Pollyanna Theatre Company
Kids loved Emily Cicchini's play about patterns so much that it's spawned two sequels
"...Cicchini is the playwright-in-residence with Pollyanna Theatre Company. In 2005, she created Patterns, an energetic..."
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June 19, 2009 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah
With Darlin’, Pollyanna McIntosh Is Part of the Rising Tide of Female Horror Directors
Time for a bloody change
"...Pollyanna McIntosh has always wanted to be a director. Scratch..."
March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Britt Hayes
Pollyanna
July 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Violet Crown Treasures
Pollyanna Theatre Company's new play brings together two of Austin's most exceptional artists and women
"...On May 12, Pollyanna Theatre Company opens I'm Not the Woman I Was,..."
May 13, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz
DVDanger: Let Us Prey
Star, director on strong women, evil, and rape in film
"...In this Scottish-set morality horror, Pollyanna McIntosh (Love Eternal, Lucky McKee's The Woman) plays Constable..."
May 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
15 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at SXSW 2019
A few words about some of our favorite films coming to the fest
"...Pollyanna McIntosh has always wanted to be a director. Scratch..."
March 7, 2019 SXSW Post by The Screens Staff
Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film
Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced
"...will stand alongside another behind-the-camera debut, with Scottish actress Pollyanna McIntosh first feature as director: The third in the..."
Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Gift Guide: Support Stocking Stuffers
Give a gift that keeps on giving – to your local creatives
"...• Liberty! Equality! And Fireworks! – Pollyanna Theatre Company wanted to make sure that its audiences..."
Dec. 10, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Treasure Chest
The Vault Disney collection dusts off kid classics from its golden era of live-action films. They still fit -- and beautifully.
"...The Vault Disney Collection: Old Yeller, The Parent Trap, Pollyanna, Swiss Family Robinson..."
May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones
'The Funnybun Family Picnic'
In her new play for children, Emily Ball Cicchini clowns around with an Arthur Miller classic
"...Cicchini, resident playwright for Pollyanna Theatre Company, pitched the idea of a clown play..."
July 12, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
'The Girl With Time in Her Eyes'
Hidden Room Theatre lets SXSW Interactive play with time travel
"...and visible. Clayton wants to apply it to the Pollyanna Murders, a crime that occurred in 1947 on the..."
March 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Culture Flash!
Payne Theatre Award winners, new companies at home at the Long Center, and an arts administrator gets more classical work
"...Symphony Orchestra. Now, Tapestry Dance Company, Austin Shakespeare, and Pollyanna Theatre Company can also call Austin's Creative Home home...."
Nov. 2, 2012 Arts Column
Steel Bluebonnet Determination
Robin Shivers, founder of HAAM, worked behind the scenes, and yet was one of the Austin music scene's most important faces
"...in focusing on efforts that better the community. No Pollyanna..."
Nov. 27, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Long Center for the Performing Arts: Opening the house before it opens
The long-awaited cultural facility throws wide its doors for four days of free performances and tours
"...Austin Classical Guitar Society, Tex-ARTS, Capital City Men's Chorus, Pollyanna Theatre Company, ProArts Collective, the Austin Symphony Woodwind Quintet,..."
March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Culture Flash!
Actors' Equity honors Dirk van Allen, and the 2005 B. Iden Payne Awards go to ...
"...Barfield Cole). In the field of theatre for youth, Pollyanna Theatre Company led the way with five awards, including..."
Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Wise Up
For its staging of Sandy Asher's ironically titled children's comedy 'The Wise Men of Chelm,' Second Youth Family Theatre gets to bring the playwright to town
"...was sort of the brainchild of Judy Matetzschk-Campbell of Pollyanna Theatre Company and me," says Rick Smith, Second Youth's..."
April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
Payne Pleasures 2004
Sam Bass Theatre's Forever Plaid took top honors at the 30th anniversary B. Iden Payne Awards
"...Tangled Tricksters (Pollyanna Theatre Company)..."
Oct. 8, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
As Theatre for Children Matures
In 40 years of nurturing young people's love for the stage, Coleman Jennings has helped a profession develop, too
"...own companies. In Austin, companies such as Project InterAct, Pollyanna Theatre Company, and Second Youth Family Theatre (see "The..."
April 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Shame the Devil
The celebrated 19th-century actress Fanny Kemble possessed the courage both to stand on a stage and speak as someone else and to stand on principle and speak up for someone else, as we learn with admiration and delight in the Pollyanna Theatre Company's production of Shame the Devil.
"...as we learn with admiration and delight in the Pollyanna Theatre Company's production of Shame the Devil. This solo..."
Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Review
Edward, the Owl & the Calico Cat
Austin playwright Emily Cicchini tells the true story behind Edward Lear's magical "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" in Edward, the Owl & the Calico Cat, and the Pollyanna Theatre Company production delivers it smartly, if at a somewhat breathless pace.
"...offers him a shilling and that's that ...), the Pollyanna Theatre Company's production stays on track, even throwing detail-meaty..."
July 12, 2002 Arts Review by Kate X Messer
Invasion of the Kiddie-Lit Plays
Characters from children's literature storm Austin-area stages in July.
"...Edward, the Owl, and the Calico Cat The Pollyanna Theatre Company makes its debut with playwright Emily Cicchini's..."
July 5, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Paper
The chaos, confusion, and ongoing struggle that is involved in putting out a newspaper is well-captured in Howard's movie. Despite a melodramatic storyline, the texture rings true and the rapid-fire dialogue recalls screwball comedies from the Thirties.
"...world, I don't want to make this sound like Pollyanna of the Presses, but it is a world of..."
April 1, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black
Cultural Cancellations and Postponements: The Big List
What's not happening around Austin, arts-wise
"...Vincent 3/26-4/18, postponed until July; The Tempest 5/28-6/20, canceled Pollyanna Theatre Company – Ants Go Marching 3/26-4/04, postponed, new..."
March 24, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Austin Playhouse's She Loves Me
This old-fashioned rom-com musical oozes charm and earns its Pollyanna platitudes
Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman
2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees
E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms
"...Production All Aboard!, Pollyanna Theatre Company A Shoe Story, Summer Stock Austin Charlotte's..."
Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires
2017 SXSW Film Venue Guide
Where to go, how to get there, and how to navigate the lines
"...contemporary tap dance (Tapestry Dance), theatre for young audiences (Pollyanna Theatre Company), and musicals old and new performed by..."
March 3, 2017 SXSW Post
Pleasure of the Paynes 2016
Annual theatre awards think Terminus is the living end
"...Production Cowboy in the Kitchen, Pollyanna Theatre Company..."
Oct. 27, 2016 Arts Post
2016 SXSW Film Venue Guide
Where to go, how to get there, and what that line’s going to be like
"...contemporary tap dance (Tapestry Dance), theatre for young audiences (Pollyanna Theatre Company), and musicals old and new performed by..."
March 7, 2016 Screens Post
Marc Seriff Named New Long Center CEO
Longtime trustee serving as interim leader gets gig for good
"...Opera, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Austin, Austin Shakespeare, Conspirare, Pollyanna Theatre Company, and Tapestry Dance] That won’t change. Starting..."
March 4, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet
Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015
"...via Dark Sky Films (read our interview with star Pollyanna McIntosh and director Brian O'Malley)...."
Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
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