Photos by Sydney Roberts for YERMA by Federico Garcia Lorca, Texas State University, San Marcos, November 19 - 24, 2013

Photos by Sydney Roberts for the

(poster design: Jeremy K. White)

Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance 

presentation of


YERMA




By Federico Garcia Lorca



Translated by Michael Dewell and Carmen Zapata



Directed by Deb Alley

November 19 – 23 at 7:30 p.m. &November 24 at 2 p.m.




University Mainstage Theatre, 430 Moon St., San Marcos, Texas - click for map
 



Tickets: $15 - $18 general admission and $8 for students with a valid Texas State ID.



Box Office: To purchase tickets please visit www.txstatepresents.com or call the box office at 512-245-2204 beginning on Monday November 4^th 2014




A lyrical tragedy, Yerma focuses on a childless woman living in rural Spain. Her desperate desire for motherhood becomes an obsession that eventually drives her to commit a horrific crime. Lorca’s modern masterpiece explores gender roles and the dynamics of both personal and cultural expectations and the impact they have on individuals and their relationships.

Julia Badin, Gabriel Bernal (photo: Sydney Roberts)

Julia Badin, Zuhdi Boueri (photo: Sydney Roberts)

Photos by Christopher Loveless of 'Man of La Mancha' cast, Austin Playhouse, September 6 - October 6, 2013

A portfolio of seven cast photos by Christopher Loveless for the

Rick Roemer (photo: Christopher Loveless)

production of


Man of La Mancha


by Dale Wasserman, Joe Darion and Mitch Leigh

directed by Don Toner musical direction by Michael McKelvey

with Rick Roemer as Don Quijote

September 6 – October 6, 2013, Thursdays–Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
Austin Playhouse at Highland Mall, 6001 Airport Blvd., Austin, TX 78752 - click for map
WEB: www.austinplayhouse.com
TICKETS: $34 Thursday/Friday, $36 Saturday/Sunday, $38 Opening Night with champagne reception: Friday, September 6, 2013 All student tickets are half-price. $3 discount for Seniors 65 and up.
BOX OFFICE: 512.476.0084 or online www.austinplayhouse.com

Boni Hester and cast (photo: Christopher Loveless)

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Photos by Kenny Gall for Glassheart by Reina Hardy, Shrewd Productions at the Salvage Vanguard, August 30 - September 14, 2013

Beauty and the Beast? Photos by Kenny Gall for the









presentation of the World Premiere of

 

August 30th through September 14th  

Week 1 - Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 6 pm
Week 2 - Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 6 pm
Week 2 - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 pm

Tickets: $15-25 sliding scale - Click here for Tickets

Salvage Vanguard Theatre: 2803 Manor Rd., Austin, TX 78722 - click for map

Beauty never showed up. After centuries under the curse, the Beast and his one remaining magical servant have moved into a shabby apartment near a 7-11, hoping for a lower cost of living and better luck with girls. In the threatening, impossible, completely ordinary world of paying rent and taking public transportation, is a happy ending even possible? Are there witches in Chicago? Is this hat sufficient? And can a good story and a little light save the day?

Michael Miller (photo: Kenny Gall)

Shannon Grounds (photo: Kenny Gall)

Lana Dieterich (photo: Kenny Gall)

Carolyn Faye Kramer (photo: Kenny Gall)

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Photoshoot: The Motherfucker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Capital T Theatre, August 8 - 31, 2013

Photo shoot for posters for the

presentation of

Indigo Rael, J. Ben Wolfe (photo: Capital T)

The Motherfucker with the Hat

by Stephen Adly Guirgis

Directed by Carrie Klypchak

August 8 – 31, 2013

Thursday-Saturday at 8pm

Hyde Park Theatre 511 W 43rd St at Guadalupe - click for map

Things are looking up for recovering alcoholic Jackie and his girlfriend Veronica—until Jackie spots another man’s hat in their apartment and embarks on a sublimely incompetent quest for vengeance. Fast-paced and uproarious, Motherfucker is a gleefully foul-mouthed look at modern love and other addictions.

Capital T Theatre is proud to present the regional premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ outrageously funny and touching comedy directed by Cap T company member Carrie Klypchak starring Austin favorites Ben Wolfe (The Pain and the Itch), Indigo Rael (Exit, Pursued by a Bear), Antoinette Robinson (Mr. Marmalade), Rommel Sulit (Men of Tortuga) and Aaron Alexander (Behanding in Spokane).

Antoinette Robinson (photo: Capital T)

Aaron Alexander (photo: Capital T)

UPDATE: Review by Jeff Davis at www.austin.broadwayworld.com, August 16

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Opening This Week in Central Texas, May 27 - June 1, 2013

Opening This Week

in Central Texas

May 27 - June 1, 2013

Click images for additional information

Click HERE for a list of all productions CONTINUING on stage

Opening in Austin . . .

 

June 1 at the Salvage Vanguard

Veterans' Voices, Byrne-Reed House, May 27

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IN SAN ANTONIO
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Siggi Ragnar's images of A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner, Trinity University, San Antonio, September 28 - October 6

(image: Siggi Ragnar)

A selection of dress rehearsal photos by Siggi Ragnur for

A Bright Room Called Day

by Tony Kuschner

directed by Susanna Morrow

September 28 - October 6

Click for information on tickets and performance dates and times

Stieren Theatre, Trinity University (click for directions)(click for map)

A genre-defying mixture of absurd humor, serious drama, and political thriller, the play examines the nature of evil and the role of the artist as activist. In Weimar Germany, an idealistic group of artists naively assumes they can stop Hitler's juggernaut through art and political action. Ultimately, the friends must choose paths they'll take: resistance, compromise, exile, or compliance.

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(image: Siggi Ragnar)

Kirk R. Tuck on Capturing An Epic Moment in Zach's Laramie Project, Visual Science Lab blog, May 12

Austin-based photographer Kirk R. Tuck writes and illustrates an article at his blog The Visual Science Lab about capturing an epic moment in the Zach Theatre's March-May 2012 production of The Laramie Project by Moisés and the Tectonic Theatre Project:

An interesting job with mixed light sources. On the stage.

by Kirk R. Tuck at The Visual Science Lab, May 12, 2012

I had several assignments during the course of the day this past Friday but this set of images for Zachary Scott Theatre was the most interesting to photograph. There's a scene at the end of the play, The Laramie Project, where one of the actors (Jaston Williams, of Greater Tuna and Tuna Texas fame) stands on a square riser covered in grass and is pelted by rain as he stretches his hands out from his side.  In the context of the play it's a very powerful moment.

I saw the scene the first time ten years ago during a dress rehearsal shoot and we captured it on film.  The shot was okay but not quite what we wanted.  Then, ten years later, I shot the scene again, during a recent dress rehearsal.  Technical issues kept me from getting the shot the marketing director and I both wanted.  The spot light on the actor was too contrasty (for the camera...just right for the audience) and the letters across the back were not bright enough.  The slow shutter speed we needed in order to dig into the darkness meant that we didn't get any sort of frozen motion on the rain drops.  We knew we'd have to light the shot to get the image that we both could visualize in our heads.

Click to read and view more at The Visual Science Lab . . . .

Images by Siggi Ragnar for Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill, Trinity University, April 13 - 21

From the portfolio by Siggi Ragnar for

Trinity University's

by Caryl Churchill

directed by Stacey Connelly

April 13 - 15, 18 - 21

Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m.

Stieren Theatre, Ruth Taylor Theatre Building (#3 and #3A), Trinity University, San Antonio (click for campus map; click for Google area map)

Tickets Regular: $10, Seniors/Faculty/Alumni: $8, Students: $6 CASH, CHECK, OR TIGER BUCKS ONLY!
To reserve tickets call (210) 999-8515 or email tutheatre@trinity.edu

Click to view additional images by Siggi Ragnar at AustinLiveTheatre.com. . . .

Images by John Gusky: MacTheatre's Rumors by Neil Simon, March 22 - 25

Some images from a portfolio by John Gusky for

and

Rumors

by Neil Simon

March 22 - 24 at 7 p.m., March 25 at 2 p.m.

MacTheatre, McCallum Fine Arts Academy 5600 Sunshine Drive

Directed by Guest Director Beryl Knifton. Affluent couples gather in the posh residence of a couple for a dinner party celebrating their hosts’ tenth anniversary. When they arrive, they discover there are no servants, the hostess is missing, and the host – the deputy mayor of New York City - has shot himself through the earlobe. Complications arise when, given everyone’s upper class status, they decide they need to do everything possible to conceal the evening’s events from the local police and the media. Rated PG. RSVP on Facebook

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Click 'Read more' to view additional photos by John Gusky for MacTheatre's Rumors . . . .

Images by Kirk R. Tuck: Suzan-Lori Parks in rehearsal for The Book of Grace, Zach Theatre, June 2 - July 20

Published by Kirk R. Tuck at his blog The Visual Science Lab, May 23:

Monday, May 23, 2011
Photographing Suzan-Lori Parks at work. Behind the scenes at Zach.

Just like 90% of other humans I like to think I'm pretty smart. Reality? Probably right in the middle of the Bell Curve. Smart enough to know about the Bell Curve but not smart enough to make up my own curve. But my profession tends to give me reality checks all the time. Yesterday's reality check came courtesy my friends at Zachary Scott Theatre. They asked me to photograph Suzan-Lori Parks at work. Don't know who Suzan-Lori Parks is? See, we're all sitting right in the middle of the big Bell Curve....together.

Suzan-Lori Parks is the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for playwriting, is the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Award, won a Guggenheim, nominated for a Tony award, and so much more. She's in town to put the finishing touches and polish on her latest work, The Book of Grace. Here's what the folks at Zach have to say: . . . .

Click to read more and view additional images at Kirk R. Tucks blog The Visual Science Lab . . . .