Claire Canavan

Claire Canvanan is an Austin critic and writer. She currently teaches creative drama and contemporary theatre at Texas State University. At the University of Texas at Austin, she earned an M.F.A in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities and a Ph.D. in Performance as Public Practice.

Theater & Dance

Stephen Pruitt: Staging light to illuminate the new, and the transformed

In every artist’s life, there is a moment when he or she encounters an art form for the first time. The creative work — a painting, a piece of...

Theater & Dance

Natalie George sees the light

In the middle of a dark night last year, Natalie George was wide awake and researching mannequins on her computer. George, a lighting designer and event producer, was designing a...

Theater & Dance

Caroline Reck Builds a Theater of Objects and Ideas

Caroline Reck builds worlds. As the artistic director of Glass Half Full Theatre, her specialty is creating original work that’s visual, story-driven, and uses physical theatre and puppetry to illuminate...

Theater & Dance

It’s About the Clogs: Wunderbaum’s “The History of My Stiffness”

When people hear the word “Dutch” they almost certainly picture the classic wooden shoe, the clog. At least that’s what Walter Bart and Marleen Scholten of the Dutch theatre collective...