Qmmunity: OUTsider Arts Fest Gets Weird N’ Queer This Weekend

Plus, Trans Crowdfund Live fundraises for gender-affirming care for LGBTQIA Austinites of color

"...distanced seats available to watch the stream outside the Vortex. And what about this year's Legacy Award, you ask?..."

March 5, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

FuturX Has a Labyrinth of Latinx Performance You Won't Want to Exit

Director and festival founder Rudy Ramirez has assembled exceptional artists into a maze of new and avant-garde Latinx performance

"...the festival is ProyectoTeatro's Raza Cosmica, performed in the Vortex and livestreamed twice the closing weekend (Fri. & Sat.,..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Different Stages' Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Like the separate parts of the Creature's body, the technical and performance aspects unite to create a delightfully provocative production

"...of Shelley's novel (penned by Patrick Sandford) to the Vortex stage...."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Color Arc Productions' The Mamalogues

In the world premiere of Lisa B. Thompson's play, the lives of single black mothers are seen, and felt

"...premiere from Color Arc Productions in collaboration with the Vortex, scenes reveal "single" to be a euphemism for "alone,"..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Review: black girl love: an adaptation project

GenEnCo play emphasizes range of gender roles, relationships

"...project, a co-production of Generic Ensemble Company and the Vortex, successfully avoids such pitfalls by presenting the characters in..."

June 18, 2019 Arts Post by Lilli Hime

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Treasures in Theatre of 2018

It was a year in which theatre making the political personal left the deepest impressions

"...1) PERFORMANCE PARK (Vortex Repertory Company) Producing Artistic Director Bonnie Cullum marked her..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Critics Table's Crème de la Crème

The winners of the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...for an individual work, the Critics Table recognized the Vortex Repertory Company's expansive and immersive theatrical production/scavenger hunt Performance..."

June 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five Recommended Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

Oh, the places you’ll go! The people you’ll see!

"...3) You know the Vortex’s Performance Park, that theatrically enhanced mystery-quest, is already sold..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Murdered Women of Juárez Find a Voice Onstage

Isaac Gomez’s one-woman show The Way She Spoke

"...Austin-based director and associate artistic director for Vortex Repertory Company Rudy Ramirez was interested from the moment..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

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

Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2017

From monsters to mountains, wolves to wild horses, the year came alive with figures boldly created onstage

"...6) WILD HORSES (Vortex Repertory Company) A boisterous bareback ride back into the..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Gay Place

OUTsider Fest heads into the woods and will "emerge ready to fight"

"...See website for full sched. Through Feb. 19. The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 512/478-5282. $40-75. www.outsiderfest.org...."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Ethos' Atlantis: A Puppet Opera

This new musical take on the fall of Atlantis pulls us into an ancient place, powered by myth and ritual

"...eye does Atlantis. The puppets, engineered and constructed by Vortex Managing Director Melissa Vogt and Trouble Puppet Theater Company..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Year of the Booster

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...of The Simpsons, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, and Vortex Repertory Company’s time-tossed drama of the past's impact on..."

May 25, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2015

Wild theatrical energy and masterful performances were the hallmarks of outstanding theatre in 2015

"...humor and heart of a Pixar film. 5) Hunger (Vortex Repertory Company)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place: We're Expecting Guests

Gird up, ATX! The city's expecting 150,000 revelers in a rainbow sea next weekend.

"...Black Robin Hood. Through Aug. 22. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd. $10-30. www.fb.com/genericensemblecompany...."

Aug. 21, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

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

11th Hour Holiday Shopping?

Homegrown art makes a good fit for every stocking

"...to braille cards, ornaments, and cds, and original art. Vortex Yule Bazaar Saturday & Sunday, Dec.22-23, noon-5pm The Vortex,..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

You Can't Take It With You

Director Mick D'Arcy warms an old chestnut at the Vortex

"...You Can't Take It With YouThe Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 478-5282 www.main.org/diffstages Through Dec. 8 Running..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Heather Woodbury's 'As the Globe Warms'

Woodbury's latest solo stage epic is a beautiful experiment in soap opera meets PSA

"...Heather Woodbury's 'As the Globe Warms'The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 478-5282 www.vortexrep.org Through Nov. 11 Running..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

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

'Leticia Bajuyo: Event Horizon'

Wormholes and wonders await you in the air-conditioned womb of Women & Their Work

"...unwanted information that is being sucked into an endless vortex ... The vortex is made of the shiny side..."

July 27, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

A peek beneath the tutu from Austin's Mike McKinley

"...dearest friends among them), the manuscript refers to a "vortex of tulle, vodka, and rosin" that the Trocks inhabited..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

B-boy bluez

Zell Miller III makes the four corners of hip-hop come together in the theatre

"...The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 478-5282, www.vortexrep.org..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Company/Vortex Repertory Company..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sleeping Beauty

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

"...The Vortex,..."

April 30, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Arts Groups

A dozen culture providers have been very nice, according to the NEA

"...to the Next Level workshop series. And congratulations to Vortex Repertory Company on getting its first-ever show of support..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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