The Austin Statesman's arts editor provides snapshots of 12 community and regional theatres, in the July 23 "XL" arts supplement:
THEATER
Prosceniums on the perimeter
Throughout Central Texas, community theater troupes bring arts to the hinterlands
By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
AMERICAN-STATESMAN ARTS WRITER
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Mention Austin theater and most people will think of the venues and troupes that call downtown home or who have transformed East Austin warehouses into experimental venues.
But there are many other theaters on the greater Austin landscape. And in a way, they are the vestiges of tradition. For decades, small regional cities in America sported their own community theater troupes or built venues to house traveling shows. They were the cultural lifeblood of many a community providing the only live entertainment available.
Though our region's suburban sprawl might blur the line between where the metropolis ends and where neighboring small towns begin, the tradition of community theaters is alive and well in Central Texas. In some towns, theater enthusiasts have banded together to form busy troupes. And forward-thinking patrons have rescued historic buildings - including many historic theaters - from destruction and lovingly restored them.
Here, then, is a roundup of some of our region's busiest theaters that put on shows far from downtown Austin.
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