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WHO: Austin Shakespeare

WHAT: Two week-long camps present a series of workshops designed to tap into campers’ natural abilities (no experience needed here!) and to engage their creative intelligence. Workshop classes include: Acting, Stage Combat, Text Analysis, Movement and Design.

Each session will finish with a mini-performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream staged and acted by campers for an audience of family and friends. Camp focuses on three major aspects of production: Exploring Shakespeare introduces students to the beauty and meaning of Shakespeare’s language and what life was like in Elizabethan times.

Basics of Acting uses voice and movement exercises to challenge students to use the power and expressiveness of their voices and bodies when conveying thoughts, moods and character traits.Ensemble & Collaboration allows campers to experience the power of ensemble work.

WHEN:
Camp 1: June 17-21, 2013
Camp 2: June 24-28, 2013

Camps are 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday
Workshop performances are Fridays

WHERE: St. Michael’s Academy (3000 Barton Creek Blvd.)

HOW: http://austinshakespeare.org/drupal/index2.php?q=node/665

WHO: Fronting the show is Italian Superstar, Fabio Morda’, who has been portraying Michael for more than 10 years.
The Ultimate Thriller production team includes LaVelle Smith, a five-time MTV Video Music Award winner for best choreographer and a principal dancer for Michael on the “Dangerous,” “Bad,” and “History” tours; Mic Thompson, who spent eight years as a principal dancer for Michael and can be seen in the videos for “Dangerous” and “Ghosts,” and Michael Prince, Michael Jackson`s longtime personal recording engineer.

WHAT: This show is widely recognized as the most authentic and exciting musical bow to the legacy of the King of Pop.

The Ultimate Thriller is based on Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous” and “Bad” concert tours and features iconic songs like “Black or White,” “Beat It,” and “Billie Jean.” With an on-stage cast of 12, state-of-the-art sound and video, an incredible light display, authentic costumes and stirring choreography (including the legendary moonwalk), this extraordinary, multimedia-based tribute is guaranteed to keep Michael Jackson’s legacy alive for years to come.

WHEN: June 25 at 8pm

WHERE: The Long Center

HOW: For tickets and more info

WHO: TexARTS
Director: Keenah Armitage
Choreographer: DarrenGibson

WHAT: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE is the zany new 1920’s musical that took Broadway by storm! This high-spirited musical romp will have you dancing the Charleston and singing a new tune. In this exciting three-week, production-based Musical Theater Intensive, students will rehearse while receiving instruction in acting, dance and voice from professional instructors and special Broadway guests. Rehearsals culminate in a public performance for family and friends.

WHEN: June 10 – 28
Full Day Camp, M-F from 9AM-5PM
Half Day Camp, M-F from 9AM-1PM

WHERE: TexARTS (2300 Lohman’s Spur at 620)

HOW: http://tex-arts.org/summer2013.html
Placement audition to participate in “Millie” will be held on June 8 from 10AM-4PM

WHO: Theatre Under the Stars

WHAT: This landmark, Pulitzer Prize-winning musical forever changed the way we look at Broadway. In A Chorus Line, a group of dancers auditioning for a Broadway musical lay their talent and their life experiences on the line. Michael Bennett’s extraordinary direction and choreography, plus Marvin Hamlisch’s superb score (“What I Did For Love,” “One”) make this musical one to savor again and again.

WHEN: July 24 – 28

WHERE: The Long Center Dell Hall

HOW: Purchase tickets here

WHO: Austin Shakespeare presents professional theatre of the highest quality with an emphasis on the plays of William Shakespeare, bringing to the public performances that are fresh, bold, imaginative, thought-provoking, and eminently accessible, connecting the truths of the past with the challenges and possibilities of today.

WHAT: The Winter’s Tale is a fairy tale story of King Leontes, who becomes insanely jealous of his wife and best friend. In part two, the tale transforms into a comic country carnival with clowns and tricksters.
Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella says, “The Winter’s Tale is Shakespeare’s Romance: it’s filled with wonder from beginning to end. I have long wanted to use tango and Argentinean music in our show and in Winter’s Tale the spirit of passion and romance is strong. The delightful spirit of the second half of the play in spring festival calls for the joy of Brazilian Carnival.”

Read more about Austin Shakespeare Presents THE WINTER’S TALE, 5/2-26 by austin.broadwayworld.com

WHEN: May 2 – 26, every Thursday – Sunday at 8pm

WHERE: Zilker Hillside Theatre

HOW: Just show up! Free show! For more info

WHO: UT Theater & Dance

WHAT: The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance presents PORTFOLIO 2013, an exciting exhibition celebrating the work of emerging artists in costume design, lighting design, scenery, media, and technology. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

Come see how imagination manifests itself on stage and film!

WHEN: Opening Reception: April 28, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Exhibition Hours:
April 28, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
April 29 – May 2, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
May 4, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

WHERE: Oscar G. Brockett Theatre

HOW: http://uttad.tumblr.com/post/47642316005/portfolio-the-future-of-performance-design
For more information, contact Theatre and Dance at 512-471-5793 or theatreanddance@utexas.edu

WHO/WHAT: Singer, actress and comedienne, Michelle Cheney, brings her comedic and heartwarming show, I’m Not Afraid, to the intimate TexARTS Cabaret Series.  This evening of parody and humor will feature timeless songs from some of Broadway’s greatest composers including Kander and Ebb, Jason Robert Brown, Amanda McBroom and many more.  David Blackburn music directs.

WHEN: April 12 – 13 at 7:30pm

WHERE: TexARTS Kam & James Morris Theater (2300 Lohman’s Spur, Suite #160, Lakeway, TX)

HOW: http://www.tex-arts.org/michellecheney.html

WHO: Zach Theatre — Starring Megan Richards, Directed by Nat Miller

WHAT: This original retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic combines modern technologies and the ancient art of storytelling to put a new twist on this well-loved fairy tale.  Using  projections, fabric and a whole lot of theatre magic, the ocean comes to life (along with your imagination) in this one-person journey of love, sacrifice and courage.  For ages 6 and up.

WHEN: Saturdays: April 6, 13, 20, 27 and May 4, 11 at 11am and 2pm

WHERE: Zach Theatre’s Whisenhunt Stage

HOW: http://www.zachtheatre.org/show/the-little-mermaid

“All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.”
— Jack Kerouac

WHO: Steven Dietz, the most-produced playwright in America who also calls Austin home, is creating this World Premiere specifically for ZACH’s first season in the Topfer.

WHAT: In the late 40′s and early 50′s, Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady famously went “on the road.” But what about Danny Fergus and Rich Rayburn — the young guys in the car right behind Jack and Neal, the guys whose history never ended up in books? What were these kids searching for in those “mad days” of “gone kids” trying so hard to be hip? With live jazz and exuberant theatricality, this valentine to American wanderlust chronicles our rich and elusive dreams.

WHEN: April 3 – 28

WHERE: Zach’s Topfer Theatre

HOW: Tickets and more info here

World Theatre Day, March 27th, falls on a Wednesday in 2013

World Theatre Day (WTD) was founded in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute to unify and empower theatre arts around the globe. Each year, a renowned theatre artist is asked to write a message to the global theatre community. The message author of World Theatre day 2013 is the playwright, author and Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo!

Dario Fo’s message for World Theatre Day 2013 will be released soon!