A new theatre company made up largely of USC Alums

Texas Rep Announces First Season

Steve Fenley (MFA 2004) sent a letter from Houston saying:

Our new theatre is under construction now and the response from our community has been enthusiastic. We have several alums that will be appearing in our first season, including Michael Kroeker, JP Driscoll, Jackie Coleman, Brian Schilb, Kay Allmand and, of course, myself. The season will be directed entirely by Craig Miller and Jerry Winters. We jokingly refer to The Texas Repertory Theatre Co. as "Theatre USC Southwest."

The letter includes a beautiful four-color brochure annoucing that their new theater building—not a recycled store front or garage, but a purpose-built theater building!—will open in February. The first season offers Shakespeare, two American classics and one of the great audience pleasers of the last 15 years: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Our Town, Of Mice and Men and Forever Plaid.

The Texas Rep motto is "Believe!" Their website (http://www.texreptheatre.org/) presents their business plan, a document of unusual breadth and thoughtfulness for so young a group. Of course, they need support and if you'd like to help, check out their wish list at http://www.texreptheatre.org/wishlist.htm.

As Craig Miller writes in the season brochure: "To believe—to have faith in something bigger than yourself; to put your deepest dreams and ultimate desires out there for everyone to see—you have to believe that they will come true....Believe with us!"