Fifteen years ago, Una and Ray had a relationship. They haven't set eyes on each other since. Now she's found him again.

Ken Webster (Austin Critics' Table and B. Iden Payne Awards for Best Actor) and Xochitl Romero (who recently won raves in Dog Sees God at HPT) star; Mark Pickell of Capital T Theatre (Mr. Marmalade, Happy Days) directs this astonishing play that won the 2007 Olivier Award for Best New Play -- London's most prestigious theater award.

The raves are already coming in for Blackbird.

"one of the most richly challenging plays for audiences this year...a boiling kettle with no vent for the steam" - Austin American-Stateman

Robert Faires, on KUT radio:

Over 75 minutes we learn much about these two—how they are now, and how they were then—and come about as close to comprehending people in their situation as we can without being inside their skins. To carry us that far, however, requires actors who are willing to crawl inside these characters' skins . . . In Hyde Park Theatre's production, actors Ken Webster and Xochitl Romero prove their willingness to do just that. . . . Their performances show honesty and commitment.