Austin Bunn
Secret society inspires newest SiTE:LAB event
by (Heidi Stukkie)
Submitted 04-10-2012 under NEWS
Inspired by a turn of the century secret society, the newest SiTE:LAB event this Friday night will offer visitors three floors of innovative performance art at the old Harris Furniture Building. This building, located at 109 ½ South Division...Catalyst Radio: Austin Bunn on his documentary play, and on writing
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 01-13-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW Local writer Austin Bunn spends time on Catalyst Radio this week to talk about his documentary project "Rust." When Bunn moved to Grand...Local manufacturing workers react to Austin Bunn's "RUST"
by (Jeremy Moore)
Submitted 10-04-2011 under OPINION
"It was a good run," said Marty Green, former employee of the General Motors Metal Fabrication plant in Wyoming, Mich. Marty sums up much of the sentiment radiating from "RUST." Namely, that the era of Michigan-as-titan-of-industry—of sweaty, hard-...RUST: A sympathetic portrait of post-industrial Michigan
by (tfox)
Submitted 10-02-2011 under OPINION
If the stories of individuals impacted by the closing of the Wyoming General Motors plant were not told with the actual words of those interviewed, Austin Bunn’s play RUST could be reduced to a narrative of nostalgia or fatalism...Former manufacturing employees shake off the "RUST"
by (Jeremy Moore)
Submitted 09-26-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Marty Green started his manufacturing career at the General Motors Metal Fabrication plant on 36th Street in Wyoming in 1985. Although he experienced some bumps along the way by way of short-lived layoffs, he still enjoyed his time at GM. ...Denali: Local playwright's hot little number in sub-zero setting
by (Amy McFadden)
Submitted 11-16-2010 under OPINION
"People give you things so you'll open the door. So they can see inside." On Nov. 5, local playwright Austin Bunn gave 50 of us at Spectrum Theater's black box space the gift of a high-stakes plot and intricately connected characters in the...