REASONS TO BE PRETTY by Neil LaBute, Austin Community College, October 25 - November 3, 2013

REASONS TO BE PRETTY  
by Neil LaBute  
Directed by Marla Dean
Reasons to be Pretty is a love story about the impossibility of love, a hopelessly romantic drama about the hopelessness of romance, whose characters ponder their discontent with their physical beauty while being forced to examine their often less-than-pretty natures.

Opens on Friday, Oct. 25th, runs Oct. 26^th, Oct. 27th, and Nov. 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd, 2013, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm, ACC Mainstage Theater.

Admission is $8, and can be purchase in advance or at the box office. For advance ticket sales, please visit the http://www.austincc.edu/drama/season. All proceeds go towards the Dance and Drama Scholarship Fund. 

THE LARAMIE PROJECT, Austin Community College Performing Co-op Arts, May 8 - 10, 2013

[performing at Austin Community College Rio Grande campus, 1212 Rio Grande - click for map]


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(poster art by Kaydee Shores)

(via Cristi Lloyd)

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Seeking American Sign Language Performers for ASL Night at ACC Rio Grande Campus, April 4

American Sign Language Friends United (AFU) is hosting the annual ASL Night at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 4th at Austin Community College Rio Grande Campus, 1212 Rio Grande St., Austin, TX!! (click for map)

**WE ARE LOOKING FOR PERFORMERS**

ASL performances include poetry, jokes, stories, and other forms of ASL literature presented by students, interpreters, faculty, and members of the Deaf Community! If you would like to perform in the show, please message me or email me at Suzie.Bush@gmail.com

BEAUTY IS THE BEST PRIEST, drama of the Harlem Renaissance, Austin Community College, February 22 - March 3, 2013

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Beauty Is The Best Priest

drama of the Harlem Renaissance

directed by Zell Miller III, Florinda Bryant, Feliz McDonald, and Marcus McQuirter

February 22nd – March 3rd, 2013
Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

Tickets: $10 general, $5 students and seniors
All proceeds benefit students through the Dance and Drama Scholarship Fund.

Performed at the BOYD VANCE THEATRE, George Washington Carver Civic Center, 1165 Angelina Street (click for map) 

Representing the cultural flowering of Harlem, from the 1920’s – 1930’s, our spring production includes prize winning short works by African American women including Zora Neale Hurston, May Miller, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Ottie Graham.

TO PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE, VISIT OUR DRAMA WEBSITE andclick the link below the Beauty show poster which takes you to the ACC Marketplace, and follow directions from there. Tickets may also be purchased at the Theater Box office prior to curtain, but we urge you to buy in advance in order to guarantee seating.

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Opportunity: Production Manager for Beauty Is The Best Priest, Austin Community College, January - March, 2013 (paid position)

Published at the the New Work Austin blog:

Seeking Production Stage Manager for Austin Community College Drama Department roduction Beauty Is The Best Priest: Short Plays Of The Harlem Renaissance, d Directed by, Florinda Bryant, Feliz McDonald, Marcus McQuirter, Zell Miller III.

Representing the cultural flowering of Harlem, from the 1920's-1930's, this production includes prize-winning works by African-American women, including Zora Neale Hurston, May Miller, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Eulalie Spence and Ottie Graham— who were among the most influential playwrights, poets, novelists, journalists, and activists of the era. Opens Friday, February 22nd. Runs February 22nd, 23rd and 24th and March 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm, The Boyd Vance Theater, George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center.

Job Start Date: 1/11/2013  Job End Date: 3/8/2013  Production Meetings Weekly, January 14, 2013-February 15, 2013

The position requires someone who is able to communicate effectively and to work independently within a theatrical production setting. Stage manager would manage ASMs, help run auditions, create and manage rehearsal schedule, take notes during rehearsals, run backstage operations during the run, coordinating cast/crew comp ticket requests with the box office, create production book and prompt script, perform any other such tasks expected of stage management. If interested, please reply to mmcquirt@austincc.edu with: 1. Resume 2. Cover letter highlighting relevant experience/education in the field as well as your interest in this specific show 3. Portfolio (as applicable ) Compensation: $1200 stipend, 2 comps

Upcoming: The Homage That Follows by Mark Medoff, Austin Community College, November 9 - 18

The Homage That Follows 

by Mark Medoff

Location: ACC Mainstage Theater, 2nd floor, RGC

Directed by ACC Drama Faculty member Perry Crafton

November 9, 10, 11
November 16, 17, 18
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 2pm
Click to purchase tickets on-line at Austin Community College

A young man’s friendship with his widowed employer turns to obsession and murder when the woman’s celebrity daughter returns to the family farm. Told from five different characters’ perspectives, the play offers “a cubist portrait of grief".

Adult Language. Everyone (including children) must have a seat/ticket. All proceeds go to the Dance/Drama Scholarship fund.


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Upcoming: Locked In The Arms Of A Crazy Life: poems by Charles Bukovski, Austin Community College, October 4 - 13

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LOCKED IN THE ARMS OF A CRAZY LIFE: poems by Charles Bukowski
 

Directed by ACC Drama Artistic Director, Shelby Brammer

American poet, novelist and short story writer Charles Bukowski was influenced by his home city of Los Angeles, and his work reflects the ordinary day to day existence of people on the lower rungs of society, combining “the confessional poet’s promise of intimacy with the larger-than-life aplomb of a pulp-fiction hero."


Opens on Thursday, Oct. 4^th, runs Oct. 5^thand 6^th, and Oct. 11^th, 12^th and 13^th (Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays) at 8pm, ACC Mainstage Theater.

223-3240 for more info. 2^nd floor, 1212 Rio Grande.

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Upcoming: In 2 The West, Austin Community College, Rio Grande Campus, April 27 and 28

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In2 The West

April 27 and 28, 8 p.m.

Austin Community College Rio Grande Campus, 1212 Rio Grande (click for map)
Tickets: $10 donations are suggested to help support the ACC Drama Department scholarship fund.

The Creative Writing and Drama Departments of Austin Community College present their 2011 production of IN 2 THE WEST, continuing a 20+ year tradition of presenting captivating original monologue portraits of people who live in the West.

IN 2 THE WEST features new regional performance literature written and performed by ACC creative writing students and student actors in a compelling and provocative showcase each spring. The growing collection of insightful monologue portraits of ordinary people who live in or who have come to the West is a unique collaboration between emerging literary and theatrical voices working with guest professionals. The showcase is an interdisciplinary effort of the ACC Creative Writing Department and Drama Department.

Upcoming: In 2 The West, Austin Community College, Rio Grande Campus, April 27 and 28

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IN 2 THE WEST

April 27 and 28, 8 p.m.

3rd floor Gallery Theatre, Rio Grande Campus, 1212 Rio Grande (click for map)

Requesting $10 donations to ACC Scolarship Fund

In 2 The West features new regional performance literature written and performed by ACC creative writing students and student actors in a compelling and provocative showcase each spring. The growing collection of insightful monologue portraits of ordinary people who live in or who have come to the West is a unique collaboration between emerging literary and theatrical voices working with guest professionals. The showcase is an interdisciplinary effort of the ACC Creative Writing Department and Drama Department.

Upcoming: Carnival ah!, Austin Community College, Rio Grande Campus, April 11 - 12

Celebrate Arts in Austin with

ACC’s Carnival ah!

Wednesday, April 11 & Thursday, April 12

Festival includes arts, dance, drama, and more

April 11 & 12, Rio Grande Campus, 1212 Rio Grande (click for map)

The Austin Community College District’s Arts and Humanities Division invites the community to celebrate the arts at the fourth annual Carnival ah!, a festival featuring live performances, art installations, film screenings, dance classes, and more.

Carnival ah! 2012 takes place Wednesday, April 11, and Thursday, April 12, at ACC’s Rio Grande Campus (1212 Rio Grande St.) in downtown Austin. This year’s theme – “How did you get here?” – explores the cultural heritage of the college and Central Texas.

“Carnival ah! will give participants a better appreciation of ourselves, our history, and how the arts and humanities express and define personal as well as community identity,” says Lyman Grant, dean of arts and humanities.

Arts and Humanities is partnering with ACC’s Center for Public Policy and Political Studies to highlight the immigrant experience and the courage and determination it takes to become a U.S citizen. Attendees will experience interactive art displays, panel discussions, readings of personal stories, international music, bands, dance performances, a student art sale, and international foods.

Activities run 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day. Highlights include:

• Migration map project (April 11 & 12, 10 a.m. – noon): Librarians will help attendees trace their family migration paths using Google Maps.
• Student-produced documentary film on the 2011 Bastrop wildfire (April 11, 6-7 p.m.): Four ACC students and members of Phi Theta Kappa honor society created a documentary short entitled “2½ Hours That Changed Bastrop.” A Q&A session with the filmmakers follows the screening.
• Night of Stories (April 11, 7:30-9 p.m.): This event showcases a reading by Nick Flynn, an award-winning author whose first book is now a film starring Robert De Niro (“Being Flynn”). Students in the Free Minds Project will present their work earlier in the evening.
• Billy Eli Band (April 12, 4:45-5:45 p.m.): Enjoy melodic songs with a honky-tonk twang from Billy Eli, an Austin-based singer-songwriter in the roots-rock tradition.
• ACC Jazz Band (April 12, 7-8:30): The college’s renowned jazz band takes the stage.
• International showcase (April 12, 7-10 p.m.): The outdoor showcase features music, dance, theater, and food from around the world.
• Interactive map (continuous display): This world map includes QR codes for smartphone users to view videotaped interviews with international students, faculty, and staff.

Other Carnival ah! participants include the Theater Action Project, the Austin Asian American Arts Collective, the Asian American Cultural Center, ACC’s Men of Distinction, the George Washington Carver Museum, Host Publications, the Silver Star Children’s Literacy Project, and the McCallum High School Classical Guitar Ensemble.

For the complete Carnival ah! schedule and more information, visit austincc.edu/carnival.

Upcoming: Tango by Slawomir Mzozek, Austin Community College, March 2 - 11

Found on-line:

Tango

by Slawomir Mzozek

directed by Marla Dean

March 2 - 11, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

Rio Grande Campus Gallery Theater, 3rd floor

Tickets: general admission $10, $5 for students and seniors

Tango combines elements of farce, absurdist theatre, slapstick comedy and political discourse, as it tells the story of Arthur, a son who wants to bring order to his free-spirited bohemian family. Written in 1968 during the Soviet takeover of Poland, the play examines a type of freedom in which “anything goes,” and the ensuing backlash as youthful idealism turns into a grab for power, opening the door to barbarians.

Upcoming: Choregraphers' Showcase, Austin Community College, December 2 and 3

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The Austin Community College District’s Dance Department will present the fall 2011 Choreographers’ Showcase Friday, December 2, and Saturday, December 3. The performances will take place at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater at Rio Grande Campus (1212 Rio Grande St.) (click for map).

The event will feature 28 students performing 12 new dance works, choreographed by faculty members Darla Johnson and Catherine Solaas as well as students enrolled in DANC 1212 (Practicum/Principles of Choreography).

Proceeds from the Choreographers’ Showcase will benefit the drama and dance scholarship fund. Suggested donations are $10 for the general public and $5 for students and seniors.

About the Austin Community College District (austincc.edu): ACC, Central Texas’ community college, is the primary gateway to higher education and career training for residents in eight counties. The college provides access to affordable, quality education. ACC enrolls more than 45,000 credit students, offering university transfer courses, two-year associate degrees, certificates, Early College Start, access programs that get students “college-ready,” and continuing education. At ACC you can “Start here. Get there.”

The Lucky Spot by Beth Henley, Austin Community College, November 4 - 13

by Michael Meigs

These pralines come in a very handsome box. Peter Sukovaty's design for the interior of the Lucky Spot dance hall in rural 1930's Lousiana is graceful and meticulously detailed, the lighting is rich and subtle, and the music that accompanies and accentuates the action includes dance music and even a couple of Hank Williams numbers. It's just before Christmas, but you can almost smell the Louisiana marshes when those doors at deep center stage swing open.

Playwright Henley creates a pair of strong opposed egos at the heart of her piece: short-spoken tough-guy gambler Reed Hooker who won this dubious property in a card game and Sue Jack Tiller at Angola Penitentiary, his wife, set for early holiday release from her sentence of three years for throwing downstairs the woman she caught in Hooker's bed. James Hawkins as Hooker is a brooding presence, a rock out of place in the marshland. Yesenia Garcia as Sue Jack is the vital force of this piece of theatre, creating a complex, attractive character bruised by life and indifference but capable of warmth and joy. Henley tantalizes us with these two and the grim gap that subsists between them. Call 'em angels with dirty faces; we know that they've been living hard lives and we want to see the grand opening bring them together again and make them happy.

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Video: The Lucky Spot by Beth Henley, Austin Community College, November 4 - 12

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Austin Community College Drama Department

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The Lucky Spot

by Beth Henley
directed by Shelby Brammer

November 4th, 5th and 6th & Nov. 11th, 12th and 13th, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm

Admission: $5 for Students, $10 for General Audience.

ACC Mainstage Theater, Rio Grande Campus, 1212 Rio Grande (click for map)

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Set 60 miles west of New Orleans on Christmas Eve in 1934, The Lucky Spot follows a band of down on their luck ne’er-do-wells (including a charismatic gambler and his estranged wife, a passionate beauty just released from the penitentiary) and their desperate dreams to turn an old house into the hottest new taxi-dancing emporium in Louisiana. A charming, tender and very funny play by Beth Henley, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her previous play, Crimes of the Heart.

Upcoming: The Lucky Spot by Beth Henley, Austin Community College, November 4 - 13

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Austin Community College Drama Department

presents

The Lucky Spot

by Beth Henley
directed by Shelby Brammer

November 4th, 5th and 6th & Nov. 11th, 12th and 13th, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm

Admission: $5 for Students, $10 for General Audience.

ACC Mainstage Theater, Rio Grande Campus, 1212 Rio Grande (click for map)

Set 60 miles west of New Orleans on Christmas Eve in 1934, The Lucky Spot follows a band of down on their luck ne’er-do-wells (including a charismatic gambler and his estranged wife, a passionate beauty just released from the penitentiary) and their desperate dreams to turn an old house into the hottest new taxi-dancing emporium in Louisiana. A charming, tender and very funny play by Beth Henley, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her previous play, Crimes of the Heart.

Upcoming: In2 The West, Austin Community College, April 28 - 30

Found on-line:

In2 The West
directed by Amparo Garcia-Crow and Shelby Brammer

April 28-April 30, 8 p.m.

Austin Community College Rio Grande Campus, 1212 Rio Grande (click for map)
Tickets: $10 donations are suggested to help support the ACC Drama Department scholarship fund.

The Creative Writing and Drama Departments of Austin Community College present their 2011 production of IN 2 THE WEST, continuing a 20+ year tradition of presenting captivating original monologue portraits of people who live in the West.

IN 2 THE WEST features new regional performance literature written and performed by ACC creative writing students and student actors in a compelling and provocative showcase each spring. The growing collection of insightful monologue portraits of ordinary people who live in or who have come to the West is a unique collaboration between emerging literary and theatrical voices working with guest professionals. The showcase is an interdisciplinary effort of the ACC Creative Writing Department and Drama Department.

Arts Reporting: Manifest the Whale at Austin Community College

Found on-line at the Austin Community College paper, Accent:

Unscripted play wraps up events at Carnival ah!

PERSPECTIVE

by Sarah Grover, Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Carnival Ah! festival held annually at Rio Grande Campus, ended on a theatrical note as an original theater production titled Manifest the Whale, the Teacup Destiny was performed by students in the "Ah! Chill Tent."

The play, assembled by Assistant Professor of Drama, Arthur Adair, was the last event to wrap up the Carnival ah! festivities held on April 12-13. The production made up of three story lines including The Teacup Whale by Lydia Gibson, Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare, and the Biblical story of Jonah and the whale.

According to Adair, he tried to incorporate the concept of Manifest Destiny in the play, by drawing on different types of social issue and political references. "The main idea [for the play] is based on the journey of individuals who are seeking change," said Adair. "All of the stories in the play had to do with the individual's discontent with society."

Read more at the Austin Community College

Accent, on-line . . . .

Upcoming: Manifest the Whale - A Teacup Destiny, Austin Community College, April 8 - 9

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Manifest the Whale, the Teacup Destiny

Apr 8–9, 8 p.m. • Austin Community College

Rio Grande Campus Mainstage Theatre (View Map)

An inter-disciplinary theatrical installation by Arthur Adair, inspired by Lydia Gibson’s short story, The Teacup Whale, Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens, and the concept of Manifest Destiny.

Suggested Donation of $5 for students, $10 for General Audience. All proceeds benefit the Drama and Dance Scholarship Fund.

Please call 223.3345 for more information.
Rio Grande Campus - Rio Grande Campus (View Map)
1212 Rio Grande
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512.223.3137

Upcoming: Rough Magic, Austin Community College, February 25 - March 6

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Austin Community College Drama Department

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Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's

ROUGH MAGIC

directed by David Yeakle

ACC Rio Grande Main Stage Theatre

2nd floor, 1212 Rio Grande

February 25-27 and March 4-6, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

Suggested donation is $5 for students, $10 for general audience.

For reservations and info, contact dramabox@austincc.edu., 223.3345

In this action-adventure-fantasy, a vengeful Prospero steps out of Shakespeare’s The Tempest and threatens death and destruction in modern Manhattan, sending a female dramaturg with magical powers, and a team of motley misfits scrambling to save the world.

Upcoming: Ti-Jean and his Brothers by Derek Walcott, Austin Community College and Uprise! Productions, November 11 - 21

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Ti-Jean and his Brothers

by legendary West Indian Playwright Derek Walcott

directed by Marcus McQuirter

A co-production of the theatre department of Austin Community College and Uprise! Arts Productions

ACC main stage theatre, 1212 Rio Grande

November 12 - 14 and 19 - 21, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

Ti Jean is a theatrical adaptation (in verse) of a West Indian folktale. Three brothers are challenged by the Devil to make him feel human emotion—anger, rage, weakness, etc. Success means riches and happiness but failure means devilish torment in the ultimate game of high stakes! Each tries, but only one can succeed. This spectacular work is a fable with music; a political allegory and a morality play written in the late 50’s and never before produced in Texas. The play will be directed by ACC Professor of Drama Marcus McQuirter.