News

During the run of Copenhagen, we will be featuring three artists:  Donald Dashfield on the East Wall, Nick Kirk on the West Wall, and Wayne Jarvis in the Back Hall.  Here's some info about them, plus samples of their work:

Stage West is pleased to announce its 4th annual Texas Playwriting Competition! Last year's was very successful, and we're looking forward to more great submissions this year.

We're featuring works by three different artists on our current show, Daggi Wallace on the East Wall, Gary Taggart on the West Wall, and Zach Brown in the Back Hall.

An update:  we'd like to congratulate Daggi Wallace, who has been accepted into the juried International Association of Pastel Societies Show on January 22! 

Thanks to a Neighborhood Arts Grant from the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, we were able to hold a playwriting competition for elementary through 8th grade students, and we will now present the winners in a free performance on Monday, December 14!

Season subscribers and actors for the 08-09 season joined Stage West staff and volunteers for the annual end of season party on October 11.  When the ballots were tallied, winners and runners-up were as follows:

Best Actor:  Justin Flowers, The Norman Conquests
                    Runner-up Jerry Russell, The Seafarer

We are pleased to feature the works of artist Maryam Baig-Lush (here's a link to her blog) in our gallery during the run of Good Things.  Here is her bio:

Maryam Baig-Lush was born and raised in Pakistan, where she received her B.A in Political Science and English Literature.  After moving to the United States, she received a B.A in Art and Performance and an MFA in Arts and Technology at University of Texas at Dallas.  Baig-Lush has guest lectured for Exploration of the Arts (UT Dallas), Drawing Dimensions/Foundations (UT Dallas), Theatre Lab (Richland College) and Keller High School.

The DFW Critics Forum has announced its list of notables for this season, and we congratulate our winners:

Rene Moreno, Best Director, The Seafarer

Jerry Russell, Best Actor, The Seafarer

Emily Gray, Best Actress, The Norman Conquests

Our lobby gallery will feature the art of Marilyn Ivy during this show.  We'll have a reception for her after the show on Sunday, 9/13, from 6 to 7, so come by!  Here are her bio information and artist statement:

We have a terrific season set for 2009-10, and we think you'll want to join us for sure!  And here it is:

Good Things, by Liz Lochhead, 10/29-11/29
   A funny charmer which enjoyed a hugely successful London run, about a 49-year old, recently divorced thrift-store employee struggling with re-entry into the dating pool.

It's time again--everyone who uses a KrogerPlus card to donate to an organization through the Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor program will need to renew their information for this year.  Use this link to open a PDF form to print and take to Kroger in order  to get this done.  All you need is the form (which will be scanned by the cashier at checkout) and you