AtticRep: Recent Press

Recent Press and Reviews

‘Back of the Throat,’ front and center

To borrow an absurd expression, if you’re being racially profiled, you might as well sit back and enjoy it. Yussef El Guindi’s Back of the Throat begins abruptly as two investigators search an obliging Khaled’s (Nate Beal) inner-city apartment after a terrorist act...
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'Throat' fades to black, sinister

In a short period of time, Arab American writer Khaled set up a series of clandestine meetings he didn't tell his girlfriend about, and, according to a dancer, behaved oddly at a strip clup. More

'Back of the Throat' a post-9-11 study

Did he or didn't he? And - more to the point - is he or isn't he? Those questions are a pretty good jumping-off point for discussion of "Back of the Throat," a post-9-11 black comedy receiving its San Antonio debut this weekend courtesy of AtticRep. More

'Mr Marmalade' disturbing, fun

AtticRep's "Mr. Marmalade" is a carnival ride of a play: It's thrilling, and might make you a little sick, but it's also so much fun that it's likely to send you to the back of the ticket line at the end, ready to take another ride. More

The secret lives of toddlers

The way I remember it, pretending to be an adult was much more fun than actually being one. That’s not the case for the youngsters of Noah Haidle’s Mr. Marmalade (who are, admittedly, much more worldly than the tots of yesteryear), but their trials are certainly entertaining to watch. Most of the time. More

Strong acting, directing marks 'Just a Kiss'

"Just a Kiss"? Ha! There's a big wink in that title, since every smooch in the AtticRep production is weighted with meaning. There is no such thing as "just a kiss" in the backstage universe created by playwright Catherine Bush. More

Troupe enters second year with reputation of smart work

Roberto Prestigiacomo figures that timing has played a major role in the formation of AtticRep. A quick look around the table at a few of the company's collaborators gathered for a recent chat does seem to bear him out. More

AtticRep -- Best Theater Event of 2007

OK, it’s no secret that the Current has a big hard-on for AtticRep, Trinity University’s resident theater company reborn last spring under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Roberto Prestigiacomo and Executive Director Timothy Hedgepeth. More

'Fat Pig' a thoughtful look at self-esteem, body issues

When two people click right away, it's a rare and beautiful thing. "Fat Pig," the final offering in AtticRep's stellar debut season, begins with that kind of meeting between Helen (Jennifer Colacino) and Tom (Eric Lozano) at a crowded diner. It's a meeting straight out of a romantic comedy, and it probably would proceed as one, except for one thing. More

Phat Pig

You are what you eat. You're also who you drink with, or so Neil LaBute's Fat Pig deftly intimates. Yes, in the corporate world of non-work and non-play, it's your non-friends who define you, and usually they're assholes. More

Cast, staging sparkle in 'Last Days of Judas Iscariot'

AtticRep launched its first full season last weekend with a richly rewarding staging of "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot." Stephen Adly Guirgis' challenging and frequently funny script digs into meaty matters such as faith, justice, betrayal, God, life after 9-11 and whether Judas got a fair shake. More

The Play's the Thing

Theater in San Antonio is currently weighted in favor of two very specific demographics — everyone under 16 years of age, and everyone over 65. If you don’t fall into one of those groups, you’re pretty much screwed. More

Intense drama short, but powerful

Nick, the central character in Harold Pinter's “One for the Road,” is a man who loves his work. After all, as he notes to the mostly silent man seated before him, “I can do absolutely anything I like.” The only indication of anything sinister in the first few minutes of the play, the debut offering from the AtticRep, is the stark terror in the eyes of that man. The more Nick talks — and he does almost all of the talking — the more unsettling the show becomes. More