October 2010
“Like a mash-up of the most brutal episode of Wild Kingdom and any episode of South Park.” —San Francisco Bay Guardian

Hunter Gatherers
by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
Directed by Mark Pickell
October 14-November 6
Hyde Park Theatre
Pam and Richard are hosting their best friends, Wendy and Tom, for their annual dinner get-together. An animal sacrifice kicks off the evening, followed by a little more sex, violence, deception, revelations, wrestling and dancing than previous years. A darkly comic evening where the line between civilized and primal man is blurred, and where not everyone will …

The Austin Critics Table Award Nominations were announced last week, and Capital T received 2 nominations for their work in 2008-2009. THE BIRD AND THE BEE was nominated for Outstanding Production of a Drama. Company member Chase Wooldridge was cited for his work in the THE BIRD AND THE BEE with a nomination for Acting in a Leading Role.
Capital T would also like to congratulate current cast members of KILLER JOE for their respective nominations.  Katie DeBuys who plays Sharla in the upcoming production of KILLER JOE was …

Capital T is proud to announce its amazing lineup of actors for its June production of Killer Joe at Hyde Park Theatre.

Review: ‘The Bird’ and ‘The Bee’
By Joey Seiler | Monday, January 26, 2009, 12:40 PM
“The Bird and The Bee” is essentially two very good plays within one great production.
“The Bird,” by Al Smith, and “The Bee,” by Matt Hartley, were originally staged at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as two separate offerings, giving audiences the chance to view them a la carte or take in the double billing. In Capital T Theatre’s new take, it’s hard to imagine them apart.
Each play tells the story of a different teenager and how they …

conducted by Carrie Klypchak Dramaturg / Literary Manager for Capital T

>Al has talked to us about his initial inspiration for the production.  Could you discuss what drew you to the project, the developmental process which you have undertaken, and a history of the play(s) in production?
When Al asked me to write something for his company Kandinsky I jumped at the chance. I’d never had a play on in Edinburgh and Al had a habit of being able to produce/write shows that Edinburgh …

conducted by Carrie Klypchak   Dramaturg/Literary Manager for Capital T
> Could you discuss a bit about the inspiration for writing THE BIRD, the developmental process of play, and the history of the production?
I’d been leafing through a newspaper and had my eye drawn to an article about a spate of teenage suicides in Bridgend, a small town in rural Wales. The article was trying to figure out what specifically it was about this particular region that drove these poor young folk to take their own lives. It was as if some …

Capital T is proud to announce the cast for The Bird and The Bee which will open in January as part of FronteraFest 2009.
Returning to work with Capital T, Chase Wooldridge, will play Jakob in the Bird and ensemble in the The Bee.  He has appeared in Mr. Marmalade, i google myself, La Dispute and Edward II for Capital T.
Tayler Gill will play Chloe in the Bee and ensemble in the Bird.  While she has collaborated with Capital T in the past on Happy Days and La Dispute, this is …

Katherine Catmull was honored with the 2008 B Iden Payne Award for Best Leading actress in a comedy, for her performance as Winnie in Capital T’s production of Happy Days by Samuel Beckett.
The B. Iden Payne Awards — named for the renowned British theater director and teacher who concluded his career at the University of Texas at Austin — are awarded annually to recognize outstanding contributions to the Austin theater community.
This was her 18th B Iden Payne Award nomination and her 6th win.  She has also won for Best Leading …