Continuing its 20th Anniversary Season, City Theatre Austin proudly presents Other Desert Cities, a searing family saga by Pulitzer Prize finalist, playwright, and screenwriter Jon Robin Baitz. Family pride proves thicker than blood in this award-winning play that lays bare the secrets, loyalties, and lies within a privileged American family. “Honey, news flash. […]
The making of a great play, or novel, or any art form that is based on words contains several elements: character development; what is said and what is not; expression and movement in three dimensions (in the case of live theatre); and the precision with which the words are delivered. […]
It begins deceptively simply — a minimalist stage, shadows stretching across an almost bare room, the air charged with unease. The absence of clutter sets the tone: something tense, intimate, and faintly dangerous is about to unfold. Mirror Lake opens like a slow shiver, its stillness daring you to look […]
Opening night of City Theatre’s 20th anniversary season was To Kill a Mockingbird. Adapted from Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this is the story and riveting stage production of the seminal American classic about childhood innocence, social inequality, and racial injustice. Racism, rot, superiority complexes, and good ol’ boy network still haunt […]
The air in New Orleans hangs heavy, the kind of muggy heat that clings to your skin and thoughts alike. Tennessee Williams felt oppressed by that weight — the suffocating weather, the stifling codes of Southern propriety, and the grinding atmosphere of a mind caught between purity and desire. Out […]
Tex-Arts.org, the theatrical company that put on the Bye Bye Birdie show has outdone itself. I heard about their move to Lakeway, and while others may be hesitant to drive the mere 30 minutes from central Austin, I am not one of them. The adventurer in me seeks variety and […]
This one act 90 minute show could’ve gone on for another hour. I was glued to my seat. As a scribe, words are my life. And tools. A scholar wrote this play. One of the many lines that gutted me: “The acquisition of vocabulary was her only defense.” That—*that*—was me […]
Austin Playhouse’s production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, hits home. A shimmering French Riviera provides the backdrop for a tale that might seem like harmless musical comedy—until you start listening closely. Because this isn’t just a playful send-up of two rival swindlers. It’s a glittering scalpel carving through the soft flesh of […]
A Raw Reminder of How Far We Still Have to Go ZACH Theatre’s staging of What the Constitution Means to Me (April 16–May 11, 2025) is not simply a performance — it’s a mirror held up to America’s unfinished business. Written by Heidi Schreck and directed with emotional precision by Jenny Lavery, […]
The Filigree Theatre presented the world premiere of The Illusionary Games of Edward Rye, directed by the inimitable Elizabeth V. Newman, and I am petitioning for this show to tour the country. Exquisitely written by Ashley Griffin, who also played the lead, Claire Fox, this production pierces the philosophical veil with […]