Ground Floor Theatre's Long Comeback

With Gibberish Mostly, Lisa Scheps' company makes its long-awaited return to the stage scene

"...to resolve the code compliance issues that shut down Ground Floor Theatre, her performance venue on Springdale Road, in..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lisa Scheps' Ground Floor Theatre

The tireless advocate for the underserved has built a home for their stories

"...Classy and a bit sassy, this woman of the theatre stands at center and begins her melody, a symbolic..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Jenn Lewis

Ground Floor Theatre and Deaf Austin Theatre's Next to Normal

In this collaboration between the two companies, having signing actors and speaking actors perform side by side provides a uniquely engaging experience

"...In keeping with Ground Floor Theatre's stated mission of theatre for underrepresented communities,..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Ground Floor Theatre's Fun Home

Lisa Scheps’ production is invested with a level of care that makes this musical memoir movingly familiar

"...it perfect fodder for a company as ambitious as Ground Floor Theatre...."

Dec. 14, 2018 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Review: Ground Floor Theatre's Anna in the Tropics

Life imitates art in this tantalizing production of a Pulitzer-winning play

"...But it sure seems easy and elegant in this Ground Floor Theatre production, as actors fully embody these characters..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Ground Floor Theatre's White Rabbit Red Rabbit

In Nassim Soleimanpour’s play, what happens is as much a surprise for the actor as for the audience

"...You know how you go into a theatre and you often know nothing of the script, and..."

March 23, 2018 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ground Floor Theatre’s Gibberish Mostly

This production of Max Langert’s brave play breaks the silence about autism and the stigma and shame surrounding it

"...production, directed by Lisa Scheps (founder and co-director of Ground Floor Theatre), makes the most of Langert's smart script,..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Ground Floor Theatre’s Unexpected Joy

Sitcom sheen overwhelms this musical’s stage pleasures

"...Joy checks quite a few boxes for East Austin's Ground Floor Theatre, whose mission mandates the production of works..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Ground Floor Theatre’s Dot

An authentic albeit imbalanced emotional journey into dementia

"...and is receiving a fine production from East Austin’s Ground Floor Theatre, revolves around a contentious, black, middle-class family...."

May 19, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Ground Floor Theatre's Dex & Abby

In this premiere production of Allan Baker's play, the bond of love between canines and humans is tenderly expressed

"...Despite its far-out premise, Ground Floor Theatre's world premiere, directed by Robert Tolaro, grounds..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Ground Floor Theatre's black do crack

In this new solo show, writer-performer Florinda Bryant shatters the myth that black women must go it alone

"...– she is surrounded by helping hands. black do crackGround Floor Theatre, 979 Springdale www.groundfloortheatre.org Through March 2 Running..."

March 1, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Ground Floor Theatre's There and Back

This new play by Raul Garza lets us spend a lifetime with an immigrant and all the decisions she makes

"...play and returns to the role here. For in Ground Floor Theatre's production, Garza and director Patti Neff-Tiven give..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Ground Plan

Lisa Scheps' Christmas gift to the local stage scene is a new performance venue, Ground Floor Theatre

"...For most people who have run a theatre of their own, once is enough. The unrelenting pressures..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Treasures in Theatre of 2018

It was a year in which theatre making the political personal left the deepest impressions

"...imagery and deeply moving. In a year thick with theatre making the political personal, Jesus I. Valles' (Un)Documents and..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Review: Glass Half Full Theatre's Yamel Cucuy

Modern-day Mexican folktale rallies against things that go bump in the night

"...Glass Half Full Theatre has earned the reputation for creating intriguing bilingual (Spanish/English)..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre

Productions and performances, from the fantastic to the unfortunate

"...When we reflect back on a live theatre production, it's often one brief shining moment that we..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Paper Chairs Makes Theatre With a Little Lone Star Surregionalism

The Texas premiere of Will Arbery’s Plano play knows place like home

"...2) nicely in sync with this new show at Ground Floor Theatre – and with the company's concept of..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Penfold Theatre's Crime and Punishment

In this stage adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel, a fascinating glimpse into the more twisted corners of the human mind

"...Penfold Theatre has done us the great service of mounting a..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Capital T Theatre's I and You

Lauren Gunderson's play uses Whitman's "Song of Myself" as a vehicle for two teens on the cusp of adulthood to explore identity

"...For most of the Capital T Theatre production, it feels like two precocious, prickly teenagers collaborating..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Review: Penfold Theatre Co.'s A War of the Worlds

All's Wells that ends Welles in this uneven but innovative reenvisioning of a radio sci-fi landmark

"...could always indulge our not-quite-understood urge to see live theatre with some lesser production and not give a damn..."

June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Doctuh Mistuh and Penfold Theatre's Nevermore

In Jonathan Christenson's musical, Edgar Allan Poe's life is imagined as a spooky, entrancing dance of the spirits

"...(here co-produced by McKelvey's Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Penfold Theatre Company), Poe and his partners never touch; their hands..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Running Bear

Hyde Park’s new original play perfectly showcases writer Raul Garza

"...(Teatro Vivo, 2016), Confessions of a Mexpatriate (Hyde Park Theatre, 2018), and There and Back (Ground Floor Theatre, 2018)...."

June 20, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Hyde Park Theatre's Confessions of a Mexpatriate

Raul Garza's solo show tells us that finding your true self in another country isn't easy

"...characters he plays, as he demonstrated recently in the Ground Floor Theatre premiere of another Garza play, There and..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Capital T Theatre's Hir

The Capital T Theatre production of Taylor Mac's absurdist satire puts the front lines of combat inside an American home

"...current state – a cunning reveal in Capital T Theatre's staging, as the whole house rotates from exterior view..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Found in the Ground

Mother Falcon takes flight – past Paganini

"...the upper deck railings are lined, and the dance floor is a sea of bobbing heads. Crowds in both..."

July 30, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Review: Single Black Female

Lisa B. Thompson's play preaches from a Nineties perch

"...Female is stuck in the Nineties. Currently running at Ground Floor Theatre under the direction of Matrex Kilgore, this..."

Feb. 26, 2020 Arts Post by Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel

Empowering Queer People of Color Through Health and Wellness

allgo holds its second annual health fair

"...& Queer People of Color Health Fair at the Ground Floor Theatre on Saturday, March 24...."

March 23, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Mikaila Rushing

Local Comedian Prepares New Show for CBS in Shuttered Venue

Laura de la Fuente gets in on the Ground Floor

"...at Dusk at ColdTowne, is the inaugural performer for Ground Floor Theatre's new artist-in-residence program. And, because sometimes good..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

2016 Long Fringe Canceled

Permit issue leads FronteraFest to shut down part of festival

"...Moore of ScriptWorks and Ken Webster of Hyde Park Theatre announced that the 2016 Long Fringe, scheduled for Jan...."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Past, Present, and FuturX of Latinx Performance in Austin

The current surge of Latinx theatre and dance in Austin speaks to both tradition and pioneering new directions

"...This past Friday, I was talking with a fellow theatregoer at the Mexican American Cultural Center about how that..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Feature by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

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