King Kirk

illustration by Doug Potter

"...TOP NINE SIGNS THAT MAYOR KIRK WATSON IS THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING..."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Column

It’s Official: Some People (Including Kirk Watson) Will Be on the Ballot

Applications to be on the ballot are open

"...Mayor: Anthony Bradshaw, Gary Spellman, Kirk Watson (state Rep. Celia Israel, D-Austin, has yet to..."

July 29, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Moby's Play

Playwright Kirk Smith talks about trying to squeeze a great white whale into a tiny theatre with his adaptation of Moby Dick for Vortex Repertory Company's Summer Youth Theatre.

"...beast that big onto a stage. Fortunately, we have Kirk Smith to take on this monumental task in our..."

July 19, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...year. Past Premieres: Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities (Kirk Smith), Goin' to Georgia (Joy Cunningham), Norm L. (Aaron..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

She's Out of My League

An average guy finds the woman of his dreams, but his insecurities undermine the relationship.

"...Directed by: Jim Field Smith. Starring: Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, T.J. Miller, Mike Vogel,..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cast a Giant Shadow

Evaluating the mayoral legacy of Kirk Watson

"...used to seeing and hearing (and writing) comparisons of Kirk Watson with one or another epic figure of history..."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

B. Iden Payne Award Nominations, 1999-2000

"...nominations, and for Peyton Hayslip, Lana Lesley, Sarah Richardson, Kirk Smith, Scott Thompson, and Joe York, all of whom..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...of actors in the full cast freeze-frame opening of Kirk Lynn's WAR (Rude Mechanicals). You could almost picture the..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

Big career moves for a couple of Austin playwrights and big parties thrown by a couple of Austin arts organizations.

"...The B. Iden Payne Award-winning musical by Austin playwright-performer Kirk Smith, as produced by the Vortex Repertory Company, is..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Once I Was a Beehive

Pleasant summer-camp film checks its religious ideology at the tent

"...Directed by: Maclain Nelson. Starring: Paris Warner, Mila Smith, Amy Biedel, Lisa Clark, Hailey Smith, Clare Niederpruem, Adam..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Nominations 1998

"...in theatre. The participating critics — Michael Barnes, Jamie Smith, and Anna Hanks, Austin American-Statesman; Jerry Conn, West Austin..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature

She's the Man

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night gets a teen-movie rehash in this manic panic of a mess that never rises to even the lowest levels of the Bard’s cross-dressing comedy of errors.

"...Hagerty, David Cross, Robert Hoffman, Alex Breckenridge and James Kirk. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night gets a teen-movie rehash in this..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Maple Leaf Wags

If it's Hyde Park, this must be a quirky Canadian comedy.

"...over the past several years. Local writers such as Kirk Lynn, Dan Dietz, Kirk Smith, and Cyndi Williams can..."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Young Guns and Typewriters

"...Kirk Lynn photograph by Brett Brookshire Austin bursts at the..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Articulations

Goodbyes and good news at the 2000 Austin Theatre Critics Table Awards.

"...for a directing fellowship. Also fresh from Gotham was Kirk Smith, a Critics Table nominee this year for his..."

June 2, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Despair's Book of Dreams and the Sometimes Radio: Grooving Among the Shreds of Shadow

Local Arts Reviews

"...Kirk Smith, in his Despair's Book of Dreams and the..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Deluge

In his new musical, playwright-composer Kirk Smith uses the story of Noah and his wife to look at the seeping, leaking, dripping, pouring inevitability of loss and renewed hope, and the Vortex Repertory Company production makes for a dreamy and wet world, sometimes punctuated with lightning and thunder, but mostly pleasantly adrift in an ocean of sweet, melancholic rain.

"...Kirk Smith's newest play is a take on the story..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Kirk Smith

Bonus tracks

"...Kirk Smith..."

July 29, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Articulations

More Austin theatre turning up in New York: Despair’s Book of Dreams and Lipstick Traces set for spring 2001 runs.

"...Dreams and the Sometimes Radio, the original musical by Kirk Smith, which will have a two-week run at HERE,..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

Dickens' a Tale of Two Cities: Immediate, Raw Storytelling

"...this seemingly straightforward adaptation is clear from the start: Kirk Smith has pulled the disparate parts of Dickens' long,..."

March 5, 1999 Arts Review

All Politics Is Local at Texas Tribune Festival

Evan Smith leads the fest’s move Downtown and brings national newsmakers to Austin

"...may never know, since he straight-up blew off Evan Smith's invitation to appear at this weekend's Texas Tribune Festival..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Good Woman of Setzuan

If Brecht's The Good Woman of Setzuan drags some, the actors in the Vortex Summer Youth Theatre production don't, and that keeps the evening engaging

"...perfect, fitting well among previous summer efforts such as Kirk Smith's take on Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities,..."

July 30, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Arts Bullets

It's the Changing of the Bard, from Dietz to Swanson, and Tina Marsh plays it cool for CO2. Artists talk techniques, and teens tell you where to find Good Love.

"...will be provided by Despair's Book of Dreams composer Kirk Smith. Plus, there will be beer, wine, and a..."

July 9, 2004 Arts Feature

Moby Dick

In Kirk Smith's stage adaptation of Moby Dick, language comes forth in great waves, in storms of words, soaking our brains with images of the sea, of a white whale, and of a mad captain's pursuit of it, and while the Vortex Repertory Company Summer Youth Theatre production may not always convey every nuance of every line, it does communicate the feel of a life at sea, danger and dread, and the roles played by Destiny and Death.

"...In Kirk Smith's adaptation of Herman Melville's masterwork, language comes at..."

July 26, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Invasion of the Kiddie-Lit Plays

Characters from children's literature storm Austin-area stages in July.

"...Repertory Company's Summer Youth Theatre stages the premiere of Kirk Smith's new adaptation of Herman Melville's novel, in which..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The winners of the 26th annual B. Iden Payne awards for local theatre..

"...Kirk Smith, Despair's Book of Dreams and the Sometimes Radio..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Pinocchio Commedia: I'm Your Puppet ... Still

The familiar misadventures of the wooden puppet who wants to be real get a high-spirited comic treatment in JohnnySimons' Pinocchio Commedia, and Tongue and Groove Theatre's spirited and playful production make the hundred-year-old tale delightfully fresh.

"...Beltramo, Pinocchio's newfound friends on his way to school. Kirk Smith is incorrigible as Arlecchino. And Elizabeth Doss steals..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

Exhibitionism

Hay Fever: Child's Play

"...this collection of actors all having such evident fun. Kirk Smith, staying in character even through other writers' scenes..."

June 25, 1999 Arts Review

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW-Mas Is Coming

"...Concert promoter and Old Pecan Street Festival maven French Smith has filed under Chapter 13, but that still spells..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Music Column

Postmarks

Theatre reviews! Film reviews! The Summer Smut Issue! Get your snipes here!

"...Houston Smith..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Column

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