The Play's the Thing

Nine local directors on the secrets of season selection

"...complex. At an annual meeting, members of the acting company pitch titles to be considered for the following season...."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

The Stats

"...Venues: Various – primarily the Vortex (80 seats) and City Theatre (80 seats)..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature

Sing Muse

The cast sings together with ease, but this new work hasn't yet found its voice

"...Sing MuseThe Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 478-5282 www.vortexrep.org Through Aug. 11 Running..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Sleeping Beauty

The strength of Vortex's original musical adaptation is in its imagination

"...The Vortex,..."

April 30, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Three Scrooges

Three different stage versions of 'A Christmas Carol' are playing this season, and one of them is sure to please the discriminating Dickens-lover in your household

"...oyster. For fresh and spicy Scrooge, you want the Vortex, where one-man theatre company Rob Nash is premiering his..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The Dragonfly Queen'

Composer Chad Salvata takes his Dragonfly Princess to the next stage of her evolution

"...The Dragonfly Queen, a new opera opening at the Vortex on Sept. 5. The Chronicle asked Salvata and his..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...MVP for: Vortex Repertory Company..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Postscripts

Thinning the Herd

"...Domain), The Baltimore Waltz, Murder at the Planet (for VORTEX Repertory Company), and, his final project, the VORTEX Summer..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Articulations

In Memoriam

"...Domain), The Baltimore Waltz, Murder at the Planet (for VORTEX Repertory Company), and, his final project, the VORTEX Summer..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

To Boldly Go Where No Opera Has Gone Before Opera: The Next Generation

"...to Salvata and Bonnie Cullum, who is directing the VORTEX Repertory Company production, The Black Blood is unquestionably an..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...5. A Kind of Alaska (Subterranean Theatre Company) This remarkable and disturbing production, more than any other..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

T. J. Gaudette

"...the theatre community but was most closely identified with VORTEX Repertory Company, for whom he worked as an actor..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Arts Column

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...and criticism from the University of Texas, worked with Dance Repertory Theatre, taught at the Ballet Austin Academy, developed BA's..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Pratfalls of 2006, Plus Some Shining Examples of Physical Comedy

"...crash in Vaudeville Vanya (St. Idiot Collective) The entire company danced with teacups on their heads in Chekhov's masterwork...."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...American Fiesta, State Theater Company..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nominations for the 2004-2005 B. Iden Payne Awards

A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.

"...of Tears: Walking the Choctaw Road, Ballet Austin/Pollyanna Theatre Company..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature

Elizabeth Cobbe's Top 10 Arts Entrances of 2019

It was the onstage arrivals – some creepy, some hilarious, all welcome – that made this year distinctive

"...4) BONNIE CULLUM has been running the Vortex for decades, and her appearance onstage this year in..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

2010 B. Iden Payne Awards

Four shows took home nearly half the honors at this year's ceremony

"...prize was announced that anyone even affiliated with production company Zach Theatre – two cast members from its production..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Way We Were

On the eve of his move to New York City, playwright and Austin Script Works Artistic Director John Walch reflects on the development of Austin's theatre scene during his time here.

"...have a home, and now it's the State Theater Company and part of Austin Theatre Alliance...."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Seen / Soon: Jan. 12

Stepping into the richly crafted cartoon world of the Haas Brothers and honoring Dr. King on his day with a Poetry Open Mic

"...honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with words. The Vortex is hosting this expressive celebration, and with the eloquent..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Column

Renaissance Austin’s My Big Fat Bahookie

Lorella Loftus’ really funny new play preaches that everybody’s got back, and that’s just great

"...the way it is. I sashayed out into the Vortex courtyard swinging my bahookie with no shame, and even..."

April 28, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Reina Hardy

For this Michener Playwriting Fellow, autumn brings local premieres of two of her plays

"...his last magical servant, the lamp. In October, the Vortex will open Stars and Barmen, in which a similarly..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Elizabeth: Heart of a King

Lorella Loftus' ambitious new bio-play boasts strong performances by the three women portraying the Virgin Queen

"...The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 478-5282 www.vortexrep.org Through Jan. 26 Running..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

The Neovagina Monologues: Tales of transformation

UT RTF professor Sandy Stone takes the stage to tell stories from the lives of transgendered individuals

"...show, The Neovagina Monologues, playing this weekend at the Vortex, shoots straight at the heart of the misconceptions and..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

2006 B. Iden Payne Awards: Payne, Payne, who got the Payne?

When the Austin Circle of Theaters handed out its B. Iden Payne Awards for 2005-2006, it was 'American Fiesta' that, well, bowled over the rest of the nominees

"...Dave Steakley was honored as director of a drama. Vortex Repertory Company's world premiere musical Vampyress won three awards:..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Comedy venues the Velveeta Room and Capital City Comedy Club get new leases on life, solo theatre artist Rob Nash gets roasted, and Dreamgirl Jennifer Holliday comes to Austin.

"...take the stage to talk ... about him. The Vortex Repertory Company is roasting Rob, with folks such as..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Apocalytes and the Tetragons: Psychic Blasts and Undulating Bodies

With the multimedia B-movie spoofs The Apocalytes and The Tetragons, composer-performers Chad Salvata and Sergio R. Samayoa serve up some well-scored soft-core sci-fi cyber-porn, heavy on the energy fielding (and the hyphens.

"...The Vortex,..."

March 17, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

There Will Be Blood

... And bloodsuckers and zombies and ghosts and murderers all over our stages this week

"...Snow) stages this premiere, a first-ever collaboration between his company and Vortex Repertory Company. Oct. 23-Nov. 7. Wed.-Sat., 8pm...."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Free Night of Theater 2006: The list

Take your pick of 21 performances being offered at no charge with Free Night of Theater 2006

"...Vortex Repertory Company: Ring, Rip, Rent, by Martha Lynn Coon;..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature

The Black Tower

In The Black Tower, the experimental performance company ethos creates another theatrical museum through which audiences may examine living dioramas populated by Greek gods engaged in struggles with each other as old as the human race.

"...The Yard at the Vortex, through April 26..."

April 25, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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