A Tale of a Whale: Shanon Weaver on Playing and Watching Charlie

Austin artist Shanon Weaver shares his experience playing Charlie and watching Brendan Fraser play the same part in The Whale

"...Read our interview with Weaver from the 2014 production, as well as our original..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Shanon Weaver

Shanon Weaver's Top 10 Theatrical Performances of 2017 (the Second Half)

The year was well-served by actors who could channel spookiness, rebellion, despair, and dance fever

"...JOHN CHRISTOPHER IN THE BROTHERS SIZE (Capital T Theatre) "Shanon walks onstage. 'Damn, that guy was good.' Shanon exits."..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

'The Whale'

Shanon Weaver puts on 600 lbs. for A Chick & a Dude's latest show

"...pounds. Which is why, for the play, lead actor Shanon Weaver will be wearing a custom-tailored, natural-looking, size-appropriate fat-suit...."

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

HIT.

Shanon Weaver's play puts a spin on the hit-man genre with some unusually gentle and refined assassins for hire

"...In Shanon Weaver's HIT., revived by a chick & a dude..."

May 10, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Brass Ring

Sequel to HIT. suffers from some trite dialogue, but hang on for that final twist

"...one room for the length of his story, playwright Shanon Weaver takes us back and forth in time, showing..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Articulations

The Austin Circle of Theaters has handed out its annual B. Iden Payne Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in local theatre from August 2002 through July 2003.

"...for its homegrown drama HIT., which was honored for Shanon Weaver's script, Melissa Livingston's direction, and the full cast..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Whale

The craft behind A Chick & a Dude's tightly realized production is what makes it so impressive

"...discovered in person. Suffice to say that lead actor Shanon Weaver (the Dude in A Chick & a Dude)..."

March 14, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Glengarry Glen Ross

Most of Mamet's gritty look inside salesmen's souls gets lost in surface performances

"...Director Melissa Livingston-Weaver seems to have tossed out most of the "how..."

March 9, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Hyde Park Theatre's The Flick

Annie Baker's drama movingly shows us that the drama in a movie theatre isn't only on the screen

"...the clock a long time – too long, as Shanon Weaver (a Chronicle theatre writer) shows in his sagging..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin at FringeNYC: Big Apple Bouquets

Austin's three entries in this year's New York International Fringe Festival earned some real attention, ranging from the respectable to the rave

"...to say about the show: "The writing, by costar Shanon Weaver (who plays young Asher), is smart and tight;..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2014

In 2014, reality and fantasy battled it out in theatre and art that was equally exquisite and unnerving

"...and did beautiful, harrowing justice to them both, with Shanon Weaver especially impressive (and unnerving) in a fat suit..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Theatre Duos & Trios of 2014

Remembering a year in theatre in which performers distinguished themselves in twos and threes

"...3) SHANON WEAVER & KAYLA NEWMAN IN THE WHALE (A Chick..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Paradise Key

This government agent's grilling of a Nazi doctor is tough to watch but never boring

"...interrogator, which he happens to be. Agent David Dunn (Shanon Weaver) wants some information from his subject, a German..."

April 8, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Shape of Things

Neil LaBute's 'The Shape of Things,' staged by a chick and a dude productions, destroys the kind of cutesy relationships usually reserved for melodramatic chick flicks

"...sure glad I don't have a pet rabbit." Director Shanon Weaver lets things "change shape," but certainly doesn't propel..."

March 3, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Playing God … and W

Actress Shannon Grounds on tackling a pair of the ultimate power roles – at once

"...work on this project and to Dan Dietz and Shanon Weaver for writing such amazingly fun roles to play...."

June 24, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dracula: A Woman Scorned

With Dracula: A Woman Scorned, a gender-swapped variation on the classic vampire tale, it's tough to tell if a chick & a dude productions were going after sleepless nights or camp

"...Dracula story, penned by the "dude" half of c&dp, Shanon Weaver, and I suppose it could be considered new..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Did You Say Love?

A chick and a dude productions pays tribute to love in their original production Did You Say Love?, but unfortunately, the show creates little stir and minimal interest

"...Say Love?, written by Melissa Livingston and directed by Shanon Weaver, is a simple, monologue-heavy show with actors individually..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Link & Pin's Newest Exhibition Soars on Digital Wings

Local artists offer a show that overclocks the eyes with beauty

"...several months ago? Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale? Wherein Shanon Weaver wore a customized fatsuit to play the role..."

Aug. 5, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Have an Issue: "My God, It's Full of Stars"

The Top 10s Issue

"...Shanon Weaver reviews the Austin premiere of Audrey Cefaly's Lammy-winning..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...live-action roleplay, immersive performance art, and more," our reviewer Shanon Weaver reported at the time. Imagine that sort of..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Critics Table's Crème de la Crème

The winners of the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Mikeska (theatre), Robi Polgar (classical music), Jonelle Seitz (dance), Shanon Weaver (theatre), and Robert Faires (arts); Central Texas Live..."

June 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Mikeska (theatre), Robi Polgar (classical music), Jonelle Seitz (dance), Shanon Weaver (theatre), and Robert Faires (arts); Central Texas Live..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five Recommended Austin Arts Events this Weekend

Instead of just staring dully at that Roseanne reboot, right?

"...3) Our theatre reviewer Shanon Weaver, who knows a thing or two about putting..."

March 29, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2016

Uncommon combinations – dance with horses, music with robots, drama with a Tesla coil – made the year unforgettable

"...the arch dialogue and wild antics, that Chronicle writer Shanon Weaver called it "cerebral slapstick." Yeah, oh yeah: More..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Year of the Booster

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Arnold (visual arts), Elizabeth Cobbe (theatre), Jonelle Seitz (dance), Shanon Weaver (theatre), and Robert Faires (arts)...."

May 25, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Arnold (visual arts), Elizabeth Cobbe (theatre), Jonelle Seitz (dance), Shanon Weaver (theatre), and Robert Faires (arts). Note: Members of..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Shanon Weaver, The Whale..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Taking the World Stage

How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means

"...Shanon Weaver of a chick & a dude, whose HIT...."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Xmas Unwrapped: Doff we now our gay apparel

After a powerhouse first year of sold-out shows, critical awards, and company growth, the shrewd women of Shrewd Productions are returning to their debut effort, the holiday burlesque Xmas Unwrapped!

"...complete with naughty elves, bar girls serving hot cocoa, Shanon Weaver and Michael Whelan as emcees, and a veritable..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah