The Next Chapter

The Next Chapter
Theater	The Institution Theater
Directed by	Justin Davis
Assistant Director(s)	Jessie Pascarelli
Cast	Justin Davis Jessie Pascarelli Brad Hawkins Ryan Hill Ben Masten Paul Normandin Jessie Pitluk Heidi Rogers Megan Venable Luke Wallens
Crew	Jeanette Jones
Run	May/Jun 2013

The Next Chapter is a mainstage show at The Institution Theater that performs improvised continuations of the works of a published author.

Summary

Each night of the show has a different guest author. The show starts with the author reading anywhere from 500 to 1,000 words of his or her choosing from a published work. The cast listens and at the conclusion of the reading, steps forward to recite different details, themes, or concepts they heard for about a minute. They then begin to improvise where the story left off.

Guest Authors and Works

• 5/3: Deano Jones — Rise of the Cafe Racer
• 5/10: Owen Egerton — Everyone Says That at the End of the World
• 5/17: Doug Dorst — The Surf Guru
• 5/24: Manuel Gonzales — "One-Horned and Wild-Eyed" from The Miniature Wife and Other Stories
• 5/31: Matt Sturges — The Office of Shadow, The Four Norsemen of the Apocalypse
• 6/7: Katherine Catmull — Summer and Bird
• 6/14: Beth Kander — Glubbery Gray, The Knight-Eating Beast
• 6/21: Suzy Spencer — Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality
• 6/28: Daniel Quinn — At Woomeroo

More Information

• An Austin Chronicle interview with director Justin Davis by Wayne Allen Brenner.