THE BROTHER'S MERLIN, Loaded Gun Theory at FronteraFest, January

Our 10th Frontera Fest Short Fringe entry is... it's that time of year and we've got a sneak peak of The Brother's Merlin Loaded Gun Theory is writing again. Feverishly. We meet every week. Sucking juices from the collective hive mind. Our new play "The Brother's Merlin and their Magnificent Menagerie of Mysteries" is heading your way this May. Carnival. Knives. Child Sacrifice. And a giant sentient reptile! Curiosity piqued? You're in luck. At Frontera Fest we're presenting a sneak preview of "The Brother's Merlin". In it the Third Reich is on the ropes. And now their last hope wants nothing but to run away and join the circus. Starring Brock England, Robert Deike, Andy Smith, and Stephen Reynolds. Tickets are going incredibly fast this year, and we share the evening with Zell Miller III who is never anything short of fantastic, so get your tickets today.    Price   Short Fringe $16.00    When   January 24th at 8:00pm   Where    Click to Buy Tickets!      Hyde Park Theatre

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An Inspector Calls, Different Stages at Vortex Repertory, July 3 - 25

Under the artistic direction of Norman Blumensaadt, Different Stages and its predecessor the Small Potatoes Theatre Company have furnished Austin Theatre with a considerable library of stage work. The back page of the program for An Inspector Calls lists 109 productions the company has brought to the boards since 1981.

Different Stages has given the city a good dose of the classics and a wide array of works from the British and European stages. The company has often reached back decades in the English-speaking repertoire to present twentieth century works unlikely to be offered by other enterprises in town. For example, their production last year of Shaw's Getting Married was a fine example of Blumensaadt's taste, dedication and success as a curator.

J.B. Priestly's An Inspector Calls was first performed in 1945. It recounts a story set in 1912 urban Britain. It's a moral fable with an intrigue that inexorably and progressively reveals the hypocrisy of each member and associate of a wealthy capitalist family. Priestly gives the story a twist of the supernatural, but it' essentially a piece preaching to the British middle class about the wickedness of earlier capitalist generations' exploitation of the poor.

The first two productions of An Inspector Calls were in Moscow. The 1946 London production featured Ralph Richardson as the ominous Inspector Goole, Margaret Leighton as ingenue Sheila Birling, and Alec Guiness as her brother Eric. Goole's berating of the non-aristocratic capitalists touched sensibilities in post-war Britain.

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Upcoming: An Inspector Calls, Different Stages at the Vortex, July 3 - 25

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Received June 18:

Different Stages closes its 2008–2009 season with J.B. Priestley's haunting thriller

An Inspector Calls

Set in 1912 in Edwardian England, the story begins when a mysterious police Inspector calls unexpectedly on a prosperous family. Their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigation into the death of a young woman. Under the Inspector's relentless interrogation, secret after secret is revealed, leading to an unexpected and eerie conclusion.

Directed by Norman Blumensaadt (Getting Married), An Inspector Calls features Garry Peters (Molly Sweeney), as the inspector.

Sam Z. Damon (The Tempest) and Paula Gilbert (Suddenly Last Summer) play the industrialist and his wife. Nicole Swahn (Amadeus) and Andy Smith (Red Cans) play their daughter and son. Trey Deason (Faster than the Speed of Light) plays the daughter's fiancé.

Join us on July 4 for an ice and fire special – ice cream and sparklers!

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