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Warning: Pictures of BUG

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:33:37 +0000

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

Katie deBuys in BUG by Tracy Letts produced by Capital T Theatre

Kenneth Wayne Bradley and Katie deBuys in BUG by Tracy Letts produced by Capital T Theatre Directed by Mark Pickell

Katie deBuys and Joey Hood in BUG by Tracy Letts produced by Capital T Theatre Directed by Mark Pickell

Katie deBuys and Kenneth Wayne Bradley in BUG by Tracy Letts produced by Capital T Theatre directed by Mark Pickell

Katie deBuys, Kenneth Wayne Bradley, and Joey Hood in BUG by Tracy Letts produced by Capital T Theatre Directed by Mark Pickell

Katie deBuys and Joey Hood in BUG by Tracy Letts produced by Capital T Theatre Directed by Mark Pickell

Melissa Recalde, Katie deBuys, and Joey Hood in BUG by Tracy Letts produced by Capital T Theatre Directed by Mark Pickell

Katie deBuys and Joey Hood in BUG by Tracy Letts produced by Capital T Theatre Directed by Mark Pickell

Katie deBuys and Ken Webster in BUG by Tracy Letts produced by Capital T Theatre Directed by Mark Pickell

Katie deBuys and Joey Hood in BUG by Tracy Letts produced by Capital T Theatre Directed by Mark Pickell

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Critics bitten by BUG and love it!

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:58:48 +0000

Arts and Life Best Bet
- Austin-American Statesman

“Disturbing and powerful…This is theatre at it’s absolute best and raw form.”
- Do512

Read the full review

“[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

Read the full review

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. In the second half they play us with determined cruelty and
we have no choice but to follow.

-Austin Live Theatre

read the full review

Killer Joe nabs Best Comedy and Best Direction from the Austin Critics’ Table Awards

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:24:37 +0000

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 made no distinction between directing a musical, a drama, or a comedy, Cap T Artistic Director Mark Pickell won BEST DIRECTION honors for 2010 for his direction of Killer Joe. The critics also honored Beth Burns for her direction of The Taming of the Shrew. Nominees for Best Direction included Madge Darlington/Shawn Sides, Dionysus in 69,David Long, bobrauschenbergamerica, Michael McKelvey, John & Jen, Graham Schmidt, The Cherry Orchard, Ken Webster, The Collection/The Atheist, and Dustin Wills, Murder Ballad Murder Mystery/Black Snow.

Current Bug and former Killer Joe ensemble member Joey Hood also took home top honors in acting winning BEST LEADING ACTOR for his solo performance in The Atheist produced at Hyde Park Theatre last Spring.

A complete list of winners can be found here

Video Trailer for BUG

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:02:28 +0000

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Hyde Park Infested with the Cast of BUG

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:05:52 +0000

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 worked as an actor in the Austin area since 1991. Kenneth is a core company member of Hyde Park Theatre where his more recent roles include Ariel in THE PILLOWMAN which earned him a Critics Table Award, Ham in HAM, Carl in GLORY OF LIVING and Lance in SOMETHING SOMEONE SOMEPLACE ELSE. Kenneth also works with some of Austin’s most noted theatre companies. Recently, he was Gould in the Austin Playhouse production of SPEED THE PLOW, Ervin in a Chick and A Dude’s BRASS RING, Cassius in the Austin Shakespeare Festival’s version of JULIUS CAESAR and participated in the ‘09 Austin Scriptworks, Out Of Ink Festival (Time Steps) where he was seen in HARROWING by Kathy Catmull and COWBOY FANTASIA by Sarah Saltwick. In February of this year, Kenneth played Abner in the premier of a one-man show which he wrote called WICKER CHAIRS, directed by Ellie McBride.

A Screen Actor’s Guild member, Ken has appeared the feature films Stop Loss, Holy Hell, Living The Life, No Pain No Gain, Hope Floats, Little Boy Blue, The Burden, Making Change, Two Mothers For Zachary, (an ABC Movie Of The Week), Junior, Martha, Room which ran at both the Sundance and the Cannes film Festivals, and Last Lullaby which will premier in Louisiana later this year. He has also appeared as the Doctor who delivers the bad news to Travis Tritt in the highly lauded music video of the smash hit country song Tell Me I was Dreaming. Kenneth has been seen on television as Gary Powers the Alabama Recruiter in two episodes of Friday Night Lights. He has also starred in episodes of Prison Break, Walker Texas Ranger, and America’s Most Wanted. Kenneth has also appeared in several national television commercials including Celebrex with golfer Tom Kite, and Prilosec OTC which was filmed for the purpose of airing during the 2004 Superbowl. Kenneth has a degree in Fine Arts from Sam Houston State University and studied acting under Yale University Professor Jim Miller.

Peter – Joey Hood

Joey is a Hyde Park Theatre core company member. This is his second appearance with Capital T Theatre after playing Chris last summer in KILLER JOE. He was most recently seen in HPT’s production of THE ATHIEST , THE COLLECTION, and BOMBS IN YOUR MOUTH by Corey Patrick. Also a member of Rude Mechs, Joey has been seen in productions including HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASSASINATED? THE WATER PRINCIPLE, THE GLORY OF LIVING (Austin Critics Table Nomination Best Actor) TWIGHLIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 (Austin Critics Table Nomination Best Supporting Actor) THE METAMORPHISIS (B Iden Payne Nomination Best Actor) BLUR (B Iden Payne Nomination Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy), Fish (B Iden Payne Nomination) and STADIUM DEVILDARE. He begins principle filming on Rogelio Salinas’ 8.bit.bros in June. Joey is originally from South Mississippi and has been treading Austin stages since 1997.

Dr. Sweet – Ken Webster

is the artistic director of Hyde Park Theatre. Most recently, he directed BODY AWARENESS, THE ATHEIST, THE COLLECTION, and BOMBS IN YOUR MOUTH for HPT, and appeared in THE COLLECTION, BLACKBIRD (Co-produced by Capital T), and HOUSE. In 2008, he was named Outstanding Director of a Comedy at the Austin Circle of Theatre’s B. Iden Payne Awards for Dog Sees God; he won the same awar the previous year for THE PILLOWMAN. That year he was also nominated for an Austin Critics’ Circle Award for directing THE PILLOWMAN and THE LONESOME WEST. At the 2007 Austin Critics’ Table Awards, he was named Outstanding Lead Actor for his one-man performances in both ST. NICHOLAS and THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING). In total, Webster has been nominated for 46 B. Iden Payne Awards and 23 Critics’ Table Awards for acting, directing, and producing. His film and television credits include Waking Life, A Scanner, Darkly, Friday Night Lights, and the recent HBO film Temple Grandin. In 2006, the Austin Critics’ Table inducted Webster into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame.

Agnes – Katie deBuys

Katie is a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico and a graduate of Northwestern University. She just received her MFA in acting from UT Austin. Katie is absolutely thrilled to be reunited with the amazing cast and crew of last summer’s KILLER JOE , which was the best experience she’s ever had on stage playing Sharla the step-matriarch of the trailer. Katie has appeared at the Texas Shakespeare Festival as Olivia in TWELFTH NIGHT and Portia in JULIUS CAESER. Most recently at UT, Kate played Hecuba in THE TROJAN WOMEN, Titania in A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM and Aglaya in THE IDIOT. Big thanks to her family and Egan, and to the BUG/KILLER JOE family, especially Pickell, for this wild ride.

RC – Melissa Recalde

Melissa Recalde recently completed her M.F.A. Acting program at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, double majoring in both Theatre and English. Her favorite roles at SFA include “Li’l Bit” in HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, “Nan/Lina” in THREE DAYS OF RAIN, “Grace” in STATES OF GRACE and “Jeanie” in HAIR: THE AMERICAN TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL. In Austin, she has most recently been seen as “Helena” in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, “Hannah” and “Eva” in Capital T’s US premiere of THE BIRD and THE BEE, “Varya” in the world premier of Dostoievski’s THE IDIOT, and the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival’s THE SEVEN. She was recently onstage as Elizabeth Barret in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at UT. This marks her third collaboration with Capital T Theatre Company. She played Dottie in last summer’s KILLER JOE.

Kenneth has worked as an actor in the Austin area since 1991. Kenneth is a core company member of Hyde Park Theatre where his more recent roles include Ariel in THE PILLOWMAN which earned him a Critics Table Award, Ham in HAM, Carl in GLORY OF LIVING and Lance in SOMETHING SOMEONE SOMEPLACE ELSE. Kenneth also works with some of Austin’s most noted theatre companies. Recently, he was Gould in the Austin Playhouse production of SPEED THE PLOW, Ervin in a Chick and A Dude’s BRASS RING, Cassius in the Austin Shakespeare Festival’s version of JULIUS CAESAR and participated in the ‘09 Austin Scriptworks, Out Of Ink Festival (Time Steps) where he was seen in HARROWING by Kathy Catmull and COWBOY FANTASIA by Sarah Saltwick. In February of this year, Kenneth played Abner in the premier of a one-man show which he wrote called WICKER CHAIRS, directed by Ellie McBride.

KILLER JOE nominated for Best Comedy by Austin Critics Table Awards

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:54:11 +0000

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 welcome and admission is free.

Killer Joe was also nominated for 6 B Iden Payne Awards including Outstanding Production of a Comedy. It won 2 of those awards for Outstanding Direction (Mark Pickell) and Outstanding Fight Choreographer (Travis Dean). It was also included in the top 9 of 2009 list in the Austin Chronicle. KJ was also nominated for 7 Austin Theatre Examiner awards winning 3 awards including Best Production of a Comedy. Mark Pickell also recognized with an Austin Live Theatre Applause Award for his direction of KILLER JOE.

Bug by Tracy Letts

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:14:36 +0000

Warning: contains nudity, cigarette smoke, violence, and adult situations.

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

Melissa Recalde \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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.

Pictures of Dying City by Christopher Shinn

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:51:43 +0000

Mark Scheibmeir and Liz Fisher in DYING CITY by Christopher Shinn

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3 Rave Reviews for DYING CITY

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:46:55 +0000

Mark Scheibmeir and Liz Fisher in DYING CITY by Christopher Shinn

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 on down to the Blue Theater before February 6th, this is one show that any Austin theatre fan would be mad to miss.”
***** Austin Theatre Examiner - read the full review here

“Intense performances from Fisher and Scheibmeir…If not wholly provocative, ‘Dying City’ bears attention for its accurate snapshot of contemporary emotional life”
Austin American-Statesman - read the full review here

Facebook Fans – Pay What You Want Wednesday

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:52:02 +0000

If you are a fan of Capital T, you can pay what you want to see Dying City on Wednesday February 3rd 2010

Just follow these steps:

1) Become a Fan of Capital T on Facebook (all members of your party have to be fans)

2) Show up to the Blue Theatre and find your name on the list

3) Pay whatever you like to see the critically acclaimed DYING CITY

SEE YOU THERE!

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Capital T Theatre

Warning: Pictures of BUG

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

“[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

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. In the second half they play us with determined cruelty and
we have no choice but to follow.

-Austin Live Theatre

read the full review

Killer Joe nabs Best Comedy and Best Direction from the Austin Critics’ Table Awards

Video Trailer for BUG

Buy BUG tickets now!

Buy BUG tickets now!

Hyde Park Infested with the Cast of BUG

Goss – Kenneth Wayne Bradley

Peter – Joey Hood

Dr. Sweet – Ken Webster

Agnes – Katie deBuys

RC – Melissa Recalde

KILLER JOE nominated for Best Comedy by Austin Critics Table Awards

Bug by Tracy Letts

Warning: contains nudity, cigarette smoke, violence, and adult situations.

May 27th – June 26th 2010

About the Playwright

Pictures of Dying City by Christopher Shinn

3 Rave Reviews for DYING CITY

Facebook Fans – Pay What You Want Wednesday

Capital T Theatre

Warning: Pictures of BUG

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

“[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

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. In the second half they play us with determined cruelty and we have no choice but to follow.

-Austin Live Theatre

read the full review

Killer Joe nabs Best Comedy and Best Direction from the Austin Critics’ Table Awards

Video Trailer for BUG

Buy BUG tickets now!

Buy BUG tickets now!

Hyde Park Infested with the Cast of BUG

Goss – Kenneth Wayne Bradley

Peter – Joey Hood

Dr. Sweet – Ken Webster

Agnes – Katie deBuys

RC – Melissa Recalde

KILLER JOE nominated for Best Comedy by Austin Critics Table Awards

Bug by Tracy Letts

Warning: contains nudity, cigarette smoke, violence, and adult situations.

May 27th – June 26th 2010

About the Playwright

Pictures of Dying City by Christopher Shinn

3 Rave Reviews for DYING CITY

Facebook Fans – Pay What You Want Wednesday

Arts and Life Best Bet
- Austin-American Statesman

“Disturbing and powerful…This is theatre at it’s absolute best and raw form.”
- Do512

“[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

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. In the second half they play us with determined cruelty and
we have no choice but to follow.