Tragic Puzzles: Luna Gale at Stages Repertory Theatre
With a quick glance at the synopsis, playwright Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale, now at Stages Repertory Theatre through May 28, would seem to possess all the serious markings of an issues play.
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Immersive Instigations: Holy Bone at Dead White Zombies
Thomas Riccio’s Dead White Zombies (DWZ) project is his most accessible but least challenging production produced under the Zombies umbrella.
A New Beginning: The Ensemble premieres Melda Beaty’s Front Porch Society
Long before Facebook and Twitter, neighbors exchanged information about the real lives of people making up their communities by gossiping and conversing in front yards and stoops.
Brandon Weinbrenner Directs Native Gardens at Main Street Theater
Brandon Weinbrenner, Resident Assistant Director at The Alley Theatre since 2013, has also directed at 4th Wall Theatre Company and The Landing Theatre Company. In May, he directs Karen Zacharias’s Native Gardens, commissioned by the Cincinnati Playhouse, at Main Street Theater.
Big Dreams: Discovering Latina/o Theater in Texas
What do we mean when we talk about Latina/o theater in Texas? This was the question I kept pondering at the beginning of yet another one of the wandering/mapping jaunts I occasionally take when I find myself yearning to exploring more Texas theater.
Straight White Men at Second Thought Theatre
The premise of Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, a play currently having its area premiere at Second Thought Theatre, can be neatly summed up like this: in the 21st century, its complicated to be a straight white man.
The Great Outdoors: Electra at Dallas Theater Center
It’s the first day of rehearsals for Electra (April 4-May 2), and Dallas Theater Center artistic director Kevin Moriarty is having trouble trading in Shakespeare for Sophocles.
A Storied Snow White comes to Catastrophic Theatre
Once upon a time—a strange, tumultuous time called the 1960s—there lived a storyteller named Donald Barthelme.
Hiding in Plain Sites: CounterCurrent Artists Reveal Stories throughout Houston
In 2014, the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts blazed a trail into the world of festival programming.
Borders, Ritual and Awesomeness: Five Days of Fusebox
Fusebox, Austin’s contemporary, cross-disciplinary visual and performing arts festival, and all round benevolent force in the struggle to keep Austin weird, consolidated its offerings in 2016, going from a 10 or 12 day schedule to a five-day festival lineup.
Ten Years of Tales: BooTown Celebrates 100 Grown-up Storytimes
The first time I experienced Houston’s BooTown and their now-famous Grown-up Storytime was in the spring of 2008.
Primed for Growth: Is Dallas the Country’s Next Hub for New Plays?
What is theater that doesn’t reflect contemporary realities? What kind of life can theatrical storytelling have if it doesn’t exist within the world it’s born into?