolero,' the Big Apple for 'Flawed' and 'St. Enid,' and AMOA for PR guy David Wyatt

"...2003, will perform it in Edinburgh at the Roxy Arts House Aug. 10-14. For more information, call 695-0980...."

June 18, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Up in the Old Hotel

The delights of Refraction Arts Project's 'Up in the Old Hotel' are many, but the creators seem to assume that you already know a lot about 'New Yorker' writer Joseph Mitchell

"...noted above if you visit the Blue Theater for Refraction Arts Project's Up in the Old Hotel (also the..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Assumption

'The Assumption' is Refraction Arts Project's very modern and entertaining take on 'Hamlet' – a Shakespearean satire of all things hillbilly and all things Eastern, set to a rock & roll beat

"...directed by Sonnet Blanton and Julia M. Smith, is Refraction Arts Project's very modern take on Hamlet, and while..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Ophelia

This Hamlet seen through the eyes of Ophelia – rather, five Ophelias – is astounding

"...From Tom Stoppard to John Updike to Austin's Refraction Arts, the totemic tale of Hamlet has been retold..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Building a City on a Stage

Epic is not something often attempted in the theatre, much less by small arts groups, but with Orange, Refraction Arts Project is telling the epic history of a fictitious city across three time periods in four overlapping storylines, with the participation of 15 playwrights and 25 actors.

"...When I first heard about Refraction Arts Project's new play Orange, I thought the title..."

May 23, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Art Burn

An early-morning blaze at Guadalupe Arts Center displaces 75 artists

"...Fire hit the Guadalupe Arts Center late Sunday, causing an estimated $650,000 in damage..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Orange

Refraction Arts Project's production of Orange is a true accomplishment, with interlaced stories weaving an explosive tale about the destruction of humanity

"...of economic matrix based on the exchange of currency. Refraction Arts Project has been working on Orange for two..."

May 21, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

The North Project

Local theatre genius Ron Berry and his talented friends of the Refraction Arts Project have turned the Blue Theater into a snowed-under tundra, with an amazing array of multimedia effects, live performers, sounds, and moments real and imagined, all inspired by the frozen North.

"...North as in Maine or Minnesota, or even those parts of Canada you see from time to time channel-surfing..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Celebrity Crush '03

In the best Hollywood tradition, the good folks at Refraction Arts Project have created a sequel to 2002's Celebrity Crush, and the new series of sketches and films about obsessions with and fixations on various celebrities, old and new, has as much to recommend it as the old.

"...year at about this time, the good folks at Refraction Arts Project presented Austin with a series of sketches..."

March 21, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Celebrity Crush

We've all got 'em, crushes on celebrities. At least, that's the premise of Refraction Arts' Celebrity Crush, and a bunch of talented artists reveal theirs in some quite entertaining ways.

"...on celebrities. At least, that's the premise of this Refraction Arts show. Some of us have got more than..."

March 8, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Best Salvage Vanguard Holiday Ever

Like those Christmastime baskets full of cheese logs, summer sausages, miniature jars of jellies, etc., The Best Salvage Vanguard Holiday Ever features a diverse little gathering of tasty treats -- in this case, five-minute plays on a common theme -- and it's fun to snack on.

"...associated with Hyde Park Theatre and Rude Mechanicals and Refraction Arts Project and others. So there's diversity, as in..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot

José Rivera's References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot is a magical love story in which nature reflects human relationships, and this Refraction Arts Project production is beautiful to look at with several stand-out performances.

"...story in which nature reflects human relationships, and this Refraction Arts Project production is beautiful to look at, most..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Metamorphosis

Capturing the creepy power and tone of Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis, in which a man awakes one morning to find himself turned into a giant beetle, in a stage production may be as difficult as capturing the rare Megolaponera foetens. Still, the Refraction Arts / Public Domain co-production of The Metamorphosis is a valiant attempt, and possible required viewing for any Kafka aficionado.@META_Category_arts: Review

"...There are several windows -- literally -- in the Refraction Arts/Public Domain co-production of The Metamorphosis at the Blue..."

June 22, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

When Worlds Collude

Two forward-thinking arts festivals make the most of sharing the same weekend

"...week's calendar, where Art City Austin, the venerable visual arts fair that evolved from Fiesta, and the Fusebox Festival,..."

April 23, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

American Arcana

The U.S. of Cyndi Williams' American Arcana is a country unraveling, and Refraction Arts' production portrays this with a sense of urgency and tension

"...requisite sense of urgency and escalating tension to this Refraction Arts production, and director Sonnet Blanton moves them through..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Anna Bella Eema

In Anna Bella Eema three women sitting behind TV trays spin an incredible tale of a girl who builds a girl out of mud and what happens when she comes to life. And as written by Lisa D'Amour and directed by Katie Pearl, it is glorious, with a beauty and depth almost beyond language.

"...Angela Carter, Laurie Anderson, Margaret Atwood. But this Physical Plant/Refraction Arts presentation is, ultimately, unique. And glorious...."

May 18, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Butcher's Daughter: Have Knife, Will Travel

Local Arts Reviews

"...you see in promotional material. Like, one blurb for Refraction Arts' The Butcher's Daughter purports to be from "an..."

June 23, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Six Degrees of Ron Berry

With another acting job in a new play, his own new theatre about to open, his own stage company that champions theatre as something fun as well as substantive, and a lot of friends to help him make "good stuff" onstage, is Ron Berry the Happiest Man in Austin?

"...goes back to Water, the first production by Berry's Refraction Arts Project theatre company. "I think that that's the..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

And the Award Goes to ...

The 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin arts in a ceremony at the Cap City Comedy Club...."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Taking the World Stage

How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means

"...Austin theatre, according to Ron Berry, artistic director of Refraction Arts Project and the primary writer of Orange, which..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Break-In at the Blue

Thieves broke into the Blue Theater last week and made off with more than $6,000 worth of technical equipment

"...worth of technical equipment, leaving the venue's home company, Refraction Arts Project, in the lurch just as it was..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...the honors to include the rest of the performing arts – i.e., dance and classical music – and the..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Performances That Transported Me in 2004

Robert Faires lists his favorite theatre, dance, and classical productions of 2004

"...with the performers courage never yielding, it tore our hearts...."

Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Butcher's Daughter

"...here last summer for a staged reading by the Refraction Arts Project. After that, "it was done as a..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...30, 2005, were assembled by an informal affiliation of arts writers, consisting of the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes (arts),..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Emperor Jones

"...photograph by Kenny Braun David Jones stands onstage, listens,..."

April 30, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

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

Heather Barfield lists her favorite stage performances of 2004

"...2) Catherine Berry in Spin (Refraction Arts Project) Berry was engaging, exciting, and fantastically silly..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

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