Texas Studio: Olaniyi Rasheed Akindiya
Full of color, depth, and texture, the work of Olaniyi Rasheed Akindiya — brush name Akirash — seeks to dance, pull viewers in, and let them connect with the work and the world around it.
Haley Nelson In Residence: Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater’s In-House Producer
Since its founding in 1998, the National New Play Network has produced 85 rolling world premieres. Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater, formed in 1990, is one of NNPN’s founding core theaters, and hosts the longest-running new play festival in Texas.
Homegrown World Premiere: Blake Hackler at Second Thought and Circle Theatre
When Blake Hackler handed over his newest play, What We Were, to Second Thought Theatre artistic director Alex Organ, he wasn’t expecting an offer to produce it.
A State of Their Own: Latinx Playwrights Call Texas Home
Texas is home to a growing cohort of Latinx playwrights working in all parts of the state who have chosen to remain here despite the unique challenges that they face as artists of color in the Lone Star State.
Show Up: Vincent Falsetta
At first glance, Vincent Falsetta’s studio doesn’t seem different than that of any other established painter, with its high ceilings and ample light.
Texas Lens: The Most Important Work We Do—Scenes from I Am My Future
Sometimes the most meaningful musical experience transpires in the most unexpected place.
Directing in Texas: Emily Scott Banks
In her decade of professional directing, the former dancer (and award-winning actor) has led more than her share of challenging shows.
Novels, Poems, Memoirs!: Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown Reading Series Addresses Our Complicated World
For the performing arts lover, one of the annual small joys in life can come from a favorite dance, theater or music organization revealing their next season.
All the World’s a Murder Train: Agatha Christie at the Alley
Theater critic true confession: I love spoilers.
The ACTX Top Ten: Summer 2019
The top ten arts and culture events happening across the Lone Star State in the summer of 2019.
Reimagining Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes: ‘Immortal Longings’ at the ZACH
Impresario, the promoter, financier, artistic director and all round driving visionary of a performing arts company or enterprise, is not a title bestowed onto individuals much anymore.
Texas Studio: Chesley Antoinette
Chesley Antoinette is a Dallas-based multidisciplinary artist whose soft sculptures elevate humble materials to regal new heights.