Ken Webster

Biography

Ken Webster is the artistic director of Hyde Park Theatre in Austin, Texas. He has been nominated for 43 B. Iden Payne <a href="/SearchBios?Award">Award</a>s and 16 Critics' Table <a href="/SearchBios?Award">Award</a>s for acting, directing, and producing. He has received twelve B. Iden Payne <a href="/SearchBios?Award">Award</a>s, including a 2004 <a href="/SearchBios?award">award</a> for directing The Drawer Boy and a 2003 <a href="/SearchBios?award">award</a> for directing Quake at HPT. He also received a 2007 Austin Critics' Table <a href="/SearchBios?award">award</a> for his performances in St. Nicholas and Thom Pain (based on nothing). Webster also received the 2003 Austin Critics' Table <a href="/SearchBios?Award">Award</a> for directing Something Someone Someplace Else and Marion Bridge for HPT and was <a href="/SearchBios?award">award</a>ed the 1999 Critics' Table John Bustin <a href="/SearchBios?Award">Award</a> for "conspicuous achievement." His directing credits for HPT include The Pillowman, You're No One's Nothing Special, Lonely, The Evidence of Silence Broken, Chopper, The Glory of Living, Radio:30, Blue Surge, Blur, and the world premieres of Ham, Art Stripped Naked, and Perdita . His acting credits include The Pillowman, The Water Principle, Vigil, and House for HPT. His recent film and television acting credits include Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly. and Friday Night Lights. Webster was recently inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame.