Apprehension
By L.B. Deyo
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Oversight
The Zahir
2026
- “Review #3 of 3: OVERSIGHT by LB Deyo, The Zahir” (CTX Live Theatre)
“The company couldn’t have hoped for a more powerful and engrossing debut.”
- “Review #2 of 3: Oversight by The Zahir” (CTX Live Theatre)
“Expectations soared for Oversight, and the audiences crowding Hyde Park Theatre have not been disappointed.”
- “Review #1 of 3: Oversight by LB Deyo, The Zahir” (CTX Live Theatre)
“Deyo’s extremely well-crafted script tantalizes by revealing the topic of this urgent consultation slowly and stepwise, knotting the plot twists about us.”
- “Review: OVERSIGHT at Hyde Park Theatre” (BroadwayWorld)
“A timely and thought-provoking new work that lingers long after the hearing has ended.”
- “Oversight: Who Should Decide AI’s Future?” (Sun News Austin)
“Philosophical, political, deeply human and unnervingly timely… an ambitious and provocative and well written work that lingers long after the curtain falls.”
- “Michael Barnes on Oversight” (Austin American-Statesman, Facebook)
“OVERSIGHT is an impeccable intellectual thriller given an impeccable staging by The Zahir at Hyde Park Theatre. Everybody in America should see it.”
Apprehension
Holi Shamoli Productions
2025
- “Review: APPREHENSION by L.B. Deyo, Holi Shamoli Productions, Austin” (CTX Live Theatre)
“In a world obsessed with remakes and reboots, Apprehension stands out as an authentically original work.”
- “Missing Thread: Apprehension” (Sun News Austin)
A psychological thriller about a man unraveling in real time, whose grasp on reality wavers as the people around him may or may not be who they seem.
- “Apprehension is a psychological thriller that’s also kind of a dark comedy” (KUT)
Playwright L.B. Deyo and producer Christopher Shea talk about paranoia, anxiety, and the making of Deyo’s first script.
- “Interview with L.B. Deyo, Playwright, about APPREHENSION” (CTX Live Theatre)
“Absolutely taut… Like Sartre on speed.”
Awards
Outstanding Original Script, Austin Theatre Critics Awards 2025–2026: Apprehension by L.B. Deyo (Holi Shamoli Productions).
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About The Zahir
The Zahir creates original theater, film, and storytelling projects that bring people together for meaningful conversation. At a time defined by noise, loneliness, and misinformation, our work invites audiences to pause, reflect, and speak with one another.
We make theater and media that challenges, provokes, and opens space for conversation — new stories told through theater, film, and other dramatic arts, with an emphasis on connection in an increasingly disconnected world.
Mission: To create obsession-worthy theater that draws people out of isolation and back into conversation.