Cast and Creatives Set for WILD HORSES at Penfold Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 22, 2026
Penfold Theatre Company has revealed the cast and creatives for the dark comedy, Wild Horses written by Allison Gregory and directed by Rudy Ramirez....
Review: THE WOLF YOU FEED at The Vortex Theatre
by Lynn Beaver - January 22, 2026
Darcy Parker Bruce’s the wolf you feed (the playwright stylizes the title without capital letters) howls into The Vortex Theatre for its American debut and what a gift it is. In the hands of Bottle Alley founder Chris Fontanes and the Vortex team, this production becomes a singular theatrical experi...
Review: DORA'S GENTLY USED DREAMS STORE at The VORTEX Theatre
by Victoria Schwarz - November 25, 2025
From November 13–23, The VORTEX offered a rare kind of theatrical experience: intimate, sensory-rich, and brimming with imagination. In the Pony Shed, a small outbuilding that seats roughly twenty audience members, the regional premiere of Morgan McKenzie Kauffman’s DORA’S GENTLY USED DREAMS STORE u...
Review: DORA'S GENTLY USED DREAMS STORE at The VORTEX Theatre
by Victoria Schwarz - December 08, 2025
From November 13–23, The VORTEX offered a rare kind of theatrical experience: intimate, sensory-rich, and brimming with imagination. In the Pony Shed, a small outbuilding that seats roughly twenty audience members, the regional premiere of Morgan McKenzie Kauffman’s DORA’S GENTLY USED DREAMS STORE u...
Review: THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD at Different Stages
by Victoria Schwarz - November 17, 2025
From November 14 - December 6, Different Stages offers an evening of classic mystery and refined theatrical craft in poresnting Mark Shanahan’s adaption of Agatha Christie’s THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD at The VORTEX Theatre in Austin....
Different Stages's THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD Runs Through December 6
by Gillian Blum - November 15, 2025
Different Stages opens its season with Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, adapted for the stage by Mark Shanahan, with Performances at The Vortex Thursdays through Sundays until December 6....
B. Iden Payne Awards Council To Announce Nominees For 51st Annual Awards
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2025
The B. Iden Payne Awards Council will host a Ballot Announcement Party on October 13, 2025, at The VORTEX in Austin to reveal nominees for the 51st Annual Awards....
ELLA FITZGERALD SONGBOOKS Fundraiser Comes to Austin Shakespeare
by Emmy Rice - August 02, 2025
Austin Shakespeare will bring the spirit of jazz and the elegance of Ella Fitzgerald to life at its upcoming fundraiser, ELLA FITZGERALD SONGBOOKS, on Sunday, August 24 at 6:30 p.m....
Nominations Announced for 2024/2025 Austin Theatre Critics Awards
by Sabrina Wallace - May 20, 2025
We're celebrating the 2024–2025 live theatre season AND the return of the Austin Theatre Critics Awards! For a complete list of nominations, read our article in BroadwayWorld! #ATXTheatre #BWW Get your free tickets for the event on June 9th, 2025!...
Review: MOTHERTREE at VORTEX Theatre
by Victoria Schwarz - April 03, 2025
The VORTEX Theatre, supported in part by the Save Our Springs Alliance, the Texas Commission on the Arts, TreeFolks, the City of Austin Economic Development Department, ATX Theatre, and Six Square Austin’s Black Cultural District, presents the world premiere of MOTHERTREE by Bonnie Cullum and Sarah ...
Past Shows
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
11/14 - 12/6/2025
When Mrs. Ferrars is discovered dead from an apparent suicide, the tiny village of King’s Abbot is rocked by scandal. Her fiancé, Roger Ackroyd, the ...
For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again
5/30 - 6/14/2025
A masterpiece from one of Quebec’s most celebrated and iconic playwrights, this is Michel Tremblay’s moving homage to his incredible mother. The play recounts the ...
The Talk: A Pep Rally Purity Play
5/23 - 5/24/2025
The Talk: A Pep Rally Purity Play A solo comedy that playfully tackles abstinence culture Let’s go LIONS! It’s the big Homecoming Pep Rally at ...
A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
11/22 - 12/14/2024
An announcement in the local paper states the time and place when a murder is to occur in Miss Blacklock’s Victorian house. What follows is ...
Glass Half Full Theatre Presents: La Maleta de Maebelle
6/15 - 6/29/2024
La Maleta de Maebelle is a heartwarming bilingual journey inspired by "Maebelle’s Suitcase" by Tricia Tusa, brought to life for audiences of all ages in ...
Glass Half Full Theatre Presents: La Maleta de Maebelle
6/15 - 6/29/2024
La Maleta de Maebelle is a heartwarming bilingual journey inspired by Maebelle’s Suitcase by Tricia Tusa, brought to life for audiences of all ages in ...
The 10th Annual OUTsider Fest, coming to the Vortex Feb. 15-18
2/15 - 2/18/2024
Austin’s premier transmedia nonprofit OUTsider is having their 10th annual OUTsider Fest, happening Feb. 15 - 18, 2024, mainly taking place at The Vortex (located ...
Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale
11/17 - 12/9/2023
Different Stages opens its 2023-2024 season with Miss Lulu Bett (An American Comedy of Manners) by Zona Gale. Lulu lives with her sister's family and does ...
CABAREX: ORIGENES
9/23 - 10/8/2023
ProyectoTEATRO, in collaboration with The VORTEX, Escándalo! and a butt load of other Latinx artists, invite you to jump back in time with this comedic ...
Sunny Days - A Work-in-Progress
8/17 - 8/20/2023
A workshop of a new play by Reina Hardy. Inspired by the actual Sesame Workshop that develops new versions of Sesame Street for other nations ...
Sunny Days - A Work-in-Progress
8/17 - 8/20/2023
A workshop of a new play by Reina Hardy. Inspired by the actual Sesame Workshop that develops new versions of Sesame Street for other nations ...
Sunny Days
8/18 - 8/19/2023
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 ...
The VORTEX presents a one-night-only staged reading of a new choreopoem by Lisa B. Thompson. This new theatre piece offers a spiritual mixed tape, praise ...
Malum Malus Burlesque: Lammas
8/3 - 8/5/2023
The wheel of the year inspires Malum Malus, an occult burlesque chantry of witches. Lammas, also known as Lughnasad, is a pagan holiday that marks ...
Malum Malus Burlesque: Lammas
8/3 - 8/5/2023
The wheel of the year inspires this occult-based burlesque performance art ensemble. Join The VORTEX for the next performance of Malum Malus, new Burlesque performance ...
The Memo
7/21 - 7/29/2023
THE MEMO BY VÁCLAV HAVEL JULY 21-29, 2023 Summer Youth Theatre 8:00 p.m. | Sunday 6:00 p.m. ASL Interpretation Saturday July 22, 8:00 p.m. ABOUT ...
The Memorandum
7/21 - 7/29/2023
Now in its 31st year, The VORTEX's Summer Youth Theatre program presents The Memorandum by Václav Havel. Directed by Jelena Stojiljkovic Rhynes. This 1966 Czech modern ...
The Art of Martyrdom (A Comedy)
6/23 - 7/9/2023
Born 500 years before Shakespeare, the first female playwright of the Western world, Hrosvitha, wrote from behind the walls of a convent, under the disapproving ...
The Art of Martyrdom (A Comedy) by Rita Anderson
6/23 - 7/9/2023
Different Stages continues its 2022-2023 season with The Art of Martyrdom (A Comedy) by Rita Anderson. Born 500 years before Shakespeare, the first female playwright of ...
Trouble Puppet presents a one-night-only fundraiser performance showcasing the work of first-time puppet-makers. Exploring elements of American Blood Song , Trouble Puppet's 2019 operetta about ...
Award-winning poet and performance artist Ebony Stewart presents an open mic poetry night honoring the Black queer community during Pride month. She will be joined ...
Sprites and Spirits
5/18 - 5/21/2023
SPRITES AND SPIRITS MAY 18-21, 2023 Performed by Diverse Space Dance Theatre Original Music by Victoria Schwarz Choreography by Michael Jahoda, Toni Bravo, and DSDT ...
Malum Malus Burlesque - Beltane
5/4 - 5/6/2023
MALUM MALUS BURLESQUE - BELTANE MAY 4-6, 2023 8:00 P.M. Created by Blaise Ricin and Anastasia Arsenic Presented by The VORTEX The wheel of the ...
Malum Malus Burlesque: Beltane
5/4 - 5/6/2023
The wheel of the year inspires this occult-based burlesque performance art ensemble. Join The VORTEX for the next performance of Malum Malus, new Burlesque performance ...
Miss. Adventure
4/27 - 4/30/2023
A “choose your own adventure” musical comedy experience, starring Rachel Pallante . What if Bette Midler and Jerry Garcia had a love child? Hop on ...
The VORTEX hosts Earth Day , a unique event in celebration of our 35th Coral Season, with special guests the Guy Forsyth Band. 5-7 p.m. ...
The Dragonfly Princess
3/25 - 4/15/2023
As one of the highlights of our 35th Coral Season, The VORTEX proudly presents a sweeping musical tale of magic, power, and transformation with an ...
The Dragonfly Princess
3/25 - 4/15/2023
As one of the highlights of our 35th Coral Season, The VORTEX proudly presents a sweeping musical tale of magic, power, and transformation with an ...
i see you, you're seen
2/25 - 3/11/2023
"Hey little black girl, feeling invisible and all so visceral. Staring up at the heavens, as vast as your potential. i see you. you’re seen”. ...
i see you. you're seen.
2/25 - 3/11/2023
World Premiere Written and Performed by Oktavea LaToi Directed by Simone Raquel Alexander “Hey little black girl, feeling invisible and all so visceral. Staring up ...
OUTsider Fest
2/15 - 2/19/2023
OUTsider is an Austin transmedia nonprofit that celebrates the bold originality and creative nonconformity of the LGBTQ+ communities through the presentation of provocative, overlooked and ...
How to Be an Ethical Slut
1/29 - 2/4/2023
An original one-woman cabaret-comedy show by Brooke McCarthy. The show follows the protagonist, Blake Valentini, as she struggles between dating the socially acceptable way -- ...
Malum Malus Burlesque: Imbolc
2/2 - 2/4/2023
The wheel of the year inspires this occult-based burlesque performance art ensemble. Join The VORTEX in welcoming Malum Malus - Imbolc , an exciting Burlesque ...
Malum Malus Burlesque: Imbolc
2/2 - 2/4/2023
The wheel of the year inspires this occult-based burlesque performance art ensemble. Join The VORTEX for the next performance of Malum Malus, new Burlesque performance ...
Ride the Wave
1/12 - 1/28/2023
The VORTEX proudly presents the premiere of Ride the Wave , a new multimedia performance telling the story of 3 bros searching for an epic ...
Ride the Wave
1/12 - 1/28/2023
The VORTEX proudly presents the premiere of Ride the Wave, a new multimedia performance telling the story of 3 bros searching for an epic surf ...
Join your friends at The VORTEX to celebrate the Lunar/Chinese New Year and enter into the Year of the Rabbit—the Water Rabbit. Fire and new ...
Consolation of Chaos
12/8 - 12/10/2022
CONSOLATION OF CHAOS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE BY CORPS MULTIPLE. Presented by Corps Multiple & The VORTEX Choreography by Sandie Donzica Live Music by Key Hole ...
Water by the Spoonful
11/11 - 12/3/2022
Different Stages continues its 2022-2023 season with Quiara Alegria Hudes' Pulitzer winning play Water by the Spoonful. Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and ...
The Pact
9/30 - 10/15/2022
The Pact is a play about family, pizza, climate change, dating apps, and fringe religious sects...in that order! Directed by Will Gibson Douglas, the play ...
Edit Annie
9/9 - 9/24/2022
The VORTEX launches its 35th Season with the world premiere of Edit Annie by Mary Glen Fredrick, directed by Will Detlefsen, an NNPN directing fellow ...
Naked at My Age
8/26 - 8/27/2022
Austins own Erotic Muse, Whore, and PhD sex educator, Charla Hathaway, takes it off for you in her one-woman show about sex work, Naked at ...
For two evenings, August 20th and 21st, 2022, The VORTEX, La Fenice, Crown Theatre, and Tooth & Claw present staged readings by Ukrainian playwrights with ...
Malum Malus: Lammas B-Movie Burlesque
8/11 - 8/13/2022
Created by Blaise Ricinpresented by The VORTEXThe wheel of the year inspires this occult-based burlesque performance art ensemble. Join The VORTEX in welcoming Malum Malus: ...
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
7/29 - 8/6/2022
MR. BURNS, A POST ELECTRIC PLAYJULY 29 - AUGUST 6, 2022By Anne WashburnScore by Michael FriedmanLyrics by Anne WashburnDirected by Jennifer Jennings. The VORTEX Summer ...
Tales of a Blerd Ballerina
7/8 - 7/23/2022
Written/performed by Valoneecia Tolbert and directed by Florinda Bryant, Tales of a Blerd Ballerina is a choreopoem told with humor, dance, and music, Tales of ...
Tales of a Blerd Ballerina
7/8 - 7/23/2022
TALES OF A BLERD BALLERINAJULY 8-23, 2022Written and performed by Valoneecia TolbertDirected by Florinda BryantPresented by The VORTEXA choreopoem told with humor, dance, and music, ...
Live stream filmed from INSIDE the theatre on the Eloise Brooks Cullum Stage!The VORTEX presents the world premiere of Tales of a Blerd Ballerina written ...
Heartbreak House
6/17 - 7/2/2022
Different Stages returns to live performances with George Bernard Shaws Heartbreak House. When Ellie Dunn joins a house party at the home of the eccentric ...
Heartbreak House
6/17 - 7/2/2022
Different Stages returns to live performances with George Bernard Shaws Heartbreak House. When Ellie Dunn joins a house party at the home of the eccentric ...
UNDARK: A Radioactive Puppet Play
5/27 - 6/11/2022
An original historical play by Connor Hopkins, telling the story of Americas WWI-era Radium GirlsPresented by Trouble Puppet Theater CompanyUsing extensive shadow puppetry and its ...
UNDARK:A Radioactive Puppet Play
5/27 - 6/11/2022
Trouble Puppet Theater Co. announces UNDARK: A Radioactive PuppetPlay, telling the story of Americas WWI-era Radium Girls, produced with the support of a Workshop Grant ...
Systema, Axioma, Dilemma
5/12 - 5/21/2022
Some cultures are more systematic than others. Some systemic problems can only go, if the system is redone, or gone.Believe is the wrong word to ...
Malum Malus: Beltane Burlesque
5/5 - 5/7/2022
The wheel of the year inspires this occult-based burlesque performance art ensemble. Join The VORTEX in welcoming Malum Malus - Beltane, a new Burlesque performance ...
I see you, You're seen
4/22 - 4/30/2022
Written and performed by Oktavea LaToi. Directed by Simone Alexander. Assistant Director Clarissa Smith. Choreography by Michael Love. A solo look at Oktavea LaToi’s personal ...
Selfie! The Musical
3/31 - 4/17/2022
This whimsical and profound new musical by Rembert Block, directed by Bonnie Cullum, grapples with identity, image, and narcissism. Featuring live music by the Brooklyn-based ...
Miss Lulu Bett
4/9
Different Stages presents a reading of the first play by a woman to win the Pulitizer Prize -- Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale. In ...
Peckin the Crown
2/25 - 3/12/2022
Peckin the Crown is what happens when you combine witchcraft, puppetry, psychedelic drugs and infuse it with imagery from the dark fairy tale Little Red ...
Malum Malus Burlesque - Imbolc
1/31 - 2/2/2022
The wheel of the year inspires this occult-based burlesque performance art ensemble. Join The VORTEX for the next performance of Malum Malus, new Burlesque performance ...
Malum Malus Imbolc
1/31 - 2/2/2022
The wheel of the year inspires this occult-based burlesque performance art ensemble. Join The VORTEX for the next performance of Malum Malus, new Burlesque performance ...
Tales of a Blerd Ballerina
1/13 - 1/29/2022
Written and performed by Valoneecia Tolbert. Directed by Florinda Bryant. Choreography by Sad M. Jones. A choreopoem of stories told with humor, dance, and music, ...
The Mutt-Cracker (SWEET!)
12/18 - 1/2/2022
This years production once again stars brilliant and talented rescue dogs and a talking scarlet macaw (Lauren MaCaw). Darren Peterson brings his masterful juggling and ...
The Mutt-Cracker (SWEET!)
12/18 - 1/2/2022
Circus Chickendog returns to The VORTEX with The Mutt-Cracker(SWEET!). For the 10th year, our favorite canines and circus artists transform The VORTEX for the holidays ...
The Thanksgiving Play
11/19 - 12/11/2021
Ah, Thanksgiving,that most American of holidays: when families gather to bask in the bounty of the harvest, football, giant balloons and a legacy of genocide ...
Obituary
11/13
Done through a conjuring practice, Eva Margarita will make activated charcoal as a means for creating an ink that acknowledges the personal and social stains ...
Austin Puppet Incident
11/5 - 11/6/2021
The Austin Puppet Incident is a joint creation of Glass Half Full Theatre and Trouble Puppet Theatre Company to highlight short works of puppetry for ...
When COVID 19 locked down the world in 2020, cancelling live performances, Chad Salvata retreated to his BlackSun Studio and created a response with the ...
Malum Malus
10/29 - 10/31/2021
The wheel of the year inspires this occult-based burlesque performance art with a small ensemble. Created by Blaise Ricin and Carmen Takeit.The show will also ...
Rap Unzel
10/9 - 10/31/2021
The VORTEX and Brown Boy Productions present Rap Unzel, A Story of #BlackBoyJoy and a Journey of Hair and Self-Care, with outdoor October matinees on ...
The Mamalogues
8/23 - 9/7/2019
From the award-winning writer of Single Black Female, Underground, and Monroe, comes a new play about the exhilaration and exhaustion that comes from being a ...
The Mamalogues
8/23 - 9/7/2019
Color Arc Productions, in collaboration with The VORTEX, presents the world premiere of award-winning playwright Lisa B. Thompson’s new satirical comedy about black, unmarried, middle-class ...
Qualities of Starlight
5/25 - 6/15/2013
The VORTEX: - Gabriel Jason Dean; dir: Rudy Ramirez....
Sing Muse
5/31 - 6/15/2013
The VORTEX: - dir: Rudy Ramirez....
EARTH
3/23 - 4/20/2013
The VORTEX: - Bonnie Cullum; dir: Bonnie Cullum....
Hip Hop Theater Explosion
1/31 - 2/2/2013
The VORTEX: - Zell Miller III; dir: Zell Miller III....
Elizabeth: Heart of a King
1/11 - 1/26/2013
The VORTEX: - Lorella Loftus; dir: Lorella Loftus....
Circus Chickendog's The Mutt-cracker
12/27 - 1/5/2013
The VORTEX: - Darren Peterson....
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Sound Of Music
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Jack Johnson at Germania Insurance Amphitheater
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The Sound of Music
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C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters (Austin, TX)
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