WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER, Red Dragon Players, Austin High School, March 28, 2013

[performing at the Larry Preas Theatre, Red Dragon Players, Larry Preas Theatre, Austin High School, 1715 W. Cesar Chavez ]

present

UIL ONE-ACT PLAY
Public Performance of

WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER

Thursday, March 28, 2013
7:30 PM
Suggested $3 donation

Acting & Technician Awards

Mackenzie Nissen - Honorable Mention All-Star Cast
McCoy Johnston - All-Star Cast
Maggie Miller - All-Star Cast
Bonnie Nolan - All-Star Cast
Riley Ryan-Wood - Outstanding Technician

Congratulations to ALL company members on a Job well done.
Company members also included:
Richard Dent, Louise Root, Josh Wilson, Andrew Newton, Abby Lewis, Martin Ramirez, Sara Mennella, Elysia Roque, Mekiah Fox & Haley Wilson


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Upcoming: Steel Magnolias, City Theatre, November 18 - December 19

Received directly:

Ring in the holidays with Robert Harling’s

wise-cracking and wise Southern comedy hit

STEEL MAGNOLIAS

November 18 - December 19

Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 5:30 p.m.

No performances Thanksgiving weekend

City Theatre, 3823 Airport Blvd (behind the Shell station)

Reservations 512-524-2870 or info@citytheatreaustin.org

Tickets $15 - $20. Guaranteed Front/2^nd Row Reserved $25. Students $12. Group discounts are available. Thursday all seats $10. Visit our website www.citytheatreaustin.org

The City Theatre is proud to present the opening of its 2010 – 2011 season with the holiday production of Robert Harling’s funny and moving comedy gem, Steel Magnolias. Directed by Barry Pineo, performances begin November 18 and run through December 19 at The City Theatre.

“If you can’t find anything good to say about anybody, come sit by me.”

These words of wisdom sum up Harling’s 1987 off-Broadway sensation and subsequent smash film Steel Magnolias. Set in a beauty parlor in Chinquapin, Louisiana, the hit comedy illustrates how the lives of six distinctly different women interweave via the small town gossip that shadows the unending cycle of life, love and laughter. The outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the shy yet determined Annelle and to the curmudgeonly Ouiser ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"), the eccentric yet sensible Miss Clairee, and the respected and admired M'Lynn and her daughter Shelby, the prettiest girl in town. Filled with hilarious Southern repartee and humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play draws on the town’s underlying strength – and love – that gives the story and the characters, the special qualities to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company, in good times and in bad.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . .

Upcoming: Annie, The Musical, Georgetown Palace, November 20 - December 30

UPDATE: Click for ALT review, November 27

Found on-line:

The Georgetown Palace Theatre
presents

ANNIE

Nov 20 - Dec 30
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.
Sundays at 2p.m.
Special Weekday shows at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 10, 15-17, 21-23 & 28-30

Leapin' Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best-loved musicals,l with book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, based on the Tribune Media Service Comic Strip Little Orphan Annie.

"Annie" is a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Hannigan's evil machinations, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and finds a new family and home in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

Tickets on Sale NOW!

Previous experience suggests that these shows will sel out early, so buy your tickets now!
Prices: General: $22, Senior(55+): $20, Student(16+)/Active Duty Military (with ID): $12
Children 15 or younger: $8

Upcoming: Seussical, AISD all-district summer musical, Austin HS, July 9 - 11, 16 - 18

From the Austin Statesman of July 7:

With 'Seussical,' Schools Unite for Musical Moment

by Laura Heinauer

Students from at least 11 schools — several more than last year — are participating in the production, which kicks off Thursday. And the producers, who include fine arts staff members from schools across the district, said they have a $20,000 budget and a good relationship with administrators.

"It has really been a positive experience so far," production manager Annie Dragoo said.

Theater departments districtwide worked throughout the school year with new district Fine Arts Director Greg Goodman to organize and plan this summer's event.

[photo by Ralph Barrera: Troy Carrico as Jojo and Connor Vaughn as The Cat in the Hat)

Read more at Statesman.com . . . .


Read announcement with further details by Sean French at www.austin.com



Click for 16-slide photo show by Ralph Barrera of the Austin Statesman