Undermain’s Artistic Director, Katherine Owens, discusses “the director as innovator.”

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Last weekend Katherine Owens spoke on a panel at the Theatre Communications Group National Conference.  The topic was “The Director As Innovator,” and panelists included Rob Melrose of Cutting Ball Theatre, Chris Ashley… Read More

Staff Survey Series: Miranda Parham

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  Job at Undermain:  Emerging Artist Intern Describe your typical day/duties at the theatre: A woman with many hats, I like to post up in the kitchen (where the light shines in), equipped… Read More

The Director As Innovator, Introduction To This Week’s Interview Topic

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This past weekend Dallas hosted the annual Theatre Communications Group Conference.  Undermain Theatre was on the host committee, and Artistic Director Katherine Owens sat on a panel of prestigious national directors to address… Read More

Don’t Miss This Script: The Tragical History Of The Life And Death Of Doctor Faustus

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For this week’s Don’t Miss The Script, Undermain Costume Designer Giva Taylor (whose work is currently onstage in An Iliad, recommends Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History Of The Life And Death Of Doctor Faustus. ***… Read More

How Do We Talk About Actors’ Bodies?

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Like so many others, I spent hours last week tearing through the new season of Arrested Development on Netflix.  After an early episode, a friend asked me what I thought so far.  I… Read More

Staff Survey Series: Ben Bryant

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Job at Undermain: Facilities Manager/Master Electrician.  I assist with set builds and am in charge of general upkeep of physical facility.  Describe your typical day/duties at the theatre. During  production- Build or handle… Read More

Staff Survey Series: Ken Bernstein

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Job at Undermain: technical director Describe your typical day/duties at the theatre. I do theatre because there is no typical. On any given day I can be sourcing materials, drafting construction drawings,building or… Read More

Deep Ellum Dining fit for Epic Heroes

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If you’re headed back to Undermain Theatre for An Iliad, chances are you’ll be looking for a bite to eat on your way in. On the other hand, after the exhausting battles and… Read More

The Story Of An Iliad Is Not The Story Of The Iliad

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Tonight Undermain opens the second run of An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare.  Most audiences know this play as the one-man version of The Iliad.  That’s not entirely accurate, and the… Read More

DON’T MISS THIS SCRIPT: DEAD CITY

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This week, Dylan Key, Undermain’s Associate Director, recommends Dead City by Sheila Callaghan. * * * There’s a play, first produced in 2005, about a mother-daughter relationship around Christmas, that features a talking… Read More

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