Welcome to the home of Different Stages,
an Austin, Texas community theater company.
Different Stages was founded in 1980 as Small Potatoes Theatrical Company. Lucy
Lister, Angero Holt, and Norman E. Blumensaadt incorporated it as a nonprofit
organization under its present name in 1984. From its inception, the theatre has
been committed to the performance not only of famous plays but also of lesser-known
works. Plays by Shakespeare, Molière, Shaw, and O'Neill have been recurring favorites;
but Different Stages has also introduced Austin audiences to the works of Caryl
Churchill, Jane Martin, Keith Reddin, Charles Ludlum, Constance Congdon, Marlane
Meyer, Pierre Marivaux, and Edit Villarreal.
The company has produced almost 80 plays, ranging from romantic to neo-classic to realistic to surrealistic. It has staged several world premieres--four translations by Austin scholars, including one by Professor Douglass Parker, and original scripts by Austin playwrights Tom White and Ann Ciccolella.
Norman Blumensaadt has been the Producing Artistic Director since the beginning
of the company and continues in that role. However, in 1993 an Operational Board
(separate from the Board of Directors) was formed to share the day-to-day operations
of the company. It includes Norman Blumensaadt, Paula Gilbert, Royce Gehrels,
and Michael Growblewski. The Operational Board has been involved with Different
Stages for many years; but there are also numerous other noteworthy Austin directors,
designers, and actors who continue to enrich its productions.
Different Stages does not own a theatre building. For the past five years we have
performed at the Auditorium on Waller Creek 710 East 41st Street on the grounds
of The KPM Institute, Griffin School and the Perry Mansion. We has also performed
recently at The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd, Austin Texas 78722 and The Off-Center (Home
of the Rude Mechanicals) 2211 Hidalgo St, off 7th St in East Austin.
Please check each play's current location in the "On
Stage" or "Upcoming Shows" pages
of the website.
Mailing address:
4602 B Rosedale
Austin, Texas 78756
email: differentstagescompany@yahoo.com