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.
Theater review: ‘Ride the Wave’ at the Vortex
“Ride the Wave” is a new play by Mattie Barber-Bockelman, now getting its Austin premiere at the Vortex. Directed by Teresa Cruz, the play is set roughly in the...
Theater review: Jarrott Productions’ ‘The Sound Inside’
Jarrott Productions’ “The Sound Inside” by Adam Rapp at Ground Floor Theatre follows Bella Baird (Rebecca Robinson), a Yale creative writing professor facing a cancer diagnosis. Although she’s a...
Seven performance highlights of 2022
If the dance works, operas, and plays in this list have one thing in common, it's that they all skillfully balance the subtle and the spectacular. Presented in just...
Theatre Review: “The Gulf” is a tender drama with humor and heart
Street Corner Arts’ production of “The Gulf” written by Audrey Cefaly and directed by Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, is an intimate drama set on a fishing boat on the Alabama...
At Ivester Contemporary, solo shows by Jasmin Zelaya and Natalia Rocafuerte
In Jasmine Zelaya’s solo show at Ivester Contemporary, “Late Bloomers,” the Houston-based artist explores the awkwardness of growing up and forming identity, drawing from her experience with assimilation as...
The potent and poetic metal abstractions of Melvin Edwards in ‘WIRE(D) and CHAIN(ED)’
Internationally acclaimed artist Melvin Edwards’ solo show at the Christian-Green Gallery, part of the University of Texas’ Art Galleries at Black Studies, combines works on paper, freestanding sculpture and...