Upcoming: Red Hot Patriot (redux), the Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, Zach Theatre, August 4 - November 13

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Brought back

August 4 - November 13

Thursdays - Sundays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

Zach Theatre Kleberg Stage

Written by MARGARET ENGEL and ALLISON ENGEL

Directed by DAVID ESBJORNSON

Starring BARBARA CHISHOLM


"Ordinary Americans are going to save us."
Molly Ivins

The unsinkable Molly Ivins, Austin's no-holds-barred newspaper columnist and best-selling author, is back to tell it like it is in a side-splittingly funny play. A true Texas original, Ivins was a sharp-tongued wit who skewered the "Lege" and the good ol' boys who ran it with her unforgettable humor and wisdom.

Written by twin journalist sisters, Margaret and Allison Engel, and starring The Austin Chronicle's Readers' Poll Favorite Actress Barbara Chisholm and directed by award-winning Broadway director David Esbjornson, Red Hot Patriot celebrates Molly's courage and tenacity – even when a complacent America wasn't listening — in a play that is nothing short of kick ass.

Features and Reviews from the run of January - March, 2011

Feature by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin in the Statesman, January 21

Feature by Neha Aziz for the Daily Texan, January 28

Review by Claire Carnavan for the Statesman's Austin360 "Seeing Things" blog, January 30

Review by webmaster, TheatreAustin, Yahoo groups, February 4

Upcoming: Discussion of Tennessee Williams at the Cactus Cafe, University of Texas, July 25

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Views & Brews Conversations at the Cactus Cafe: Tennessee Williams

Mon, Jul 25, 2011

Doors: 5:30pm
Event Time: 6:00pm
FREE EVENT

KUT’s Views and Brews: Conversations at the Cactus Cafe talks Tennessee Williams this Monday evening at 6 and you’re invited join in on the discussion surrounding the life of America’s most influential 20th century playwright. Whether you love the theater or just great conversation we hope to see you Monday night at 6 as KUT’s Views and Brews talks Tennessee Williams. It’s free and open to the public and seating is limited so get there early.

Upcoming: Gone to Seed, a summer melodrama, Silver Spur Theatre, Salado, July 29 - August 27

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Gone to Seed -- or

The Fiendish Financier's Nefarious Food Factory Fiasco

July 29 - August 27

Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

108 Royal Street, Salado (click for map)

The seventh chapter in the Silver Spur Theater's annual melodrama series -- "Gone To Seed...or the Fiendish Financier's Nefarious Food Factory Fiasco" -- has the peaceful agrarian village of Salado facing a food crisis brought on by villainous Bartholomew B. Badseed.

The "melo" opens for a five-weekend run at 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 29, complete with popcorn, pie-fights and pernicious ploys plus the locally-made "movieola" (silent film) and John Maverick magic.

Maverick, a well known magician from Austin, portrays the new agricultural agent Badseed. Can Ranger Grainger save Maezy Moonflower and the Salado citizenry from the peril that ensues? This and other questions are answered with a healthy dose of slapstick, song and satire plus the old-style movie in which many of the town's citizens and businesses speed the plot along.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Upcoming: Hamlet, Austin Drama Club at the Off Center, August 19 - 28

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Austin Drama Club

will be producing

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

August 19-21 & 26-28

Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

Sundays at 8 p.m.

at the Off Center 2211-A Hidalgo Street (click for map)
Tickets are $10

contact: japhyfernandes@live.com

This is Austin Drama Club's sixth production of Hamlet. Founded by Japhy and Ellen Fernandes in 2006, ADC under the alias of "Velvet Rut Theatre" produced Hamlet in December of that same year . Since then, we've done versions with and without many of the familar charactors, but always with the same commitment to telling the story.

This production is performed with 8 actors, has a running time of one hour and a half with two intermissions. What's ground breaking about this production is the addition of extra late shows on Friday and Saturday nights, testing the endurance of 4 cast members over the age of 35.

Rob Novak returns for the second time in the title role. He was most recently in an award-winning production of Hamlet at the Scottish Rite Theatre. This show reunites Japhy with college acting partner Brian Potts, now owner of his own talent agency, in the role of Polonius. Ophelia is played by Elena Weinberg, who is currently in City Theatre's production of The Imaginary Invalid, and is the best actress to come out of the St Edwards theatre program in several years.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Upcoming: Twelfth Night, EmilyAnn Theatre, Wimberley, July 25 - August 6

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Shakespeare Under the Stars

Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

directed by Bridget Farias

Nightly at 8:15 p.m. from July 25 to August 6 except for Sunday, July 31

Twins separated in a shipwreck, unrequited and unexpected love, mischevious plotting, cross gartered hilarity, pirate swashbuckling, unmatchable wit, all set in a VICTORIAN STEAMPUNK Illyria!! Come join the EmilyAnn Theatre as Shakespeare Under the Stars students once again create and produce one of William Shakespeare's masterpieces on our beautiful outdoor amphitheatre stage, July 25-August 6 (performances nightly at 8:15pm, no Sunday performance).

Click here to purchase tickets!

Ongoing: The Drowsy Chaperone, musical, Vive Les Arts Theatre, Kileen, July 21 - August 7

UPDATE: Feature in the Killeen Daily Herald, July 21

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THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
July 22-23 at 7 p.m.
July 29 - August 7, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.
Vive Les Arts Theatre
3401 South W.S. Young Drive - Killeen (click for map)

telephone (254) 526-9090 or purchase tickets on-line

A die-hard musical fan plays his favorite cast album, a 1928 smash hit called "The Drowsy Chaperone," and the show magically bursts to life. You'll be instantly immersed in the glamorous, hilarious tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day, complete with thrills and surprises that take both the cast (literally) and the audience (metaphorically) soaring into the rafters.

Employment and Internship Openings at Zach Theatre

Found on-line at the Zach Theatre website:

Zach Theatre currently seeks qualified candidates for:

• Education Director
  
• Assistant Artistic Director
  
• Assistant Technical Director
  
• Master Electrician
  
• Topfer Theatre Campaign Intern
  
• Other Theatre Internships
  

Click on job title to read full description at the Zach website.