Stage Blood by Charles Ludlam
A family acting company continuously tours Hamlet in the U.S. Carlton Stone Sr., once a great Hamlet, is now dissolute and playing the ghosts. He tries to...
The VORTEX
2307 Manor Rd. Austin, TX 78722Austin, Texas
Upcoming Shows
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Georgetown Palace Theatre
by Sabrina Wallace - June 09, 2026
Jesus Christ Superstar at Georgetown Palace Theatre may be my favorite Palace production since I started reviewing in 2018. Jamie Rogers delivers a modern, energetic rock opera filled with standout performances, inventive staging, hip-hop-infused choreography, and a live band that absolutely rocks. ...
Review: VINCENT at Penfold Theatre
by Sabrina Wallace - June 07, 2026
Most people know Vincent van Gogh through his paintings. Leonard Nimoy's Vincent introduces us to the man behind them through the eyes of his devoted brother Theo. Penfold Theatre delivers a beautifully told, emotionally resonant production led by a captivating performance from Nathan Jerkins....
Review: INSOMNIA CAFE at Dirty Gold Theatre
by Sabrina Wallace - June 07, 2026
What happens when fandom becomes an obsession? Dirty Gold Theatre's Insomnia Cafe takes a ridiculous premise and turns it into something surprisingly unsettling. Equal parts dark comedy and psychological thriller, the play left me laughing one moment and questioning why the next....
Review: THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM at The Alchemy Theatre
by Sabrina Wallace - June 01, 2026
The Robber Bridegroom is a wildly entertaining evening of bluegrass, folklore, romance, and comedy. The Alchemy Theatre transforms the Whisenhunt Stage into a constantly evolving Southern tall tale with inventive staging, excellent performances, and choreography that never stops moving—a joy from ...
Review: ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END at Austin Playhouse
by Sabrina Wallace - May 26, 2026
Funny, warm, and painfully relatable, Austin Playhouse’s Erma Bombeck: at wit's end transforms domestic chaos into razor-sharp comedy. Sarah Fleming Walker commands the stage in a captivating solo performance that captures the exhaustion, wit, ambition, and quiet resilience behind Bombeck’s icon...
Review: WAKEY, WAKEY. at Hyde Park Theatre
by Sabrina Wallace - May 26, 2026
At first, Wakey, Wakey feels like an eccentric conversation filled with dry humor and scattered thoughts. Then the truth lands. Hyde Park Theatre’s production of Will Eno’s play is intimate and funny, and Ken Webster delivers a deeply human performance....
Review: PUEBLO REVOLT at Ground Floor Theatre
by Joni Lorraine - May 21, 2026
In Dillon Christopher Chitto’s PUEBLO REVOLT, now playing at Ground Floor Theatre, history breathes through two brothers standing at the edge of revolution. Funny, tender, deeply human, and quietly devastating, PUEBLO REVOLT transforms the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 from a distant historical event into...
Review: THE WIZ at Bass Concert Hall
by Sabrina Wallace - May 14, 2026
The Wiz at Bass Concert Hall delivers dazzling visuals, standout performances, and plenty of personality. Hannah Beachler’s scenic design and Sharen Davis’ costumes are unforgettable, while Phoenix Assata La Freniere, Kyla Jade, and the charming trio of Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion keep the jour...
Review: THE ODD COUPLE at City Theatre Austin
by Sabrina Wallace - May 10, 2026
City Theatre Austin revisits Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple with nostalgic charm, a detailed lived-in set, and an entertaining ensemble led by Darwin Ragsdale and Zachary Gamble. While the pacing occasionally softens the comedy’s sharp edge, the production still delivers a fun night of classic laug...
Review: A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at Austin Playhouse
by Sabrina Wallace - April 21, 2026
Austin Playhouse’s A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, directed by Lara Toner Haddock, is a fast, witty farce about Monty Navarro and his murderous path to inheritance. The humor lands through timing and structure rather than weight or message. I’d almost forgotten how funny it is, and it�...
Past Shows
Malum Malus Burlesque: Beltane
The wheel of the year inspires this occult-based burlesque performance art with a small ensemble. Created by Blaise Ricin....
Courageous Cadence: Teen-Centered Open Mic
PG-13 contentJoin us for a powerful open mic hosted by the Courageous Cadence Residency Cohort, a group of emerging youth poets, celebrating the culmination of...
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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...
A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
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...
FeaturedGlass Half Full Theatre Presents: La Maleta de Maebelle
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
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
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
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
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 to...
Sunny Days
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 Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body
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
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
THE MEMOBY VÁCLAV HAVEL JULY 21-29, 2023Summer Youth Theatre8:00 p.m. | Sunday 6:00 p.m.ASL Interpretation Saturday July 22, 8:00 p.m.ABOUT THE SHOWThe VORTEX’s award-winning Summer...
The Memorandum
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)
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
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: Year of Fundraising Dangerously Fundraiser Performance
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 the...
Black Queer Emancipation Open Mic Poetry Night
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
SPRITES AND SPIRITSMAY 18-21, 2023Performed by Diverse Space Dance TheatreOriginal Music by Victoria SchwarzChoreography by Michael Jahoda, Toni Bravo, and DSDT castThursday-Saturday 7:30 pm |...
Malum Malus Burlesque: Beltane
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
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 Magic...
Earth Day with Guy Forsyth Band
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. - Earth...
The Dragonfly Princess
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
"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”. Told...
OUTsider Fest
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
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 -- monogamy...
Malum Malus Burlesque: Imbolc
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
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...
Year of the Water Rabbit Party
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
CONSOLATION OF CHAOSA MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE BY CORPS MULTIPLE.Presented by Corps Multiple & The VORTEXChoreography by Sandie DonzicaLive Music by Key HoleVideography/Editing by Justine Spinoza &...
Water by the Spoonful
Different Stages continues its 2022-2023 season with QuiaraAlegria Hudes' Pulitzer winning play Water by the Spoonful. Somewhere inPhiladelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is working...
The Pact
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
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
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...
Austin for Ukraine, Round 2: An evening of staged readings to benefit Ukraine
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
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
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
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,...
Tales of a Blerd Ballerina (live stream)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!)
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
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
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
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...
Plagues Within Plagues
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
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
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
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
The VORTEX: - Gabriel Jason Dean; dir: Rudy Ramirez....
Sing Muse
The VORTEX: - dir: Rudy Ramirez....
EARTH
The VORTEX: - Bonnie Cullum; dir: Bonnie Cullum....
Hip Hop Theater Explosion
The VORTEX: - Zell Miller III; dir: Zell Miller III....
Elizabeth: Heart of a King
The VORTEX: - Lorella Loftus; dir: Lorella Loftus....
Circus Chickendog's The Mutt-cracker
The VORTEX: - Darren Peterson....
Videos
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Boogie Down Broadway Empire Garage (6/27-6/27) |
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Annie Zach Theater (6/24-8/02) |
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Cristian Castro El Paso County Coliseum (11/07-11/07) |
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Guns N’ Roses Globe Life Field (9/09-9/09) |
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John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour Emo's Austin (8/05-8/05) |
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Jack Johnson at Germania Insurance Amphitheater Germania Insurance Amphitheater (8/29-8/29) |
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Averly Morillo McAllen Performing Arts Center (10/10-10/10) |
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Disney's Newsies McCullough Theatre (7/31-8/09) |
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42nd Street Georgetown Palace Theatre (7/24-8/30) |
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A Raisin in the Sun City Theatre at Genesis Creative Collective (6/12-6/28) |
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