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Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Creativity, community connects

Creativity, community connects

McKenzie Siller, Staff Writer November 4, 2025

A solar eclipse must have occurred on Thursday as a talking Venus Flytrap suddenly appeared downtown. Last week, callback auditions for UT San Antonio’s Little Shop of Horrors transpired at the Durango...

‘El Gato con Botas’ purr-fectly charms

‘El Gato con Botas’ purr-fectly charms

Maria Wence, Staff Writer March 26, 2024

The recent production of “El Gato con Botas” provides an operatic twist to the infamous Spanish feline movie, “Puss in Boots.” Presented by the UTSA Lyric Theater and written by Xavier Montsalvatge,...

Photo by Morris Mac Matzen

The movie musical exception

Laynie Clark, Editor-in-Chief February 6, 2024

      “You and I are such similar creatures.” “Pretty Woman: The Musical” graced the Tobin Center stage on Jan. 31, giving the audience a show to remember. Last January,...

‘We’re taking down the patriarchy’

‘We’re taking down the patriarchy’

Laynie Clark, Editor-in-Chief October 11, 2023

“I’m a woman, not a whore.” “SIX: The Musical” has made its way to San Antonio’s very own Majestic Theatre and fans were ecstatic after the show’s opening night. Between the sparkly costumes...

Portrait of Alex Ramirez. Photo courtesy of Alex Ramirez.

A conversation with Alex Ramirez

Mason Hickok, Web Editor November 9, 2021

Alex Ramirez, an artist whose reverence for the cinema and the culture that has shaped his work, sat down with me to answer some questions on his filmmaking, his teaching work as well as some of the ways...

Photo by Jake Striebeck

An improvised spook

Jake Striebeck October 16, 2019

Bexar Stage is San Antonio’s hub for improv and comedy. A variety of performance acts, such as improvisational theater and stand-up comedy, are showcased and workshopped Thursday through Saturday at...

Second Samuel

Second Samuel

Maha Qadri April 2, 2019

UTSA’s theater club, the Rowdy Thespian Association (RTA), put on a showing of “Second Samuel” for Com Week on March 28. “Second Samuel” takes place in a small South Georgian town of the same...

Photos courtesy of Playhouse San Antonio

This week on stage: Vol V

Eric Pitty October 11, 2017

Disney’s “Hunchback of Notre Dame”musical returns to Playhouse San Antonio revamped for the 21st century.   This weekend, The Playhouse San Antonio finishes its stage adaptation of the Disney...

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