TBA
a new performance by Stephen Pruitt
at the Blue Theater - 916 Springdale Rd. in East Austin (behind the Goodwill Blue Hangar).
for information or reservations, TBAperformance@gmail.com
or to buy tickets in advance, tba.eventbrite.com
Admission is sliding scale - $7 - $15.
Performances are at 8pm, Thursdays - Saturdays, October 16 - 31.
Saturday, October 24 and 31, bring your own beverages and stick around for an evening of ghost stories and fun, as the audience is invited to tell everyone about their own experiences with ghosts, monsters, and things that go bump in the night!
What the critics said about the workshop production of TBA, in the 2009 FronteraFest:
Stephen Pruitt’s TBA was an interesting experiment... as you closed your eyes, listened to his voice and the music, you found yourself sailing off out of your own head. Pruitt tells stories of his youth... and the strange things we hear in the dark, such as the mystery stations that apparently provide intelligence to spies around the world. It’s an interesting experience, and Pruitt is a pro at setting the mood just right.
- austin.com
In "TBA," an experiment by Stephen Pruitt, each audience member received a radio and headphones. A lullaby began. We sat in the dark and listened via radio to Pruitt stream consciousness on the meaning of the words "to be announced." He reflected on how life is full of things that are TBA, but often they never are announced; they just happen. He talked about how the deejay's personality used to matter, but now the only freedom to be found on the radio comes during the programs aired around 4am. Radio waves became a metaphor for human existence. When the lights came back on, we were almost reluctant to relinquish our radios, so pleasant was the experience.
- Austin Chronicle
What critics have said about Stephen's other performances...
Catastrophe Theory is the latest informative and ridiculously entertaining one-man show from that sharp combination of Bill Nye and David Sedaris, Mr. Stephen Pruitt.
- Austin Chronicle.
Clever, self-effacing and constantly moving, Pruitt manages to make his own inadequacies poetic.
- Austin Statesman
There's more going on here than meets the eye or the ear, and the stories Pruitt tells culminate in a life lesson as valuable as any that can be learned.
- Barry Pineo, Austin Chronicle
Pruitt's sincerity was a rare and refreshing reminder of how theatre acts as a testimonial space for sharing with strangers insights on the making and sustaining of artistic destiny.
- Heather Barfield Cole, Austin Chronicle
It's both mesmerizing and unexpected.
- Robi Polgar, Austin Chronicle
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