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Fall Arts Preview: Theater

Thursday, September 07, 2006

ARTS ON REAL

2826 Real St. 472-ARTS, www.artsonreal.com
'Psycho Beach Party.' Sept. 21-Oct. 29
'Pageant: Round 3.' Nov. 15-Dec. 31
'Mambo Italiano.' Feb. 15-March 27
'Taken In.' April 5-May 5
'Zombie Prom.' May 17-June 23

AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE
Penn Field, 3601 S. Congress Ave. 476-0084, www.austinplayhouse.com
'The Night Hank Williams Died.' Oct. 13-Nov. 19
'Inherit the Wind.' Jan. 12-Feb. 18
'Steel Magnolias.' March 30-May 6
'The Threepenny Opera.' June 1-July 8

AUSTIN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
454-BARD, www.austinshakespeare.org
'As You Like It.' Sept. 15-30. Austin Playhouse, 3601 S. Congress Ave.
'The Glass Menagerie.' Feb. 23-March 18. Austin Playhouse
'Love's Labor's Lost'/'The Dog in the Manger.' April 28-May 27. Sheffield Hillside Theatre, Zilker Park
'Travesties.' June 14-17. B. Iden Payne Theatre, 300 E. 23rd St., University of Texas

BASTROP OPERA HOUSE
711 Spring St., Bastrop. (512) 321-6283, www.bastropoperahouse.com
'Circumference of a Squirrel.' Friday through Sept. 23

BLUE THEATER
916 Springdale Road. 927-1118, www.refractionarts.org
'The Assumption Project.' Oct. 19-Nov. 11
Thread Dance Collective. Nov. 28-Dec. 4
Fuse Box New Works Festival. April 5-24

BROADWAY IN AUSTIN
Bass Concert Hall, 23rd Street and Robert Dedman Drive. (800) 731-SHOW, www.broadwayacrossamerica.com
'Hairspray.' Sept. 12-17
'The Lion King.' Feb. 15-March 23
'Mamma Mia!' April 24-29

DIFFERENT STAGES
474-TIXS, www.main.org/diffstages
'Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge.' Nov. 17-Dec. 9. Play Theatre, 1204 Cedar Ave.
'The Goat or Who is Sylvia?' Jan. 19-Feb. 10. Play Theatre
'Lettice and Lovage.' April 6-28. Vortex Theatre, 2307 Manor Road
'The Constant Wife.' June 22-July 14. Vortex Theatre

GASLIGHT THEATER
204 N. Main Street, Lockhart. (512) 376-5653, www.gaslighttheater.com
'Deathtrap.' Oct. 5-28
'You Better Watch Out!' Nov. 30-Dec. 23

HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY THEATRE
4003 RM 2147, Marble Falls. (830) 798-8944, www.hcct.org
'Lend Me A Tenor.' Sept. 28-Oct. 15
'Dear Santa.' Nov. 30-Dec. 17

'Nunsense.' Feb. 22-March 17
'Delval Divas.' April 26-May 13
'Beauty and the Beast.' July 19-Aug. 5

HYDE PARK THEATRE
511 W. 43rd St. 479-PLAY, www.hydeparktheatre.org
'St. Nicholas.' Thursday-Sept. 29
FronteraFest. Jan. 16-Feb. 17
'My Child, My Child, My Alien Child.' March 22-April 17
'Suburban Motel.' June 7-30

MARY MOODY NORTHEN THEATRE, ST. EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY
3001 S. Congress Ave. 448-8483
'Parade.' Sept. 27-Oct. 8
'Kneeling Down at Noon.' Nov. 8-19
'Macbeth.' Feb. 14-25
'Ah, Wilderness!' April 11-22

PALACE THEATRE
810 S. Austin Ave., Georgetown. (512) 869-7469, www.thegeorgetownpalace.org
'Anything Goes.' Today-Oct. 15
'A Few Good Men.' Oct. 19-29
'Meet Me In St. Louis.' Nov. 17-Dec. 17
'The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).' Dec. 28-Jan. 7
'Steel Magnolias.' Jan. 11-21
'Oliver!' Feb. 2- March 11
'The Fantasticks.' March 23-April 15
'Arcadia.' April 27-May 20
'1776.' June 1-July 4

PARAMOUNT THEATRE
713 Congress Ave. 472-5470, www.austintheatre.org
'Women On Fire.' Oct. 12-14
'I Can't Stop Loving You.' Nov. 2-3
Sarah Vowell. Nov. 10
'1984.' Nov. 17
'Altar Boyz.' Jan. 12-13
Dave Barry. Jan. 26
'Man of La Mancha.' Feb. 2-3
'Leftover Stories to Tell: A Spalding Gray Tribute.' March 29
'Pirates of Penzance.' April 12-13
David Sedaris. April 23

RUDE MECHANICALS
2211-A Hidalgo St. 476-RUDE. www.rudemechs.com
'Have You Ever Been Assassinated?' Oct. 26-Nov. 11
'Throws Like a Girl.' Feb. 8-24
'The Method Gun.' April 12-29

SALVAGE VANGUARD THEATER
474-7886, www.salvagevanguard.org
'The Intergalactic Nemesis.' Friday. Hogg Memorial Auditorium, 2300 Whitis Ave.
'Thrush.' Oct. 13-Nov. 11. Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2803 Manor Road

SAM BASS COMMUNITY THEATRE
600 Lee St., Round Rock. (512) 244-0440, www.sambasstheatre.org
'Arsenic and Old Lace.' Sept. 22-Oct. 14
'The Patient'/'Trifles'/'Sepulchre of Songs.' Nov. 3-18
'All My Sons.' Jan. 26-Feb. 17
'All in the Timing.' April 6-28
'Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You.' June 22-July 17

SCOTTISH RITE THEATRE
207 W. 18th St. 472-5436, www.scottishritechildrenstheatre.org
'Outlaw Puss In-Cowboy Boots.' Oct. 15-Nov. 12
'The Plight Before Christmas.' Nov. 17-Dec. 9

SECOND YOUTH FAMILY THEATRE
386-8292, www.secondyouth.com
'Toys Take Over Christmas.' Dec. 2-17. Scottish Rite Theatre, 207 W. 18th St.
'The Page and the Caterpillar.' April 28-May 13. Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Road

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY THEATRE
1001 E. University Ave., Georgetown. (512) 863-1504, ssfa.southwestern.edu
'The House of Bernarda Alba.' Oct. 20-29
'Durang/Durang.' Nov. 29-Dec. 3
'Company.' Feb. 23-March 4
'The Trial of Goldilocks.' April 28-29

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY THEATRE
Texas State University-San Marcos.(512) 245-2204, www.finearts.txstate.edu/theatre
Texas State Black and Latino Playwrights Conference. Sept. 22-24
'Night of the Iguana.' Oct. 3-8
'Frame 312.' Oct. 19-22
'Rashomon.' Oct. 26-29
'Las Nuevas Tamaleras.' Oct. 28
'The Rocky Horror Show.' Nov. 7-18

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
477-6060. www.utpac.org
'The Intergalactic Nemesis.' Sept. 8. Hogg Memorial Auditorium
'100 Years of Broadway.' Oct. 8. Hogg Memorial Auditorium
'American Fiesta.' Sept. 17-21. McCullough Theatre, Robert Dedman Drive and 23rd Street
'El Automovil Gris.' Jan. 26-27. McCullough Theatre
'The 51st (Dream) State.' Feb. 28. Hogg Memorial Auditorium

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS THEATRE AND DANCE
University of Texas. 471-1444, www.utexas.edu/cofa/theatre
'Katrina.' Oct. 13-20. Oscar G. Brockett Theatre, 300 E. 23rd St.
'Holes.' Nov. 10-19. B. Iden Payne Theatre
'Way of the World.' Nov. 17-Dec. 3. Oscar G. Brockett Theatre
'The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat.' Oscar G. Brockett Theatre
'Slaughter City.' March 2-9. B. Iden Payne Theatre
David Mark Cohen New Works Festival. April 10-15

VORTEX REPERTORY COMPANY
2307 Manor Road. 478-LAVA, www.vortexrep.org
'Bell(e).' Sept. 1-23
Capital City Men's Chorus 'Midnight Cabaret.' Sept. 29-30
'Ring, Rip, Rent.' Oct. 20-Nov. 4
'Time Alphabet.' Nov. 24-26
'Tim Miller: 1001 Beds.' Nov. 30-Dec. 3
'CyberFest.' Dec. 29-30
'Trickster.' Jan. 13-Feb. 4
'Hamlet.' March 2-31
'A Thought in Three Parts.' May
Summer Youth Theatre. July 20-28
BareBones New Works Festival. August

YELLOW TAPE CONSTRUCTION CO.
466-5221, www.yellowtape.org
'We Are Normal: Cha, Cha, Chaaa.' Oct. 6-13. Clear Spring Studio, 605 Copeland St.
'I Am Not Tartuffe.' March 1-31. Play Theatre, 1204 Cedar Ave.

ZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER
1510 Toomey Road. 476-0541, www.zachscott.com
'The Rocky Horror Show.' Oct. 5-Nov. 12
'Plaid Tidings.' Nov. 2-Dec. 31
'Santaland Diaries.' Nov. 24-Jan. 7
'Rockin' Christmas Party.' Nov. 24-Jan. 7
'Present Laughter.' Jan. 18-March 11
'Take Me Out.' March 29-May 6