The Stats
Fri., Sept. 14, 2012
Factors that contextualize and drive the decision-making process for the theatre's season.
AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE
Don Toner, producing artistic director
Type: Professional – Actors' Equity Association union contracts with actors and stage managers; all artists and technicians paid
Venue: After producing a season in a temporary facility, the Playhouse has broken ground on its long-planned new facility with a mainstage (220 seats) and second stage (99 seats).
This Season: Man of La Mancha (dates TBA), Noises Off (dates TBA), Roaring (world premiere by Austin playwright Cyndi Williams) (dates TBA), The Philadelphia Story (dates TBA), fifth play TBA
AUSTIN SHAKESPEARE
Ann Ciccolella, artistic director
Type: Professional – Actors' Equity Association union contracts with actors and stage managers
Venues: Various – primarily Long Center's Rollins Studio Theatre (black box, 200 seats), Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theatre (for annual free production, outdoor, room for 3,000), and the Curtain Theatre (outdoor, 200 seats).
This Season: Pride and Prejudice (Nov. 7-25), Design for Living (Feb. 6-24), The Winter's Tale (May 1-26)
CITY THEATRE
Andy Berkovsky, producing artistic director
Type: Semi-professional – directors, designers, stage managers are paid, also some actors
Venue: Proscenium (80 seats)
This Season: Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Oct. 25-Nov. 18), Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (Oct. 26-Nov. 17), Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge (Nov. 29-Dec. 23), Othello (Feb. 21-Mar. 17), Moon Over Buffalo (Mar. 21-Apr. 14), Twelve Angry Men (May 16-Jun. 9), Much Ado About Nothing (Jun. 13-Jul. 7), A Streetcar Named Desire (Jul. 25-Aug. 18), Grease (Aug. 22-Sept. 15)
DIFFERENT STAGES
Norman Blumensaadt, producing artistic director
Type: Community
Venues: Various – primarily the Vortex (80 seats) and City Theatre (80 seats)
This Season: You Can't Take It With You (Nov. 17-Dec. 8), Quills (Jan. 4-26), Good People (Apr. 19-May 11), Child's Play (Jun. 21-Jul. 13)
HYDE PARK THEATRE
Ken Webster, producing artistic director
Type: Professional – all actors and designers paid
Venue: Proscenium (80 seats)
This Season: Middletown (Sept. 20-Oct. 20), FronteraFest 2013 (Jan. -Feb.), TBA
LONG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Paul Beutel, managing director
Type: Rental and presenting organization
Venues: Dell Hall (2400 seats), Rollins Studio Theatre (229 seats)
This Season: Improvised Shakespeare Co. (Sept. 18-23), The Price Is Right, Live! (Sept. 21), Rock of Ages (Sept. 25-30), Tap Dogs (Oct. 9), Ballet Folklórico de México (Oct. 23) The Capitol Steps (Oct. 25), Shaolin Warriors (Nov. 1), Cirque Dreams Holidaze (Nov. 20-25), Video Games Live (Jan. 5)
PENFOLD THEATRE COMPANY
Ryan Crowder, producing artistic director
Type: Professional – all actors, directors, and designers paid
Venues: Various – primarily Hyde Park Theatre (80 seats), Round Rock Amphitheatre (outdoor, room for 300), Friar Tuck's Pantry (100 seats)
This Season: Moonlight and Magnolias (Oct. 4-21), It's a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Show (Nov. 29-Dec. 23), A Minister's Wife (Mar. 28-Apr. 14), Shipwrecked! (Jun. 6-29)
VORTEX REPERTORY COMPANY
Bonnie Cullum, producing artistic director
Type: Semi-professional – producing/presenting
Venues: Indoor mainstage (80 seats), outdoor stage (room for 300)
This Season: The Elementals: Water (Sept. 1-29), Heather Woodbury's As the Globe Warms (Oct. 18-Nov. 11), Elizabeth: Heart of a King (Jan. 11-26), The Elementals: Earth (Mar. 23-Apr. 20), Vortex Summer Youth Theatre (Jul. 19-27), Sing Muse! (Aug. 24-Sept. 14)
ZACH THEATRE
Dave Steakley, producing artistic director
Type: Professional – Actors' Equity Association union contracts with actors, SDC contracts for union directors and choreographers, Union Scenic Artists contracts for union costume and scenic designers, with all artists and crew members paid
Venues: Topfer Theatre (428 seats); Kleberg Stage (230 seats), Whisenhunt Stage (130 seats)
This Season: Ragtime (Oct. 17-Nov. 18), The Santaland Diaries (Nov. 23-Dec. 23) White Christmas (Dec. 5-30), Tru (Jan. 9-Mar. 10), 33 Variations (Jan. 23-Feb. 17), Mad Beat Hip & Gone (Apr. 3-28), Harvey (May 15-Jun. 16), One Night With Janis Joplin (dates TBA)
