Winners of 2012-2013 B . Iden Payne Awards for Theatre Arts, Austin

Winners announced during the ceremony at the State Theatre, Austin, on November 5, 2013:

B. Iden Payne Awards

2012 – 2013 Season

THEATER FOR YOUTH

Outstanding Production

Playground Superhero Pollyanna Theatre Company

Outstanding Direction

Judy Matetzschk-Campbell Playground Superhero


Outstanding Performer
Toby Minor (Kobyn) Playground Superhero

MUSIC THEATER
Outstanding Production

Avenue Q Austin Theatre Project

Outstanding Direction

Rudy Ramirez (write-in)

Outstanding Lead Actor

Andrew Foote (Tateh) Ragtime: The Musical


Outstanding Lead Actress

Michelle Haché (Princess Ida) Princess Ida

Outstanding Featured Actor

Nathan Jerkins (Lexy Mill) A Minister’s Wife


Outstanding Featured Actress

Libby Dees-Detling (Mae) Reefer Madness: The Musical

COMEDY
Outstanding Production

Qualities of Starlight VORTEX Repertory Company


Outstanding Direction

Rudy Ramirez Qualities of Starlight


Outstanding Lead Actor

Toby Minor (Theodore Turner) Qualities of Starlight

Outstanding Lead Actress

Liz Fisher (Kelly) The Pain and the Itch


Outstanding Featured Actor


J. Ben Wolfe (Mr. Hadid) The Pain and the Itch

Outstanding Featured Actress

Chris Humphrey (Mrs. Steve Powers, announcer) Brides of the Moon

DRAMA

Outstanding Production

Slowgirl,  Hyde Park Theatre


Outstanding Direction

Rachel Wiese The Man Who Planted Trees

Outstanding Lead Actor

Jason Newman (Doug) Gruesome Playground Injuries [Capital T]

Outstanding Lead Actress

Molly Karrasch (Becky) Slowgirl


Outstanding Featured Actor

Ryan Hamilton (Jesse Bandel, Teddy Ray Harrington) Just Outside Redemption


Outstanding Featured Actress

Beth Broderick (Harlene Corf) Just Outside Redemption

GENERAL CATEGORIES

Outstanding Set Design

Ann Marie Gordon      Qualities of Starlight


Outstanding Lighting Design

Jason Amato     Water


Outstanding Sound Design

Robert Fisher    Slowgirl

Outstanding Costume Design

Carl Booker      Little Shop of Horrors


Outstanding Music Direction


John Vander Gheynst    Little Shop of Horrors

Outstanding Dance Choreography

Toni Bravo    Earth


Outstanding Fight Choreography

Toby Minor    Coriolanus


Outstanding Original Script

Gabriel Jason Dean     Qualities of Starlight


Outstanding Original Score
Chelsea Manasseri, Rudy Ramirez, Melissa Vogt-Patterson, Michelle Alexander,

Hayley Armstrong, Jennifer Coy and Kyle Zamcheck   in  Sing Muse


Outstanding Media Design

Lowell Bartholomee Vodka, Fucking and Television


Outstanding Cast Performance

Sing Muse VORTEX Repertory Company


Outstanding Ensemble Performance

Jennifer Underwood and Dennis Bailey (parents) Qualities of Starlight


Outstanding Young Performer

a tie:

John Austin (Zeus as youth, Hades, Ganymede) Zeus in Therapy

Vincent Hooper (Youth) Passing Strange


Outstanding Puppetry

The Cruel Circus Trouble Puppet Theater Company


Special Certificates

Community outreach and accessibility in The Edge of Peace UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Being the Piano Man in 33 Variations Anton Nel

Props in Qualities of Starlight Helen Parish

Community involvement for Crab the Dog cross-promotion

in Two Gentlemen of Verona Something for Nothing Theater

Rudy Kloptic Award for Outstanding Work in Improvisational Theater

(nominated by the artistic directors of Austin’s improvisational theaters)

The Suitcase (The Institution Theater)

B. Iden Payne Honors Austin Theatre Artists, 2012-2013

Here's the full list of performers and performances in 2012-2013 those honored by the B. Iden Payne Award Committee. If you'd like to vote, you can go to the website to pay your $35 membership, which also entitles you to attend the ceremony on November 5 at the State Theatre downtown.

Nominations for Awards

2012 – 2013 Season

THEATER FOR YOUTH
Outstanding Production

The Bremen Town Musicians Summer Stock Austin

The Edge of Peace UT Department of Theatre and Dance

The Little Mermaid ZACH Theatre for Youth

Mariachi Girl ZACH Theatre for Youth, Teatro Vivo and UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Playground Superhero Pollyanna Theatre Company

Outstanding Direction

Linda Hartzell he Edge of Peace

Judy Matetzschk-Campbell Playground Superhero

Nat Miller The Little Mermaid

Brant Pope Mariachi Girl

Allen Robertson The Bremen Town Musicians
Outstanding Performer
Franchelle Stewart Dorn (Nell Hicks) The Edge of Peace

Toby Minor (Kobyn) Playground Superhero
Megan Richards (mermaid, storyteller) The Little Mermaid

Aisha San Roman (Cita) Mariachi Girl

Gricelda Silva (BeeBee) he Family of Ree
MUSIC THEATER
Outstanding Production

Avenue Q Austin Theatre Project

One Night With Janis Joplin  - ZACH Theatre, Daniel Chilewich and Todd Gershwin of One Night Productions,
the Estate of Janis Joplin and Jeffrey Jampol of JAM, Inc.

Passing Strange Half and Half Productions

Ragtime: The Musical ACH Theatre

The Secret Garden SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Outstanding Direction

There are no nominees in this category this year.
Outstanding Lead Actor

Andrew Foote (Tateh) Ragtime: The Musical

Greg Holt (Archibald Craven) The Secret Garden

Matthew Redden (Bob Wallace) White Christmas: The Musical

Kyle Scatliffe (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.) Ragtime: The Musical
Outstanding Lead Actress

Jill Blackwood (Mother) Ragtime: The Musical

Kacee Clanton (Janis Joplin) One Night With Janis Joplin

Kia Dawn Fulton (Sarah) Ragtime: The Musical

Michelle Haché (Princess Ida) Princess Ida
Outstanding Featured Actor

Joey Banks (Danny Hooper) Baby: The Musical

Nathan Brockett (Jack) Reefer Madness: The Musical

Brian Coughlin (Ezekiel Foster, Santa Claus) White Christmas: The Musical

Nathan Jerkins (Lexy Mill) A Minister’s Wife

Jose Villarreal (Lecturer, Mr. Poppy, ensemble) Reefer Madness: The Musical
Outstanding Featured Actress

Jacqui Cross (Mother) Passing Strange

Libby Dees-Detling (Mae) Reefer Madness: The Musical

Amy Downing (Prossy Garnett) A Minister’s Wife

Tiffany Mann (the Blues Singer) One Night With Janis Joplin

Barbara A. Schoenhofer (Martha Watson) White Christmas: The Musical
COMEDY
Outstanding Production

The Importance of Being Earnest SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

The Lieutenant of Inishmore Capital T Theatre

The Motherfucker With the Hat Capital T Theatre

Qualities of Starlight VORTEX Repertory Company

Vodka, Fucking and Television Breaking String Theater
Outstanding Direction

Carrie Klypchak The Motherfucker With the Hat

Mark Pickell The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Rudy Ramirez Qualities of Starlight

Richard Robichaux The Importance of Being Earnest

Ben Schave The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Outstanding Lead Actor

Scot Friedman (George Hay) Moon Over Buffalo

Joseph Garlock (Cord McCade) Invisible Inc.

Joe Hartman (Virgin Sacrifice, Madeleine Astarté, Madeleine Andrews) Vampire Lesbians of Sodom

Jason Liebrecht (Padraic) The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Toby Minor (Theodore Turner) Qualities of Starlight
Outstanding Lead Actress

Liz Beckham (Miss Elizabeth Bennet) Pride and Prejudice

Liz Fisher (Kelly) e Pain and the Itch

Nikki Zook (Beatrice) Much Ado About Nothing
Outstanding Featured Actor

Michael Jastroch (ensemble) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Derek Jones (East, Jimmy, Lendall, Chad, Daniel) Almost, Maine

Laurence Pears (Question Mark) Invisible Inc.

David Stahl (Dr. Gerald Lyman) Bus Stop

J. Ben Wolfe (Mr. Hadid) The Pain and the Itch
Outstanding Featured Actress

Katie Bender (Dinah) The Cataract

Barbara Chisholm (Lady Bracknell) The Importance of Being Earnest

Sophia Franzella (Cecily Cardew) The Importance of Being Earnest

Chris Humphrey (Mrs. Steve Powers, announcer) Brides of the Moon

Leng Wong (Yoshiko) This Feather House
DRAMA

Outstanding Production

Agnes and Alfred Physical Plant Theater

The Cruel Circus Trouble Puppet Theater Company

The Man Who Planted Trees Exchange Artists

Slowgirl Hyde Park Theatre

The Sunset Limited Trinity Street Players
Outstanding Direction

Connor Hopkins The Cruel Circus

Jenny Larson Dream Cabinet

Steve Moore and Zeb L. West Adam Sultan

Carlos Treviño Agnes and Alfred

Rachel Wiese The Man Who Planted Trees
Outstanding Lead Actor

Trevor Bissell (Black) The Sunset Limited

Joey Hood (machine gunner, grandson) “I Am the Machine Gunner”, Strike

Jeff Mills (Andre) Three

Jason Newman (Doug) Gruesome Playground Injuries [Capital T]

Rommel Sulit (Jean) The Man Who Planted Trees
Outstanding Lead Actress

Molly Karrasch (Becky) Slowgirl

Hannah Kenah (Agnes) Agnes and Alfred
Rachel McGinnis Meissner (Blanche) A Streetcar Named Desire

Caroline Reck (Lady Macbeth, witch, murderer) Toil and Trouble

Rebecca Ann Robinson (Margaret) Good People

Outstanding Featured Actor

Travis Bedard (Gaunt, Carlisle) Richard II

Aaron Black (Michel Katurian) The Pillowman

Ryan Hamilton (Jesse Bandel, Teddy Ray Harrington) Just Outside Redemption

Gene Menger (Elzeard Bouffier) The Man Who Planted Trees

Charles P. Stites (Meninius) Coriolanus
Outstanding Featured Actress

Kim Adams (Emma) Circus Girl

Pilar Andujar (Helena) Boom for Real

Beth Broderick (Harlene Corf) Just Outside Redemption

Babs George (Mrs. Fergus) Mad Beat Hip and Gone

Amanda Morish (Mayme) Intimate Apparel
GENERAL CATEGORIES

Outstanding Set Design

Ia Ensterä Slowgirl

Ia Ensterä Strike

Ann Marie Gordon Qualities of Starlight

Ann Marie Gordon WATER

Derek Kolluri and Jenny Lavery Austin Is a Place (You Are Here)
Outstanding Lighting Design

Jason Amato WATER

Rachel Atkinson The Edge of Peace

Kathryn Eader The Secret Garden

Erin Fleming The Attic Space

Michelle Habeck 33 Variations
Outstanding Sound Design

Blake Addyson Strike

Robert Fisher Slowgirl

Jeff Mills ream Cabinet

Buzz Moran spacestation1985

Buzz Moran/K. Eliot Haynes Toil and Trouble
Outstanding Costume Design

Carl Booker Little Shop of Horrors

Monica Gibson and Lucie Cunningham The Cruel Circus

Deborah Roberts White Christmas: The Musical

Jamie Urban and Monica Gibson Circus Girl

Chin-Hua Yeh Intimate Apparel
Outstanding Music Direction

David Blackburn    Edges

Jeffrey Jones-Ragona    Princess Ida

Michael McKelvey and Steve Suagey     A Minister’s Wife

Allen Robertson     Ragtime: The Musical

Allen Robertson    White Christmas: The Musical

John Vander Gheynst    Little Shop of Horrors
Outstanding Dance Choreography

Toni Bravo EARTH

Danny Herman and Rocker Verastique Under Construction

Vincent Sandoval Swing!
Outstanding Fight Choreography

Travis Dean   The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Joseph Garlock    Julius Caesar

Toby Minor    Coriolanus

Andrew Rodgers     Doctor Faustus
Outstanding Original Script

Dennis Bailey     Just Outside Redemption

Gabriel Jason Dean    Qualities of Starlight

Nat Miller    The Little Mermaid

Steve Moore    Agnes and Alfred

Andrew Perry    Playground Superhero

Suzan Zeder    The Edge of Peace
Outstanding Original Score
Chelsea Manasseri, Rudy Ramirez, Melissa Vogt-Patterson, Michelle Alexander,

Hayley Armstrong, Jennifer Coy and Kyle Zamcheck           Sing Muse

Héctor Martínez Morales     Mariachi Girl

Graham Reynolds    Invisible Inc.

Chad Salvata, Chris Humphrey, Anderson Dear, Melissa Vogt-Patterson,

Betsy McCann, Emerald Mystiek and Mindy Rast    EARTH

Justin Sherburn    The Cruel Circus
Outstanding Media Design

Lowell Bartholomee Vodka, Fucking and Television

K. Eliot Haynes/Chris Owen Toil and Trouble

Kate Leahy The Little Mermaid

Katie Rose Pipkin The Man Who Planted Trees

Lee Webster Strike
Outstanding Cast Performance

Avenue Q Austin Theatre Project

The Cruel Circus Trouble Puppet Theater Company

The Motherfucker With the Hat Capital T Theatre

Sing Muse VORTEX Repertory Company

Twelve Angry Men City Theatre Company
Outstanding Ensemble Performance

Robert Schleifer and Dan Lendzian (Tuck and Voice) The Edge of Peace

Scot Friedman and Evan Shaw (Adam and Luke) Next Fall

Allen Robertson, Hunter St. Marie, Paul Koudouris, Will Krause, Harrell Williams,

Tony Bray, Rick White and Shane Walden (the band) One Night With Janis Joplin

Jennifer Underwood and Dennis Bailey (parents) Qualities of Starlight

Jason Newman and Bradley Carlin (astronauts) spacestation1985
Outstanding Young Performer

John Austin (Zeus as youth, Hades, Ganymede) Zeus in Therapy

Paige Bradbury (Mary Lennox) The Secret Garden

Vincent Hooper (Youth) Passing Strange

Gray Randolph (Pippin) Pippin

Donnie Thigpen (ensemble) Swing!
Outstanding Puppetry

Adam Sultan Physical Plant Theater

The Cruel Circus Trouble Puppet Theater Company

The Family of Ree Pollyanna Theatre Company

spacestation1985 Natalie George

Toil and Trouble Trouble Puppet Theater Company
Special Certificates

Community outreach and accessibility in The Edge of Peace UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Being the Piano Man in 33 Variations Anton Nel

Props in Qualities of Starlight Helen Parish

Community involvement for Crab the Dog cross-promotion

in Two Gentlemen of Verona Something for Nothing Theater
Rudy Kloptic Award for Outstanding Work in Improvisational Theater

(nominated by the artistic directors of Austin’s improvisational theaters)

Bad Boys (ColdTowne Theater)

Fandom: Improvised Fan Fiction in Your Favorite Worlds (The Hideout Theatre)

Get Up (GNAP! Productions/Salvage Vanguard Theater)

The Known Wizards (MerlinWorks/ZACH Theater)

The Megaphone Show (The New Movement Theater)

The Suitcase (The Institution Theater)

Annual Report of AustinLiveTheatre Sites, 2012-2013

Annual Report, 2012 - 2013

by Michael Meigs

ref: 2012 Annual Report

Austin Live Theatre (ALT), a sponsored project of the Austin Creative Alliance, is a non-commercial Internet publication crafted as a gift to the theatre artists, companies and the theatre-going public of Central Texas. It originated in mid-2008 as a blog when I realized that Austin media were not adequately covering the rich world of live narrative theatre in and around Austin. Since 2009 I have published both the blog (www.austinlivetheatre.blogspot.com) and a more extensive .com site (www.austinlivetheatre.com).

In 2012 I expanded the site's coverage area to include not only theatre in Austin and outlying communities but much of San Antonio theatre as well. Site usage remains stable at approximately 15,000 hits per month, approximately 75% of them at the .com and the rest at the blog.

Experience suggested that the core clientele of the sites consisted of members of the artistic communities. I chose to focus the content more closely on their interests and needs.

• AustinLiveTheatre picked up from the now inactive www.austinactors.net the initiative of announcing auditions for live stage productions; in the reporting period ALT collected and published 303 auditions/opportunities and announced them via Twitter (@ALT_auditions) and via the Austin Live Theatre Facebook page. There is no charge to individuals or to non-profit/non-commercial organizations.


• The technological advantages of the Internet platform became more manifest this past year as more companies produced and circulated videos on YouTube, Vimeo and elsewhere. I picked these up and embedded them on both ALT sites. I also produced several videos in cooperation with Austin theatre companies. ALT posted 27 videos in 2011 and 50 videos in the first seven months of 2012; during the reporting period ALT posted 139 videos.

• The website aggregates relevant arts reporting and news from other sources. One recent example is the publication of the full listing of cultural arts awards made by the City of Austin for the upcoming biennium.

Reviewing non-commercial Central Texas theatre productions is a key function of the site. ALT has occasionally covered touring productions but almost all of the 65 reviews written between September 2012 and August 2013 were of small non-profit, educational or community theatre events often not covered by local media. ALT reviewed fewer productions in the reporting period because of the demands of administering the websites (as noted, 65 reviews, compared to 113 in 2011, 110 in 2012 and 40 in the first 7 months of 2013). The site is fortunate that four volunteer reviewers have occasionally contributed pieces. (Contributions are invited and may be sent to austinlivetheatre@gmail.com)

The Central Texas Theatre calendar is available by clicking through the front page of AustinLiveTheatre.com. With it ALT seeks to establish as comprehensive as practicable a listing by date of locally produced live theatre in Austin, San Antonio and nearby communities for the upcoming two months. Venues and times are given, and users can click on the venue to be connected to a map of its location. These listings will continue.

Discontinued marketing support. Beginning in 2011 I created a separate announcement page for each theatre event that came to my attention. ALT published these as internal pages at the main site (.com) available to search engines or via front-page links at the site, and placed them immediately on the front page of the blog. Almost a thousand were created in 2011-2012. During the reporting period 570 such pages were created and later shifted to the category Performances Finished and another 58 were extant in the categories Coming Soon (39), Opening This Week (2), Continuing on Stage (11), and Theatre for Youth (6). Although these pages offered an extensive and informative picture of theatre art and regularly attracted Internet 'hits,' they required a great investment of time and effort. Conservatively estimating 15 minutes of research and formatting for each such page, this marketing experiment required at least the equivalent of a full month of work for the reporting period, constituting an unrealistic burden. I have stopped creating these pages. 

Reviews from elsewhere. ALT immediately provides its readers with links to other published reviews by creating links on the internal pages mentioned in the previous paragraph. I expect to continue this service in a slightly different format, probably by creating a front-page box at the .com offering links to others' reviews of productions currently on stage.

Software updating and new site. The principal site operates as www.austinlivetheatre.com and as www.austinlivetheater.com. I have registered two additional domain names: www.centraltexaslivetheatre.com and ctxlt.com. I am planning a redesign of the site and an update of the content management system to reflect its wider scope and to adapt to mobile devices.

Theatre coverage and support from others improved somewhat with the continuation of www.austin.broadwayworld.com, in which reviewer Jeff Davis covers a good spectrum of theatre types and locations and now offers an e-mail announcement posted several times a week advising of reviews and news. Jenni Morin of San Antonio's www.theatre-for-change.com periodically posts thoughtful reviews. Print media coverage in Central Texas remains mostly inadequate, although the 1-3 reviews published weekly in the Austin Chronicle are generally informative and thoughtful.
The Creative Fund, a group of individuals in Austin who subscribe to help subsidize the costs of theatre venues, makes quarterly choices of which projects to support. They have consistently assisted small but highly deserving theatre organizations applauded by this website.

At KOOP-FM Lisa Scheps is the principal host for a Wednesday afternoon program discussing theatre generally and interviewing local artists (also available for download in .mp3 audio format on-line at http://offstageontheair.blogspot.com).

Austinist (www.austinist.com), examiner.com and the Culturemap site (www.austin.culturemap.com) established in 2012 cover theatre only occasionally. The website www.artandculturetx.com, live as of September 2013, has a theatre section (http://artsandculturetx.com/category/theatre/) that has carried three feature articles mentioning Austin theatre, but given its goal of covering the entire state the site is unlikely to engage deeply in Central Texas theatre. 

The website of the Austin Convention and Visitors Center (http://www.austintexas.org/) is essentially non-functional as far as theatre art is concerned, and its relatively glossy presentation focuses especially upon music events (the heading to the events page reads, "Austin, Texas offers a wide range of events, from music concerts, food festivals, and sports competitions to museum displays, exhibits, and family fun. Use our listings of Austin's featured and ongoing events to find the perfect activity for your vacation").

The principal website of the Austin Creative Alliance (www.austincreativealliance.com), formerly the Austin Circle of Theatres, does not feature theatre anywhere on its front page. The website calendar is empty. Austin Shakespeare and the Creative Fund have their own secondary pages, but there is no other listing of theatre organizations. The website presents itself essentially as that of an advocacy organization. The ACA's promotional website www.nowplayingaustin.com and associated weekly e-mail are somewhat better, but they provide an incomplete and somewhat skewed picture of theatre events available in Austin.

The B. Iden Payne Committee, now spun off as a separate sponsored project, continues to operate but with a reduced population of voting members, who pay for the privilege when they purchase advance tickets to the annual promotional event.

Expenses. Austin Live Theatre does not solicit advertising and makes no charge for listings. Reviewers do accept complimentary tickets associated with reviewing opportunities. The approximate costs for the 2012-2013 period were $2000 (web hosting and Internet service $650; equipment purchase, $205; software, $150; transportation, $275; tickets, $600; Austin Creative Alliance fiscal sponsorship, $120). I contributed $1925 directly to various Central Texas theatre organizations during the reporting period. Austin Live Theatre has a PayPal registration for contributions (austinlivetheatre@gmail.com) but as yet has not solicited donations.

Statistical detail:

ALT reviews in 2012-2013
ALT video and photographic postings in 2012-2013

Video Scrapbook: University Theatre Guild, University of Texas, 2012-2013

Compiled and edited by Lindsay Kelly for University Theatre Guild undergrad recruitment at the University of Texas, Austin, to a disco beat with Katie Herzig (6 min., 58 sec.):

Austin Print Journalists Anounce 2012-2013 Critics' Table Favorites

Theatre choices by reviewers for the Austin Statesman and the Austin Chronicle for 2012-2013, from the 'Critics' Table' list published by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin in the Austin Statesman:

THEATRE
Production, Drama (tie)
 
All My Sons, Palindrome Theatre
Rose Rage, The Hidden Room Theatre

Production, Comedy   Slip River, UT/David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

Production, Musical   Legally Blonde the Musical, Summer Stock Austin

Theatrical Event   Now Now Oh Now, Rude Mechanicals

Direction   Beth Burns, Rose Rage/Invisible, Inc.

Acting in a Leading Role 
Barbara Chisholm, The Importance of Being Earnest
Brock England, Rose Rage
Noel Gaulin, Accidental Death of an Anarchist/The Bear/Vodka, Fucking, and Television
Joey Hood, "I Am the Machine Gunner"

Acting in a Supporting Role 
Joey Banks, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Fran Dorn, The Edge of Peace
Robert Matney, Rose Rage
Laurence Pears, Rose Rage/Invisible, Inc.
Sydney Roberts, Urinetown: The Musical

Ensemble Performance   The Poison Squad, The Duplicates

Music Direction   Allen Robertson, Xanadu/Ragtime/Goodnight Moon

Movement   Cassie Abate, Urinetown: The Musical

David Mark Cohen New Play Award (tie) 
The Edge of Peace, Suzan Zeder
The Women of Juarez, Isaac Gomez and Bianca Sulaica

Touring Show, Theatre   Watch Me Fall, Action Hero/Fusebox Festival

DESIGN

Scenic Design   Thomas Graves, Michelle Marchesseault, Leilah Stewart, et al. (?) Now Now Oh Now

Costume Design   Susan Branch Towne, The Sound of Music/Xanadu/Ragtime

Lighting Design  The Duplicates, The Poison Squad

Sound Design   Buzz Moran, All My Sons/Under Construction/spacestation 1985

Video Design   Lowell Bartholomee, Vodka, Fucking, and Television

Special Citations

John Bustin Award for Exceptional Versatility   Jill Blackwood

W.H. "Deacon" Crain Award for Outstanding Student Work
 Isaac Gomez, UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance
Will Davis, UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance
Sophia Franzella, St. Edward's University
Lindsley Howard, St. Edward's University
Hannah Fonder, St. Edward's University

Visionary Vivifier Award   Caroline Reck and Glass Half Full Theatre

More Perfect Union Award   Thomas Graves and Hannah Kenah in Alfred and Agnes

Dress for Excess Award   Pam Friday, Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)

Click to view full list, including choices for dance and music, at the Austin Statesman's www.Austin360 'Seeing Things' blog

Austin Print Journalists List Arts Favorites in 2012-2013 'Critics' Table' Nominations

Statesman and Chronicle arts writers announce their favorites for 2012-2013 with the annual 'Critics'Table' awards nominations:

The 2012-2013 Austin Critics' Table Awards nominations for theatre and design
(click to go to www.austin360.com for full list, including music and dance)
 

THEATER
Production, Drama
All My Sons, Palindrome Theatre
Colossal, UT/David Mark Cohen New Works Festival
The Edge of Peace, UT Department of Theatre & Dance
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, Poison Apple Initiative/Vestige Group
The Poison Squad, The Duplicates
Richard III, Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance
Rose Rage, The Hidden Room Theatre


Production, Comedy
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Palindrome Theatre
boom!, Capital T Theatre
Dividing the Estate, Zach Theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest, Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Slip River, UT/David Mark Cohen New Works Festival
Under Construction, Mary Moody Northen Theatre


Production, Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Doctuh Mistuh Productions
Legally Blonde the Musical, Summer Stock Austin
Ordinary Peephole: The Songs of Dick Price, The Dick Price Fan Club
Ragtime, Zach Theatre
The Sound of Music, Zilker Theatre Productions
Urinetown: The Musical, Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance


Theatrical Event
Austin Is a Place (You Are Here), Theatre En Bloc
The Girl With Time in Her Eyes, The Hidden Room Theatre
Hot Nights series, The Exchange Artists
Lord Wensleydale’s Last High Tea, Parallelogramophonograph
The Man Who Planted Trees, The Exchange Artists
Now Now Oh Now, Rude Mechanicals


Direction
Beth Burns, Rose Rage/Invisible, Inc.
Connor Hopkins, Toil and Trouble
David Long, Under Construction
Chuck Ney, Richard III
Austin Sheffield, All My Sons
Rachel Wiese, The Man Who Planted Trees


Acting in a Leading Role
Jill Blackwood, Xanadu/Ragtime/Goodnight Moon
Barbara Chisholm, The Importance of Being Earnest
Brock England, Rose Rage
Noel Gaulin, Accidental Death of an Anarchist/The Bear/Vodka, Fucking, and Television
Thomas Graves, Agnes and Alfred
Harvey Guion, All My Sons
Joey Hood, “I Am the Machine Gunner”
Hannah Kenah, Agnes and Alfred
Eugene Lee, Richard III
Mykal Monroe, Intimate Apparel
Cassadie Peterson, Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
Matt Radford, Rose Rage
Patty Rowell, Annie Get Your Gun
Kyle Scatliffe, Ragtime
Carrie Stephens, Betrayal


Acting in a Supporting Role
Joey Banks, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Nathan Brockett, All My Sons
Beth Broderick, Just Outside Redemption Fran Dorn, The Edge of Peace
Babs George, Mad Beat Hip & Gone
Ryan Hamilton, Just Outside Redemption
Jude Hickey, Vodka, Fucking, and Television
Robert Matney, Rose Rage
Nadine Mozon, Richard III
Laurence Pears, Rose Rage/Invisible, Inc.
Sydney Roberts, Urinetown: The Musical
Cara Spradley, The Scarlet Letter
Marijane Vandivier, Dividing the Estate


Ensemble Performance
The Importance of Being Earnest, Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Ordinary Peephole: The Songs of Dick Price, The Dick Price Fan Club
The Poison Squad, The Duplicates
Rose Rage, The Hidden Room
Under Construction, Mary Moody Northen Theatre
The Women of Juarez, UT/David Mark Cohen New Works Festival


Music Direction
Jordon Cunningham, Legally Blonde: The Musical
Jennifer Davis & Howard Burkitt, Rose Rage
Allen Robertson, Xanadu/Ragtime/Goodnight Moon
Lyova Rosanoff, Ordinary Peephole: The Songs of Dick Price
John Vander Gheynst and Dustin Struhall, The Sound of Music


Movement
Cassie Abate, Urinetown: The Musical
Andrea Beckham and Jeff Simon, Colossal
Nick Demos, Ragtime/White Christmas
Danny Herman & Rocker Verastique, Under Construction
Jennifer Young Mahlstedt, Goodnight Moon
Courtney Wissinger, The Sound of Music


David Mark Cohen New Play Award
Adam Sultan, Steve Moore and Zeb L. West
Colossal, Andrew Hinderaker
The Edge of Peace, Suzan Zeder
Just Outside Redemption, Dennis Bailey
Now Now Oh Now, Kirk Lynn
The Poison Squad, The Duplicates
Slip River, Abe Koogler, Katie Bender, and Gabrielle Reisman
The Women of Juarez, Isaac Gomez and Bianca Sulaica


Touring Show, Theatre
Butt Kapinski: We Are the Dark, Deanna Fleysher/The Institution Theatre
Cue China (Elsewhere, Offshore), Ant Hampton/Fusebox Festival Farfalle, Compagnia TPO/Scottish Rite Theatre
Heather Woodbury’s As the Globe Warms, Heather Woodbury/Vortex Repertory Company
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Zach Theatre
Watch Me Fall, Action Hero/Fusebox Festival
West Side Terri, Jay Fraley & Rude Guerilla Productions

DESIGN
 
Scenic Design
William Anderson, The Cataract
The Duplicates, The Poison Squad
Ia Ensterä, The 12th Labor/spacestation 1985/Bus Stop
Thomas Graves, Michelle Marchesseault, Leilah Stewart, et al. (?) Now Now Oh Now
Michelle Ney, Richard III
Cliff Simon, Dividing the Estate/33 Variations


Costume Design
Kaitlyn Aylward, The Cataract
Emily Cawood, “Wavemakers”
T’Cie Mancuso, Under Construction/The Importance of Being Earnest
Michelle Ney, Richard III
Susan Branch Towne, The Sound of Music/Xanadu/Ragtime
Chin-Hua Yeh, Intimate Apparel


Lighting Design
Jason Amato, Heaven-Earth-One/Ragtime/Pride and Prejudice/The Elementals: Earth
The Duplicates, The Poison Squad
Natalie George, spacestation 1985
Michelle Hebeck, Dividing the Estate/Xanadu/Mad Beat Hip & Gone
Stephen Pruitt, Solo Symphony
Theatre En Bloc, Austin Is a Place (You Are Here)


Sound Design
Craig Brock, Ragtime
The Duplicates, The Poison Squad
Robert Fisher, Now Now Oh Now
William Meadows, Heaven-Earth-One Buzz Moran, All My Sons/Under Construction/spacestation 1985
Miles Polaski, The Cataract


Video Design
Lowell Bartholomee, Vodka, Fucking, and Television
João Beira, Marta Ferraz, and Yago De Quay, “3D [Embodied]”
Colin Lowry, The Geometry of Proximity
Christopher Sousa-Wynn, Richard III
Lee Webster, “I Am the Machine Gunner”

Austin Playhouse Opens Season at Highland Mall December 13

Published at the Austin Playhouse blog:

Monday, November 5, 2012

 

 

 

 

We're Opening the 2012-2013 Season!

We've successfully negotiated a deal to open our season in a temporary theatre we'll build at Highland Mall.


A few weeks ago, as we were faced with further site permitting delays for our new space at Mueller, we asked our subscribers if they would prefer to open the season in a temporary facility in January or if they would prefer to wait until late Spring to open in the new theatre. The response was overwhelming. 97% of the subscribers who responded voted in favor of opening as soon as possible. We listened to you.


We will open our season on December 13th. We'll announce performance dates and show titles for the first two plays of the season in an e-newsletter on Wednesday and Subscribers can begin making their reservations at that time. Subscription packets are being prepared as quickly as possible.

While Austin Community College has long-term plans to transform the location, right now it is still a functioning mall. All the big department stores are gone, but many of the national stores, the food court, and local stores are still operating. The Highland Mall location also comes with ample parking, plenty of restrooms, and great climate control!


We want to thank Austin Community College and the management at Highland Mall for facilitating an arrangement that will benefit Austin Playhouse and the Austin community.

(*) 2012-2013 Season for the Woodlawn Theatre, San Antonio

2012 - 2013 Theatre Season
Click to go to the Woodlawn Theatre website for additional information and ticketing

Budget Update from Texas Commission for the Arts, May 17

Just received via a non-profit arts organization:

May 17, 2011
TCA Legislative Update

Late yesterday, the Joint Conference Committee adopted the Senate's version of the budget regarding the Texas Commission on the Arts. This includes a budget of $3.7 million annually (a reduction of approximately 50%) and a 30% staff reduction (down to 12 employees).

The other option under consideration that did not pass was the House version of the budget which would have resulted in the transfer of an additional $3.5 million from TCA to the Department of Aging and Disability Services. Passage of that version of the budget could have resulted in TCA's closure.

Next steps are adoption of a final budget which must then be signed by Governor Rick Perry. Governor Perry has up to three weeks following the end of session on May 30th to veto specific aspects of the budget.

TCA will continue to provide updates on the legislative process. In the meantime, questions should be directed to Gary Gibbs, TCA executive director, at <gary.gibbs@arts.state.tx.us> or Gaye Greever McElwain, TCA director of communications at <gaye@arts.state.tx.us>.