“From the gorgeous to the cruel, the kinky to the naive to everything that comes with trying to connect to another person, black girl love is a play big enough to hold all of it.”

Review of black girl love: an adaptation project by Lili Hime, Austin Chronicle, 2019

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“The performers clearly know where this Car­men lives, and their familiarity with all the aspects of this world – border culture, queer culture, Latinx culture, and, not least, Ameri­can culture under Trump – allows the play’s comedy and drama to arise naturally from them, even when the tone shifts radically. Everyone onstage belongs to this world, and they’ve all shaped it together, so it holds together as a true ensemble show.”

Review of Carmen by Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle, 2018

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“In 893 | Ya-ku-za, actor Mia King and actor/co-director kt shorb not only master the importance of speaking only when it is essential, they fully explore the space between the lines of text, creating a work filled with tension that takes the audience with it every step of the way toward its dark (and unavoidable) conclusion.”

Review of 893 | Ya-ku-za by T. Lynn Mikeska, Austin Chronicle, 2018

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“‘Scheherazade’ is political theater at its most raw and most direct, giving a voice to a marginalized group of creators who revel in the chance to tell their own story, a story that demands to be heard.”

Review of Scheherazade by Andrew J. Friedenthal, Austin American Statesman, 2017

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Scheherazade named one of “Austin’s 10 most memorable theater productions of 2017”

Austin American Statesman

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Scheherazade given Honorable Mention in “Top 10 Theater Riches of 2017”

Austin Chronicle

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“GenEnCo has used the old play to build a new one that tackles a huge conundrum: how to engage with a work of art that contains genuine beauty if that same work actively hurts you and your community.”

Review of The Mikado: Reclaimed by Rosalind Faires, Austin Chronicle Cover Feature, 2016

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“…the VORTEX’s Mikado: Reclaimed took a metatheatrical approach in which an all-Asian cast performing the operetta while imprisoned in an internment camp.” 

Mention in American Theater Magazine’s article on The Mikado and Yellowface, 2016

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kt shorb on Ask A Director

Interviews & Curation by Hannah Wolf