Pics from CYRANO A-GO-GO at the 2019 Elgin Fringe Fest

All photos of Brad McEntire performing Cyrano A-Go-Go at the 2019 Elgin Fringe Festival at the Side Street Studio Arts in Elgin, IL. Photo Credit for all pics: Joshua Smith

Announcing CYRANO A-GO-GO at the 2019 Theatre Crude Fringe Fest

Cyrano A-Go-Go is an exploration of one restless theatre artist's fascination with the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. A chance encounter with the script at a suburban library at the age of fifteen leads McEntire into a wonderful, and sometimes elusive, calling. Mixing the personal, historical and literary into a journey through Rostand's play McEntire puts a funny, warm, insightful spin on the usual coming-of-age one-man show.
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Friday, September 27 at 10:00 pm
Saturday, September 28 at 1:00pm

Playing at the...
The Capital View Event Center,
5201 N Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
[Map HERE]

Tickets $15 and can be purchased... online HERE or at the door.

More Info... HERE

Announcing CYRANO A-GO-GO at the 2019 Elgin Fringe Festival

Cyrano A-Go-Go is an exploration of one restless theatre artist's fascination with the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. A chance encounter with the script at a suburban library at the age of fifteen leads McEntire into a wonderful, and sometimes elusive, calling. Mixing the personal, historical and literary into a journey through Rostand's play McEntire puts a funny, warm, insightful spin on the usual coming-of-age one-man show.

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Thursday, September 12 at 7:30pm

Friday, September 13 at 9pm

Saturday, September 14 at 10:30pm

Sunday, September 15 at 4:30pm

Side Street Studio Arts, located at 15 1/2 Ziegler Ct, Elgin, IL 60120

Tickets $10

Info... HERE

Pics from BEAST OF HYPERBOREA at the 2019 FIT

All photos of Brad McEntire performing The Beast of Hyperborea at the 2019 Festival of Independent Theatres at the Bath House Cultural Center in Dallas, TX. Photo Credit for all pics: Audacity Theatre Lab

Nice Write-up about HYPERBOREA on SharpCritic.com

Nice write-up from Christopher Soden on SharpCritic.com

This summer the annual Festival of Independent Theatres featured short plays addressing the theme of Coming of Age. The six I attended were: Leos Ensemble – small hours (Directed by Nick Leos) Lily & Joan Theatre Company– Marilyn, Pursued by a Bear (Directed by Emily Burgardt) Imprint Theatreworks – Dirty Dirty Night Squirrel (Directed by Taylor Mercado Owens) WingSpan Theatre, Co – Jo & Louisa (Directed by Susan Sargeant ) The Very Good Dance Theatre – The 1st Annual Gay Show (Directed by William Acker; Choreographed By Danielle Georgiou) Audacity Theatre Lab – The Beast of Hyperborea (Created by Brad McEntire). Some evinced better than others, though just as in past summers, each had its particular quirks, its peculiar charms.

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Brad McEntire’s The Beast of Hyperborea features an accountant who is horns-waggled into a trip to a remote island in search of a legendary monster. Like poor Bilbo Baggins, he’s not the least interested in risking physical and/or emotional harm for the sake of mind-bending adventure. Beast is a fairly traditional narrative souped up by McEntire to appeal to contemporary audiences. There’s a strong, able-bodied lady, who smokes cigars, and embraces danger with gusto. There’s a misogynistic, stuffy buffoon, a Baron proficient in the martial arts, and a Captain who’s more about canny nerve than bloviating. McEntire knows how to blend the touching with the fanciful, the astonishing with gravitas. While he sometimes seems to be winking at us, at other times his credulity gives this vivid monologue substance and humanity.

The Bath House Cultural Center presents: The 21st Annual Festival of Independent Theatres: Coming of Age, playing July 12th _ August 3rd, 2019. 521 East Lawther Drive, Dallas, Texas 75218. 1-800-617-6904.       www.festivalof independenttheatres.org

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Frank Garrett weighs in on BEAST OF HYPERBOREA

Local Dallas critic and translator Frank Garrett writes on his blog MyCrashCourse.net...

"The Beast of Hyperborea" - Audacity Theatre Lab - Brad McEntire is a talented performer and a staunch supporter of solo performers in the area. This play wraps an interesting adventure story in a great retro aura. The slideshow at the end of the performance feels tacked on; I think it'd be more effective if it were used throughout the show.

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FIT Review: The Beast of Hyperborea

A "ripping yarn" in the grand old tradition, from Brad McEntire of Audacity Theatre Lab.

by Jill Sweeney | TheaterJones.com
published Sunday, July 21, 2019

Warning: Spoilers!

Dallas — The Beast of Hyperborea, presented by Audacity Theatre Lab, takes its inspiration from fantastical works by the likes of Arthur Conan Doyle and H. Rider Haggard. Creator and performer Brad McEntire (the driving force behind this cutting-edge “theatre collective”) has put together a truly ripping yarn in classic Victorian style for his one-man entry in the Festival of Independent Theatres.

McEntire plays Edward Joseph Reade, a mild-mannered accountant and sole survivor of a doomed 1895 expedition to the mysterious isle of Hyperborea—fictitiously north of Scotland and south of the Arctic Circle—and home to the titular Beast. Presenting his tale as a sort of lecture to an "unseen" audience, Reade recounts how, after answering a newspaper advertisement seeking a bookkeeper, he was swept up into a series of ever-more dramatic and larger-than-life adventures.

All the characters are portrayed with dazzling nuance by McEntire: famed aeronaut Captain Saltwood; expert mountain climber and martial artist the Baron Frichte; and big-game hunter and all-around adventuress Marie Clemeneau. The daring crew, led by Saltwood, sets out to explore the mysterious and uncharted island where Saltwood’s comrade (and Marie’s father) met his end at the hands of the Beast, leaving behind him a journal detailing his discoveries. The trio of adventurers and the reluctant Reade begin to grow closer as they speed toward their destination, likening themselves to Dumas’ Musketeers. How tragic, then, that Reade alone survives the perilous journey and the violent confrontation with the Beast, and must shoulder the duty of presenting proof of the island’s (and the creature’s) existence.

On a simply lit stage with minimal set and sound design, McEntire commands the space and deftly avoids the common pitfalls of a one-man show. Each character he portrays is distinct without tipping into cartoonish excess. While his Reade is a quiet, self-effacing sort, ill-suited for adventures (as the Hobbits would say, “nasty, dirty, uncomfortable things—make you late for dinner”), Captain Saltwood is a bluff, squinting man’s man. Contrast them with the effete Baron (presented with a competent, if slightly obscure, Germanic accent) and the cool, daring Marie, who dispatches misogynists and monsters with equal élan. The audience was spellbound, reacting with gasps and laughter, and was a hairsbreadth away from outright cheering at an unexpected resurrection. (From the start we know all but one are doomed—but McEntire leaves room for surprise.)

The show’s final, silent moments, accompanied by a cleverly period-accurate slideshow, was unexpectedly poignant. Bravo to McEntire for bringing not only the thrills to his tall tale, but heart as well.

This one’s a “can’t miss” in my book.

» The Beast of Hyperborea is performed:

• 8 p.m. Thursday, July 25
• 8 p.m. Saturday, July 27
• 5 p.m. Sunday, July 28
• 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3

» The 21st annual Festival of Independent Theatres runs through Aug. 3, 2019 at The Bath House Cultural Center. For more information, visit www.festivalofindependenttheatres.org or call 1-800-617-6904.

To see a breakdown of the groups and shows, go here.

To see reviews and more coverage of FIT, see our special section here.

NOTE: The spelling of character names have been corrected from the original article.

Original article... HERE

The Beast of Hyperborea at the 2019 FIT

Brad McEntire presents the festival-premiere of a thrilling and humorous new one-person show. This Victorian adventure tale concerns a fabled beast, a mysterious island and the brave team of explorers who set off to discover them both.

Playing as part of the 2019 Festival of Independent Theatres,
At the Bath House Cultural Center,
521 E. Lawther Dr. Dallas, TX 75218

July 13 - August 3, 2019

Performances on:
Saturday, July 20, 2019 @ 8 pm
Sunday, July 21, 2019 @ 5 pm
Thursday, July 25, 2019 @ 8 pm
Saturday, July 27, 2019 @ 8 pm
Sunday, July 28, 2019 @ 2 pm
Saturday, August 3, 2019 @ 2 pm

Tickets available... HERE

Pics from the 2019 Dallas Solo Fest

Brigham Mosley performing Critical, Darling!

Sacha Elie performing Who You Calling a Bitch?!?

Justin Lemiuex performing Girl Dad

Erin in the box office

Shea leading Mel Moseley thru tech

Jaye Lee Vocque performing Based On Actual Events

Brad McEntire performing his show Cyrano A-Go-Go

Box office table in the Theatre Too lobby

Sacha Elie performs Who You Calling a Bitch?!?

Carmel Clavin performing The Marvelous Mechanical Musical Maiden

Jeremy Julian Greco in Keeping Up With the Jorgensons

Press from the 2019 Dallas Solo Fest

PRESS / MEDIA MENTIONS FOR THE 2019 DALLAS SOLO FEST

• Solo Fest Review: Keeping Up With the Jorgensons [TheaterJones.com | Jill Sweeney | June 20, 2019]
• Solo Fest Review: Girl Dad [TheaterJones.com | Jill Sweeney | June 20, 2019]
• Solo Fest Review: Sexology: The Musical!  [TheaterJones.com | Martha Heimberg | June 20, 2019]
• Solo Fest Review: Critical, Darling! [TheaterJones.com | Martha Heimberg | June 20, 2019]
• ​Solo Fest Review: Based on Actual Events ​[TheaterJones.com | Martha Heimberg | June 20, 2019]
• A Father of Five Goes to See Theatre Three's Girl Dad, Just in Time for Father's Day [D Magazine | John Gempel | June 12, 2019]
• Reasons To See The 2019 Dallas Solo Fest [YouTube | June 8, 2019]
• Solo Fest Q-and-A: Sacha Elie [TheaterJones.com | Haley Nelson | June 7, 2019]
  Dallas Playwright Brigham Mosley Gets Musical, Dragged-Up and Personal in His Latest One-Man Show
• Dallas Playwright Brigham Mosley Gets Musical, Dragged-Up and Personal in His Latest One-Man Show [DallasNews.com | by Dan Singer | May 7, 2019]
• TSP Q-And-A with Brad McEntire [TheSoloPerformer.com | Grant Knutson | June 4, 2019]
• Solo Fest Q-and-A: Carmel Clavin [TheaterJones.com | Haley Nelson | June 4, 2019]
• Solo Fest Q-and-A: Brigham Mosley [TheaterJones.com | Haley Nelson | June 3, 2019]
• Solo Fest Q-and-A: Jaye Lee Vocque [TheaterJones.com | Haley Nelson | June 2, 2019]
• Solo Fest Q-and-A: Brad McEntire [TheaterJones.com | Haley Nelson | June 1, 2019]
• 18 Can't Miss Shows in Dallas-Ft. Worth  Theater in June [Culture Map Ft. Worth | Lindsey Wilson | May 31, 2019]
• Solo Fest Q-and-A: Justin Lemieux [TheaterJones.com | Haley Nelson | May 31, 2019]
• TSP Q-And-A with Brigham Mosley [TheSoloPerformer.com | Grant Knutson | May 31, 2019]
• Solo Fest Q-and-A: Melanie Moseley [TheaterJones.com | Haley Nelson | May 29, 2019]
• TSP Q-And-A with Sacha Elie [TheSoloPerformer.com | Grant Knutson | May 24, 2019]
  ​Dallas Solo Fest @ Theatre Three [GuideLive.com | listing | May 20, 2019}
• ​Dallas Solo Fest @ Theatre Three [GuideLive.com | listing | May 20, 2019}
• TSP Q-And-A with Justin Lemieux [TheSoloPerformer.com | Grant Knutson | May 21, 2019]
• Audacity Theatre Lab presents 2019 Dallas Solo Fest [Culture Map Dallas | staff | May 17, 2019]
• TSP Q-And-A with Carmel Clavin [TheSoloPerformer.com | Grant Knutson | May 17, 2019]
• TSP Q-And-A with Jaye Lee Vocque [TheSoloPerformer.com | Grant Knutson | May 11, 2019]
• Heads Up: 2019 Dallas Solo Fest Announced [TheaterJones.com | JMark Lowry | May 9, 2019]
• Dallas Solo Fest in the Quadrangle [VisitDallas.com | listing| May 8, 2019]
• TSP Q-And-A with Mel Moseley [TheSoloPerformer.com | Grant Knutson | May 7, 2019]
• Audacity Theatre Lab presents 2019 Dallas Solo Fest [ BroadwayWorld.com | BWW News Desk | May 7, 2016 ]
• 2019 Dallas Solo Fest [Art&Seek | listing | May 7, 2019]
• Keeping Up With the Jorgensons at the 2019 Dallas Solo Fest [VisitDallas.com | listing | May 7, 2019]
• TSP Q-And-A with Jeremy Julian Greco [TheSoloPerformer.com | Grant Knutson | May 1, 2019]

Reasons to See the 2019 Dallas Solo Fest

Pic from the Spring 2019 Audacity Solo Salon

Justin Lemieux, Tyler Cochran, Erin Singelton and host Brad McEntire

Erin Singleton performing Diagnose Me

Announcing the 2019 Dallas Solo Fest

Mel Moseley will present Sexology: The Musical!

Audacity Theatre Lab is pleased to announce the 2019 Dallas Solo Fest, June 6-16, 2019 at Theatre Too! downstairs at Theatre Three at the Quadrangle in Dallas’ Uptown neighborhood.  Eight unique one-person shows highlight this fifth year festival with a mix of local solo performers and performers coming in from around the country. 
 
This 2019 Dallas Solo Fest line-up includes Based On Actual Events by Jaye Lee Vocque, Brigham Mosley’s Critical, Darling!, Cyrano A-Go-Go by Brad McEntire, Justin Lemieux’s Girl Dad, Keeping Up With the Jorgensons by Jeremy Julian Greco, Carmel Clavin’s The Marvelous Musical Mechanical Maiden, Melanie Moseley’s Sexology: The Musical! and Who You Calling a Bitch!?! By Sacha Elie. Collectively, the shows of these performers represent a wide variety of solo performance styles including storytelling, cabaret, drag, historical biography, memoir as well as pieces that defy any kind of easy categorization. 
 

Sacha Elie will present Who You Calling a Bitch?!?

Produced by Brad McEntire, artistic director of Audacity Theatre Lab, the 2019 DSF will be the fifth festival of its kind since 2014’s inaugural festival. The purpose of the Dallas Solo Fest is to celebrate extraordinary solo theatre as well as increase awareness and appreciation for the form in the north Texas area. 
 
The Dallas Solo Fest is produced under the Audacity Theatre Lab banner and will play at Theatre Too! downstairs at Theatre Three, 2800 Routh Street, #168, Dallas, Texas 75201. Performances are Thursdays thru Sundays, June 6 – 16, 2019.
 

Justin Lemieux in Girl Dad [credit - Jordan Fraker]

Single tickets and Festival Passes for all shows went on sale May 1, 2019.  Festival Passes include one admission to each festival show and are $65.  Individual ticket prices for each show are $15. Reservations can be made online via the Dallas Solo Fest website or by calling (214) 888-6650. Details about the shows, artists’ bios, the full schedule and ticket information here at the festival website: www.DallasSoloFest.com