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Home of the Spring Street Players and the Colorado River Repertory


A new year is like a script with blank pages.
We hope you write your best year yet!

February 2012
Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play
by Joe Landry
Includes: "The Lodger," "Sabotage," and "The 39 Steps"

Fridays & Saturdays, February 10, 11, 17, 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday - February 12 at 2:30 p.m. 

        Join the cast playing multiple characters and sound effects technicians.
  The Bastrop Opera House has produced numerous radio plays.  Vintage Hitchcock is the first production in the 2012 theatre season which is dedicated to the newly formed Bastrop Film Commission.  This commission promotes Bastrop as a film-friendly community supporting film making by independents and major studios alike.

Joe Landry's plays have been produced across the country and internationally, and include It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Reefer Madness, Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play, Eve & Co., Beautiful, Hollywood Babylon, and Numb. Mr. Landry attended Playwright's Horizons/NYU, founded Second Guess Theatre Company in Connecticut and is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America. He is currently developing new projects for the stage and screen.  Author's  website: www.joelandry.com

   The Tinker’s Wedding by J. M. Synge 
   Spreading the News by Lady Gregory 

Production Dates at the Bastrop Opera House Bastrop, Texas 
Six performances -Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons March 9 through 25

We are seeking two actors, one male and one female, between the ages of 25 - 45 

If you are interested please email 
  Bonnie Collier 
  echoesofirelandtx@gmail.com 
  512 360-4005 
  512 718-2518 cell

March is Irish Month at the Bastrop Opera House this year with a variety of events scheduled to celebrate the Irish including an homage to the Abbey Theater and a musical program. 

The Tinker’s Wedding
by J. M. Synge
Synge an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for his play "The Playboy of the Western World," which caused riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey Theatre.  The Tinker's Wedding is Synge's only comedic play.

Spreading the News
by Lady Gregory
Gregory wrote this one-act comedy for the opening of the Abbey Theatre.  She noted that the audience laughed so much that they didn't hear half the dialogue. 

Voices of the Gael
Enjoy musicians and singers perform Celtic music capturing the spirit of the Gael.

Produced by
Bastrop Opera House - Chester Eitze, Executive Director

Contest:  Are you a Texas playwright?  Consider submitting a your 10-minute play (that includes a rose) to Blooming Briefs, which is a  is a new 10-minute play contest for Texas playwrights. Chosen plays will be presented during the Saturday evening Gala at the TNT Annual Conference in Tyler, TX. This project introduces attendees to the talents of four Texas playwrights and the selected playwrights have an opportunity to promote their plays and win $75. An additional cash prize will be awarded at the conference via audience acclaim.  But hurry, the submission deadline is Monday, January 31, 2012.  Visit http://www.texastheatres.org/conferences/Briefs.shtml for all rules.  There are cash prizes and if chosen, your play will be performed at the upcoming TNT conference.  You may even choose to perform your winning play yourself, or a cast chosen from Conference participants will perform it for you.

Everyone is welcome to register for the Texas Nonprofit Theatre's conference.   The first 100 registrants will receive a free ticket to the Broadway touring production of Young Frankenstein at the Cowan Center in Tyler.   To register watch the TNT website:  http://www.texastheatres.org/