Childsplay Artistic Director David Saar to Retire After Four Decades
The company’s founding artistic director will step down, handing the reins to longtime ensemble member Dwayne Hartford.
Category Archives: South West
Dispatches from Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Playing Outside the Fusebox: a Texas Festival Expands Its Civic Vision
This year, in addition to its usual performance offerings, the festival partnered with thinkEAST to get site-specific with an Austin neighborhood.
Yale Drama Series Award Goes to Barbara Seyda for ‘Celia, a Slave’
The playwright’s docutheatre piece, about an infamous case involving a young slave convicted for killing her master, takes top prize.
TUTS Underground Announces New Musicals for 2015–16 Season
The Houston theatre’s series includes a ‘Sweet Potato Queens,’ a world premiere from Melissa Manchester and Rupert Holmes.
Lyric Stage Sheds New Light on ‘Lady in the Dark’
The company’s landmark recreation of the Weill/Gershwin/Hart musical from 1941 sets out to recapture the show’s original glamour.
Invisible Theatre Season to Bring Bygone Celebs Back to Stage Life
The slate also includes a world premiere by Warren Bodow.
Alley Theatre Announces First Season in Newly Renovated Theatre
The roster at the Houston theatre includes Richard Bean, Sharr White, Tom Stoppard and Jennifer Haley.
In ‘Cenicienta,’ an Everyday Cinderella Spins Her Own Fairy Tale Variation
A coproduction of ZACH Theatre and Teatro Vivo, Rupert Reyes’s new take on the classic features found-object puppetry and forefronts themes of empowerment.
ZACH Theatre to Mount ‘Ann’ in 2015–16 Season
Nina Raine’s ‘Tribes,’ Richard Bean’s ‘One Man, Two Guvnors,’ ‘Evita’ and ‘Mary Poppins’ will also be part of the Austin theatre’s next season.
In ‘Wilde/Earnest,’ Lee Trull Paints Oscar Wilde in Bubblegum Colors
For his play at Kitchen Dog Theater, Trull adapts ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ for the selfie generation.
