What’s your favorite children’s book? For our final Surround Project PLAY DATE of 2026, we’re turning the Eureka Day set into a living library–filled with stories that will go on to support San Antonio families. 📚 How to Participate Bring a new or gently used children’s book to the performance on Saturday, May 2 Drop off … Continue reading Fill the Shelves: A Community Book Drive for Eureka Day
By Eva Laporte One of the joys of producing Karen Zacarías’ Native Gardens is that the set is often an event in itself: two neighboring homes, lush gardens, fencing, flowers, grass, and the visible labor of transformation unfolding before the audience. It’s a world that usually asks for scale. For our PLAY DATE reading, I … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Karen Arredondo and the Art of the Native Gardens Micro-Set
Using the concept of “cues to care” from native landscaping and Karen Zacarías’s Native Gardens, this article examines how visible stewardship shapes both our yards and our neighborhoods.
By Eva Laporte Some artistic partnerships become part of a project's DNA, and that has certainly been true of our collaboration with Robert Cardoza over the years. I first met Robert in 2016 when Zach and I moved back to Texas, and it quickly became clear that his artistry, generosity, and commitment to language access … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: In Conversation with Robert Cardoza of Stage Hands, LLC
photo: From left, Paul DeBoy, Anne-Marie Cusson, and Monica Rae Summers Gonzalez with the Gardeners in "Native Gardens" at Syracuse Stage. (Photo by Michael Davis.) by Eva Laporte Surround Project Chose a Comedy! Karen Zacarías’s Native Gardens At Surround Project, we’re always looking for plays that open the door to meaningful conversation – stories that … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Karen Zacarías
