Austin Premiere: MAD & A GOAT, a new play by Diana Small with Heather Johnson, FronteraFest at Salvage Vanguard, January 21 - February 1, 2014

Mad & A Goat

by Diana Small
a FronteraFest Long Fringe presentation
January 21 - February 1, 2014
Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2803 Manor Rd. - click for map
 
This is a two-women show about one woman, who, to free herself from college debt, joins a Wyoming goat farm she inherits from her occult-leader birth parents. There is seduction. There is beer. There are biscuits. And let’s not forget about the goats. 

FronteraFest is the ideal setting for Mad & A Goat's Austin premiere. The play had a workshop production in the first ever Fort Collins Fringe Festival at Bas Bleu Theatre last August with the intent of further developing the work for an Austin audience.

Diana Small, currently a playwriting fellow in UT’s Michener Center for Writers, premieres her new play Mad & A Goat in this year’s Long Fringe at FronteraFest at Salvage Vanguard Theater. The play shows four times: Tuesday, January 21 at 7 pm, Saturday, January 25 at 3:30 pm, Tuesday, January 28 at 9:15 pm and Saturday, February 1 at 8:45 pm. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased online at fronterafest.com.

Diana also acts in the show with longtime collaborator Heather Johnson, who ventures to Austin from her home in Fort Collins, CO to perform in the play. Mad & A Goat was developed with support from ScriptWorks’ Seed Support Fund. Also contributing to the play’s development is Rachel Gilbert, assistant directing and stage managing, and Rachel Alulis with design.

Before moving to Austin, Diana Small acted in the Lit Moon Theatre Company in Santa Barbara, CA. More recently, Diana returned to Santa Barbara last November to reprise her role of Queen Margaret in Henry VI Part 3. Heather Johnson is a full-time actor in Fort Collins and founded the city’s improv troupe, The Comedy Brewers. In Austin, Diana wrote and directed the play Suspicious Dinner at the 2013 Cohen New Works Festival presented by the University Co-Op, and she wrote Dream: A Midsummer Forrest Tour directed by Will Davis for the Zach Theatre’s balcony play series. Diana premiered the show Be Still and Know Nothing co-created with Patrick Shaw and Caleb Britton at UT’s Lab Theatre last December.

Seeking Stage Manager/Technical Director for Little Mother for Little Mother, March, 2014

(image via Katie Green)

Katie Green is seeking a stage manager or technical director for the revised, expanded premiere of her 2012 Frontera Fest workshop of Little Mother to be produced on the outdoor stage at The Yard @ The VORTEX March 6-9 and March 21-24. March 27-29 must also be available in case of rain make-up dates.


"No experience is necessary, and I can bill you as stage manager, technical director, or tech crew, since all are fairly accurate descriptions. Your main responsibility would be operating the projector for the shadow puppetry, and helping to set up/strike each evening (minimal set). No blocking or nightly email reports necessary. I am only asking for a 3 1/2 week commitment starting February 23rd. A small stipend will be provided as compensation to help with gas.


"My only requirements are reliable transportation, personal responsibility, and a reasonable response time. Please email katiegreen444@gmail.com, if interested for an in-person interview. I'll buy your coffee. : )"


Little Mother is the story of a young woman who must prostitute herself to provide for her paralyzed husband and newborn child. In order to escape her bleak circumstances, Little Mother develops a rich inner life—the love story of an elephant and rooster—with echoes from her past. Will she succumb to her own fantasies, or prevail through reality? Little Mother is a multi-media silent film for the stage told through physical acting, shadow puppetry, text, and live musical performance of an original score.