Creative Work: Plays, Published Work

FronteraFest Short Fringe 2017 | CTX Live Theatre

The poignant, heart-rending, and often funny stories of a family. A very unusual family.


The Storyteller, by Liz Delaney.

Actor relates and shares several stories and poems with the audience, using the author's words, along with creative props and universal movements. The poems and stories should touch upon shared, positive cultural memories, and/or evoke insight through new situations which are presented. Director/producer Vanessa Broussard.


Corporate Whore Thrift Store and Free Marijuan

ScriptWorks' Out of Ink 2019: Artificially Intelligent

It's the climax of Jason Rainey's play, "Everyone Who Loves Me," one of eight 10-minute works premiering at this year's Out of Ink, ScriptWorks' annual new-play showcase. Our protagonist Aaron (Matrex Kilgore) is about to receive some ... let's say, "unique" news. Thanks to the latest breakthrough in home DNA-testing technology – à la Ancestry.com – Aaron browses a list of everyone who is now (or has ever been) sexually attracted to him. Included are the names of childhood crushes, ex-girlfriend

Wilted Dreams | Austin Family Magazine

This summer, I planted my very own tomatoes. In June, they were doing great. The watering, sun and my incessant singing of “Walking on Sunshine” was working!

Were my genteel neighbors tiring of hearing music blast from our back deck twice daily while I watered? Did my family glance outside more than once with worried looks as I danced around my container tomatoes wearing a bedraggled, tomato themed-swimsuit? They sure did.

Did my family consider a tomato plant intervention when I announced the

Happy Hula Hooping | Austin Family Magazine

To kick off July, my kids and I pick one new activity to try together for the month. Over the years, we’ve learned to play ukulele, climb the Grand Canyon and make cheese. After this summer, we have plans to be experienced cave spelunkers!

My favorite July was when we all learned how to hula hoop. My kids took to this activity right away. Our professional hula hoop teacher Kim, in her pink-sparkled pants and top, would effortlessly hoop around us, patiently saying, “Move your hips easily in a c

E. Kristin Anderson Book Launch

Join us in celebrating the launch of E. Kristin Anderson’s new chapbook, Pray, Pray, Pray: Poems I wrote to Prince in the middle of the night (Porkbelly Press). Kristin will be joined by writers M. Mack, Stacey Balkun, Erika Jo Brown, Ava Love Hanna, BJ Love, Liz Belile and Nettie Reynolds.

E. Kristin Anderson is a Pushcart-nominated poet and author who grew up in Westbrook, Maine and is a graduate of Connecticut College. She has a fancy diploma that says “B.A. in Classics,” which makes her sou

Young Writer’s Workshop

Young Writer’s Workshop is a wonderful day on which authors, poets, playwrights, song-writers, and journalists volunteer their time to share their love of writing with our 3rd through 5th graders. If you want to be amazed by the quality of writers our kids will get to work with on their own writing skills, see the list of writers and their bios below.

Our Pre-K through 2nd graders are not left out and also have a special treat that day. This year bilingual story teller/musician Sue Young is per

Association of Writers & Writing Programs

Nettie Reynolds lives in Austin, Texas. She is a writer, humorist, storyteller, and mom. Nettie is also a palliative spiritual chaplain in private practice. She is thrilled to be among so many talented mentors and mentees. She hopes to perform her one woman show, “Toys of My Youth” Off Broadway or at least in Algona, Iowa where her sweetheart is from. She has performed in the national “Listen to Your Mother Show,” and her plays were most recently in the national “One Minute Play Festival.” She i

Nettie Reynolds - Speaker

Nettie Reynolds is a laughter yoga teacher and marketing/branding consultant. She is an award-winning humor writer and blogger who lives in Austin, Texas. She was most recently featured in the Listen To Your Mother – Austin series. She has appeared in Frontera Fest Austin three times. She is also in her first semester of a Master of Divinity at the Austin Theological Presbyterian Seminary. Reynolds has spoken on branding and marketing at many national conferences including Book Expo America, Soc

The One-Minute Play Festival | CTX Live Theatre

The 4th ANNUAL AUSTIN ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL will feature brand new one-minute plays by


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Kimberly Belflower, Allison Orr Block, James Burnside, Katherine Catmull, Martha Lynn Coon, Jenny Connell Davis, Trey Deason, Amparo Garcia-Crow, Charlie Gill, Aimée Gonzalez, Ava Love Hanna, Christine Hoang, Julie Holden, Kirk Lynn, Tristan Mercado, Nadine Mozon, Candyce Rusk, Sarah Saltwick, Eva Suter, and Anne Maria Wynter.


Directed by Jenny Connell Davis, Marian Kansas, Ellie McBride,

THE 5th ANNUAL AUSTIN ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

Presented by The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) and ScriptWorks

The One-­Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) is a grass-roots community-engaged theatre festival, founded by Producing Artistic Director, Dominic D’Andrea. #1MPF is social barometer practice, which investigates local zeitgeist and narratives through dialogue, consensus building, and a performance of minute-long moments generated by each community. #1MPF works in partnership with traditional theatres, cultural institutions, and social ju