Rockin' Scriptmas!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Plays

"...illustration by Robert Faires The scene is the cluttered workspace of a mild-mannered arts..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Growth Spurt

Nine Shows That Transported Me

"...Red, White and Tuna..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

To Infinity and Beyond!

The year 2001 saw a host of local cultural types taking journeys beyond their homes, traveling to other communities to share their art and finding new venues locally in which to produce their work and expand their creative sensibilities.

"...Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick told us the year would be like this: Thirty-three years ago, they..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...Money is tight. Spaces are dark. Companies can't produce. The resources for performing artists to create new work are..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin Playwrights Dan Dietz and Tom White get produced in L.A., playwright Colin Swanson gets two shows mounted in NYC, and set designer Christopher McCollum and painter Michael Ray Charles show up on PBS.

"...The Arts Seen..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Minneapolis Connections

"...Looks like I-35 isn't the only thing linking Austin and Minneapolis these days. There's..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Arts Column

Classics Comeback

Are the great dramas of yore reclaiming their place on Austin's stages?

"...you? Mikhail Bulgakov? Never thought to see him around these parts again. And J.B. Priestley, how long has it..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Salvage Vanguard Theater loses Dan Dietz as co-Artistic Director, the National Endowments for the Arts loses its new director, and the Rude Mechanicals sell out their Mid-America tour of Lipstick Traces.

"...After two seasons at the helm of Salvage Vanguard Theater, serving as co-Artistic Director..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Danceworks director Cindy Goldberger leaves Austin as playwright Colin Swanson returns for a visit, and who are Ballet Austin's lucky mothers?

"...Austin artists and friends of the arts scene bade a fond farewell to Cindy Goldberger..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Playwright as Architect

In a conversation on art and craft, playwrights Dan Dietz and Wayne Alan Brenner discuss making the blueprints for and building a drama.

"...artists about craft, that is, how artists do what they do: the impulses they follow, the techniques they employ,..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

MACC Mommy

Managing the busy new Mexican American Cultural Center is inspiring work for Amparo Garcia-Crow

"...Although it isn't officially open, there has been no shortage of activity at the Mexican..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Art + Activism Intertwined

Steps on a path

"...The family moves to Los Angeles...."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature

Tender Rough Rough Tender

Groundswell turns up the heat in its developmental staging of Sarah Saltwick's new play

"...It is a brave thing bringing art into the world. Eternities pass in the minds of playwrights between..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Making It Happen

The 2007 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...to wait for some ideal moment or action by others to make a contribution. This might be true for..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Left of Staid

UT's Texas Center for Writers Reading Series

"...Hey, Denis! Do the one about the emergency room!" shouted an audience member...."

May 9, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Fall Arts Issue Critics Picks

From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats

"...With the autumn comes the feast, in the arts as well..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A #MeToo Measure for Measure?

Austin Shakespeare gives a peek at a modern Measure Saturday

"...and yet is Measure for Measure? Austin Shakespeare has the answer, and it's sharing it publicly on Saturday at..."

Dec. 6, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Everything Is Possible ... Again

Seemingly unadaptable, Greil Marcus' 1989 opus Lipstick Traces proved to be the foundation for the Rude Mechanicals' strongest theatre work to date. As they revive their hit adaptation, the Rude Mechs reflect on its creation, its success, working as a collective, and being told by Marcus, "You staged the book I wanted to write."

"...sin. Work is for suckers. No boring leisure! Celebrate the millennium by getting the hell out of the 20th..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Points of Departure

The Viewpoints Invade Austin

"...llustration by Robert Faires..."

May 8, 1998 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

'Tuna' Surprise

Joe Sears and Jaston Williams to receive Texas Medal of Arts

"...Didi Snaveley would say. Jaston Williams and Joe Sears, the gents responsible for Didi and all the other denizens..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Review: Austin Shakespeare's Sense and Sensibility

Putting the pedal to the metal bolsters Jane Austen's classic work

"...Just for the hell of it, playwright Tom Stoppard wrote 15-Minute Hamlet,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Culture Flash! March 2016

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

"...recognition for a local playwright, an international premiere for the symphony, and a very special trip for the ballet's..."

March 23, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Unfinished Business

The 23rd annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...By all rights, that ought to be the opening to the shaggiest of shaggy dog stories, one..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moscow Now, Here

The New Russian Drama Festival opens a hotline to the culture of Russia today

"...Russians have been taking to the streets all year. On Feb. 4, somewhere between 35,000..."

March 9, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Planet Theatre: Tomorrowland..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

School for Scripts

Why Get an MFA in Playwriting? Here's Why

"...illustration by Robert Faires..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Raising Their Voices

An Austinite in Russia hears theatre's rising dissent

"...On Sept. 1, I left the States for a three-week trip to Moscow, to visit..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Graham Schmidt

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.

"...Amparo Garcia Crow describes the end of her relationship like this: "When you're young..."

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

Makes Me Wanna Shout!

"...One of the fall's most exciting events is underway. The Harry Ransom..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Arts Column

Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig

This Michener Center grad wins a second major prize and more national notice for her drama

"...Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig is on a major roll. The Michener Center for Writers grad has won a second..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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