Dates: 8/18/2023 - 8/19/2023
📍 Theatre: The VORTEX
2307 Manor Road Austin, TX 78722
Austin, TX 78722
Phone: 512-478-5282
Tickets: Free
The VORTEX presents two nights of staged readings of this dynamic play by Reina Hardy featuring people and puppets, set in the broken worlds of war-torn Kosovo, the Texas migration crisis, and the climate-ravaged future.
Directed by Rudy Ramirez directs. Puppet design, including a large “garbarge,” by Caroline Reck.
Featuring Hayley Armstrong, Ben Bazan, Kareem Badr, Jelena Stojiljkovic Rhynes, Madison Palomo.
The VORTEX will produce a rolling world premiere of this play in August 2024.
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The VORTEX Theatre, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Save Our Springs Alliance, Six Square-Austin’s Black Cultural District, the City of Austin Economic Development Department, and the Texas Commission on the Arts, presents the world premier of Reina Hardy’s SUNNY DAYS on their “Eloise' Stage this fall. A powerful new work, combined with impressive acting and direction, this play tackles issues of human rights and climate crisis while incorporating multiple forms of puppetry (traditional Muppet-type puppets, sock puppets, shadow puppets, paper puppets, and a GarBarge made of trash). The play's approach encourages audiences to reflect deeply on the fragility of hope and the pervasive nature of global challenges.
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