CYRANO A-GO-GO is an exploration of one restless theatre artist's fascination with the swashbuckling 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. A chance encounter with the script at a suburban public library at the age of 15 leads to a cruel and wonderful calling. Presented as an old-school oration the piece mixes the personal, historical and literary into a journey through Rostand's play. McEntire presents a funny, warm, insightful meditation on the nature of theatricality, the nobility of personal identity and the hard-won lessons of love, unrequited and otherwise.
Playing as part of the 2015 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival WaterTower Theatre at the Addison Theatre Centre Stone Cottage Theatre 15650 Addison Road, Addison, TX 75001 Saturday March 7 – 5:00 pm Friday March 13 – 7:30 pm Sunday March 15 – 7:30 pm TICKETS: Single tickets to all events go on sale Feb. 24. Festival Passes, now on sale, include one admission to each Festival event and are $65. WaterTower Theatre subscribers receive $10 off each Festival pass. Individual ticket prices for each event are $10 or $15. More ticket information at 972-450-6232 or via email at: boxoffice@watertowertheatre.org More info about Out of the Loop... HERE
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After years of traveling to venues and festivals around the country Dallas-based playwright/performer Brad McEntire presents his solo show CHOP for a full run in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area January 29 through February 7, 2015 at the Margo Jones Theatre in Fair Park.
CHOP concerns a man totally isolated from the world around him. A chance meeting with a mysterious tattooed woman leads him to the place he might truly belong… an underground amputation fetish group. After readings in Seattle (at the Outsider’s Inn Collective) and New York City (Cry Havoc Theatre) McEntire premiered CHOP at the 2010 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival at Addison’s Water Tower Theatre. Since then he has toured and performed the show at multiple venues and festivals, including the Phoenix Fringe Festival, the New Orleans Fringe, Houston Fringe, Portland Mini-Fringe, College of Santa Fe and San Antonio’s Overtime Theatre, 2012 New York international Fringe Festival, Seattle Fringe and New Orleans SoloMania Fest among others. The piece played a two day limited engagement at the Margo Jones Theatre in July 2012. McEntire is delighted to bring the show back to Dallas for a full two week run. The piece was directed and sound designed by Andrew J. Merkel of Brooklyn, NY. Brad McEntire wrote, designed and performs the piece. Brad McEntire is the founding Artistic Director of the small theatre collective Audacity Theatre Lab. He is a playwright, performer, improviser, director and visual artist. He is the creator/producer of the Dallas Solo Fest. More information about his activities can be viewed at: www.BradMcEntire.com Opens January 29, 2015 at 8:00 PM. Plays January 29 – February 7 (Tuesday thru Saturday) at 8:00 PM. The Margo Jones Theatre, Magnolia Lounge in historic Fair Park, 1121 First Avenue, Dallas TX 75210 Tickets $12. Information/reservations at: (214) 888-6650 or... HERE. For more information about the show visit... HERE Brandon Potter makes his solo debut with his show SEX, DEATH AND LIGHT SWITCHES. Brandon traces his life through a series of life changing moments starting in his childhood and working on through adolescense. How'd he come to be the talkative, sometimes crass fellow, he has become? How does a person label his or her own childhood? On what scale do we measure these things? Is seeing yourself as a young boy dead in a walk-in mortuary freezer that strange? Come watch the delightful disaster unfold in Brandon Potter's solo debut. Playing November 12-16, 2014 Wednesday, November 12 at 8 PM... Preview Night ( P-W-Y-C admission ) Thursday, November 13 at 9 PM Friday, November 14 at 8 PM Saturday, November 15 at 8 PM and 10 PM Sunday, November 16 at 3 PM at the Margo Jones Theatre 1121 First Avenue in Fair Park, Dallas TX 75210 [map and info here] Tickets are $12 (cash or credit accepted at the door) Running time: 55 minutes WARNING: This show contains adult languge and content. NOT for audience members under the age of 16. For more photos of this production, visit... HERE Brandon Potter has been heard internationally in cartoons, video games, and commercials. After recently graduating from Southern Methodist University with a Masters degree in Acting, he was made the newest member of the Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company at Dallas Theater Center. He will appear in several shows this 2014-2015 season. This is his very first solo show, but that won't stop him from immediately taking the training wheels off and attempting death defying stunts in front of real live audience.
The aim of the Audacity Solo Salon is to support and nurture both established and emerging solo performers in the north Texas area. It is also a way to extend the mission of the annual Dallas Solo Fest beyond just the festival itself. This quarterly series will be a way for solo artists to rehearse, experiement and develop their work in front of supportive audiences. Come on out and see a new one-person show in progress... This second in a quarterly series from Audacity Theatre Lab will feature excerpts from pieces in development by Brad McEntire, Kris Noteboom, and Adam Anderson. Curated by Brad McEntire. Monday, December 8, 2014 at 7:30 pm At the Margo Jones Theatre, 1121 First Avenue in Fair Park, Dallas TX 75210 [map and info here] FREE! (though a P-W-Y-C donation is suggested) ADAM A. ANDERSON is a local Dallas actor currently represented by The Campbell Agency. He works full-time as a graphic designer at The Dallas Symphony Orchestra. As a well-rounded artist and Alum of Southern Methodist University (Acting BFA ’13), he has had the pleasure of working with great artists such as Stan Wojewodski, Patricia McGregor, Bill T. Jones, and Will Power. His theatre credits include The Shipment (Undermain Theatre), King Lear (DTC), Blues For Mister Charlie (SMU), and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Jubilee Theatre). His latest performance was at Jubilee Theatre as Levee Green in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He’s a poet and a lover of words and through YoungArts has traveled the country as a spoken word artists. He is most inspired by his work with Bill T. Jones in MASTERCLASS on HBO. More of his work and information can be found at www.AdamAAnderson.com.
KRIS NOTEBOOM is an arts journalist, director and performance and installation artist. He holds degrees in Communications and Psychology from Hardin-Simmons University and has done graduate work at the University of North Texas and UT Dallas. He blogs about his adventures at http://panthercityarts.com/ BRAD McENTIRE is a Dallas-based theatre practitioner. He serves as Artistic Director of Audacity Theatre Lab and creates via a variety of media - including visual art, podcasts, plays, solo performance, improvisation and (soon) YouTube videos. He is a teaching artist with Junior Players and an adjunct teacher of film and theatre in the Tarrant County College District. He is also the producer of the Dallas Solo fest, a national arts festival celebrating the art of solo theatre performance. More info at www.BradMcEntire.com Here’s a chance to see three north Texas solo performers workshopping original shows-in-progress. This first in a quarterly series from Audacity Theatre Lab will feature excerpts from pieces in development by Van Quattro, Steve Young and Beth Bontley. Curated by Brad McEntire. Monday, August 25, 2014 at 7:30 pmAt the Margo Jones Theatre, 1121 First Avenue in Fair Park, Dallas TX 75210 [map and info here] FREE! (though a P-W-Y-C donation is suggested) STANDING EIGHT COUNT by Van Quattro. In this new solo piece, a young broken-hearted man tries to figure out how to to salvage his life. Van Quattro was born and raised in Los Angeles. During his time in L.A. he appeared in over twenty stage productions Van Studied with the esteemed Roy London for years Van has appeared in many television shows, including Millennium, Chicago Hope, Pickett Fences, General Hospital. He has been in films such as Fight Club and End of Days and many more. Besides television and film work, Van has appeared on many Texas stages. He has worked at Casa Manana and Dallas Theater Center (as Boo in To Kill A Mockingbird). At Theatre Three he was Arthur in Superior Donuts, a role that won him a Best Actor Award by the DFW Theater Critics. He was recently in A Behanding in Spokane at Second Thought Theater. Earlier this year he was seen in Water Tower Theater’s Grapes of Wrath and as Lennie in Theater Arlingtons Of Mice and Men. ONE WOMAN SPEAKS FOR THE WOMEN WHO CARRIED THE WORD by ElizaBeth Bontley Charlotte Delbo was a member of the French Resistance who survived an ordeal in a concentration camp in WWII. The women there chose to help each other survive as long as they could, so that one of them could return and carry the words and stories of the women imprisoned there. Upon her return home, Delbo wrote "Who Will Carry the Word." ElizaBeth Bontley is an actress, director and coach who is exploring theatrical form and content. She recieved her BA in Speech and Drama from Trintity University, graduated from the Circle in the Square Acting Conservatory in NYC and recieved her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. Original works include Being Green and Other Mysteries, Girlz2women Quest and Acet-o-philous or Vinegar Love which was proced locally as well as part of the NYC's United Solo festival in 2013. She has taught at TCU, TCC, Kids Who Dare and Dallas Children's Theater. Currently, she teaches at S.T.A.G.E. and with the Dallas Summer Musicals Academy. She also House Mangaes at the Texas Star Dinner Theatre. She'll be performing in Cabaret at Runway Theatre in October. THE RAT BOY OF SOULARD by Steven Young
Soulard, French for drunkard, is both a lifestyle choice for his mother and the St. Louis home for the six-year-old, sun burnt, bald headed, short-trousered, Mickey-Mouse ear wearin’ Stevie Verbal. Born, coming out the wrong end up, mother and son engage in a struggle that takes them on a turbulent ride through the sixties. Steven Young works as a playwright, actor, director and theatre educator. As a director Steven has worked at the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in the UK, Milwaukee Rep, Chicago Shakespeare Project, American Southwest Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company, New American Theatre, Southwest American Theatre and Swine Palace. Steven was an alternate for the New York Drama League Director’s Fellowship. He currently is a drama faculty member at Texas Woman’s University. As an actor he appeared in the one-man show The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at Amphibian. He has appeared in over 40 Shakespearian roles and is very proud of winning the Shakespeare Quarterly’s Justin Shaltz Award for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Falstaff in Henry IV part 2 at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. As a writer, NYC’s Nylon Fusion Theatre Company produced his one-act play Under the Overpass at the Maddox Theatre. His play The King’s Face was the winner of both the FutureFest and Southwest Playwriting Competitions. The King’s Face received a staged reading at the Blank Theatre in Los Angeles and was a Newman/Woodard Drama Award finalist at the Bloomington Playwright’s Project. Giant Olive Theatre Company of London originally produced The King’s Face Off West End. Steve has been a Jerome Fellowship Finalist for his play The Wal*Mart-ians. Chicago Arts & Entertainment heralded the production as the Best Comedy of the Year and the script was recently a Riva Shriner Comedy Award Finalist. The Resurrectionists was nominated for two Joseph Jefferson Citations; Cheddar Heads was a finalist with the National New Plays Network. His short play Blank Canvas was selected as one of 50 finalists at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and was produced by the Midtown International Theatre Festival in NYC. MORE INFO... HERE Winner! Best of Fest at the 2014 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival ROBERT'S ETERNAL GOLDFISH Written and Performed by Brad McEntire In this solo show by Brad McEntire, the audience comes face to face with Mr. Robert J. Roberts. Roberts has a huge problem with people. All people. One day he becomes the unlikely custodian of a magical goldfish and Mr. Roberts' misanthropic view of the world is seriously challenged. McEntire's an expert at swimming solo onstage, charming the audience with sly looks and inventive storytelling. ~ Elaine Liner, Dallas Observer Robert’s Eternal Goldfish works, and McEntire does everything perfectly in his writing, only overshadowing it with his stellar performance in it! ~ Richard Blake, PegasusNews.com Like a cross between Seinfeld’s George Costanza and comedian Lewis Black. ~ Nancy Churnin, DallasNews.com One of McEntire’s many talents is being able to couch very real meditations on life into extraordinary stories. ~ Kris Noteboom, TheaterJones.com Playing as part of the 2014 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival WaterTower Theatre at the Addison Theatre Centre Stone Cottage Theatre 15650 Addison Road, Addison, TX 75001 Friday March 7 – 7:00 pm Saturday March 8 – 8:00 pm Sunday March 9 – 5:00 pm TICKETS: Single tickets to all events go on sale Feb. 18. Festival Passes, now on sale, include one admission to each Festival event and are $65. WaterTower Theatre subscribers receive $10 off each Festival pass. Individual ticket prices for each event are $10 or $15. Loop passholders may make reservations starting February 11, 2014. More ticket information at 972-450-6232 or via email at: boxoffice@watertowertheatre.org NOTE: Audacity Theatre Lab will not be selling tickets for this event. This event is a production of the WaterTower Theatre at the Addison Theatre Centre For all PRESS/ REVIEWS click... HERE
Audacity is proud to be hosting, along with media sponsor TheaterJones.com and curator Elaine Liner, the 2014 YoloSolo Festival, a collection of one-person shows based on the phrase "You Only Live Once." Playing January 21-26, the festival will coincide with the second week of performances of THE LAST CASTRATO. At the Margo Jones Theatre, 1121 First Avenue in Fair Park, Dallas TX 75210 [map and info here] Tickets are $15 at the door (cash or credit card accepted). Reservations can be made by calling (214) 888-6650. More ticket info is available HERE. The performance schedule is as follows and brief show descriptions are below: Tues., Jan. 21: 7 p.m. OSTINATO by Natalie Gaupp & THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM by Bruce R. Coleman 8 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger Wed., Jan. 22: 7 p.m. SHE ALWAYS PICKED ME by Kate Lowry & TYLER'S MOM by Ben Schroth 8 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger Thurs., Jan. 23: 7 p.m. I BROUGHT HOME A CHUPACABRA by Brad McEntire & MELVA TOSTI ATTENDS CAREER DAY by Andi Allen 8 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger Fri., Jan. 24: 7 p.m. ALLERGIC ME by Kennedy Waterman & I BROUGHT HOME A CHUPACABRA by Brad McEntire 8 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger 9 p.m. BOUNCING UGLY by Danny O'Connor Sat., Jan. 25: 7 p.m. MELVA TOSTI ATTENDS CAREER DAY by Andi Allen & TYLER'S MOM by Ben Schroth 8 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger 9 p.m. BOUNCING UGLY by Danny O'Connor Sun., Jan. 26: 2 p.m. ALLERGIC ME by Kennedy Waterman & OSTINATO by Natalie Gaupp 3 p.m. THE LAST CASTRATO by Andy Eninger 4 p.m. SHE ALWAYS PICKED ME by Kate Lowry & THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM by Bruce R. Coleman Show Descriptions: ALLERGIC ME -- written and performed by Kennedy Waterman; directed by Jeff Swearingen. For 13-year-old Waterman, a peanut is a huge deal. Her monologue, accompanied by a short film, chronicles her challenges and her ongoing battle to beat severe peanut allergy. BOUNCING UGLY -- written and performed by Danny O'Connor. A series of stories about the hopes and struggles of an actor working a night job as a bouncer at NYC's rough-and-tumble Coyote Ugly bar. THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM -- written and directed by Bruce R. Coleman; performed by LisaAnne Haram. The vice principal of a middle school, at the end of her tether, confronts the mother of one particularly nasty student, giving her a reality check. I BROUGHT HOME A CHUPACABRA -- written by Brad McEntire; directed by Ruth Engel-McEntire; performed by Lauren Moore. A young woman finds a semi-mysthical beast on a hike and brings it home. During the next few days she is forced to figure out why she connects better with animals than people. MELVA TOSTI ATTENDS CAREER DAY -- written and performed by Andi Allen. Aging opera diva Melva Tosti is invited to speak at Mario Lanza High School Career Day. Answering questions off cards, Madame Tosti shares stories of her life as the "Diva Formaggio." OSTINATO -- written and directed by Natalie Gaupp; performed by Katie Weekley. With the Yeats poem "He Who Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" as background, a meaningless but obsessively consuming act -- making mac and cheese -- becomes a metaphor for a life devoured by banality. SHE ALWAYS PICKED ME -- Written and directed by Kate Lowry; performed by Dillon Sherrod. A look at love and what happened between friends. TYLER'S MOM -- written by Benjamin Schroth; directed by Greg Phillips. Tyler's mom is having a rough morning. She sits down at the kitchen table and unloads on topics of life, death and pets. THE LAST CASTRATO
By Andy Eninger Audacity Theatre Lab teams up with Fun House Theatre and Film to present Jeff Swearingen in Andy Eninger's weird and wonderful one-man show THE LAST CASTRATO. THE LAST CASTRATO centers on Joseph, who was born without a penis, and his love affair with Elena, who was born with her skin inside out. Elena, though, was blessed with a beautiful singing voice to balance her deformity, while Joseph has no talent whatsoever to make up for his missing member. "A penis," he muses, "in terms of artistic merit is worth nothing." Last presented by Audacity from 2005 to 2007 in festivals from New York to Phoenix, THE LAST CASTRATO returns to the Dallas area for a proper run. Featuring ATL member and Fun House Creative Director Jeff Swearingen Written by Andy Eninger Directed and designed by ATL Artistic Director Brad McEntire Playing January 14 - 26, 2014 (Tuesdays thru Saturdays at 8:00 PM, Sundays at 3:00 PM) At the Margo Jones Theatre, 1121 First Avenue in Fair Park, Dallas TX 75210 [map and info here] Tickets are available at the door (cash of card)... $12 GRADING ON A CURVE by A.V. Phibes GRADING ON A CURVE follows a bored artist with intense feelings of ennui. This leads her to embark on an epic hunger strike, complete with delusions, observations and yearnings - especially for nacho cheese - only to to end up meeting Chad, the ectrodactyliac malcontent of her dreams. Performed by Lauren R. Moore and Directed by Brad McEntire Playing as a curtain-opener prior to Raspberry Fizz. Details: Playing Saturdays at 2PM... Nov. 16, 23 and 30 and Dec. 7, 2013 At the historic Margo Jones Theatre at Fair Park, 1121 First Ave., Dallas, TX 75210 [map link ] Tickets available at the door: Pay-What-You-Can! RASPBERRY FIZZ By Brad McEntire RASPBERRY FIZZ is a exploration of expectations and the potentialities of the future tied up in a weird, tender and humorous coming-of-age encounter between two adolescents in 1949 small town America. The play premiered in Addison, Texas in March of 2012 at the Water Tower Theatre's Out of the Loop Fringe Festival. In October of 2013, this production featuring Travis Steubing, Tashina Richardson and Brad McEntire played at the Houston Fringe Festival. Audacity is thrilled to present this charming little play once more to North Texas audiences. Directed by Brad McEntire. Details: Playing Saturdays at 2PM... Nov. 16, 23 and 30 and Dec. 7, 2013 With special curtain-opener performance of A.V. Phibes' GRADING ON A CURVE performed by Lauren R. Moore. Info HERE. At the historic Margo Jones Theatre at Fair Park, 1121 First Ave., Dallas, TX 75210 [ map link ] Tickets available at the door: Pay-What-You-Can! ( Suggested donation of $10... cash and card accepted ) To see press, pics and more, visit the "RASPBERRY FIZZ" tread on the ATL Blog... HERE |
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