Thirteen years after founding Salvage Vanguard Theater, Artistic Director Jason Neulander is stepping down. Neulander has grown SVT from a crazy little fringe collective to a powerhouse producer of cutting-edge works. No doubt it'll be very exciting to see what he gets into next....

Welcome to the Halloween edition of This Week in Theatre, and the first time since we’ve been in Austin that some company hasn’t produced a play about mystical and spooky stuff to commemorate this festive occasion. So, in lieu of seeing a “horror” play this weekend—an event where busty blondes disappear for no reason, only to return later after a highly unfortunate series of events has stripped them down to their underwear; or, you......

When you call your play Sodomy and Pedicures: A Pinko Feminazi Confesses, you’re bound to catch our attention. But not only does the title rock, Jessica Hedrick’s brazen one-woman show is directed by Rude Mech Sarah Richardson and assisted by Carlos Trevino (of Physical Plant fame). Our interest piqued, and with the show opening this Friday at the play! Theatre (reserve tickets now, dude) we decided to track down this Jessica Hedrick woman, and......

As you may have noticed, we've had a lot of nice things to say about Physical Plant Theater's production of Not Clown. Well...we're not done. We attended the preview on Wednesday night, and while the show had a few little preview kinks, the leaner, meaner Not Clown tops our list of shows you don't want to miss. Oh, and speaking of just that, consider yourself warned: you may want to see the show tomorrow,......

So, yeah. SXSW is coming up, and we know that’s all the rage. That’s what’s “cool”. That’s what you kids are “into” these days. We understand. (We like it too.) But just in case you’ve got some extra time after planning your afterparty schedule and writing that long-winded (but sincere-sounding) email to your boss explaining that your Grandma somehow got cancer again this year, and, though it certainly is a strange coincidence that these......

We sat down recently with Carlos Treviño and Steve Moore, authors of the amazing, unique, fabulous Physical Plant Theatre production, Not Clown, and had a lovely little chat. A spiffed up new version of Not Clown kicks off a two-week run on Thursday at the Off Center, with another two weeks in New York City immediately following. Having seen the first incarnation in '04, we can tell you with complete confidence that you will......

Sadly for us -- very, very sadly for us -- we've been under the weather and have missed several previously scheduled programs. This includes Saturday night's Best of Week IV at Frontera Fest. Since we can't share our impressions of the evening, we thought we'd at least give a rundown of the winning shows (details from the HPT website). "Aucun Espoir pour l'Homme: a junk romance" by Rocky Hopson. Clown satire about the ups......

It's been two weeks since their corker of a garden party and the Physical Plant Theater Company is sobered up and ready to work, sort of. This weekend they present two evenings of solo performance in a characteristically unusual venue. Frieda and Stanley features pieces by Obie award-winning playwright Lisa D'Amour and Brooklyn-based performer/writer Kristen Kosmas. $10, Friday and Saturday, 8pm and 10pm in the barn behind the house at 1713 South 5th St. Call......

Break out the tennis whites and seersucker. The Physical Plant Theater Company is hosting their second annual garden party this Saturday. Venue: idyllic. Food: delicious. Drinks: abundant. Silent auction: will take your money. Way more fun for your charity dollar than donating to KLRU. Saturday, April 9 Rain Date: Saturday, April 16 8 pm to 1 am 2103 Bluebonnet, in South Austin......