Capital T presents

Directed by Mark Pickell

Scenic Design by Mark Pickell and Tommy Grubbs

Sound Design by Adam Hilton

Costume Design by Cheryl Painter

May 27th – June 26th 2010

Thursday-Saturday at 8pm

Hyde Park Theatre 511 W 43rd St

“[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

The same critically acclaimed, award winning creative team that brought you last summer’s sold out smash hit KILLER JOE (Nominated for 6 B Iden Payne Awards including Best Comedy) presents BUG by Tracy Letts. We have reunited the entire cast, crew and design team to bring you the most anticipated and thrilling show of the summer.

Tracy Letts’ followup to KILLER JOE centers on Agnes (Katie DeBuys), a lonely, middle-aged waitress victimized by her abusive ex-husband (Ken Bradley), and tortured by the kidnapping of her child in a supermarket almost ten years ago.  After spiralling into a world of alcohol, cocaine, and seedy motel rooms, Peter (Joey Hood) a timid Gulf War veteran and drifter in search of a friend wanders into her life.  As their interest in each other grows, so does their paranoid obsession with understanding what –or who –  brought them together. Did we mention the infestation of bugs?

Cast

Kenneth Wayne Bradley

Joey Hood

Katie DeBuys

Ken Webster

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About the Playwright

Tracy Letts – Playwright
has been a Steppenwolf ensemble since 2002. He was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County, which played on Broadway for over a year, following a sold-out run at Steppenwolf in 2007. August also enjoyed a sold-out engagement at London’s National Theatre and a U.S. National Tour in summer 2009. Other accolades include five Tony Awards (including Best Play), an Olivier Award and six Jeff Awards (including Best Play). Mr. Letts is also the author of Superior Donuts, which had its world premiere at Steppenwolf in 2008 and opened on Broadway in 2009; Man from Nebraska, which was produced at Steppenwolf in 2003 and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize; Killer Joe, which has been produced in Chicago, London and New York; and Bug, which has played in New York, Chicago and London. He has appeared at Steppenwolf in Betrayal, The Pillowman, Last of the Boys, The Pain and the Itch, The Dresser, Homebody/Kabul, The Dazzle, Glengarry Glen Ross (also in Dublin and Toronto), Three Days of Rain, Road to Nirvana, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and the Steppenwolf for Young Adults production of The Glass Menagerie. Other Chicago stage credits include The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (A Red Orchid Theatre), Conquest of the South Pole (Famous Door), Bouncers (the Next Lab) and his directorial debut at the Lookingglass Theatre with Great Men of Science Nos. 21 and 22. He also appeared in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, directed by ensemble member Amy Morton. Television credits include: The District, Profiler, Prison Break, The Drew Carey Show, Seinfeld and Home Improvement. Film appearances include Guinevere, U.S. Marshals and Chicago Cab.

Related posts:

1. Hyde Park Infested with the Cast of BUG
2. Video Trailer for BUG
3. Killer Joe nabs Best Comedy and Best Direction from the Austin Critics’ Table Awards

The regional premiere of the Pulitzer Prize nominated

Dying City

by Christopher Shinn
Directed by Derek Kolluri

Stage Manager – Cathrin Winsor

Scenic Design – Mark Pickell, Derek Kolluri, and Dan Farrar

Lighting Design – Dan Farrar

Costume Design – Heather Lesieur

Running Crew- Josh Singleton, Isaac Buckland, and Jeff Smith

January 19th – February 6th 2010

The Blue Theatre 916 Springdale Rd Austin, TX 78702

The first casualty of war is the truth. Christopher Shinn’s crafty and unsettling new play Dying City seeks that truth in a a quiet, transfixing tale of grief and violence, set in the shadow of the Iraq war.

When an Iraq war widow is unexpectedly visited by her dead husband’s twin brother, the two are forced to explore the repercussions of their loss, confront the secrets of the past, and admit the truth about the tragic legacy that connects them. Capital T proudly presents the regional preimiere of this Pulitzer-nominated play examining the politics of the American soul starring Liz Fisher and Mark Scheibmeir.

Cast

Kelly – Liz Fisher

Peter/Craig – Mark Scheibmeir

About the Playwright

Christopher Shinn – Playwright
was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and lives in New York. His plays have been premiered by the Royal Court Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, the Vineyard Theatre, South Coast Rep, and Soho Theatre, and later seen regionally in the United States and around the world. He is the winner of an OBIE in Playwriting (2004-2005) and a Guggenheim Fellowship in Playwriting (2005), was a Pulitzer Prize finalist (2008), was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play (2008), and has also been nominated for an Olivier Award for Most Promising Playwright (2003), a TMA Award for Best New Play (2006), a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play (2007), and a South Bank Show Award for Theatre (2009). In 2009, his adaptation of Hedda Gabler premiered on Broadway at the Roundabout (American Airlines Theatre) and he has also written short plays for Naked Angels, the 24 Hour Plays, and the New York International Fringe Festival (2002 winner, Best Overall Production). He has received grants from the NEA/TCG Residency Program and the Peter S. Reed Foundation, and he is a recipient of the Robert S. Chesley Award. His plays are published in collections from TCG and A&C Black, and in acting editions from Dramatists Play Service and Playscripts. He teaches playwriting at the New School for Drama.

Creative Team

Mark Scheibmeir – Peter/Craig
Mark was most recently seen onstage as Mr. Darcy in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at UT. He last appeared for Capital T in the summer hit I HEART WALMART as the Greeter Trainer. Some of his favorite roles include “Virgil” in ARTOIS THE GOAT (film), “Ray X” in BAD PENNY and “Cheswick” in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST. He was recently seen in Austin Shakespeare’s production of AN IDEAL HUSBAND and as Eros in the Cohen New Work’s Festivals Production of THE PSYCHE PROJECT. Mark is represented in Austin by Liz Atherton at Tag Talent. He won the W.H. “Deacon” Crain Award at the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards this year. He received his B.S. in Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin. He returned to UT as a member of the MFA in Acting Program where he is in his final year.

LIZ FISHER – Kelly
Liz was last seen on stage as Varya in Broken String’s Production of THE CHERRY ORCHARD. Favorite roles include: Lily in Hyde Park Theater’s Bombs in Your Mouth (BIP nomination, Austin Critics’ Table nomination)Hyde Park Theatre’s Featuring Loretta (BIP nomination, Austin Critics’ Table nomination), Humans, and The Pillowman; Minus Tide (BIP nomination) for the Rude Mechs and Bayou Radio; Marci in Austin Playhouse’s Dug Up; Austin Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Dog in the Manger (BIP nomination); Reefer Madness, Reefer Madness: Rehashed, and Love’s Labour’s Lost for The Bedlam Faction; HBMG Foundation’s Stroke; The Seagull (Austin Critics’ Table nomination) for Breaking String Theater; Unlimited Automotive’s The Sweetest Swing in Baseball; and Elephant’s Graveyard for UT Department of Theatre and Dance. Film credits include Holy Hell (recently screened at the Austin Film Festival), The Happy Poet, Nightlife, and Six Minutes. Liz is a Core Company Member of Hyde Park Theatre.

Related posts:

1. Cast for Dying City Will Have You Seeing Double
2. Interview with Dying City Director Derek Kolluri
3. Cap T interviews Dying City playwright Christopher Shinn

Sick

November 5-December 5

Hyde Park Theatre

Following up after its summer hits KILLER JOE and I HEART WALMART Cap T presents SICK by Zayd Dohrn. SICK is an uproarious look at a family of germ-ophobes who have severe allergies to everything from Cheez-Whiz and cleaning supplies to city air. As prisoners inside their vacuum-sealed home and garbed in non-allergic clothing they live each day in terror that a stray mold spore or chemical will sneak into their lives. When Dad brings home one of his graduate students, the family’s fear crescendos– with chaotic comedic consequences.

Cast

Sarah – Tayler Gill

Jim – Joey LePage,

Davey – Stephen Mercantel

Sidney - Joe Reynolds,

Maxine – Rebecca Robinson

“…a young Edward Albee, daring to write humor that hints at danger inside American families” Dallas Observer

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Listen to an interview with Playwright Zayd Dohrn

Read a New York Times Feature Article on Dohrn

About the Playwright

Zayd Dohrn’s plays, including Sick, Magic Forest Farm, and Reborning, have been produced and developed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Marin Theatre Company, Summer Play Festival, Alliance Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Southern Rep, and Kitchen Dog Theater, among others. He received Lincoln Center’s Lecomte du Nouy Prize, the Theatre Masters Visionary Playwrights Award, the Sky Cooper Prize, and the Jean Kennedy Smith Award, as well as residencies and/or commissions from Ars Nova, Dallas Theatre Center, Chautauqua, and the Royal Court Theatre of London. He earned his MFA from NYU and was a two-year Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellow at Juilliard.

Related posts:

1. Infectiously Talented Cast Announced for SICK
2. Cap T Nominated for 17 ATE Awards and Wins 5 including ‘Company of the Year’!

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Comedy – Mason Stewart – B Iden Payne Nomination

Capital T presents

I ♥ Walmart

August 13-August 29

Hyde Park Theatre

Hot on the heels of its summer hit, KILLER JOE, Cap T presents a new original work, I ♥ WALMART, August 13th-29th at Hyde Park Theatre. The play takes an irreverent and insightful look at the people who love Walmart, and the people who love to hate Walmart.

The play was conceived by Mark Pickell and Carrie Klypchak to answer the simple question “Why do so many people love Walmart and continue to shop there?”. The play offers 12 contrasting Walmart experiences in an effort to explore the unique and divisive role Walmart plays in our society and culture. The show is being launched just in time to mourn (or celebrate) the conversion of Austin’s Northcross Mall into an “upscale” Pantheon of 24-hour consumerism.

Welcome to Walmart by Mark Pickell performed by Mark Sheibmeir
Fuckin Walmart by Jim Fritzler performed by Joey LePage
Bob by Brad Klypchak performed by Adam Hilton
Windchimes and Varicose Cream by Kenneth Wayne Bradley performed by Travis Dean
Sarah by Aimee Gonzalez performed by Miriam Shoemaker
Rebranding Meeting by Larry Hill performed by Mason Stewart
Gina by Spencer Driggers performed by Kelli Bland / Laura Cheek
Why I Sold My Baby at the Walmark by Elizabeth Orndorff performed by Carrie Klypchak
Is it a Local Call to the 51st State? by Craig Kenworthy performed by Mateo Barrera
Rock and a Hard Place by Brad Klypchak performed by Ben Wolfe
Requiem for a Retailer by Al Pergande performed by Molly Fonseca

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Related posts:

1. We ♥ the I ♥ Walmart Cast
2. Everyone Hearts Walmart Opening Party
3. Final Performance of I ♥ Walmart Live Webcast

Capital T presents

Killer Joe

by Tracy Letts

Directed by Mark Pickell

Killer Joe is Knocking Crtics Dead!–Read the Reviews!

Heads roll, shatter and blow in KILLER JOE, the savagely funny, pitch-dark comedy by Pulitzer Prize Winning playwright Tracy Letts (AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY).

The play focuses on the Smith family, a greedy, vindictive clan of trailer-trash Texans who hatch a plan to murder their estranged, naggy, alcoholic matriarch to cash in on her insurance policy. Unable to bring themselves to do the deed, they hire Killer Joe Cooper (Ken Bradley), a full-time cop and part-time contract killer. Once he steps into their trailer, their simple plan quickly spirals out of control.

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Outstanding Acting in a Leading Role – Austin Critics Table Award Nomination

Top 9 Arts Happenings of 2009 – Austin American-Statesman

the US Premiere of

The Bird

and The Bee

by Al Smith and Matt Hartley

Chloe and Jacob are beautifully in love. The first time they meet, they end their lives.

The Bird and The Bee are  two short plays explore the trajectory of two disaffected youths in two starkly different stories. Acted by the same company of 6 actors the Bird by Al Smith explores Jakob’s journey, while The Bee by Matt Hartley tells Chloe’s story.

The runaway hit of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival is making it’s US premiere as part of FronteraFest 2009.

Cast

Chase Wooldridge*

Tayler Gill

Melissa Recalde

Blake Smith

Matt Wasson

Mary Katherine Dickey

*nominated for Outstanding Acting in a Leading Role – 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

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Related posts:

1. Capital T Announces cast for The Bird and The Bee
2. Interview with Al Smith writer of the Bird
3. Interview with Matt Hartley writer of The Bee

Winner – Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role – Xochitl Romero – B Iden Payne Award 2009

Blackbird

By David Harrower

Cast

Ray – Ken Webster

Una – Xochitl Romero

Related posts:

1. Blackbird Review by KUT (Video)
2. Statesman Reviews BLACKBIRD
3. Cap T Wins 4 B Iden Payne Awards

Capital T presents the regional premiere of

i google myself

by Jason Shafer

Director John Carroll
Technical Director/Designer Mark Pickell
Stage Manager Lindsay McKay / Joey LePage

January 25th-Feb 1st 2008
The Blue Theatre

July 17-August 2
Hyde Park Theatre

Cast
One Cliff Miller
Two Jude Hickey
Three Chase Wooldridge / Bastion Carboni

Related posts:

1. Critics are a ga ga for google

Outstanding Production of a Comedy – B. Iden Payne Awards Nomination 2008

Best Director – B. Iden Payne Awards Nomination 2008

Best Supporting Actor – B. Iden Payne Awards Nomination 2008

Oustanding Actor in a Leading Role – Austin Critics Table Nomination 2008

Capital T presents the Austin Premiere of

Happy Days

by Samuel Beckett

Cast

Winnie Katherine Catmull
Willie Mick D’arcy

Related posts:

1. Katherine Catmull wins Best Leading Actress honors at the 2008 B Iden Payne Awards
2. The Austin Chronicle Celebrates ‘Happy Days’
3. Happy Days earns 4 B Iden Payne Nominations!

Mr. Marmalade

by Noah Haidle

August 9th-25th 2007
Hyde Park Theatre

Director/Designer Mark Pickell
Dramaturgs Brad and Carrie Lee Klypchak
Technical Director Billy Dragoo
Costume Designer Cheryl Painter
Sound Designer Gordon Roberson
Stage Manager Laura Cheek
Light Board Operator Spencer Smith

Cast
Lucy Tiny Robinson*
Mr. Marmalade David Bowers
Sookie/Emily Annie Dragoo
Bradley Noah Neal
George/A Sunflower/A Man Matt Hislope
Larry Chase Wooldridge
A Cactus Ash Bell

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