Articulations
Arts Column  May 20, 1999

"...Allow us at this time to bid a belated adieu to ASW's former executive director. Emily Ball Cicchini, who held that post for the company its first couple of years and who resigned last month in order to pursue more creative projects (like Alaskan Heat Blue Dot, no doubt, in which she was terrific)..."

Alaskan Heat Blue Dot
Arts Story  March 11, 1999

"...Much of that owes to the fine work of the five featured actors -- Zell Miller III, Florinda Bryant, Clayton Murrell, Emily Cicchini, and Joni Jones. Each comes forward in turn to tell a story, memorable moments which, through the patchwork of playwright Carlos, speak to each other as the play unfolds..."

Land of 1,000 Dramas
Arts Story  March 11, 1999

"...Austin may be the Live Music Capital of the World, but it boasts as many playwrights as songwriters. Well, maybe not quite as many, but enough for some longtime Austin theatre artists -- Emily Ball Cicchini, Christina J..."

Articulations
Arts Column  August 13, 1998

"...Paullette MacDougal(Waiting for MacArthur, Two Husbands in Heaven), and Ellsworth Schave(Down Along the Brazos, Calvin's Garden) join nine other local dramatists in an ongoing two-year program of script development driven by the writer, with the possibility of production by ASW. Bringing the five newcomers into the fold are core members Emily Ball Cicchini (also the ASW Executive Director), Patricia Fiske, George Franklin, David Gunderson, Christina J..."

Articulations
Arts Column  March 26, 1998

"...Cohen had been a vital force for new play development both in the community and through UT, and his passing was deeply felt. But ASW has persevered, and Executive Director Emily Cicchini and Producing Director Christina J..."

Fronterafest `98 Reviews
Arts Story  February 12, 1998

"...Dress Me Blue/Window Me Sky photograph by Brett Brookshire The Weather Channels Created and performed by Emily Ball Cicchini and Kristen Johnson..."

Articulations
Arts Column  January 29, 1998

"...His compassion and eloquence as a critic were remembered by Michael Barnes, arts writer for the Austin American-Statesman. And his insight into drama and ability to inspire those learning the art of playwriting was given testimony by two former students, Emily Ball Cicchini, author of Becoming Brontë, and John Walch, author of Craving Gravy, both also members of Austin Script Works, an organization which Cohen co-founded shortly before his death to nurture, develop, and help produce new dramatic scripts..."

A Commitment to Playwrights
Arts Story  January 22, 1998

"...He had helped build the Texas Center for Writers. He and playwright Emily Cicchini had just founded Austin Script Works, an organization devoted to developing local writers..."

Exhibitionism
Arts Review  December 4, 1997

"...Radio, television, the cult of celebrity -- these are the true agents of alienation, wedging out our individuality, extinguishing the spark of human connection. In this production -- the ambitious first effort from Austin Script Works, a promising company founded by playwright/ director Emily Cicchini and playwright/UT professor David Mark Cohen to nurture new plays -- some of the scenes capture the bitter mix of isolation and suffering Williams hoped to convey..."

In Person
Books Story  November 27, 1997

"...Given the wealth of her experience, it is no surprise, then, that Singer's forum, loosely titled "Creativity and the Business of Writing" would contain nuggets of concrete information about tools of the trade as well as a more idea-driven discussion about the roles of artists in modern society. Concepts such as the responsibility of the artist to both the vision and the audience as well as the goals of communication were bandied about by Singer, David Mark Cohen, and Emily Cicchini from Austin Script Works, a local organization devoted to development of new scripts and writers...."

Articulations
Arts Column  May 1, 1997

"...Stephen's School. The event will include readings from scripts by members Emily Ball Cicchini, David Mark Cohen, TJ Gonzales, Clay Nichols, and Cyndi Williams, and membership brochures will be available..."

School for Scripts
Arts Story  November 21, 1996

"...The programs also can help students secure internships at such theatres as the Alley in Houston, the Goodman in Chicago, and the Zachary Scott Theatre Center, Live Oak Theatre, and Capitol City Playhouse locally. Michener fellow Emily Cicchini had her play Becoming Brontë produced at Cap City and worked as the theatre's literary manager and associate artistic director. TCW graduate Amparo Garcia had her thesis play Under a Western Sky developed at South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa, California and will see it produced off-Broadway by INTAR this coming spring...."

A Man of the Theatre
Arts Story  October 17, 1996

"...Emily Cicchini..."

Let's Fix That
Arts Story  October 17, 1996

"...These days, we're all used to behind-the-scenes exposés which reveal the Byzantine process of moviemaking, but even people who regularly go to the theatre can forget that for a stage play, the road from idea to opening night can be just as long, digressive, and treacherous. "New plays are not like a novel," notes Emily Cicchini, who headed the New Play Development program at Capitol City Playhouse earlier this year..."

Austin Theatres Harvest New Dramas Bumper Crop of Plays
Arts Story  November 16, 1995

"...Imagewrighters gives the play a point of exposure when it is further along in the process. The Capitol City Playhouse program, headed by the theatre's Associate Artistic Director, Emily Cicchini, takes works which have been through several drafts and are nearing readiness for full-scale productions and provides an opportunity for public presentation..."

Programs That Let Austin Youth Speak Out A Stage of Their Own
Arts Story  August 17, 1995

"...Emily Topper-Cook is another artist, a playwright who, at eighteen years old, has had two of her scripts produced at Capitol City Playhouse (CCP) through the Texas Young Playwrights Festival. The program, sponsored by Cap City and the UT Department of Theatre and Dance, consists of workshops taught by CCP Literary Manager Emily Cicchini and others and of a statewide competition that helps develop young people's creativity through the dramatic form..."

1995 Austin Critics' Table Nominations
  May 11, 1995

"...New Script, Original Becoming Brontë, Emily Cicchini..."

The Naked Play
  May 4, 1995

"...With readings, she says, "your imagination is filling in all of the spaces. It's akin to storytelling in that regard. It's all happening in your mind." Emily Cicchini, another Austin playwright (Becoming Brontë), who is literary manager for Capitol City Playhouse and guiding light for its New Voices reading series, agrees..."