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[22 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 267 views]
Warning: Pictures of BUG

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen the play you might not want to look at the bottom two pictures.

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[11 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 329 views]
Critics bitten by BUG and love it!

Arts and Life Best Bet
- Austin-American Statesman

“Disturbing and powerful…This is theatre at it’s absolute best and raw form.”
- Do512
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“[Joey Hood and Katie deBuys] give amazing performances, and the sound, set, lighting design, and Mark Pickell’s directing, are all brilliant…an excellent production”
– Austin Theatre Examiner
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Director Mark Pickell and the cast set the rhythms, the characters, the relationships in the first half as if they were knowledgeable deepsea anglers hooking the great fish of the audience. …

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[8 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 218 views]
Killer Joe nabs Best Comedy and Best Direction from the Austin Critics’ Table Awards

Killer Joe finished off the awards season by nabbing two awards from the 2010 Austin Critics’ Table Awards  held last night at Cap City Comedy Club. Capital T took home one of the top honors as Killer Joe was named BEST COMEDY at the awards ceremony. Other nominees in the category were Black Snow, Tutto Theatre Company bobrauschenbergamerica, Mary Moody Northen Theatre, Body Awareness, Hyde Park Theatre, House of Several Stories, Imagine That Productions, and The Taming of the Shrew, The Hidden Room Theatre.
In an open field that …

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[24 May 2010 | No Comment | 716 views]
Video Trailer for BUG

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[12 May 2010 | 2 Comments | 755 views]
Hyde Park Infested with the Cast of BUG

T
hey’re Back! The entire cast of KILLER JOE is back to thrill audiences again with BUG by Tracy Letts. The cast received an Outstanding Cast B Iden Payne Nomination last Fall while the production was nominated for 13 awards winning 5. This cast is guaranteed to thrill audiences again this summer.

Goss – Kenneth Wayne Bradley
This is Ken’s third collaboration with Capital T after playing the titular KILLER JOE last summer.  He also wrote “Windchimes and Vericose Cream” for Capital T’s world premiere of  “I ♥ Wal-Mart” .Kenneth has …

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[12 May 2010 | No Comment | 359 views]
KILLER JOE nominated for Best Comedy by Austin Critics Table Awards

Killer Joe nabbed two nominations from the Austin Critics Table Awards on Thursday, rounding out the entire awards season.  Cap T’s production of Tracy Letts’ comic thriller earned a nomination for Best Production of a Comedy, while its director, Mark Pickell, was nominated for Best Direction. Joey Hood, who played Chris in KILLER JOE, was nominated for Best Lead Actor for his solo performance in Hyde Park Theatre’s THE ATHEIST.
The awards winners will be announced Monday, June 7, 7pm, at Cap City Comedy Club, 8120 Research. The public is …

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[4 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 390 views]
3 Rave Reviews for DYING CITY

Critics have fallen in love with every aspect of DYING CITY.  They have been blown away by Liz Fisher’s and Mark Scheibmeir’s performances, loved Christopher Shinn’s subtle yet complex play, and gave credit to first time director Derek Kolluri for bringing the story to life.
“Exquisite, powerful, contemporary. Liz Fisher and Mark Scheibmeier resonate with Derek Kolluri’s direction. Deserves a much longer run than the remaining three performances now scheduled”
Austin Live Theatre – read the full review here
“Leave the kids with a sitter, bring a handkerchief, and drive …

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[15 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 855 views]
Cap T interviews Dying City playwright Christopher Shinn

It’s not often that Capital T gets to interview a Pulitzer prize nominated playwright, but that’s just what we did after Christopher Shinn agreed to talk about his play DYING CITY with our Literary Manager Carrie Klypchak.  The 34 year old playwright, whose adaptation of HEDDA GABLER ran on Broadway last Spring, was nominated in 2008 for a Pulitzer Prize in drama for his play DYING CITY.
His plays have been premiered by the Royal Court Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, the Vineyard Theatre, South Coast Rep, …

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[11 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 568 views]
Interview with Dying City Director Derek Kolluri

We are very proud to introduce Derek Kolluri to the Austin theatre scene.  As our finalist for the New Directions program he will be directing DYING CITY by Christopher Shinn which opens January 19th at the Blue Theatre.  Derek holds an MFA in acting from the University of Arkansas and a Bachelor of Integrated Studies from Emporia State University and is currently developing his own theatre company Sustainable Theatre Project.  He also recently worked as Stage Manager for SICK for Capital T and appeared in Cambiare’s production of ORESTES.  …

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[1 Jan 2010 | One Comment | 558 views]
Cap T Nominated for 17 ATE Awards and Wins 5 including ‘Company of the Year’!

Capital T Theatre won 5 Austin Theatre Examiner awards including Company of the Year.  KILLER JOE struck again collecting Best Production of a Comedy, while Melissa Recalde and Tayler Gill closed out the lead actress category of both comedy and drama.  Last and not least, Adam Hilton was also cited for his amazing sound design of THE BIRD and THE BEE, KILLER JOE, and SICK.  The nominations rolled in from Ryan Johnson at the Austin Theatre Examiner at the end of 2009.  In their first year to offer the awards …