Promo Video: Design for Living, Austin Shakespeare at the Rollins Theatre, February 6 - 24, 2013

Jonny Pascoe's video for the

 

presentation of

Design for Living

by Noel Coward

February 6 - 24, 2013
Rollins Theatre of The Long Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets on sale now at thelongcenter.org or (512) 474-5664.

Join us in this merry dance of three friends who begin as Bohemian artists and rise to high society, as they discover that real love and true friendship often collide. Delight in Noel Coward songs, too! Featuring Martin Burke, Helen Merino and Michael Miller in the lead roles.

Design for Living by Noel Coward, Austin Shakespeare at the Rollins Theatre, Long Center, February 6 - 24, 2013

presents

by Noel Coward

Savor the wit of Noel Coward's provocative comedy Design for Living!

February 6 - 24, 2013
Rollins Theatre of The Long Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets on sale now at thelongcenter.org or (512) 474-5664.

Join us in this merry dance of three friends who begin as Bohemian artists and rise to high society, as they discover that real love and true friendship often collide. Delight in Noel Coward songs, too!

Featuring Martin Burke, Helen Merino and Michael Miller in the lead roles. This will be Martin Burke's first time with Austin Shakespeare. Martin has been drawing crowds at ZACH for more than a decade. Local audiences can see him currently in The Santaland Diaries at ZACH. Austin Shakespeare audiences are familiar with Helen Merino for her performances in Mary Stuart, Anthem and Hamlet. Our audiences will remember Michael Miller as Mr. Darcy in our recent production of Pride and Prejudice.

FULL CAST

Otto - Michael Miller

Gilda - Helen Merino

Leo - Martin Burke

Ernest - Michael Dalmon

Miss Hodge - Kathy Lagaza

Mrs. Helen Carver - Sara Cormier

Mr. Henry Carver/Mr. Birbeck - Ben McLemore

Chanteuse - Kara Bliss McGregor

Introducing Martin Burke to Austin Shakespeare: ZACH: The Santaland Diaries (1998-2012), Fully Committed (2003 & 2012), The Laramie Project (2002 & 2012), The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, The Drowsy Chaperone, Take Me Out, Shakespeare’s R&J, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Angels in America. Imagine That Productions: House of Several Stories, A Writer's Vision(s), Down the Drain. Other: Celebrity Autobiography (The Long Center), Greater Tuna with Joe Sears, Twelfth Night (Sneck Up!, Vortex), Richard III/2 Actors (Public Domain), Shopping and F**king and Fur (Vortex).


Awards: Austin Critics' Table Award "Best Actor in a Leading Role" forThe Drowsy Chaperone, B. Iden Payne Award “Outstanding Ensemble” for The Drowsy Chaperone, The Laramie Project, and Shakespeare’s R&J; B. Iden Payne Award “Outstanding Lead Actor, Comedy” for House of Several Stories; B. Iden Payne Award “Outstanding Featured Actor in a Drama” for Take Me Out; Austin Critics’ Table Award “Best Actor, Drama” and B. Iden Payne Award “Outstanding Lead Actor, Comedy” for Circumference of a Squirrel; Austin Critic’s Table Award “Best Actor, Comedy” for The Santaland Diaries; B. Iden Payne Award “Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play” for Twelfth Night, Angels in America: Perestroika and Family Affair; Austin Critic’s Table special citation, “Show Savior” for Richard III/2 Actors, Family Affair, and Lucifa. Martin holds a B.F.A. in Acting from UT.

Join us in this merry dance of three friends who begin as Bohemian artists and rise to high society, as they discover that real love and true friendship often collide. Delight in Noel Coward songs, too!

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(*) Upcoming: Hay Fever by Noel Coward, Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, November 8 - 17

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HAY FEVER

Northwest Vista College Drama Program
Playwright: Sir Noel Coward

Noel's Coward classic comedy of bad manners unfolds at the country house of the notoriously theatrical Bliss family.

Directed by Tim Hedgepeth. Featuring Mellissa Marlowe as Judith Bliss.

Location: 3535 North Ellison Drive, San Antonio, Texas, 78251
Times: November 8-10 and 15-17 at 8:00pm
Tickets: $10 general admission, $5 seniors, military, SATCO, ATAC, and faculty and staff of Alamo Colleges, and $3 for all students

For More Information:

Palmetto Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre 210-486-4527

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2012-2013 tickets for Austin Shakespeare Now on Sale via Long Center

announces that season tickets its two-play season at the Rollins Theatre are now on sale through the Long Center box office.

Prices for the season package are approximately $32 per ticket plus a $4 service charge.

Individual tickets are approximately $28 per ticket plus a $4.75 service charge for general admission and $17 + $2.75 service charge for students.

Click HERE to go to the Long Center ticketing service page for Austin Shakespeare.

Upcoming: Hay Fever by Noel Coward, Wimberley Players, July 29 - August 21

Found on-line:

present Noel Coward's

Hay Fever

directed by Laura Haygood

July 29 - August 21

Wimberley Playhouse, 450 Old Kyle Road (click for map)

Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

Tickets $18 + $1 processing; student discounts available

An intoxicating escape—a luminous and entertaining comedy—Hay Fever introduces you to the Bliss family: a retired actress mother, a novelist father, and two children for whom all the world, literally, is a stage. Their outrageous antics alternately infuriate and astound their hapless weekend guests, all of whom have been individually invited up for a weekend tete-a-tete.

Rousing fights, surprise engagements, and fevered declarations of love drive the poor guests from the house, leaving the Bliss family happily bickering and playing amongst themselves as this stylish comedy bounces to its inevitable and “intoxicating” end.

Tickets may be purchased online at any time.

Read more and view images at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Auditions for Hay Fever, Wimberley Players, May 24

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announce

Auditions for Noel Coward's

Hay Fever

Tuesday, May 24, 7:00 p.m.

Wimberley Playhouse, 450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley (click for map)
Director - Laura Haygood, Executive Producer- Adam Witko

Show Dates July 29 – Aug 21, Friday and Saturday Evenings 8:00 p.m., Sunday Matinees 2:30 p.m.

This show is a zany comedy which will be staged with exaggerated characters and comedic movements. I will be looking to fill a cast of 9, 4 men and 5 women. One couple is older, a novelist and retired actress now staying in their country home. They are joined by their 2 adult children and 4 guests. There is a small role as a maid. This will be a fun show to work on: light humor for the hot summer.

Hay Fever is set in the hall of the Bliss family home. The eccentric Blisses—Judith, a recently retired stage actress, David, a self-absorbed novelist, and their two equally unconventional children— live in a world where reality slides easily into fiction. Upon entering this world, the unfortunate weekend guests—a proper diplomat, a shy flapper, an athletic boxer, and a fashionable sophisticate— are repeatedly thrown into melodramatic scenes wherein their hosts profess emotions and react to situations that do not really exist. The resulting comedic chaos ends only when the tortured visitors tip-toe out the door.

Contact: Adam Witko adam@adamwitko.com 512-632-7638

Upcoming: A Marvelous Party, featuring Noel Coward's music, Penfold Theatre at Kindred Oaks, March 24

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A Marvelous Party!

an elegant evening of scenes and songs by Noel Coward
Adapted from the works of Noel Coward
Compiled and directed by Michael McKelvey
Also featuring Andrew Cannata, Sarah Gay, Annika Johansson, and Jill Leberknight

Thursday, March 24, 2011
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Dress is Cocktail Attire.

The doors open at 6:30 pm and dinner begins at 7:00. The evening concludes at 9:45.
Tickets are $65 per person or $700 for a table of ten. Buy tickets

Get away for a magical evening of music, fine-dining and the sparkling comic imagination of Noel Coward. The grounds at Kindred Oaks provide a beautiful, central Texas backdrop against which guests will enjoy an elegant meal while actors and singers from Austin's vibrant theatre community delight with selections from the Noel Coward canon.

Famous for comedies like Private Lives, Hay Fever and Blithe Spirit, as well as for musical theatre classics like “I Went to a Marvelous Party”, Sir Noel Coward and his work have been enchanting audiences around the globe for nearly 100 years.

Menu
Entrees: Chicken Marbella and Pork Chop with Duxelles Sauce
Sides: Herb Butter Fettuccini, Roasted Vegetable Medley
Salad: Arugula Salad with Roasted Red Grapes & Shaved Pecorino with Roasted Shallot Vinaigrette
Bread: Cracked Pepper & Rosemary Focaccia
Drinks: Sweet Orange Iced Tea/Unsweet Iced Tea/Coffee*
Desserts: Chocolate Amaretto & Walnut Brownie, Stuffed Strawberries, and Cheesecake Bites
* The bar will offer complimentary beer and wine. Donations accepted.

The night will also include live and silent auctions. Proceeds support Penfold Theatre Company's 2011-12 season and its ongoing efforts to open a new performance venue in Round Rock.

For more information, or to reserve a table of ten, please contact us at (512) 850-4849 or email info@penfoldtheatre.org.

Kindred Oaks (Map it)
2100 C.R. 176
Georgetown, TX 78628

Free parking is available on site. All areas are wheelchair accessible.

Visit the Kindred Oaks website.