Texas State University Mainstage Costume Design by Natalie Nergaard Lighting Design by Nick Swanson Scenic Design by Sara Lee Hughes Stage Management by Shannon Richey Photographs by Chandler Prude
3 Austin Critics’ Table Awards: Best Direction - Kaitlin Hopkins; Best Musical Direction - Greg Bolin; Nominated, Best Choreography - Tom Truss
I've seen a number of productions of Hair over the years, but I can't recall a performance of "The Flesh Failures" that had the urgency and concern for the audience that this one has. I felt those kids were looking at those of us in this "dying nation" with great compassion and an intense desire to turn us from the path of self-destruction. Maybe I hadn't paid close enough in those earlier productions, but for the first time I heard "Let the sun shine in" not as a call to some abstract force but as a life-or-death plea to the us the audience as fellow citizens of the United States and fellow travelers on Spaceship Earth. The proximity of the performers, the direct eye contact they made, and the conviction on their faces were quite affecting. I thank your students for that. Robert Faires (critic)
