The Beast of Hyperborea
Featuring Jeff Swearingen
Written and Directed by Brad McEntire

The Beast of Hyperborea is an astonishing tale of daring told in the tradition of Victorian adventure fiction. The tale concerns an eccentric group of explorers who set off for a remote island in search of a legendary monster.

Developed by Audacity Theatre Lab, The Beast of Hyperborea premiered in the summer of 2019  originally performed by the playwright, Brad McEntire. The play has now been remounted, this time with Jeff Swearingen stepping into the role of the reluctant accountant/narrator and McEntire easing into the director's chair.

Playing this summer at the 2023 Omaha Fringe Festival

Tickets for this festival are $10

Details:
Benson Theatre,
6054 Maple St, Omaha, NE 68104   [map]

Thursday August 10 at 8:30 pm,
Saturday August 12 at 6:30 pm,
Sunday August 13 at 8:00 pm
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For more info (tix, shows, etc.) visit the Omaha Fringe website... HERE​

 Robert's Eternal Goldfish will play at the 2023 Tyler Texas Fringe Festival.

Robert J. Roberts has a huge problem with the world. In particular he really dislikes people. All people. One day he becomes the unlikely custodian of a magical goldfish and Mr. Robert’s misanthropic view of the world is seriously challenged. This dark comedy asks can a person be frustrated into becoming a better human being?

Tickets for this festival are FREE !

Playing:
At the Rogers Palmer Performing Arts Center (Recital Hall Gallery),
Tyler Junior College, 1303 S. Mahon Avenue, Tyler, TX 75701   [map]

Friday, June 2 at  1:00pm
Saturday, June 3 at 6:30pm
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For more info (parking, tix, shows, etc.) visit the Texas Fringe website... HERE

Chop concerns a man at a loss of what to do with himself, profoundly isolated from the busy, happy, productive people in the city around him. Through a chance encounter with a mysterious tattooed woman he is introduced to what might be his true calling - a unique subculture of amputation fetishists.

Writer/Performer Brad McEntire originally developed the piece, in house here at Audacity, and premiered it in March of 2010. He then went on to tour the piece around the United States for the next several years. We at ATL are overjoyed that this fun solo show is now out in the world and available for theatre fans, fellow companies and students of solo performance.

More info on the play and its history... HERE

Get a copy... HERE

DAYLAN HILLIS IN SPACE
By Brad McEntire and Jeff Hernandez
Featuring Jeff Swearingen
Directed by Brad McEntire

Security guard Daylan Hillis feels underappreciated in his job at a top secret government facility. One night his otherwise boring shift is interrupted by an encounter with strange intruders and a chance to show what he is really capable of.

Audacity Theatre Lab is thrilled to offer this digital "theatre" piece
as part of the 22nd Annual Festival of Independent Theatres.

Available for streaming October 8-31, 2020
Two Show Block Tickets - $12
Festival Pass for all Shows - $30
For tickets or more information visit: ​festivalofindependenttheatres.org/

​Running time: 38 minutes
NOTE: This production contains some strong language (PG-13-ish)

Read about the project on Dallas Art Beat... HERE

2019 was an eventful year for ATL. Our eleventh "season" (if you know how we operate, you know what a joke that it) churned up all kinds of weird and wonderful work.

The last official Audacity Solo Salon at the Margo Jones Theatre in Dallas' Fair Park started off the year with works-in-progress by Erin Singleton, Justin Lemieux and Abel Flores. 2019 also saw the fifth and final Dallas Solo Fest, with 8 great solo performers presenting their shows at the Theatre Too! space downstairs at Dallas' historic Theatre Three. 

During the summer, AT Artistic Director Brad McEntire presented the festival premiere of his newest one-man show The Beast of Hyperborea, a homage to the Victorian adventure fiction of the late 1800s. It ran several weeks at the Festival of Independent Theatres (FIT) at Dallas' Bath House Cultural Center.

After performing it at the Dallas Solo Fest, McEntire also took his solo show Cyrano A-Go-Go to two fringe festivals at the end of the summer... the Elgin Fringe Festival in Illinois and the Theatre Crude Fringe in Oklahoma City. It won a award in Elgin and proved to be an audience fave at both festivals.

Finally, we've got you covered with a new collection of ATL plays published by Dribble Funk Books. These are several works that have developed in the past at Audacity, including audience darling  from the 2015 FIT, Dinosaur and Robot Stop a Train.

Your support in body, spirit, word, coin, and deed has been wonderful for the past eleven years and fortifies us to march forth into next year. We have some weird and uh-maz-ing projects in the works for 2020. If you’re moved to give fiscally on top of all you’ve given us and those in need this past year, you can do so by visiting here to DONATE.

See you in 2020!