Several of this year’s participants in the Festival of Independent Theatres have presented productions of extremely limited worth, in my opinion. These shows, as they exist, lack cohesive artistic merit: in terms of content, in terms of production values, in terms of aesthetic. I have stared at a blank page on my MacBook numerous … Continue reading
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Fresh Start Irony: “Finishing School” at One Thirty Productions
One Thirty Productions’ creative team knows their audience better than just about any theatre company in the North Texas region, and they know the sort of plays sure to please their loyal following. With Elaine Liner’s “Finishing School”, in its world premiere through 3/22 at the Bath House Cultural Center, they have hit pay dirt. … Continue reading
Capote’s Yule Rule at One Thirty
Very few actors in this region can match John Davies’ adeptness at finding the lyrical rhythms in a play’s text and skill in exploring the silence between words and phrases, those pauses that enhance a play’s sense while drawing its audience in deeper. He makes it look so simple. Davies demonstrates his professional acumen with … Continue reading
A Natural Fit: Festival of Independent Theatres 2012
Attending the yearly FIT Fest (Festival of Independent Theatres) at the Bath House Cultural Center feels like “coming home” to a soul-inspiring balance between art and nature. It’s hazy, humid summertime, July in North Texas. Dallas’ concrete highway loops and treeless boulevards lined with retail hawkers fairly sizzle with speed, isolation and the drive to … Continue reading
Get Your Summer FIT On!
Ready to get FIT? Every summer for the past twelve years an array of intrepid theatre artists from all across north Texas converge on White Rock Lake, but it’s not to bike its perimeter or run a marathon. They meet to create, invent, percolate, explore, perform and produce some of the region’s most unusual, seldom … Continue reading
FIT Announces 2011 Line-Up
Festival of independent Theatres opens July 15, 2011 DALLAS, TX-The summer’s hottest event returns to the historic Bath House Cultural Centerfor its thirteenth exciting season. The 2011 Festival of Independent Theatres coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Bath House Cultural Center and the 100th anniversary of White Rock Lake. So we’re throwing a party! … Continue reading
Spic and Span with One Thirty Productions
One Thirty Productions has a real knack for finding and producing lesser-known theatrical gems. It’s that wee, spunky theatre company tucked into an odd corner of the Bath House Cultural Center and managed by a tight-knit, congenial group of professional artists with at least 200 years’ worth of genuine theatrical knowledge and experience between them. … Continue reading
Best on Stage 2010: criticalrant.com
Ten Top Productions: Literary merit. Imaginative staging. Sophisticated direction. Cohesive ensemble performance. Comprehensive technical vision and execution. Delightful, viable realities. Our Town (Water Tower Theatre) August: Osage County (Oklahoma City Repertory Company) Much Ado About Nothing (Trinity Shakespeare Festival) The Dog Problem (Undermain Theatre) Umlauf’s Bicycle (The Ochre House) The 39 Steps (Stage West) Charm … Continue reading
Sanders Family Rides Again: One Thirty Productions
One Thirty Productions at the Bath House Cultural Center wanted its loyal regional audience to celebrate a joyful holiday in 2010, so it brought back its 2009 end of year sensation, A Sanders Family Christmas. This homespun gem of a show shines like that one favorite ornament that graces the family Christmas tree every year. … Continue reading
HIT da FIT 2010: Revyooz
Seldom seen, new or avant-garde works…. “The Festival of Independent Theatres continues its commitment to exploring new theatrical work and encouraging diverse voices within the independent theatre scene. FIT was created as an outlet for smaller companies without a permanent performance space to give them an opportunity to produce seldom seen, new or avant-garde works. … Continue reading
criticalrant.com Alexandra Bonifield 