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The Bird and The Bee by Al Smith and Matt Hartley

17 February 2009 1,559 views

Outstanding Production of a Drama -Austin Critics Table Award Nomination

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

Directed by Kelli Bland
Assistant Director/Costumes – Meghan Dwyer
Set and Light Design – Steve Shirey
Sound Design – Adam Hilton

January 21-January 20, 2009
The Blue Theatre

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

3 Comments »

Capital T Theatre » Infectiously Talented Cast Announced for SICK said:

[...] marks her second appearance for Capital T. Last spring she starred as Chloe in the THE BIRD and THE BEE (Austin Critics Table Award nomination best drama). Outside of Austin she has appeared in BY THE BOG [...]

# 2 October 2009 at 11:38 am

Capital T Theatre » Statesman and Chronicle place Cap T in top 9 of 2009 said:

[...] THE BIRD and THE BEE picked up another accolade last week being named one of the top 9 art happenings of 2009 by the Austin American Statesman while the Austin Chronicle placed KILLER JOE in the top 9 of 2009. [...]

# 3 January 2010 at 7:00 am

Capital T Theatre » Hyde Park Infested with the Cast of BUG said:

[...] 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 [...]

# 1 May 2010 at 8:07 pm