Critics’ Forum Awards in 2013: a testament to the diverse, dynamic thespian output produced in our North Texas region, from originals to Classics, contemporary and edgy to the beloved, tried-and-true. In 2013 a youth theatre program figures prominently in the honors, and a 12-year-old member of its dedicated ensemble earns recognition for giving one of … Continue reading
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Amphibian’s “Fiction” by Steven Dietz, A Marital Deconstruction
Not hard to tell fact from fiction in Amphibian Stage’s production of “Fiction”, Steven Dietz’s play about diaries and relationship. Fact: when two of north Texas’ most skilled, creative actors, Lydia Mackay and Jakie Cabe, negotiate the challenges presented by the convoluted twists and turns of Dietz’s 2002 script with nuanced artistry and smooth style, … Continue reading
2012 in North Texas Theatre: From A Feminist Lens
Why feminist? We women make up over half of the US populace and purchase more tickets to theatre yearly than men, even with our 77 cents to any man’s dollar earned salaries. Feminism is the radical notion that women are people. Some amazing, creative people, who happen to be women, enlivened regional theatre here in … Continue reading
Origames: Amphibian’s Animals Out of Paper
Heading to New York City for Robin Williams’ Broadway debut in Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer nominated Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre? Not this week? If you’d like to sample this wunderkind playwright’s work (a 2010 Rockefeller Fellow, winner of Vineyard Theatre’s 2008 Paula Vogel Award for emerging playwrights), jaunt to … Continue reading
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