Zach’s Notes From the Field: Theater for Real People
byNotes from the Field, Anna Deavere Smith’s awarding-winning play, wrenches your heart, illuminates humanity and provides proof that change is in the wind. The…
Notes from the Field, Anna Deavere Smith’s awarding-winning play, wrenches your heart, illuminates humanity and provides proof that change is in the wind. The…
As Austin rapidly develops and experiences growth, challenges like gentrification are high stakes for people of color. “We are losing people and we are…
It’s that time of year again. The malls and stores are packed with people doing their last bit of holiday and Christmas shopping. Whether…
I didn’t learn about Africa in school and the images in movies, television shows and the pages of National Geographic didn’t do much to generate pride in the heritage so evident by my skin color.
He had an epiphany one day: “Try making a legitimate living one more time.” Little did that young man, accustomed to tempting fate on the streets of St. Louis, know that he was on the path to serving as CEO of an organization he had benefited from in his past.
With respect, humor and sensitivity, Monroe pays homage to black families who experience horrific events and still create a brighter future for themselves and their children.
It’s a dream of aspiring playwrights to hold a reading of their work and have an artistic director come to them and say, “I want your play for my upcoming season,” but it’s not that easy. Yet, it’s happened to Lisa B. Thompson twice.
#NOSpoilers but y’all need to go see Black Panther. First y’all need to understand that I am so not into comic books or superheros generally. I loved the old Superman movies with Christopher Reeves (dating myself) and the Wonder Woman t.v. show (Lynda Carter).
You haven’t heard of Littig, Texas. You have no idea it even exists. And that’s a shame, because the little town of Littig, and the people who live there, are the kinds of human curiosities that make Austin at its weirdest seem boring.
Zell Miller, III, one one of Austin’s most prolific artists, presents Oh Snap!… My Alien Children are Trying to Kill Me, the final play in his trilogy about the real life joys, challenges and discoveries of raising black children.
Who run the world? Girls! As so famously stated by Queen Bey herself. And from where we see things – #noliestold.
From the opening rendition of the Motown classic What Christmas Means to Me, to the jubilant gospel of Joy to the World, Zach theatre’s musical version of A Christmas Carol is a party for the soul.