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Amphibian Articles and Critical Acclaim
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![Culebro (center): ‘We want ... names like “Fort Worth” and “TCU” [to] become familiar in New York theater circles.’](images/season-2007/feature_pic1_2-21.jpg) February
22, 2007
"Short Hop to the Big Apple"
By Jimmy Fowler (Fort Worth Weekly Writer)
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A TCU-born theater group is introducing local frogs to the off-Broadway
pond — and
vice versa. It wasn’t much of a stretch, when a small
group of TCU drama students decided to stage a play on the Horned
Frog campus seven years ago, for them to pick the name Amphibian Stage Productions for the new theatrical entity they’d formed.
Culebro (center): ‘We want ... names like
“Fort
Worth” and “TCU” [to] become
familiar in New
York theater circles.’
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 February
04, 2007
"THE CREATIVE LIFE -
Up close with local people in the arts"
By Mark Lowry (Star Telegram Staff Writer)
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Photo
credit: Star Telegram/Ralph Lauer
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 July 2, 2006
"These Frogs have legs"
By Mark Lowry (Star Telegram Staff Writer)
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Photo credit: Star Telegram/Ron T. Ennis
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Critical Acclaim
December 18, 2006
"Theater in review: A
showstopping
selection"
By Lawson Taitte / Theater Critic
Below the Belt Makes Top Ten
Amphibian Stage Productions' version of this popular comedy about anxiety
in the
workplace was the year's best show in Fort Worth. The company's Icarus
was pretty swell, too. --
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September 21, 2006
"Cowtown fares better this year"
By Mark Lowry,
(Star Telegram Staff Writer)
Cowtown fared better than last year in the annual Dallas-Fort Worth
Theater Critics Forum awards, which honor outstanding productions,
performances and design for the 2005-06 season (shows that opened between
Sept. 1, 2005, and Aug. 31, 2006).
Three Fort Worth groups took honors; one each to Jubilee Theatre
and Circle Theatre, and two for Amphibian Stage
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December 11, 2005
Companies stretch with bold lineups
MARK LOWRY
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
Zoologically speaking, amphibians and butterflies don't mix — unless it's a frog munching down on the winged insect. But in theater terms, it's a good week for all creatures.
Two of Fort Worth's independent groups have announced their 2006 seasons: Amphibian StageProductions, which saw tremendous growth in 2005; and the Butterfly Connection, which is still emerging from its chrysalis.
Perhaps the butts-in-seats story of the year belongs to Amphibian. The group mounted two solid main-stage shows, A Buyer's Market and Matt & Ben. But what's amazing is that it consistently drew nice crowds to a type of performance that doesn't often accomplish that task: staged readings.
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