Pinocchio Commedia
by Johnny Simons
directed by David Yeakle
at Kenny Dorham’s Backyard
July 16, 17, 18 at 7 p.m.
July 24 at 11 a.m.
July 25 at 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Buy Tickets Here!
Call 512.474.TIXS (8497) or visit www.NowPlayingAustin.com/Austix.
Outdoor theatre at Kenny Dorham’s Backyard, 1106 East 11th Street (3 blocks east of I-35, right next to the historic Victory Grill). Lots of Free Parking! Open seating! Bring a blanket or lawn chairs! Barbeque and drinks sold before the show! KIDDIE POOL SEATING – WEAR A SWIMSUIT! Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 children under 12.
The company who brought you The Red Balloon, Tongue and Groove Theatre is proud to present Pinocchio Commedia for a limited engagement on Austin’s historic east side. This family-friendly whimsical play is based on Carlo Collodi’s classic story and features a misfit troupe of commedia characters valiantly attempting to stage the story of Pinocchio, the living wooden puppet who longs to be a real boy.
Directed by David Yeakle. Costumes by Hilah Johnson. Masks by Ben Schave. Photography by George Brainard. Graphic design by Leah Lovise.
Featuring Kelli Bland (The Red Balloon, Murder Ballad Murder Mystery), Westen Borghesi (Silent Stage, The White Ghost Shivers), Ben Schave (…Some Other Day, Murder Ballad Murder Mystery), Miranda Guillory (The Smoking Lesson), Aja McMillan (Lysistrata), George Riley (The Red Balloon), and Gricelda Silva (The Red Balloon) as Pinocchio.
Tongue and Groove Theatre is a sponsored project of The Greater Austin Creative Alliance. This project is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
A Life In The Theatre
by David Mamet
Ahhhh! A life in the theatre! Whence is the magic of greasepaint? It is simply oily goop mixed with colors… But, jar it, put it on a dressing table, and it suddenly becomes as evocative as Proust’s madelines…blah blah blah blah.
What is it with actors and their maddening romanticizing about life in the theatre? The surest traditions are long hours, lousy pay, inept producers, sweaty dressing rooms, falling scenery, rejection, and the wrath of critics. The only thing that could make the job worse is some creepy old actor constantly telling you what you are doing wrong.
Here we have the young Zeb West (The Red Balloon) barely tolerating the idiosyncrasies of the old Michael Stuart (The Fantasticks)—onstage and off—in this hilarious and touching send-up of the traditions, superstitions, and vagaries of the theatre. Directed by Mark Stewart (Bomb Shelter: Or The Modern Pinocchio).
July 5th, 2010 | News | No comments
