Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...Jenny Larson, young woman out of South Dakota, freshly graduated..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

ACA's Save Our Spaces Second Line March & Rally

"...Alliance Director John Riedie, Salvage Vanguard Theater Artistic Director Jenny Larson, and Salvage Vanguard Theater Managing Director Florinda Bryant...."

Sept. 15, 2016 Photo Gallery

Guest by Courtesy

Etiquette takes a pratfall in this comic battle for control between cousins

"...by Kenah and the less wealthy one played by Jenny Larson, bounce back and forth between all-out war and..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Jenny Larson, Voices Underwater/You Are Pretty..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Salvage Vanguard Theater: Neulander ends his run

After 13 years of running Salvage Vanguard Theater, Artistic Director Jason Neulander is moving on

"...the executive director in January and Associate Artistic Director Jenny Larson becoming interim artistic director...."

Dec. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Salvage Vanguard Theater's With Great Difficulty Alice Sits

Hannah Kenah's new play presents an unsettling battle of wills between a mother and daughter before birth

"...inverted symbolism. Under the direction of SVT Artistic Director Jenny Larson, actors proceed from moment to moment deliberately, with..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Spaced Out

Salvage Vanguard, Tapestry Dance lose their home spaces

"...Projects, among others. It isn't just SVT Artistic Director Jenny Larson and her crew who are in need of..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hamilton Township

Salvage Vanguard turns Jason Grote's new play into a rare slice of performance: funny, frightening, visceral, violent, and totally unforgettable

"...Neulander is up to now, I do know that Jenny Larson now serves as SVT's interim artistic director, and..."

June 13, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Mud

Salvage Vanguard Theater's staging of Maria Irene Fornes' Mud has plenty to compel our attention, most of it coming from the three gifted actors in the cast

"...ratchet up the antagonism among them, inflaming their tempers. Jenny Larson, Jeffery Mills, and Robert Pierson collectively raise the..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Limonade Tous les Jours

Some of the production elements in the Zachary Scott Theatre Center's staging of Limonade Tous les Jours may be sour, but with Charles Mee's adorably written script, adorably acted here, the show takes lemons and makes champagne: an effervescent, intoxicating evening.

"...Jenny Larson and John Little play YaYa and Andrew, "damaged..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Salvage Vanguard Theater's Denim Doves

Adrienne Dawes' play takes the idea of postapocalyptic sister wives in an original, amusing direction

"...When a Sixth Wife (Jenny Larson) adds herself to the ranks of the sister..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits

This fantastical show, like a circus, delivers one engaging act after another

"...Director Jenny Larson and her designers did a very good job..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Thrush: A Play With Songs

Caridad Svich's 'Thrush' takes place in a war-ravaged world, but the writer's ill-conceived structure and Salvage Vanguard Theater's slow and sentimental production makes that world surprisingly dull

"...In terms of environment, Jenny Larson (in her first SVT main-stage directing effort) and..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

The Death of a Cat

C. Denby Swanson's unconventional new play, 'The Death of a Cat,' takes us into a weird world as dark and funny as an Edward Gorey cartoon

"...funny and creepy to see the twins embodied by Jenny Larson and Jeffery Mills with their chalky faces and..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

UT Opera scores a wealth of green while ALO is in the black, and Salvage Vanguard Labor Party wins a vote of financial confidence

"...Dietz, composer Graham Reynolds, designer Chase Staggs, and actresses Jenny Larson and Lee Eddy). SVT opens its latest show,..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Salvage Vanguard Theater's Thr3e Zisters

This zombified take on Chekhov gets reanimated right when we need women who will bite back at the patriarchy

"...Olga, Masha, and Irina, Heather Hanna, Shawn Sides, and Jenny Larson, respectively, swing back and forth between ennui and..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2016

Uncommon combinations – dance with horses, music with robots, drama with a Tesla coil – made the year unforgettable

"...parts of Seinfeld as directed by David Lynch. With Jenny Larson's staging, Kenah as the titular preggo, and some..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Thr3e Zisters

InThr3e Zisters, Salvage Vanguard disinters Chekhov's famous siblings in a beautiful, fascinating, cutting way

"...Olga, Caroline Reck as Masha, and SVT Artistic Director Jenny Larson as Irina – and the actresses prove themselves..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Actors' Inequity

The Cost of Art IV: The artists onstage in Austin aren't just not paid what they're worth, many aren't paid at all

"...our tiny organization," says Salvage Vanguard Theater Artistic Director Jenny Larson. "It does affect what we pay the rest..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Live Feed

Jason Phelps turns to his theatrical past to nourish the present with a Feast of My Heart

"...(Shawn Sides of the Rudes and SVT Artistic Director Jenny Larson are also directing.)..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Am I White?

One man's twisted sense of racial identity unravels in Adrienne Dawes' brisk and tense new drama

"...tense hour (a testament to the skill of director Jenny Larson), we can imagine that Connor will meet his..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hey – Are You White?

And what, if anything, do you intend to do about it?

"...And certainly, director Jenny Larson of Salvage Vanguard Theater has arranged the staged..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Norwegians

C. Denby Swanson and Jenny Larson execute a real Nordic move in this murderous show

"...The Norwegians offer fine work under the direction of Jenny Larson. Audience members who struggle to hear dialogue at..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

FronteraFest 2013

Performance jamboree's 20th brings back old faves and welcomes new stars

"...composer/singer Content Love Knowles (Sleeping Beauty, Criminal Cabaret), actor/director Jenny Larson (Salvage Vanguard Theater), and director-writer Sonnet Blanton and..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rate of Exchange

Why the Russian connection matters to Austin theatre

"...and cooperative nature; the participants make admiring references to Jenny Larson and Salvage Vanguard Theater's shared space/shared labor model...."

Sept. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later

The follow-up is no mere epilogue but a powerful tale that stands on its own

"...role of university professor Catherine Connolly intuitively. Others, like Jenny Larson and Janelle Buchanan, shine as utility players in..."

May 11, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

All Over Creation: Occupied World Seat

The doors to the theatre don't keep the world out, and that can be a good thing

"...Post-inspired comedy of manners that Kenah conceived with co-star Jenny Larson, the class struggles seemed broader in scope, less..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Laughter on the 23rd Floor

A cast that knows funny lands the laughs in Neil Simon's comedy about comedy

"...light touch. And in contrast, there's David Stahl and Jenny Larson, neither of whom is afraid to carry a..."

March 18, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Dream

This rock & roll take on the Bard aims for spectacle more than meaning or heart

"...energy seen in the lady lovers, Gwendolyn Kelso and Jenny Larson, and the excellent Alejandro McDonald-Villarreal as Puck, most..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart

This update of a Greek tragedy has a modern look but the same old sense of the inevitable

"...inventive video design – can serve as counterweight. Director Jenny Larson has assembled an enviable team of artists, and..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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