Pencil it in. Add it to your e-calendar and your calendar app. With the waning of summer (hot temperatures not withstanding), the Austin arts season begins. Use our list of exhibits, plays, concerts and performances for the 2012-2013 arts season to discover what's happening then get your tickets and go.

VISUAL ART

Critic's picks

► Video artist Paul Pfeiffer plumbs the theatrical spectacle of professional sports. Adding offbeat moments of historical context to Pfeiffer's exhibit at the Blanton Museum of Art is the 1891 document that outlines the original 13 rules of basketball. "The Rules of Basketball: Works by Paul Pfeiffer and James Naismith's Original Rules of Basket Ball." Sept. 16-Jan. 13

► Opening next month at the Ransom Center, "I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America" charts the remarkable output of visionary industrial and theatrical designer Norman Bel Geddes, whose style of utopian, streamlined modernism shaped America's mid-century idea of itself. Sept. 11-Jan. 6

► Austin artist W. Tucker will literally live in the Texas State University Gallery for a week to produce a massive site-specific drawing in his idiosyncratic yet earnest style. Sept. 24-Oct. 18

— Jeanne Claire van Ryzin

AMOA-Arthouse

700 Congress Ave. and 3809 W. 35th St., www.amoa-arthouse.org

■ "Hybrid Forms," through Sept. 16

■ "Collections Selections: De-Luxe," Friday-Dec. 2

■ "New Works: April Wood," Friday-Dec. 2

■ "Andy Coolquitt: Attainable Excellence," Sept. 29-Dec. 30

■ Nick Cave, Sept. 29-Dec. 30

■ "ShapeShifting: New Methods of Drawing by Bethany Johnson and Ann Tarantino," Dec. 12-Feb. 17

■ New Works: Michael Menchaca, Dec. 12-Feb. 17

■ "Pinaree Sanpitak: Temporary Insanity," Jan. 12-March 3

■ "Seher Shah: Constructed Landscapes," Jan. 12-March 3

■ "Cinthia Marcelle & Tiago Mata Machado: O Século," Jan. 12-April 21

■ "Collection Selections: Of a Technical Nature," March 1-June 23

Art Alliance Austin

www.artallianceaustin.org

■ Art Night Austin: East Austin Studio Tour Preview, Nov. 8

■ Art Night Austin, Feb. 23

■ Art City Austin, April 13-14

Austin Museum Day

www.austinmuseums.org

■ Free admission and special events at more than 20 museums, Sept. 23

Austin Visual Arts Association

www.avaaonline.org

Austin Visual Arts Awards, AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Nov. 1

Blanton Museum of Art

Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. at Congress Ave., www.blantonmuseum.org

■ "The Rules of Basketball: Works by Paul Pfeiffer and James Naismith's Original Rules of Basket Ball," Sept. 16-Jan. 13

■ "Into the Sacred City: Tibetan Buddhist Deities from the Theos Bernard Collection," Sept. 16-Jan. 13

■ "Restoration and Revelation: Conserving The Suida-Manning Collection," Nov 17-May 5

■ "Through the Eyes of Texas: Masterworks from Alumni Collections," Feb. 24-May 19

■ "Lifelike," June 23-Sept. 22, 2013

George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center

1165 Angelina St., www.carvermuseum.org

■ "Ère: Masterworks by Traditional Yoruba Carvers," Sept. 6-Nov. 24

■ "Reflections: Contemporary Yoruba Art by Christopher Olubunmi Adejumo," Sept. 6-Nov. 24

East Austin Studio Tour

www.eastaustinstudiotour.com, Nov. 12-13, 19-20

Emma S. Barrientos Mexican-American Cultural Center

600 River St., www.MACCAustin.org

■ Jose Antonio Garciaguerra, Sept. 14-Nov. 24

■ National Arts Project , Dec. 7-29

■ Fidencio Duran, Jan. 19-March 30

■ Margarita Cabrera, April 13-June 29

■ Luis Gutierrez, July 13-Aug. 31

Mexic-Arte Museum

419 Congress Ave., www.mexic-artemuseum.org

■ "Changarrito: Suzy Gonzalez," Sept. 15-16

■ "Elements of Death," Sept. 21-Nov. 18

■ "Community Altars," Sept. 21-Nov. 18

■ "Mix-n-Mash," Dec. 7-Jan.6

■ "Mascara: Selections from the Mexic-Arte Museum Permanent Collection," Jan. 18-March 31

Ransom Center

21st and Guadalupe streets, UT campus, www.hrc.utexas.edu

■ "I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America," Sept. 11-Jan. 6

■ "Arnold Newman: Masterclass," February-May 12, 2013

■ "Literature and Sport," June 11-Aug. 4, 2013

Texas Biennial

Various locations, www.texasbiennial.org, Aug. 23, 2013-Sept. 28, 2013

Texas State University Gallery

Mitte Art Building, Sessoms Drive and Commanche Street, San Marcos; www.txstgalleries.org

■ "Liz Rodda : Altered States," Aug. 27-Sept. 15

■ "Randall Reid: Evidence of a Society," Aug. 27-Sept. 15

■ "W. Tucker: To Stand in a Boat that Floats," Sept. 24-Oct. 18

■ "Colby Bird: House Lamps," Sept. 24-Oct. 18

■ 12th Annual Alumni Invitational, Oct. 23-Nov. 18

■ "Garth Walker: Confessions of a Design Thief," Oct. 23-Nov. 18

■ BFA Thesis exhibits, Nov. 26-Dec. 15

UT Visual Arts Center

Art Building, Trinity and 23rd streets, UT campus, www.utvac.org

■ "Emily Roysdon," Sept. 21-Dec. 8

■ "Cruz Ortiz: Hecho Farm," Sept. 21- Dec. 8

■ "Liz Hingley: Under Gods," Sept. 21-Oct. 27

■ "Future Regions," Sept. 21-Oct. 27

■ "Now What It Never Was," Sept. 21-Oct. 13

■ "A Nation of Fear," Oct. 19-Nov. 10

■ "Part Two: Department of Art and Art History Faculty Exhibition," Nov. 9-Dec. 8

■ "Yet, By No Means," Nov. 16-Dec. 8

West Austin Studio Tour

www.westaustinstudiotour.com, April 20-21, 27-28

Wittliff Collections, Texas State University

Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos, www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu

■ "Global Odyssey: From Texas to the World and Back," Aug. 20-May 10

■ "Las Sombras/The Shadows: Photograms by Kate Breakey," Aug. 27 -April 11

■ "Face to Face: Portraits from the Wittliff Collections," Aug. 27-April 11

Women & Their Work

1710 Lavaca St., www.womenandtheirwork.org

■ "Red Dot," Sept. 14-26

■ "Ann Wood: Violent Delights," Oct. 4-Nov. 17

■ Lauren Kelly: Solo Exhibit, Dec. 1-Jan. 17

DANCE

Critic's picks

► This season marks the centennial of Stravinsky's ground-breaking ballet "The Rite of Spring," a work that jump-started modernism with its dissonance and polyrhythms. Ballet Austin artistic director Stephen Mills creates his own version of the ballet, Feb. 15-17. The Joffrey Ballet brings its re-creation of the original to the Bass Concert Hall on March 5-6. Then on April 6 comes Australian innovator Meryl Tankard's "The Oracle," a stark contemporary rethinking on "The Rite of Spring."

— J.C.v.R.

Austin Dance India

www.austindanceindia.com

■ Anuradha Naimpally and Purna Bajekal, Rollins Studio Theatre, Long Center, March 29-31

Ballet Austin

www.balletaustin.org

■ "The Taming of the Shrew," Long Center, Oct. 5-7

■ "The Nutcracker," Long Center, Dec. 8-23

■ "The Rite of Spring," Long Center, Feb. 15-17

■ "Cult of Color: Call to Color — The Art of Trenton Doyle Hancock," AustinVentures Studio Theatre, March 28-April 7

■ "Giselle," Long Center, May 10-12

Blue Lapis Light

Long Center City Terrace, 701 W. Riverside Drive, www.bluelapislight.org

■ "Heaven, Earth, One," Sept. 9-19

■ New site-specific aerial dance, May 19-26

Chaddick Dance Theater

www.chaddickdancetheater.com

■ "Bear In Mind," AustinVentures Studio Theater, March 1-3

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company

www.kdhdance.com

■ "An (Extra) Ordinary Life," Salvage Vanguard, Nov. 29-Dec. 1

■ "The Accidental O!," AustinVentures Studio Theater, May 30-June 1

Long Center for the Performing Arts

711 W. Riverside Drive, www.thelongcenter.org

■ Tap Dogs, Oct. 9

■ Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, Oct. 23

■ "Celtic Nights: A Journey of Hope," Feb. 24

Paramount Theatre

713 Congress Ave., www.austintheatre.org

■ DanceBrazil, March 6

Tapestry Dance

Rollins Studio Theatre, Long Center, www.tapestry.org

■ "April Fools," Nov. 30-Dec. 2

■ "Of Mice & Music: A Jazz Nutcracker," Carver Center, Dec. 8-18

■ "Time," April 12-14

■ "Soul to Sole," June 7

UT Dept. of Theatre and Dance

www.texasperformingarts.com

■ "Fall For Dance," Nov. 16-18

■ "Roots and Wings," April 19-21

■ "Ears, Eyes and Feet," May 3-4

UT Texas Performing Arts

Bass Concert Hall, www.texasperformingarts.com

■ Spectrum Dance Theatre, Oct. 11

■ Grupo Corpo, Oct. 18-19

■ The Joffrey Ballet: "The Rite of Spring," March 5-6

■ Meryl Tankard's "The Oracle," April 6

■ "Roots and Wings," April 19-21

MUSIC

Critic's picks

► UT Texas Performing Arts brings an adventuresome and prestigious slate of musical talent, including acclaimed pianist Jeremy Denk, new music ensemble Eighth Blackbird and soprano extraordinare Dawn Upshaw. Grammy-nominated choir Conspirare premieres "To Touch the Sky (Nine Songs for Unaccompanied Chorus on Texts by Women)" by 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winner Kevin Puts (Sept. 27-29). And adding to its expanded programming, Austin Classical Guitar Society joins with the Long Center for a flamenco series (Sept. 13 and May 16).

— J.C.v.R.

Austin Chamber Music Center

Various venues, www.austinchambermusic.org

■ "Happy 100th Birthday Mr. Cage," Sept. 8

■ "In Season," Sept. 28-29

■ "Three's Company," Nov. 2-3

■ Mozart's Birthday, Jan. 25-26

■ World Premiere: New composition by Graham Reynolds, March 1-2

■ "String Theory," April 12-13

■Chamber Music Festival, June-July

Austin Civic Orchestra

Various venues, www.austincivicorchestra.org

■ "This Land is Our Land," Sept. 29

■ "Music for Austin by Austin: Anton Nel," Dec. 2 (with Austin Symphonic Band)

■ "Titan: Gustav Mahler," Feb. 9

■ "Marches and Winners," March 23

■ Spring Concert: Butler School of Music Concerto Competition, May 12

■ Zilker Park Pops Concerts, June 7-8

Austin Classical Guitar Society

Various venues, www.austinclassicalguitar.org

■ Classical Cactus, monthly, Cactus Cafe

■ Flamenco Austin: Grisha, Sept. 13

■ L.A. Guitar Quartet, Oct. 6

■ Jason Vieaux, Nov. 10

■ Vladmimir Gorbach, Jan. 19

■ Bandini-Chiacchiaretta Tango Duo, Feb. 9

■ Soloduo, March 1

■ Ana Vidovic, April 20

■ Flamenco Austin: Carlos Piñana, May 16

Austin Lyric Opera

Long Center, www.austinlyricopera.org

■ Pagliacci, Nov. 10-18

■ "The Marriage of Figaro," Jan. 31-Feb. 3

■ Gounod's "Faust," April 25-28

Austin Symphonic Band

Various venues, www.austinsymphonicband.org

■ Fall Concert in Zilker Park, Oct. 7

■ "Music for Austin by Austin: Anton Nel," Dec. 2 (with Austin Civic Orchestra)

■ Indoor Series Concert #2, Feb. 22

■ Indoor Series Concert #3, April 27

■ Mother's Day Concert on the Capitol Steps, May 13

■ Father's Day Concert in Zilker Park, June 16

■ July 4th Frontier Days Celebration, July 4

■ Bastrop Patriotic Festival, July 6

Austin Symphony Orchestra

Long Center, 701 W. Riverside Drive, www.austinsymphony.org

■ Midori, Sept. 7-8

■ Artisan String Quartet, Sept. 27

■ Washington Garcia, Oct. 19-20

■ Take 6, Oct. 27

■ Chicago Symphony's Beyond the Score: The Rite of Spring, Nov. 30-Dec.1

■ Handel's Messiah, Dec. 5

■ Papa Doo Run Run, Dec. 29-30

■ Yefim Bronfman, Jan. 11-12

■ Christopher Cross, Feb. 9

■ Jennifer Frautschi, Feb. 22-23

■ Yolanda Kondonassis, March 8-9

■ Artisan String Quartet, March 28

■ Texas Young Composers Concert, April 3

■ Quattro Mani, May 3-4

■ Vadim Gluzman, May 31-June1

■ Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati, June 7-8

Chorus Austin

Various venues, www.chorusaustin.org

■ Rachmaninoff's Vespers, Oct. 20-21

■ "Voices of Light," Nov. 17-18

■ 23rd Annual Sing-It-Yourself Messiah, Dec. 8

■ "On a Winter's Eve," Dec. 22

■ "Passion," April 13-14

■ Brahms & Beethoven, May 18-19

Conspirare

Various venues, www.conspirare.org

■ Big Sing: Sept. 6, Dec. 18, May 16

■ Signature Conspirare, Sept. 27-30

■ Conspirare Christmas, Dec. 8-10

■ "The Sacred Spirit of Russia," Jan. 31-Feb. 1

■ "Wondernight," March 2

■ "Fusion: Choral Song Meets Slam Poetry," April 27-28

■ "Songs of the Soul," May 31

■ "Beethoven: Missa Solemnis," June 9

Ensemble VIII

Various venues, www.ensembleviii.org

■ "God and Man, Time and Space: Echoes of the Sistine Chapel," Oct. 12

■ Handel's Messiah (complete), Dec. 21-22

■ "The Passion of Seven: North German Masterworks for Holy Week," March 1

■ "Blessed Mother, Eternal Spirit: The Eton Choirbook," May 10

Fast Forward Austin: New Music Festival

April 6, Austin Scottish Rite Theater, 207 W. 18th St., www.fastforwardaustin.com

Golden Hornet Project

www.goldenhornetproject.org

■ Nov. 3, String Quartet Smackdown with Tosca String Quartet, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre, 280 W. 18th St.

La Follia Austin Baroque

First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive; www.lafollia.org

■ "Classically Speaking: Music of Mozart and Haydn," Friday and Saturday

■ "Viol Intentions: Music for Viola da Gambas," Oct. 6-7

■ "Herd the Third: More Concerti by Bach for Multiple Harpsichords," Jan. 5-6

■ "Baroque-n Hearts: Love Duets by Handel, Purcell, and Scarlatti," Feb. 9-10

■ "Johann Sebastian Bach's Musical Offering," April 6-7

Line Upon Line Percussion

Various venues, lineuponlinepercussion.org

■ "Happy 100th Birthday, Mr. Cage," Sept. 8

■ Music from Austin, Nov. 2

■ Line Upon Line and Friends, Dec. 9

■ Music for Piano and Percussion, Feb. 12

■ Hugues Dufourt's Erewhon, April 11

Long Center for the Performing Arts

711 W. Riverside Drive, www.thelongcenter.org

■ Flamenco Austin: Grisha, Sept. 13

■ The Five Browns, Oct. 11

■ Igudesman & Joo: A Little Nightmare Music, Jan. 19

■ Anton Nel: All Beethoven, April 14

■ Flamenco Austin: Carlos Piñana, May 16

Round Rock Symphony

Various venues, www.roundrocksymphony.org

■ "Austria to Oz," Sept. 21

■ Chamber music concert, Oct. 13

■ "1940's Swingin' Holiday," Dec. 7

■ Chamber music concert, Jan. 20

■ Chamber music concert, April 20

■ "Happy 5th Birthday Round Rock Symphony," May 17

■ Concert in the park, June 1

Salon Concerts

Various venues, www.salonconcerts.org

■ Oct. 28-30

■ Nov. 25-27

■ Jan. 20-22

■ March 24-26

Texas Choral Consort

Various venues, www.txconsort.org

■ "Happy 100th Birthday, Mr. Cage," Sept. 8

■ "Amadeus," Oct. 4

■ Navidad Nuestra, Dec. 1

■ Brahms Requiem, Feb. 16

■ Dvorák Mass in D, Aug. 17

Texas Early Music Project

Various venues, www.early-music.org

■ "The Tudors: From Henry To Elizabeth," Sept. 15-16

■ "Noches, Noches: Sephardic Songs Of Love & Life," Oct. 20-21

■ "An Early Christmas Eurotour," Dec. 14-15

■ "Celtic Trinity: Music From Ireland, Scotland, & Brittany," Jan. 26-27

■ "Unrequited Love: Troubadours of France & Spain," March 2-3

■ "Secret No More: Renaissance & Baroque Music by Nuns, Courtesans, & Queens," April 20-21

UT Butler School of Music

Various UT campus venues, www.music.utexas.edu

■ Miró Quartet: Sept. 16, Sept. 28, Nov. 1, Jan. 18, May 5

■ Jessen Series: Faculty Jazz Ensemble, Sept. 20; Brian Lewis, Feb. 22

■ Butler Opera Center: "Madama Butterfly," Oct. 26-Nov. 4; "Les Enfants Terribles," Feb. 22-March 3; "Don Giovanni," April 19-28

■ UT Symphony Orchestra: Oct. 1, Oct. 4, Oct. 31, Dec. 7, Feb. 11, April 1, April 29

■ Longhorn Jazz Festival: April 13

■ Great Organ Series: David Heller, Oct. 14; Alan Morrison, Nov. 18; Judith Hancock & Scott Davis, Dec. 14; Feb. 3

■ Bach Cantata Series at the Blanton Museum: Sept. 25, Oct. 30

■ New Music Ensemble: Oct. 3, Nov. 5, Nov. 30

■ Black History Month Concert: Feb. 8

UT Texas Performing Arts

www.texasperformingarts.org

■ Laurie Anderson: "Dirtday," Sept. 20-21

■ Edgar Meyer, double bass, Sept. 22

■ Shanghai Quartet with Haochen Zhang, Sept. 26

■ Miro Quartet with Shanghai Quartet, Sept. 28

■ Daniel Hope & Friends, Oct. 9-10

■ The Planets: "An HD Odyssey," Oct. 21

■ Les Violons du Roy with Emmanuel Pahud, Oct. 26

■ Cameron Carpenter, Nov. 2

■ Eighth Blackbird, Jan. 28-Feb. 5

■ The Knights with Wu Man, Feb. 19

■ Jeremy Denk, Feb. 27

■ Dawn Upshaw, April 7

■ Maria Schneider with UT Jazz Orchestra, April 13

■ Alison Balsom with the Scottish Ensemble, April 16

THEATER

Critic's picks

► This season's big theatrical moment will come with the opening of the Topfer Theatre, Zach Theatre's new 430-seat venue, slated to inaugurate with a new production of "Ragtime." UT Texas Performing Arts once again hosts the National Theatre of Scotland with its folk-music twinged "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart." And Austin's Trouble Puppet Theater Company imaginatively reimagines "Macbeth" Oct. 31-Nov.18.

— J.C.v.R.

Austin Community College

1212 Rio Grande St., www.austincc.edu/drama

■ "Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life: Poems by Charles Bukowski," Oct. 4-13

■ "The Homage That Follows," Nov. 9-18

■ "Beauty is the Best Priest: Short Plays of the Harlem Renaissance," Feb. 22-March 3

Austin Shakespeare

Rollins Studio Theatre, Long Center, www.austinshakespeare.org

■ "Pride and Prejudice," Nov. 7-25

■ "Design for Living," Feb. 6 - 24

■ "The Winter's Tale," Zilker Hillside Theatre, May 1 - 26

City Theatre

3823 Airport Blvd., www.citytheatreaustin.org

■ "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean," Oct. 25-Nov. 18

■ "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom," Oct. 25-Nov. 11

■ "Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge," Nov. 29-Dec. 23

■ "Othello," Feb. 21-March 17

■ "Moon Over Buffalo," March 21-April 14

■ "Twelve Angry Men," May 16-June 9

■ "Much Ado About Nothing," June 13-July 7

■ "A Streetcar Named Desire," July 25-Aug. 18

■ "Grease," Aug. 22-Sept. 15

Frontera Fest 2013

Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd St., www.fronterafest.org, Jan. 15-Feb. 16

Fusebox

Various venues, www.fuseboxfestival.com

■ "60-in Sixty," Oct. 17

■ 2013 Fusebox Festival, April 17-28

Gilbert & Sullivan Society

www.gilbertsullivan.org

■ "Soprano Songfest," Sept. 9

■ "How to Write Your Own Gilbert & Sullivan Opera," Nov. 18

■ "G&S Sing-Along," Jan. 6

■ "Princess Ida," June 13-23

Hyde Park Theatre

511 W. 43rd St. www.hydeparktheatre.org

■ "Middletown," Sept. 20-Oct. 20

Long Center for the Performing Arts

711 W. Riverside Drive, www.thelongcenter.org

■ The Improvised Shakespeare Company, Sept. 18-23

■ "Rock of Ages," Sept. 25-30

■ "The Price is Right Live," Sept. 21

■ Capitol Steps, Oct. 25

■ Shaolin Warriors, Nov. 1

■ Annie Griffiths, Nov. 12

■ Cirque Dreams "Holidaze," Nov. 20-25

■ Guy Forsyth & Carolyn Wonderland's "Holiday Roast," Dec. 20-22

■ "Video Games Live," Jan. 5

■ Tim Samaras: Chasing Tornadoes, Jan. 28

■ "Celtic Nights: A Journey of Hope," Feb. 24

■ "Erth: Dinosaur Petting Zoo," Feb. 26-March 3

■ "The Song Remains the Same: The Music of Led Zeppelin," March 20

■ "Monty Python's Spamalot," March 22-23

■ "Stuffed & Unstrung," April 10

■ Zoppe Italian Family Circus, April 12-14

■ Joel Sartore, April 22

■ "The Dark Side of the Moon: The Music of Pink Floyd," May 15

■ "Whose Live Anyway," May 17

■ "One Vision: The Music of Queen," June 5

■ "One-Man Star Wars Trilogy," June 11-16

■ "Dixie's Tupperware Party," June 18-30

Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's University

3001 S. Congress Ave., www.stedwards.edu/theatre

■ "Under Construction," Sept. 27-Oct. 7

■ "Bus Stop," Nov. 8-18

■ "Measure for Measure," Feb. 14-24

■ "The Importance of Being Earnest," April 11-21

■ "The Secret Garden," June 13-30

The Off Center

2211 Hidalgo St., www.rudemechs.com/off_center/

■ "Spacestation 1985," Natalie George Productions, Sept. 13-22

■ "Alfred and Agnes," Physical Plant Theatre, Oct. 3-27

Palace Theatre

810 S. Austin Ave., Georgetown, www.georgetownpalace.com

■ "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," Sept. 21-Oct. 14

■ "Always, Patsy Cline," Oct. 26-Nov. 25

■ "Miracle on 34th Street, The Musical," Dec. 7-Dec. 30

■ "Dearly Beloved," Jan. 11-Feb. 3

■ "South Pacific," Feb. 22-Mar. 24

■ "Same Time Next Year," April 5-28

■ "Thoroughly Modern Millie," May 17-June 16

■ "Will Rogers Follies," July 5-Aug. 4

■ "A Few Good Men," Aug. 16-Sept. 8

Paramount Theatre

713 Congress Ave., www.austintheatre.org

■ "In Conversation: Spike Lee," Sept. 8

■ A Pre-Election Roast with The Onion, Oct. 26

■ Dr. Maya Angelou, Nov. 2

■ "Last Call at the Oasis," Nov. 28

■ "In Conversation: Ben Mankiewicz," Dec. 1

■ An Evening with Glenn Close, Dec. 6

■ The Moth on the Road, Dec. 14

■ "Shatner's World, We Just Live In It," Jan. 13

■ "Bella Gaia (Beautiful Earth)," Jan. 23

■ An Evening with Cesar Millan: The Dog Whisperer, Jan. 27

■ Dr. Brian Greene, "The Hidden Reality," Feb. 26

■ L.A. Theatre Works' "Pride & Prejudice," Feb. 28

■ An Evening with Amy Sedaris, March 22

■ Tomáš Kubínek, Certified Lunatic & Master of the Impossible, March 28

■ "Fuel," April 3

■ David Sedaris at the Long Center, April 24

■ "In Conversation: Ben Mankiewicz," May 24

Penfold Theatre Company

Various venues, www.penfoldtheatre.org

■ "Moonlight and Magnolias," Oct. 4-21

■ "It's a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Show," Nov. 29-Dec. 23.

■ "A Minister's Wife," March 28-April 14

■ "Shipwrecked!," June 6-29,

Rude Mechs

2211 Hidalgo St., www.rudemechs.com

■ "This Site May Be Compromised," April

Salvage Vanguard

2803 Manor Road, www.salvagevanguard.org

■ "Dream Cabinet," Oct. 20-31

■ "Bright Now Beyond," July 5-27

Teatro Vivo

Various venues, www.teatrovivo.org

■ Cura, Sept. 13-29

■ Mariachi Girl, Oct. 6-Nov. 3

■ Cuento Navideño, Bah Humbug in the Barrio, Dec. 6-16

■ Mexcentrics, March 7-9

■ Austin Latino New Play Festival, May 16-18

Texas State University — San Marcos

www.theatreanddance.txstate.edu

■ Tenth Annual Black and Latino Playwrights Conference, Sept. 11-16

■ "Lend Me a Tenor," Oct. 2-6

■ "Doubt," Oct. 11-13

■ "Gruesome Playground Injuries," Nov. 1-3

■ "Into the Woods," Nov. 13-18

■ "Richard III," Feb.12-16

■ "All in the Timing," March 21-23

■ "Top Girls," April 4-6

■ "Urinetown," April 16-21

Trouble Puppet Theatre

Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2803 Manor Road, www.troublepuppet.com

■ "Toil and Trouble," Oct. 31-Nov.18

■ "The Cruel Circus," April 29-May 25

UT Department of Theatre and Dance

www.texasperformingarts.org

■ "The Cataract," Oct. 19-28

■ "The Scarlet Letter," Nov. 16-Dec. 7

■ "The Edge of Peace," Feb. 1-10

■ "Crumbs from the Table of Joy," March 1-9

■ Cohen New Works Festival, March 25-30

■ UT New Theatre, April 11-28

University of Texas - Texas Performing Arts

Bass Concert Hall, www.texasperformingarts.org

■ "Mike Daisey: The Agony and The Ectasy of Steve Jobs," Sept. 13-15

■ Bill Cosby, Oct. 28

■ An Evening with Frank Rich and Fran Lebowitz, Nov. 14

■ Bill O'Reilly and Dennis Miller, Nov. 23

■ "Billy Elliot: The Musical," Dec. 11-16

■ "National Theatre of Scotland: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart," Jan. 16-19

■ Disney's "The Lion King," Jan. 16-Feb. 10

■ Teatrocinema, March 21-23

■ "Million Dollar Quartet," April 9-14

■ Tony Kushner, April 22

■ Circa, April 27

■ "Priscilla Queen of the Desert," May 8-12

Vortex

2307 Manor Road, www.vortexrep.org

■ "Water," Sept. 1-29

■ "As The Globe Warms," Oct. 18-Nov. 11

■ "Zell Miller III's Holiday Show," Dec. 13-22

■ Circus Chickendog's "The Mutt-cracker," Dec. 27 -Jan. 5

■ "Elizabeth: Heart of a King," Jan. 11-26

■ "Hop Hop Theater Explosion," Jan. 31-Feb. 2.

■ "Earth," March 23-April 20

■ Electronic Planet Ensemble, May 3-18

■ "Qualities of Starlight," May 25-June 15

■ New Play by Zell Miller III, Aug. 1-17

■ "Sing Muse," Aug. 24-Sept. 14

■ Ethos' CyberFest, Sept. 21-28

Wimberley Players

450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, www.wimberleyplayers.org

■ "Once Upon A Mattress," Sept. 14-Oct. 7

■ "Sordid Lives," Nov. 9-Dec. 2

Zach Theatre

South Lamar Boulevard and West Riverside Drive, zachtheatre.org

■ "Ragtime," Oct. 17-Nov. 18

■ "The Santaland Diaries," Nov. 23-Dec. 23

■ "Tru," Jan. 9-March 10

■ "White Christmas," Dec. 5-30

■ "33 Variations," Jan. 23-Feb. 17

■ "Mad Beat Hip & Gone," April 3-28

■ "Harvey," May 15-June 16