Email Author Elaine Liner

Awards

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "First, Noel"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "Something to Sneeze At"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "Grain Man"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "With a Vanya on My Knee"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "Madame Ovary"

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2012 Stories by Elaine Liner

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  A Musical Comedy About Charles Manson: Too Soon, or Finallyr

  published Jan 23, 2012

  "I'm going to hell." That's how cutting edge theater maker Matthew Posey wraps up his announcement about his next show at his Ochre House studio. It's called Mean and it's a musical comedy about the f... More >>

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  Sardines! Doors! With Noises Off, Theatre Arlington Makes Slamming Good Comedy

  published Jan 19, 2012

  Most of the laughs from Michael Frayn's farce Noises Off come from action, not dialogue. The play has three acts of nonstop physical comedy including doors slamming, pants falling, and plates of sardi... More >>

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  Cable TV Programmers Make Bait-and-Switch a High Art

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Drunken yoga does not equal female empowerment. Show of hands: Who remembers when cable TV's A&E channel featured real art for entertainmentr Been a long time, rightr Back in the 1990s, the Arts & E... More >>

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  Shabby Sheep Welcomes Lovers of Knit-erature, Starting with Jane Austen

  published Jan 18, 2012

  The cozy little shop called The Shabby Sheep, an Uptown emporium of supplies for knitters and crocheters, is now the home of the Jane Austen Society, which will meet at 11 a.m. on the second Saturday ... More >>

• Noises Off: The Sound You Hear is Laughter

  published January 19, 2012

  Call a play a farce and it damn well better be funny. Michael Frayn's Noises Off is far and away the farciest of all modern... More >>

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  WaterTower Theatre's The Diary of Anne Frank: Quietly Moving, Beautifully Acted

  published Jan 17, 2012

  The other night at the end of a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank at WaterTower Theatre, the lights went down on the final scene then came up with the cast assembled for bows. Instead of applause... More >>

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  Want to Know How David Blaine Does That Stuffr (Don't Hold Your Breath)

  published Jan 13, 2012

  If there really were such a thing as magical power, wouldn't it be a waste to use it on card tricksr Or trying to break the record for consecutive minutes not breathing without dyingr But that is wha... More >>

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  In Stage West's New Jerusalem, God Is the Unseen Cast Member

  published Jan 12, 2012

  Strap in for a serious two hours and 15 minutes of dark, talky religious drama in David Ives' New Jerusalem, now onstage at Fort Worth's Stage West. But what a great ride it is. The time, place and s... More >>

• Anne Frank and Baruch de Spinoza: Shut in and Cast Out

  published January 12, 2012

  "I want to go on living after my death," Anne Frank wrote in her diary around the age of 14. She wanted to be a professional writer when she... More >>

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  Designer Allen Moyer Strikes Oil on DTC's Giant Set

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Creating the wide open spaces and big skies of West Texas for a huge piece of musical theater has presented an interesting set of problems for designer Allen Moyer. Now finishing up the final details ... More >>

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  Go Colorblind at The Frequency of Death!

  published Jan 09, 2012

  For 26 years, Pegasus Theatre has been taking the color out of stage comedy. They do it in "Living Black and White," a trade-secret method of makeup, costume and scenery that strips all the color away... More >>

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  At Theatre Three, La Bete Could Be Better

  published Jan 05, 2012

  David Hirson's tribute to Moliere, La Bete, is the sort of play Theatre Three thinks they should be doing - but shouldn't. The 1991 comedy, which has enjoyed a couple of decent Broadway runs, the late... More >>

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  WaterTower Theatre Announces Cast for August: Osage County

  published Jan 04, 2012

  For WaterTower Theatre's first local production of August: Osage County, the Pulitzer-winning drama by Tracy Letts, director Rene Moreno sticks with the star of his acclaimed 2011 Oklahoma City produc... More >>

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  12 for 2012: A Dozen DFW Actors Who Deserve More Stage Time

  published Jan 04, 2012

  The list of actors we want to see more of on Dallas/Fort Worth theater stages this year includes a few we've seen a lot of in recent productions -- a lot, as in their frontal and backal parts sans cos... More >>

• The Frequency of Death! -- Killing Time

  published January 5, 2012

  Pegasus Theatre does only one production annually. One of their "Living Black and White" plays has opened at the Eisemann Center on the... More >>