Excitingly Unpredictable

The best fringe since fashion week, FronteraFest 2015 promises a month of exhilarating alternative performance

"...to give complete credit to the FronteraFest founders – Vicky Boone, Annie Suite, and Jason Phelps – for creating..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Feast of My Heart

Jason Phelps' show of solo performances about compassion are proof that one person can make a difference

"...playwrights (Christi Moore and Margraff, Shawn Sides and Jones, Vicky Boone and Lynn); lighting by Natalie George that pins..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Film Flam

Jason Reitman comes to town, just as a Housecore hit hits the road

"...Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, and Rosemarie DeWitt star, but Vicky Boone Casting has also put out the word recently..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Screens Column by Monica Riese

Film Flam

Michael Shannon, casting call, and Bad Movie Bingo

"...the feature film scene (or, more likely, attention mothers): Vicky Boone Casting is holding an open casting call on..."

May 10, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Extras Sought for Tom Hanks-Produced 'Parkland'

Film shoots locally in January with Billy Bob Thornton & Paul Giamatti

"...14 and runs through Feb. 13. Brock/Allen Casting and Vicky Boone Casting are seeking “real people” for both speaking..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Portraits of the Artists as FronteraFest Regulars

Why they perform year after year after year

"...entire festival over five weeks in 1997, back when Vicky Boone was running the place. And I've dabbled in..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Pork Chop Wars: Big Enough to Tell the Story

With her new 'performance novel,' Laurie Carlos can finally tell her family's story with the epic, operatic form it deserves

"...Miller III, Sharon Bridgforth, Omi Osun Olomo, Florinda Bryant, Vicky Boone, and many more. Perfection is not always a..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mother Courage

Melba Martinez's legacy at Mary Moody Northen Theatre

"...would teach us and love us like she did: Vicky Boone, Michael Costello, Annie Suite, Babs George, Scott Thompson..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Incubus Archives

With The Incubus Archives, playwright David Hancock, director Vicky Boone, the show's designers, and a group of actors as fierce and committed as they come have crafted a theatre-sized dreamscape, in which subjects seem to bubble up from the darkness of the subconscious and bizarre images erupt into view to ponder the nature of evil.

"...Well, playwright David Hancock, director Vicky Boone, and the show's designers have certainly crafted a..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

25 Minutes and Nothing to Lose

Onstage, as in life, the impulse to be adventurous is often curbed by Practical Concerns, but FronteraFest is a performance jamboree that gives artists the freedom to go for broke.

"...theatre company -- initially called Frontera Productions, headed by Vicky Boone; now Hyde Park Theatre, headed by Ken Webster..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Love's Fire: Flaming Hearts of Youth

Inspired by the sonnets of Shakespeare, the seven plays in Love's Fire are the confession of a love affair with language, and this Mary Moody Northen Theatre production passionately voices that confession with the help of a vigorous young cast of St. Edward's University students.

"...pill for contemporary audiences, but with the direction of Vicky Boone and Annie Suite and Margery Segal's kinetic choreography,..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

Articulations

Robert Faires talks FronteraFest.

"...those errors through, and I apologize for that, to Vicky Boone, Julie Mann, Lana Lesley, and all the Frontera..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

What's That Smell?

"...FronteraFest, the company's annual performance jamboree, and artistic director Vicky Boone and crew opted to let that proceed before..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Arts Board Love Stories

That special thing that happens between artists and boards of directors can be a lot like a love relationship: Intimate. Fulfilling. Long-term. Working as one body. However, it can be and often is complicated.

"..."Board members are volunteers," offers Vicky Boone, artistic director of Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre. "It is..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Articulations

News of the death of longtime Austin actress Judi Sklar Becker and the birth of a new era at Hyde Park Theatre, with Ken Webster as Producing Artistic Director, Subterranean Theatre Company as producing company in residence, and Austin Script Works as a producing partner for FronteraFest.

"...direction of Frontera in the wake of founder-artistic director Vicky Boone's resignation, the Frontera folks wanted to honor Boone's..."

June 22, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Entrances & Exits

Comings and Goings on the Theatre Scene

"...impression on Austin's theatrical landscape. In giving artistic director Vicky Boone and company a permanent home for their work,..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Arts Feature

FronteraFest at 9

"...is, as they say, under new management. Last summer, Vicky Boone resigned as artistic director of the Frontera theatre..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Girl Crazy

Austin Women Taking Center Stage

"...Director Vicky Boone and her collaborators do surprising, inspired things in..."

May 12, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lisa D'Amour: Slabber

"...Why am I going to FronteraFest? Because last October, Vicky Boone, using about 20 words, convinced me it had..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Lisa D'Amour

It Was a Very Good Year

Jason Phelps on 12 Months of Exceptional Stage Projects

"...in creating my favorite plays with Frontera and with Vicky [Boone, Frontera artistic director] — The Water Principle, Weldon..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Perfect Expression

Erik Ehn on Making Big, Cheap Theatre With Frontera

"...by Ehn, and staged cooperatively by F@HPT Artistic Director Vicky Boone and company member Margery Segal. As it's grown,..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Articulations

Enter One, Exit Another

"...bond exists between Austin and Minneapolis.) Frontera artistic director Vicky Boone says, "We are all so incredibly happy for..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Gluckman Speaks!

"...maybe you wouldn't, but I would.) But artistic director Vicky Boone reports that response to the job postings has..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Muffitt Promoted

"...Stage Productions. According to Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre artistic director Vicky Boone (who first lured Jones down from Minneapolis to..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Courting Ecstasy

Exploring the Landscapes of Playwright Lisa D'Amour

"...Vicky Boone, artistic director for Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre, who has..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

20 Years of Austin Studios

More than just soundstages: Looking back on the unique success of Austin Studios

"...However, now it's home to multiple smaller tenants, like Vicky Boone Casting and equipment rental company MPS Studios, as..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Yoga With Adriene Brings the Yoga Studio to You

Local YouTube star offers poses for the people

"...I get to really exercise those muscles in fiction." Vicky Boone of Rooster Teeth offered Mishler a chance to..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Casting Director Toni Brock on 30-Plus Years of Putting Texans Onscreen

The role of a lifetime

"...well as the brilliant Beth Sepko-Lindsey and, more recently, Vicky Boone, Brock had become known locally for her capacity..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Film Flam

From Madonna to the sofa, we've got your film news

"...• Open casting call! Vicky Boone Casting is aiding the search for a half-dozen..."

Oct. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Off the Record

Where do you want it?

"...Finally Punk. "Not to book them," clarified casting director Vicky Boone via e-mail, "but to see if they can..."

April 16, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

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