WILLY WONKA, JR., Buzz Productions at Dougherty Arts Center, May 3 - 5, 2013

presents


Willy Wonka, Jr.
May 3 - 5, 2013

Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Road Austin Texas Show Dates:Friday, May 3, 2013 7:00 PM Saturday, May 4, 2013 2:00 PM Saturday, May 4, 2013 7:00 PM Sunday, May 5, 2013 6:00 PM TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR FOR ALL SHOWS!

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Auditions for The Comedy of Errors, May 1 and 2

The new endeavor Shakespeare in the Park announces AUDITIONS Tuesday May 1 and Wednesday May 2 at the Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX, 78704 for William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, directed by Chelsea Bunn. Seeking male and female actors, ages 20-50. Callbacks Thursday May 3. Auditions are from 7-9 p.m. by appointment. (Click for map.)

The Comedy of Errors is a rollicking comedy of mistaken identities following the misadventures of two sets of twins separated at birth. Actors pursuing a role should be open to experimentation and have a strong desire to learn. Rehearsals are May-June with performances June 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 & July 1.

Please bring a headshot/resume and 1-2 minutes of prepared material showcasing your talents. Performances should demonstrate ability to handle Shakespearean verse but are not otherwise limited. For questions and to schedule an audition time, please contact Chelsea Bunn at (713) 444-2911 or viashakespeare.park@gmail.com.

Upcoming: Looking in the Wrong Direction, an inspirational gospel play, BE Productions at the Dougherty Arts Center, April 6 and 7

presents

Looking in The Wrong Direction

by Bianca Emery

April 6 and 7, 7:30 p.m.

Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Road (click for map)

Tickets $20 available via BE Entertainment website

or telephone 1-800-917-8024

When You Take Your Eyes Off Of God and Focus On Other Things You Begin to Start Looking in the Wrong Direction. That is the pivotal message that comes from the New & Exciting Gospel & Inspirational Stage Play Looking in the Wrong Direction, Co-Produced by BE Entertainment & Productions & Beacon Multi-Media Entertainment and Productions. As well as Written and Directed by Bianca Emery. Comedy and Drama is the perfect combination for Entertainment. This is a play that you don't want to miss.

Upcoming: Cafe at the End of Time by Sue Carroll Moore, Maxie's Productions at the Dougherty Arts Center, February 3 - 19

Found on-line:

Maxie's Productions presents a new play

A Cafe at the End of Time

by Sue Carroll Moore

The story of a bar and the Dykes that call it home

February 3 - 19, Fridays - Sundays at 7:30 p.m.

Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd. (click for map)

Tickets $22.50 via Austix ($17.50 each for groups of ten or more)

Tony, a mafia butch and her lover, Alix, a refugee from New York's upper crust, run Maxie's Last Ditch Cafe on an unnamed Florida Key. The bar is a haven for a motley crew of outcasts, as well as the local Dyke hangout.

Maxie's has been doing a brisk business for years, but lately has fallen on hard times. An increasingly vicious hurricane season, political refugees, and the wind of social change threaten a previously timeless and idyllic life.

Supported by the OdieLouise Foundation

Cast: Martha Prentice,Kathy Rose Center, Peg Patrone,Anna Maria Garcia, Renee Brown,Adriane Deveney,Richard Dodwell, Jet Baker, Javier Medellin, Robert Tarry,Benjamin Meyers

Click to read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Upcoming: Conversations While Dining Alone by Ken Johnson, Dougherty Arts Center, January 13 - 29

Received directly (by hand!):

Conversations While Dining Alone

created for the stage by Ken Johnson

January 13-15, 20, 22, 27 and 29

Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Road (click for map)

Evenings at 7:30 p.m., January 15 matinee at 2:30 p.m.

Prices: $12.50 for all performances (student discount available)

For reservations, teephone (512) 447-4338

A drag queen, a hustler and a Junior League matron are part of the stories in this monologue play in the vein of In the West and The Vagina Monologues.

"If a monologue could achieve the status of a great poem or a great piece of literature, this piece [The "N" Word] would be up for a national award."

"To create all those different worlds --- worlds I would never be a part of -- on a bare stage is a tribute to Johnson's writing"

Cast: Barbara Francis, John Meadows, Burton Culley, Diana Kuninger, Beryl Knifton, Laurie Coker, Adam Maurer, David Fried, Tom Doyal, Ed Hattaway, Chuck Merlo, Rosalie Oliveri, Dan Eggleston and Janette Jones.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Upcoming: Puppet Katamari, Dougherty Arts Center, September 23 - October 2

Found on-line:

presents

Puppet Katamari - Uncensored

Friday and Saturday, September 23-4 and September 30 - October 1, 8 p.m.

and

Puppet Katamari - for Families

Sunday matinees, September 25 and October 2, 2 p.m.

at Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Road (click for map)

Purchase tickets on-line at Eventbrite

The Pip proudly presents our Biggest show of the year, Puppet Katamari. The show will be a puppet variety show with pre-filmed puppet video shorts, some games/scenes created like Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, performed over the players heads using a live camera and monitor system, and an underwater themed black-light narrative (3 acts interwoven into the show). There will be both an Uncensored version of the show lasting 1 hour and 40 min, (with a 10 min intermission) on Friday and Saturday nights, and a Family Matinee lasting only 1 hour (with no intermission) on Sunday afternoons. This show is for the Uncensored nights on Friday and Saturday @ 8pm. This show will be rated “T (Teen)” for audiences ages 13+ (1 hour 40 min with a 10 min intermission).

This show is General Admission. The Box Office will open 30 minuets before the show and will be Cash Only. A waiting list will be started an hour before each performance for any returned or unclaimed tickets. At curtain time, unclaimed tickets are released for purchase to any customers on the waiting list. Please plan to arrive at the box office one half-hour before a performance to ensure choice seating.

Buy Tickets Online You can purchase your General Admission tickets online with a Credit Card up to 2 hours in advance of the performance. In order to pick up tickets purchased online, you may be required to present: a valid photo Id (valid IDs must be duly issued by a government agency and include a photo and a signature); the credit card you used to purchase the tickets ; your confirmation number

Rush Tickets Rush tickets will be available for $10.00 at the Friday and Saturday performances on a “first-come, first-served” basis. Rush tickets are sold ten minutes before the performance. We recommend arriving at the theater one half-hour before a performance to be put on the Rush List. Check the online ticket availability to see if rush tickets are likely to be available.

Upcoming: Side by Side by Sondheim, Actors Coop at Dougherty Arts Center, July 8 - 10

Found on-line:

presents

Side by Side by Sondheim

July 8 @ 7:30pm, July 9 @ 7:30 pm and July 10 @ 2 pm

Dougherty Arts Center , 1100 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX

The sophistication, wit, insight, heart and genius of Broadway’s most innovative and influential artist is at the center of this tribute to composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

This dazzling array of some of Sondheim’s best-known songs features numbers from landmark shows that revolutionized the musical theatre with their masterful craft and astounding creativity: COMPANY, FOLLIES, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE and PACIFIC OVERTURES, not to mention the classics written with musical theatre giants Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne and Richard Rodgers, WEST SIDE STORY, GYPSY, and DO I HEAR A WALTZ? Also included are delectable rarities from the television musical Evening Primrose, the film The Seven Percent Solution and the hit revue The Mad Show.

Tickets are $20 for general admission and are available on-line at Brown Paper Tickets or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

Starring Joe Penrod, Cathie Sheridan, Angela Davis, Rodnesha Green, Daryn Eslinger, Glenn Bagley and Melita McAtee. Directed by Barbara Schuler. Music direction by David Blackburn. Choreography by Michelle Stuckey.

Upcoming: Easy Theatre's Austin Children's Theatre Festival, February 18 - 20

Found on-line:

Austin Children’s Theatre Festival
February 18-20, 2011
Youth Productions for Families
Dougherty Arts Theater, 1110 Barton Springs Rd., Austin
(program advertising as little as $20)

Includes the following:

As You Like It

By William Shakespeare and Adapted by I.E. Clark
Directed by Engela Edwards
Friday and Saturday, February 18 & 19 at 5:30 p.m.
Dougherty Arts Theater
1110 Barton Springs Rd., Austin, Texas
A glimpse into the Forest of Arden finds teenagers of Shakespeare's play much like those of today. As the characters try to untangle the web they have woven, the excitement in the forest keeps the audience laughing.

45 minutes

Produced by special arrangements with I. E. Clark Publishing

OZ!

Book by Tim Kelly; Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur
Directed by Engela Edwards
Saturday & Sunday, February 19 & 20, 2011 at 2:30
Dougherty Arts Theater
1110 Barton Springs Rd., Austin, Texas
A dazzling musical based on the L. Frank Baum classic story
This musical is filled with fun and fantasy with a great cast of characters including a real dog.

Engela has produced this show before with an adult cast, and it was a huge hit with both the actors and the audience. In fact it sold out every performance, so purchase your tickets early.

90 minute musical plus intermission

Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Englewood, Colorado

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon

by Don Zolidis
Directed by Engela Edwards
Friday and Saturday, February 18 & 19 at 8 p.m.
Dougherty Arts Theater
1110 Barton Springs Rd., Austin, Texas
EASY Theatre Teen Touring Troupe will recreate the fairytales of the Brothers Grimm in a wild, fast-paced extravaganza. To make it more difficult, they attempt to combine them into one gigantic fable using Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and other stories.

60 minutes

Produced by special arrangements with Playscripts, Inc. www.playscripts.com

Robin Hood

Written and directed by john daniels, jr.
Friday and Saturday, February 18 & 19 at 6:30 p.m.
Robin Hood, the john daniels, jr. version for young actors and their parents for children all ages and their parents. This version of the Sherwood tale is complete with songs, live music, dancing, sword play, archery, and lots of jokes. A fun show for fun crowds. Yikes and away! 45-minutes. Tickets with cash at the door.

Upcoming: The Thing That Ate My Brain . . . Almost, by Amy Lynn Budd, January 20 - 22

Found on-line:

VSA Texas is bringing

The Thing That Ate My Brain... Almost

by Amy Lynn Budd, to the FronteraFest 2011 B.Y.O.V. (Bring Your Own Venue)

Dougherty Arts Center Theatre, 1110 Barton Springs Road (click for map)

Thursday - Saturday - Jan 20th-22nd at 8:00pm; Thursday 1/20 is Pay-What-You-Wish at the door
Saturday - Jan 22nd at 2:00 pm (Audio Description Provided)

Tickets also available at the door. Call 512-454-9912 to make a reservation. Ticket Prices: $15 and $10 students, seniors

Theatre, dance, puppetry and references to really bad old movies collide as neo-burlesque artist Amy Lynn Budd navigates the experience of an unexpected physical break down. The Thing That Ate My Brain…Almost examines Ms. Budd’s relationships with her brain tumor, her loved ones, and the world of medicine by combining performing art forms to affirm that creativity and curiosity are the best medicine.

First produced by Perishable Theater in Providence Rhode Island, The Thing That Ate My Brain...Almost was presented for one performance only at H Street Theater in Washington, DC as part of the VSA International Festival in June 2010.

"a unique production with universal appeal, "The Thing That Ate My Brain...Almost"is one 'wild ride' that everyone should take" -Molly Lederer, Providence Monthy

"..wrenched the hearts of an entire audience so loudly they laughed themselves to death" -audience member

Go to www.fronterafest.org to purchase tickets on line.

Also, check out
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1529854988/the-thing-that-ate-my-brainalmost-heads-to-austin

Go to Amy’s website, www.amylynnbudd.com
Check out VSA at www.vsartsri.org

Read a review about the show!

Upcoming: Bah, Humbug! by Damian Gillen, Pioneer Farms December 12, Dougherty Arts Center December 20

Found on-line:

The Company Theatre, San Antonio
presents the traveling one-man show by Damian Gillen

Bah, Humbug!

now in its 7th year
performed in Austin on December 12 ( 7 p.m, Pioneer Farms, 10621 Pioneer Farms Drive, Austin, Texas 78754) and on December 20 (2 p.m., Dougherty Arts Center)

This is Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol with an amazing twist — one actor plays all the roles in this powerful tale of hope & compassion! Award-winning stage actor Damian Gillen transforms before your eyes into all those beloved characters...from Scrooge to Tiny Tim, in this magical and imaginative re-telling of the holiday classic. Complete with numerous costume changes, special effects and traditional Celtic Christmas tunes! A record-breaking Texas Tour of 30 shows in 30 days. Great fun for the whole family!

EXTRA

Click on image below to view video from performance, on YouTube, from Great Day San Antonio television program, (2min35sec)














More information available at The Company Theatre website

Upcoming: El Cielo Se Va A Caer, Proyecto Teatro at Dougherty Arts Center, August 28 - September 6

Found at NowPlayingAustin.com:

ProyectoTeatro,
Austin's only all-Spanish theatre company,
presents the children's fable

El Cielo Nuestro Que Se Va A Caer!

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
August 28-September 6, 2009

Dougherty Arts Center
1110 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704

ProyectoTeatro, the only all Spanish language theatre company in Austin, is proud to present “El Cielo Nuestro…Que Se Va a Caer!”, a modern version of the popular fable “The Sky is Falling” but with a twist; in this version, the sky just might actually come down!

It depicts how a charismatic young chicken by the name of Pollito Fito, (Jesus Garcia) is surprised one day when something falls from the sky and hits her on the head. With his innocence on hand, Pollito Fito realizes that a piece of the sky has fallen and runs to alert his fellow animals of his grave discovery. After various mishaps and a little detective work, our little animal friends assume that the sky is falling due to the foul, polluting factories of an evil turkey, Pavo Centavo (Jorge Gonzalez). Pollito Fito and his friends must race against the clock to save the sky but are faced with an obstacle; a traitor is in the midst.

Tickets: $2-8 dollars.
Fridays-8:00 PM
Saturdays and Sundays- 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Info Phone: (512) 524-8555

World Theatre Day Observance: Seven Jewish Children by Caryl Churchill, Cambiare Productions and Austin Circle of Theatres, March 27

The speech for World Theatre Day written by Brazilian author Augusto Boal was read by Robert Faires of the Austin Chronicle. Boal's comments are brief, but they sum up a lifetime of theatre, political activism and teaching, following his arrest by the Brazilian military government in 1972 and twelve years in exile. Boal's principal concept is expressed immediately in the opening:

All human societies are “spectacular” in their daily life and produce “spectacles” at special moments. They are “spectacular” as a form of social organization and produce “spectacles” like the one you have come to see.

Even if one is unaware of it, human relationships are structured in a theatrical way. The use of space, body language, choice of words and voice modulation, the confrontation of ideas and passions, everything that we demonstrate on the stage, we live in our lives. We are theatre! . . . .

One of the main functions of our art is to make people sensitive to the “spectacles” of daily life in which the actors are their own spectators, performances in which the stage and the stalls coincide. We are all artists. By doing theatre, we learn to see what is obvious but what we usually can’t see because we are only used to looking at it. What is familiar to us becomes unseen: doing theatre throws light on the stage of daily life.

About 30 persons came to the Dougherty Arts Center for the Theatre Day commemoration, the staged reading of Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children, and the discussion of the play. The group was diverse. By the end of the event we'd encountered students, actors, a playwright, the organizers, a Jewish couple in their late 60s, a Palestinian man, a Frenchwoman and two women from Palestine.

Seven Jewish Children is a stark piece of only about 170 lines, divided into seven sections of unequal length. Playing time is hardly ten minutes, and one can scan the text in far less than that. The version available on-line from the Royal Court Theatre contains no stage directions, other than the comment that the piece may be read or performed without fee anywhere, by any number of people.

Read More at AustinLiveTheatre.com. . . .

Upcoming: Sherlock Holmes, Weird City Theatre Company, February 19 - March 1

Received January 27:

Weird City Theatre Company
to produce a live stage production of
Sherlock Holmes

Weird City Theatre Company will produce a live stage production of SHERLOCK HOLMES, by William Gillette.

Performances run February 19—March 1, 2009.
Performances will take place at the Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Road, in Austin, Thursday through Saturday night at 7:30PM and Sundays at 2:00PM.

Tickets are $15.00 for Adults and $12.00 for Children and Students with ID. Group rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the website, www.weirdcitytheatre.com, or by calling 512.745.2636. Tickets can also be purchased at the box office approximately one hour before curtain.

Weird City Theatre Company was created as a process-oriented company encouraging the growth of the artist through the child-like since of play we all have within.

Weird City Theatre is a sponsored project of Austin Circle of Theatres, a non-profit performing arts service organization.