Proudly based in Dallas, Texas Audacity Theatre Lab is a platform for the imaginations of a collective of individual theatre artists. The artists of ATL are empowered to use the company as an outlet for the creation of new theatre projects, be they bold re-imaginings of existing works or the incubation and exploration of completely original works for the stage.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
CHOP gets its own website
In preparations for a very active summer, Brad McEntire's solo show CHOP receives a stand-alone website.
Check it out HERE.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
CYRANO A-GO-GO goes to Houston
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| McEntire performing his solo "oration" CYRANO A-GO-GO |
Here at Audacity we are pleased as punch that some of the shows we've developed over the last few years are getting out to a variety of audiences at festivals around the country. We have just received word that Brad McEntire's solo "Oration" CYRANO A-GO-GO has been invited to the 5th Annual Houston Fringe Festival.
The festival runs August 30-September 15, 2012. More exact performance dates and times as details come in.
CHOP accepted to Seattle
Brad McEntire's CHOP has been accepted to the 2012 Seattle Fringe Festival! Hazzah!
Details to come...
Details to come...
Saturday, May 5, 2012
EYE IN THE SKY ep 6
The final episode of ATL's epic (in length it took to finish) radio theatre project concludes with this episode.
Pieces by the wonderful Zach Gonzales, Mark Rigney and Vicki Cheatwood.
Pieces by the wonderful Zach Gonzales, Mark Rigney and Vicki Cheatwood.
Friday, April 6, 2012
RASPBERRY FIZZ review from Critical Rant
WaterTower’s Out of the Loop 2012: Three Winners
By Alexandra Bonifield ~ CriticalRant.comRaspberry Fizz: Audacity Theatre Lab brings out Brad McEntire’s sweet little “short story” of a play about two mid 20th century teen-agers on a stoop, learning to negotiate the tricky pathways of male/female attraction and communication, while a carnival barker interjects a darker level of commentary on life’s risks in a nearby fantasy reality. It’s charming to watch, directed handily by Andy Baldwin, and features regional favorites Jeff Swearingen, Natalie Young and Shane Beeson in its three roles with minor props or set elements. It feels like a work in the germinating stage, more of an appetizer than a full meal. Cleverly written and very well acted, you’ll finish wanting to know what happens next….
RATING: “Might see”, depending on what it’s paired with. Runs Tuesday, March 6 at 7:30pm, and Friday, March 8 at 8pm.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
RASPBERRY FIZZ review that almost slipped by...
We just stumbled on one more great review of RASPBERRY FIZZ. Over on the Stage Directions Blog. Here's what it had to say...
Three Reviews From the Out of the Loop Fringe Festival.
by Christopher David Taylor ~ March 5, 2012 ~ Stage Directions Blog
Raspberry Fizz, by Brad McEntire and directed by Andy Baldwin (who opened Lord of the Flies at Level Ground Arts on the same night) is a delightful piece of theatre, expertly acted by Jeff Swearingen, Natalie Young and Shane Beeson.
The piece tells the story of a young boy and girl on the cusp of teen-hood, the boy wanting to ask the girl to a harvest dance. The Carnival Barker is there to create a sense of mystery and he continually recites a mantra designed to capture the interest of the young boy. Swearingen as Ellson hits all the right physical notes with his character; one would hardly believe he wasn’t a child based on his physicality. Young as Samantha is pitch perfect in her flat, midwestern accent that reminded me of something out of Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man. Beeson’s Barker was a little more challenging. At times his patter came across as forced but it didn’t detract from the overall performance. The final moment of the piece, Swearingen and Young dancing slowly, was a nice end to the evening. Tension built up and released by the slightly childish dancing on the part of the two actors.
What was interesting for me in the double bill was the difference in the age of the performers. Grayman is made up of University students and Audacity Theatre Lab’s cast is decidedly not but the two groups in the same space within the same time frame created two distinctly different but complimentary pieces of theatre. Searching for love and purpose, belonging and a cold raspberry fizz.
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