Harper's brilliantly written and plotted TRAVISVILLE is a straightforward, brutally honest statement to the world by African-Americans of their plight in gentrification. Dialogues surely echo those from Austin's kitchen tables and church basements.

The Mountaintop is an incredibly beautiful play by Katori Hall, and Austin is blessed by a production of it with two fantastically talented actors who arrive by convergent paths at Paradox Players of Austin's First Unitarian Universalist Church.

On 9/19 nine thousand grounded travelers more than doubled the population of the small town of Gander, about 6000 people. The potential number of stories for this show is 15,000. Superlatives fail, descriptions fail fail for the inspiration.

Shaw's wit, crisply delivered, impressively detailed period costumes, Napoleon and a mysterious lady, kitchen delights, and charming music, all in an unexpected and perfectly appropriate venue!