Trinity Street Players

Another rather biased yet transparent review of a theatre company. By biased, I mean I attend this theatre and I have performed for them. Transparent so as to avoid accuasion of bias. Repeat.
Trinity Street Players started as a donation of a church member from First Baptist, where the theatre now sits on its second floor. The agreement was that the inheritance would fund a theatre that would produce quality works for the city of Austin, and never charge anyone a dime.
They do rely on the generosity of its donor, from the church, and from you.
With Zach now in the Broadway calibre price point, you are going to need to balance your theatre power with some cheaper venues. The trick is to get you a ticket before they are all gone. For every person who saw Blood Brothers, which I was a part of, I can recall another who told me shec old not get a ticket because the show was such a popular sell out.
So, this one is a no brainer. Connect with TSP, follow their shows, and reserve seats for each of them as soon as they are available. You will enjoy the space, the shows, and the price, expecially if you are frugal or spending $ 70 on a Zach ticket.

I’ve seen dozens of productions at other theatrical companies in Austin, most with freestanding facilities and considerably more robust financial support – the kind of financial support where seat naming privileges go for five grand.
I must say the work in Trinity Street Players’ production of «Blood Brothers» eclipses most, if not all, of those fine productions. Even though I attended the play on their soft preview night and willingly sat at the far edge of the apparently dreaded stage left seating, I had an memorably wonderful time and a great and intimate view of the performance. Sound and lighting were skillfully executed, and the set and props were definitely more than an afterthought. Seating was surprisingly comfortable, given that traditional theater-​style seating is not employed.
Most notably, the cast was superlative in their roles – not a weak player among them. I will disclaim that I have a friend I’ve met through Unilocal that is in a lead role in this production, but the funny thing is, he wasn’t the only star of the show. I was totally engaged in the performance from beginning to end. I’m not ADD, but it’s not easy to hold anyone spellbound with live theater for two and half hours.
Their productions and financing are financed through freewill donations in addition to the ministry backing of their facility host, First Baptist Church. So, while the tickets are indeed «no charge», I would encourage theater-​goers to give and give generously, at least on par with commercial production ticket prices.
They say nothing in life is free, but sometimes what is free can be incredible.

We went to see the Trinity Street Players production of Blood Brothers. The cast is excellent, the use of the space is superb — the play itself is very sharp — set in 1960s Liverpool, some of the lingo is tricky, but the TSPs provide the audience with a «dictionary» to study before the play begins. Highly recommend this production — the price is certainly right too — no charge, just a donation.