10 years of theatre in Austin
For 10 years, Trinity Street Players has been presenting FREE theatre to Austin.
2010 Season
You Can’t Take It With You
You Can’t Take It With You is a comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original production of the play opened at the Booth Theater on December 14, 1936 and played for 837 performances. The play won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Directed by Ann Pittman, You Can’t Take It With You ran Apr 15-18, 22-25, 2015 and starred Jeremy Christopher, Kate Spencer, Linda Miller Raff, Ginger Young, Jordan Dollar, Doug Keenan, Tommy Chiodo, Mary Bell, Jonathan Slocum, Joe Grady Moore III, Mikey, Arleigh and Hector DeLeon, Gay Wucher, Stephanie Morris, Paul Webster Feinstein, Charles Venable, and Roland Johnson as Grandfather!
The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story concerning two neighboring fathers who put up a wall between their houses to ensure that their children fall in love, because they know children always do what their parents forbid.
In its 3rd year, Trinity Street Players presented The Fantasticks. Directed by Cathy Jones, The Fantasticks ran August 12-22, 2010 and starred Joe Penrod as El Gallo, Carl Galante and David Hammond as the Fathers, Justin Langford and Ann Pittman as Matt and Louisa, in addition to Meghan Zern and Paul Webster Feinstein.
Shadowlands
The Trinity Street Players was proud to present our fall production of Shadowlands by William Nicholson. Shadowlands is a drama about the true story, late-in-life romance of C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, and The Great Divorce) with his American soul mate Joy Gresham. It is a riveting play on the duality of joy and suffering, following Lewis’s own painful journey through love, loss, and acceptance.
Directed by David McCullars, Shadowlands ran November 5-21, 2010 and starred Jose Shenkner at C.S. Lewis, in addition to Elizabeth Avant, John Baltisberger, Ben Eynon, Rana Haddad, Jeremy Harper, Joe Grady Moore III, Ken & Ryan Ramsey, Alex Wruck and Linda Miller Raff as Joy Gresham.