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Texas Burlesque Festival
Featuring the legendary Grand Beaver of Canadian Burlesque, Judith Stein, with local legends and festival founders Kitty Kitty Bang Bang. And SALEM from San Antonio, with more than 30 tassel twirlers and queens and kings of the tease from across Texas and the U.S. The audience is encouraged to hoot, holler, and spur these ecdysiasts on in tantalizing performances that range from classic glove-and-garter peels to crazy comedic takes on pop culture icons. Bonus: Mr. David Lampe, that local pop-culture icon himself, will be this night's ebullient host.Sat., June 4, 8pm. $30-50.
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The Austin Séance at the Glass Coffin
Albert Lucio and Jake Cordero will conduct séance sessions over two nights at Austin's Glass Coffin. Welcome them back, y'all – it's one of the first public sessions for the veteran séance facilitators since the pandemic began.Fri.-Sat., June 3-4, 7 & 9:30pm. $40.
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A War of the Worlds
In Jarrett King's comic and thrilling reimagining of a multimedia classic, Orson Welles and his radio troupe, the Mercury Theatre, are a group of Black artists fighting to hold their place at the CBS radio studio. "In the hope of securing a critical corporate sponsorship, Welles orchestrates a last-ditch ratings stunt that causes national panic and secures their undeniable – if infamous – place in media history." And, look, we have a full review right here.Through June 18. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 5pm. $16 and up. -
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Auditions: Summer Youth Theatre: Mr. Burns
The Vortex seeks students ages 13-17 to participate in Summer Youth Theatre 2022. Now in its 30th year, this award-winning, tuition-free program rehearses and performs evenings and weekends (June 8-August 6), culminating in a full production, this year, of Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns: a post-electric play, under the direction of Jennifer Jennings. See the website for details and appointments.Auditions: June 5-7 -
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Undark: A Radioactive Puppet Play
Trouble Puppet, Austin's premiere troupe of object manipulators and societal provocateurs, returns with this tale of female workers manufacturing luminous timepieces and navigational instruments using the newly discovered natural wonder: radium. The case of the “Radium Girls” is a story of shocking criminal negligence and the perseverance of women against a misogynistic system, and you can be sure that Connor Hopkins and company, working under a grant from the Jim Henson Foundation, will bring this fraught atomic time to vivid half-life onstage. And, look: Here's our reviewer's reaction to this new Trouble Puppet production.Through June 12. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 6pm. $15-37.
