Courtney Thomas

Courtney Thomas is an Austin-based writer interested in the intersection of art and politics. In 2022, she graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin, where she received a BA in Theatre and Dance and a BA in Humanities.

Virginia Colwell’s “To Have and to Hold” critiques sentimental views of the American South

Virginia Colwell's small solo exhibition "To Have and to Hold" at Co-lab Projects consists of two new works: a series of five landscape paintings and a work of sculpture,...

Dance review: Ballet Austin’s ‘Sarah’s Songs’

Ballet Austin’s “Sarah’s Songs” proved an excellent evening of dance, and a beautiful tribute to the long-time leadership and philanthropy of Sarah Goodrich Butler, the Founding Chair of the...

Theatre review: The spark doesn’t quite catch in Filigree’s ‘Fire in Dreamland’

In 1911, a fire destroyed Coney Island’s Dreamland amusement park. Filigree Theatre’s latest production, “Fire in Dreamland” written by Rinne Groff is set 101 years later, in the wake...

Theatre review: ‘In the Beginning’ imagines a playful, freeing, alternate Genesis

Let there be light. Then sound. Then a tree. Then, a sheep. That’s how creation goes in Grackle Jack’s “In the Beginning,” a wild woman dum dum show created and...

Opera review: The horror and humor in Austin Opera’s ‘Sweeney Todd’

It seems Austin Opera has barbers on the brain this season. Following November’s “The Barber of Seville,” the current offering “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” at the...

At Women & Their Work, Jade Walker’s ‘Wayfinding’ finds tension weaving together people and place

In Jade Walker’s exhibition “Wayfinding” at Women & Their Work, bright blue, orange and red threads crisscross the gallery, wrapping around columns and forming 10-foot tall woven artworks. Throughout new...