Austin Downtown Arts: Theatre

Theatre articles from October 1996 through July 1999

Altamont Now! Reaches for the New and Young
This statement may seem flat, but Altamont Now! is a play that will get you to think.

Art Pioneer: Laurie Carlos
Laurie Carlos is not a star. She is not famous, but her work is.

Billy
Ernestine Fuller: "We're giving a history of Billy Eckstine, yes, but we're also instituting dialogue among the African Americans here in the Austin community to make our people more aware of their culture."

Exploring FronteraFest
Exploring new frontiers in dramatic expression is old hat for the crew at Hyde Park Theatre. Recently joined with Frontera Theatre Company, Hyde Park embarks on a new adventure this year with their tried and true formula for success, FronteraFest.

Flame Failure: Trust Nothing
The beginning of man as intellectual creature can be traced to the first asking of the question, "What should I believe?"

In Memory of Michel Jaroschy
The heartbreaking news of the closing of Capitol City Playhouse and all its communal implications was quickly and completely overshadowed by the devastation of Michel Jaroschy's death.

Rising and Defining:
Bridgeforth's Work Explores "Herstory"
Contemporary women playwrights remain on the edge, shifting the margins of today's mainstream theater.

Salvage Vanguard Theater in 1999
SVT challenges the audience to see that which they take for granted in a new light, producing original plays by American writers whose work falls outside traditional dramatic structure.

The Secret Behind ACoT's Success
Another Saturday night and you ain't got nobody. You got some money 'cuz you just got paid... What to do? Well, were it up to Ann Ciccolella along with her crew at the Austin Circle of Theatres, you would partake in the one of the 150 to 200 theatre productions that mount and dismount each year in Austin.

Texas Young Playwrights Festival '99
In June, six aspiring playwrights will descend upon Austin to participate in the Dougherty Art Center's Texas Young Playwrights Festival. Three of them will have their one act plays come to life in August.

Viva Teatro
Teatro Humanidad Cansada is quickly becoming known for perseverance and sincerity, taking a serious stab with hilarious references in successful efforts to shatter Latino stereotypes.

We Came, We Saw, We Were Overwhelmed: FronteraFest '97
What does one say about five weeks of continuous theater?

What Ever It Is, It's Magic
We look to performance art to break the rules, to present the taboo, to stretch the boundaries of contemporary theater and performance.