Events - 20 Aug 16

STREET CORNER ARTS
presents its inaugural Sidewalk Series production of

ORPHANS
by LYLE KESSLER

Runs August 19, 2016 – September 3, 2015
Opening Performance Friday, 08/19 with post-show Opening Party
All shows Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights at 8pm plus Industry Night 08/29
08/26 ASL-interpreted performance
08/27 post-show Panel Discussion with Steve Dietz + Tyler Elizabeth Layton
General Admission: $15

After successful runs of David Hare’s SKYLIGHT and Mike Bartlett’s BULL, Street Corner Arts is set to open Lyle Kessler’s ORPHANS this fall at The Back Pack. This production is the first of Street Corner Arts new Sidewalk Series, an annual project dedicated to providing selected artists in Austin the chance to co-produce a production with the aid and mentorship of Austin professionals. Last seen on Broadway in 2013, Kessler’s ORPHANS has been produced and translated all over the world as a timeless tale of two brothers and their enduring strength to survive.

ORPHANS opens in a north Philadelphia row house where Treat and Phillip live on their own. Treat (Christopher Alvaregna) steals for a living while Phillip (Aaron Johnson) stays at home, hidden from the world, surviving only on canned tuna fish. One night, Treat brings home a drunk older man, Harold (Michael Stuart), in the hopes of robbing him, but Harold is too street savvy for Treat’s tricks. He sees potential in these boys. A battle of wits and chicanery gives way to this odd trio developing a genuine relationship in strange, hilarious, and unexpected ways.

Starring Michael Stuart (ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS, WAITING FOR LEFTY), Aaron Johnson (TRIBES, SKYLIGHT) and introducing Christopher Alvaregna. Directed by Sarah Kimberley Becker.

Johnson and Becker were selected in May to helm Street Corner’s inaugural 2016 Sidewalk Series production.

Join us for a special post-show panel discussion with celebrated playwright Steven Dietz, Professor at UT-Dept of Theatre and Dance and Tyler Elizabeth Layton, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at St. Edward’s University. The discussion will be moderated by UT-MFA alum, director, dramaturg and producer Jess Hutchison.

ALL PERFORMANCES AT
THE BACK PACK
2400 East Cesar Chavez
Tickets on sale 08/08 at https:// www.streetcornerarts.org
or call us at (512) 298-9776

Group Tickets available upon request

Press Comp Policy: As we are a 501(c)(3) we have a limited promotional budget which allows us a handful of comps in our first week of performances for those intending to provide press coverage of our show. Please provide us your projected date of publication for any review of or article on our show and your preference of first week performances and we will provide you with (2) press comps. Requests for additional comps or attendance outside of the first week should be submitted in writing to Street Corner Arts and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Note further that it is not our intent to color or influence the tone of any press coverage of our shows, but to encourage much-needed support of local theatre through a professional exchange between the performance community and the media community.

Join Big Brothers Big Sisters for Austin’s brightest gem, the Ice Ball gala. Enjoy an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, seated dinner, auction and live music, while also making a lifetime of difference for kids in our community. #iceball16

Join Big Brothers Big Sisters for Austin’s brightest gem, the Ice Ball gala. Enjoy an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, seated dinner, auction and live music, while also making a lifetime of difference for kids in our community. #iceball16

Following a capacity-crowd concert tour run earlier this month, OUTCRY announces dates and the line-up for the 15-city OUTCRY: Summer 2016 Tour including a stop at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Saturday, August 20, 2016. The tour will highlight the creativity, heart and mission of the local church: the Bride of Christ. Featuring a unique combination of artists and worship leaders, OUTCRY: Summer 2016 Tour provides the concert-goer with a rare opportunity to see this group of artists together on one stage. Artists teaming up for the OUTCRY: Summer 2016 Tour include Hillsong Worship, Kari Jobe, Rend Collective, Housefires, Urban Rescue and Chad Veach. More artists to be announced soon!

On Saturday, August 20^th Award-Winning comedian Paula Poundstone comes to the One World Theatre, in Austin, TX with another hilarious show! “I love The One World Theatre. I’m one of the only people who performs there without a gourd in my percussion section” says Poundstone.

Heralded as one of our country’s foremost comics, Paula Poundstone is legendary for her razor-sharp wit, self-deprecating humor and a spontaneity with a crowd that hands-down is without peer. Her quick thinking, unscripted approach is the perfect fit as a regular panelist on NPR’s #1 show, the screwball weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! where she holds the record for game losses. “The others cheat,” she says magnanimously, “you wouldn’t think NPR would put up with that.”

Paula tours regularly. Nick Zaino with the Boston Globe, writes about Paula’s standup: “You know Poundstone’s a great comic the way you know any fine performer when you see one — there’s a disarming ease in her craft, an immediate sense that she’s so quick on her feet you need never worry about the possibility of something going wrong.”  Poundstone’s interchanges with the audience are never mean or done at a person’s expense. She even manages to handle politics without provoking the pall of disapproval received by less artful comics. “With the exception of that one time,” she claims.

The talents of this brilliant humorist extend beyond standup comedy, but stop short of yodeling. One of her dreams came true when she was cast as “Forgetter Paula” in Disney Pixar’s INSIDE OUT, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2016.  On June 28, 2016, her first “double live” CD debuted at #1 on Amazon’s “Hot New Releases – Non Fiction” list. Entitled North by Northwest: Paula Poundstone Live! (HighBridge), it was recorded at memorable performance stops in Bayfield, Wisconsin and Portland, Oregon. Says Poundstone, “It’s a joyous romp through a field of cheeseheads and hipsters.”  Paula is also an author.  She has written two hard cover books, the second to be published by Algonquin Books on May 9, 2017.  Her commentaries have been seen on CBS News Sunday Morning.

Paula’s long list of accomplishments includes being the first woman, after 72 years, to share the stage with the President and host the prestigious White House Correspondents dinner.  Only four women have followed in her pioneering footsteps.  She rocked the comedy establishment when, in 1992, she won the Cable ACE for Best Standup Comedy Special, the first woman to do so.  Cited over and over again for her comedic originality, Paula is an American Comedy Award winner, and is included in Comedy Central’s list of 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time. But Paula considers her greatest achievement being a Mom of 3 children.  She lives in Santa Monica where she also has 2 dogs, 14 cats, and one ant left from her ant farm.

www.paulapoundstone.com

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Listen to Paula’s new CD  http://apple.co/29Ijunf   http://apple.co/29llq6Z

Sat. 7:00PM & 9:30PM / Tickets: $30 – $70 / Call: 888-616-0522

Visit:  http://www.oneworldtheatre.org/