Playwrights @ UT: An Edgar for Dietz, a Wendy for Ramsey

It was a good week for playwrights at UT as a student received a new prize for young women dramatists and a faculty member earned an honor from the Mystery Writers of America

"...Then, on Thursday, nationally renowned dramatist Steven Dietz, who quietly joined the UT Department of Theatre..."

May 4, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Working Playwright

Steven Dietz just wants to get in, roll up his sleeves, and make the words better

"...University of Texas campus to teach a playwriting class, Steven Dietz will get on Google, type in his name..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mad Beat Hip & Gone

Playwright Steven Dietz takes Austin on the road with Kerouac and Cassady – sort of

"...Steven Dietz gets around...."

March 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Playhouse’s Bloomsday

Steven Dietz’s rumination on a great love lost lacks some of the vivid passion it needs in this staging

"...In this script from Austin playwright Steven Dietz, the pair return 35 years later to the..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

360 (round dance)

Steven Dietz's new adaptation of Schnitzler's Reigen is solid and intriguing

"...On the surface, Steven Dietz's 360 (round dance) appears to be about the..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Different Stages’ Yankee Tavern

This production of Steven Dietz’s play offers a deep dive into what we choose to believe and a stimulating evening of theatre

"...2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and in plays like Steven Dietz's Yankee Tavern. A meeting ground of past and..."

April 6, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Different Stages' Dracula

Despite atmospheric design work and some strong acting, the production never quite realizes the sensuality and lyrical ferocity in Steven Dietz's script

"...is not the issue of this Different Stages production. Steven Dietz's adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel is rock-solid, bringing..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Zach Theatre's Dracula

Strong performances and Broadway-level design fill this entertaining version of the Bram Stoker vampire tale

"...Steven Dietz first adapted Stoker's tale for the stage in..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Shooting Star

Stories told this well don't come around very often, and this one deserves to be seen

"...For me, Zach Theatre's world premiere Equity production of Steven Dietz's romantic comedy Shooting Star is one of those..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Mad Beat Hip & Gone

Steven Dietz's play about the Beats might best be considered as the kind of literary experiment they engaged in

"...in search of something unknown. The world premiere of Steven Dietz's Mad Beat Hip & Gone at Zach Theatre..."

April 19, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Dramatic Turn

Actress Meredith McCall is about much more than musicals

"...reservations now. The play is Fiction, a three-hander by Steven Dietz, the prolific and widely produced author of Shooting..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Trust: Some of What Glitters

Trust is like a thoroughly modern version of those Noel Coward constructs in which the affluent and their hangers-on loll about having affairs and lobbing endless volleys of bon mots, and the Seven Ages Theatre Company production serves up its series of tilted vignettes and monologues in a smooth, brisk fashion.

"...I mean that the venue of performance for this Steven Dietz play about love and betrayal among a group..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Arts Awards

A fall harvest of theatre, dance, and architecture prizes

"...• Steven Dietz, distinguished professor of playwriting in the UT Department..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Occupied World Seat

The doors to the theatre don't keep the world out, and that can be a good thing

"...more looking to make that connection than I think Steven Dietz or Hannah Kenah were looking to Zuccotti Park..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash

Calling all Eastside artists, here come the Russians, visual artists talk residency programs, and Steven Dietz comes to UT

"...Department of Theatre & Dance has hired noted playwright Steven Dietz as professor of playwriting and screenwriting. Dietz has..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

In Heartland, Playwright Gabriel Jason Dean Makes the War in Afghanistan Personal

Michener Center alumnus' latest drama turns down the volume of war

"...play," he admits. "And I've since learned that what Steven Dietz once said in grad school is in fact..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letting Go, With 'Peace'

Champion for new plays Suzan Zeder closes her career at UT with a new drama of her own

"...an idea for one,'" says faculty member and playwright Steven Dietz. "I can promise you that this sentence, uttered..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fiction

Steven Dietz's thoughtful, language-loving play may leave you not liking writers much

"...The language of the play by Austin-based Steven Dietz is terrifically smart, and not just in the..."

March 18, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Becky's New Car

Steven Dietz's fun comedy may have deeper meaning for viewers of a certain age

"...ensemble comedy written and, at Zach Theatre, directed by Steven Dietz; the actors in Zach's production (led by the..."

June 25, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Peter and the Wolf

Playwright Allison Gregory schticks it to the kids' classic in a new stage adaptation

"...Austin since she moved here with her husband, playwright Steven Dietz, and their children, Ruby and Abraham, in 2006...."

Oct. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

Comedy and collaboration were distinguishing elements in the 2009 New Works Festival

"...in classes such as one led by playwriting teacher Steven Dietz, suggests that UT may be on the vanguard..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2008

Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recalls 2008, in the theatre

"...or innocence over accusations of molestation. Taut direction by Steven Dietz and an ensemble on fire proved traditional drama..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wonder Stories: Artists in Space and Unstuck in Time

Austin artists and arts leaders reveal which work of science fiction affected them the most

"...Steven Dietz, playwright, head of playwriting program in the UT..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Feature

Doubt

Zach Theatre's production constantly escalates in tension as gripping scene follows gripping scene

"...easy pitfalls with such subject matter. Without intermission, director Steven Dietz's production constantly escalates in tension as gripping scene..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Culture Flash!

Kushner talks Arthur Miller, Zach's cool School Musical is back, and AIPP teaches you how to make permanent public art

"...Tony Kushner and fellow playwright and UT theatre professor Steven Dietz will discuss Miller's career and legacy on Thursday,..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash! March 2016

Honors for Dietz, compassion for ASO, and China for the ballet

"...• Congratulations to playwright Steven Dietz on being one of six finalists for the..."

March 23, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...360 (round dance), Steven Dietz..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 9 Most Memorable Locally Produced Live Performance Offerings That I Chanced to See in 2009

A theatre year of crazy families, love lost and found, and lots of dancing

"...'SHOOTING STAR' (ZACH THEATRE) A really sweet and simple Steven Dietz story about love lost, then found, then lost..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Dracula

"...the era and the deathly allure of verboten desire. Steven Dietz's 1995 adaptation of Stoker's work, produced here by..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Arts Feature

UT Hires Playwrights Annie Baker and Branden Jacob-Jenkins

MacArthur Fellows will teach in theatre department, Michener Center

"...an all-star team. Along with the prolific and renowned Steven Dietz (Yankee Tavern, Becky's New Car, Bloomsday, et al.),..."

Jan. 30, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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