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TRINITY STREET PLAYERS
Trinity Street Players is a nonprofit theatre committed to providing professional, thought-provoking, and entertaining stage productions in downtown Austin. We believe in making the arts accessible, relevant, and inclusive, and we welcome all who share a passion for creating and experiencing the transformative power of the theatre. Join us for great art in the heart of Austin.
Trinity Street Players is funded in part by First Austin on whose fourth floor the black box resides. So you wanna know where to go to see a show? Yep, you’re gonna have to walk into that Baptist Church. Don’t be scared, just pretend you’re in Europe.
New Art Exhibit
SELT-TAUGHT/SELF-PORTRAIT
an exhibition by James Dean Jay Byrd
EXHIBITION ON VIEW: August 4, 2024 – September 30th, on the 4th Floor at the Trinity St. Playhouse.
ABOUT:
James Dean Jay Byrd’s first exhibit shows how his creativity supported him through clinical depression, beginning with a series of 22 quick ink sketches created in 2003. More recently, Jay painted versions of the sketches, then, with the encouragement of his therapist, tried his hand at portraiture, starting with a large self-portrait, and continuing through a set of portraits of friends and strangers. This exhibit features the sketches, painted versions of the sketches, and the portraits of friends of strangers.
Jay uses oil and acrylic paint markers.
James Dean Jay Byrd is a self-taught playwright, memoirist, performer, musician, and painter. His two solo performances (“Naked as a Gaybird” in 2015, and “Fumbling for the Knob” in 2017) were his first public examples of creativity-as-therapy.
ARTIST RECEPTION:
On August 4th 2024, 2-4pm we will host a reception for the artist. The reception is free and open to the public. No RSVP required.
VIEWING:
The 4th Floor is the lobby space of the Trinity St Playhouse. The work will be on display August 4th-September 30th on The 4th Floor. The exhibit is available to view by appointment, email reservations.tsp@gmail.com to plan a visit. OR come and see the art when you attend a performance at the Trinity St Playhouse. Find out what’s on stage HERE.
We would like to acknowledge that we are meeting on the Indigenous lands of Turtle Island, the ancestral name for what now is called North America. Moreover, we would like to acknowledge the Alabama-Coushatta, Caddo, Carrizo/Comecrudo, Coahuiltecan, Comanche, Jumanos, Kickapoo, Lipan Apache, Tonkawa and Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, and all the Indigenous Peoples and communities who have been or have become a part of these lands and territories in Texas.
