Penfold Theatre Company

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Season 15 announced!

In Season 14, Penfold reawakened from a pandemic hibernation. In Season 15, we’re ready to soar! From the return of Penfold in the Park with Rosalind Faires’ joyous take on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the next installment of our commission series with Jarrett King’s Box, come be enchanted by these tales of empathy and hope.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sep 29 - Oct 16, 2022

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A Christmas Carol Classic Radiocast

Dec 8 - 23, 2022

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Vincent

Mar 23 - Apr 8, 2023

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Announcing Season 15!
The Season 15 line-up is nothing short of magic. From the return of Penfold in the Park to the next installment of our commission series, we’re confident you’ll be enchanted by these tales of empathy and hope!

Click the link in our bio for information about each show and how to become a member!

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Sep 29 - Oct 16)
By William Shakespeare
Directed and adapted by Rosalind Faires @rosalind.faires

A Christmas Carol Classic Radiocast (Dec 8 - 23)
Adapted by Nathan Jerkins
Directed by Carl Gonzales @somelatinoguy

Vincent (Mar 23 - Apr 8)
By Leonard Nimoy
Directed by Beth Burns

Box (Jun 23 - July 8)
By Jarrett King @mrjarrettking
Directed by Simone Alexander @simoneraquelalexander

Poster art by @corinnaisgreat of @ghostnextdoordesigns

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4 posters for the upcoming season of Penfold Theatre Company.
Poster 1: A nature scene with flowers, leaves and water. In the foreground a black woman with fair wings and a white woman with buzzed blonde hair lean together about to kiss. Behind them bees, pink butterflies, and a blue water snake weave in and out of the scene. At the top is a crescent moon with a donkey jumping over it.
Poster 2: 4 figures in silhouette, slightly glowing, each a different jewel tone color. A red child with a crutch, a blue woman with some books, a green woman with a sleep cap and a candle, and an orange woman in chains. In front of them and much smaller are three actors standing at microphones, silhouetted in black. Behind all this are gold holly leaves on a dark background.
Poster 3: a Sunflower wearing a blue suite surrounded by floating letters on a blue, wavy backdrop all in the style of Vincent Van Gogh.
Poster 4: A black man with a mustache and salt and pepper hair shown from the waist up surrounded by floating playing cards, reveals the queen of hearts in his hand. Beneath him is the same man (with no gray hair or mustache), upside down and underwater, his hands clasped together and his eyes closed.
The 4 posters have small elements that overlap into the next image. For example, a butterfly from the nature scene, a letter from the sunflower, and bubbles from the underwater man.

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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Our two evenings of Austin for Ukraine readings raised over $3,000 for the Ukraine Emergency Performing Arts Fund! This tally was a combination of your in-person support through joining us AND your online donations. Thank you so much for your generosity, Austin. We are all beyond grateful. You can still donate to the cause at hydeparktheatre.org. Just make sure to include "Ukraine" in the notes.

Are you a theatre-maker yourself and want information on how produce a reading like this one to help this worthy cause? Reach out!

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A poster for Austin for Ukraine (a fundraiser for Ukrainian artists and their families).
An illustration in mostly blue tones with some pops of bright yellow. In the center is a large person with large blue eyes, a silvery braid, and what looks like colorful ribbons and flowers in their hair. In the center of their chest is a doorway and through the doorway is a tree with blue leaves. They are holding a smaller person in the palm of their hand. The smaller person is facing away from us and has very short hair and informal clothes and sneakers.
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Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings
Austin for Ukraine
June 20 and 21 at 8pm
Hyde Park Theatre
511 W 43rd St
hydeparktheatre.org

In the top left and right corners are the logos for The Hidden Room, Penfold Theatre Company, Whirligig, and Hyde Park Theatre.

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We've now rehearsed and teched these beautiful pieces and are ready for an audience!

Enjoy this shot of the cast and director of the final short play of the night (Give Me a Taste of the Sun). Then get your tickets to this profoundly moving evening of theatre where 100% of the proceeds will go to the Emergency Fund for Performance Arts Artists in Ukraine.

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Penfold's Associate Artistic director Liz Fisher, Penfold's Program Marketer Taylor Flanagan, Austin theatre heavy-weight champion Lana Dieterich, Constanza in Penfold's '22 production of "Amadeus" Karina Dominguez, Amory in Penfold's '21 reading of "This Side of Paradise" Michael Galván, fight choreographer for Penfold's '19 production of "Henry V" Tobie Minor.

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This just in...it’s closing weekend of A War of the Worlds! Just three shows remain: Thursday the 16th thru Saturday the 18th and then this whole show gets beamed up for good!

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ID: Two interpreters (a Black man with very short hair and gray clothes and a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair and black clothes) are sitting in front of a stage using American Sign Language.

#atxtheatre #penfoldawotw #awotw #lastchance #aslinterpreters

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Let's make Jarrett feel like a King!

The playwright himself is back in his home town for Thursday and Friday night's performances only! Let's give him his flowers and show him some love with full houses!

Use the code King4theNight at checkout to receive $5 off your ticket for either night!

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Design by: Corinna Browning at Ghost Next Door Designs

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On the left Jarrett King (a Black man in his 30s with buzzed hair, a close-cropped beard, and dark brown eyes) is looking at the camera and smizing. He has a navy shirt and a bright turquoise hoodie on.
On the right is an illustration of a gray industrial-looking building with green glowing in all the windows and a large plume of green smoke billowing out of the top. The smoke becomes a starry nebula as it travels upwards.
Dark lettering says:
A War of the Worlds
By Jarrett King
Inspired by historical events and the works of H.G. Wells and Orson Welles
June 2nd - 3rd only:
the playwright is in the house!
To celebrate, you get $5 off with the code King4theNight

#ATXTheatre #awaroftheworlds #AWOTW #PenfoldAWOTW #PlaywrightsPlayRight #King4theNight

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5 days left until the very first public performance of this production in the entire world!
So, let's meet our final cast member...

Marc Pouhé (Orson Welles) AEA - is an actor based out of Austin, Texas. He serves as the Board Vice President of Austin Shakespeare. He has played leading roles in the following productions: At the Public Theatre of San Antonio - Thurgood. At Austin Shakespeare - Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, Taming of the Shrew, Present Laughter, Macbeth, Othello, and Cyrano De Bergerac. At Austin Playhouse - The Mountaintop, Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, and Death of A Salesman. At ZACH theatre - A Christmas Carol. At Mary Moody Northen Theatre - Mr. Burns a Post-Electric Play, and Death and the King's Horseman. Marc is a winner of multiple Austin Critics’ Table Awards and a recipient of the John Bustin Award for Conspicuous Versatility. He has been recognized by The Austin Chronicle as the Best of Austin “Best Classic Leading Man”. Selected TV/FILM: Friday Night Lights, Prison Break, Mnemosyne Rising, Horton Foote: The Road Home. Marc holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Media and Theatre from Texas State University.

Come check out his amazing work live on stage:
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Graphic design by Corinna Browning of Ghost Next Door Designs

#atxtheatre #awaroftheworlds #AWOTW #PenfoldAWOTW #MarcOfExcellence

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