The Game-Changers

The 2009 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...been driving forces in the work of her own Vortex Repertory Company, which she co-founded in 1988, and in..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Holy Cross Sucks!

Rob Nash plays 29 characters over four years of high school and makes it look so easy

"...The Vortex, through April 5..."

March 27, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Radio Silence: a word opera

Zell Miller III's hip-hop opera is fascinating when it isn't flying by so quickly

"...The Vortex, through Aug. 30..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

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

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Staging of Fo's farce never quite musters the urgent lunacy of its Looney Tunes inspiration

"...The Vortex, through Sept. 30..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hamlet

Vortex Repertory Company's new production of Shakespeare's Hamlet has a strong contemporary feel, but ultimately it diminishes some of the power of the tragedy

"...The Vortex, through March 31..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Ring, Rip, Rent

Ring Rip Rent, a new play by Martha Lynn Coon, shows us a future where women who have violated society's sexual mores are confined, classified, and treated

"...The Vortex, through Nov. 18..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

4:48 Psychosis

One really gets the full abysmal experience of being clinically depressed in the 48 minutes of Vortex Repertory Company and Renaissance Austin Theatre's 4:48 Psychosis

"...The Vortex, through May 28..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Salvage Vanguard Theater

After 13 years of presenting theatre in other peoples' space, Salvage Vanguard Theater has acquired its own home

"...Synergy Studio. The Public Domain. Hyde Park Theatre. The Vortex. The Off Center. The Blue. Gallery Lombardi. The Hideout...."

May 5, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Free Night of Theater: The List

These Central Texas theatre companies are offering free tickets as part of the national Free Night of Theater campaign

"...Vortex Repertory Company: Vampyress, by Chad Salvata; The Vortex, 2307..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature

St. Enid and the Black Hand

In Vortex Repertory Company's mesmerizing St. Enid and the Black Hand,' an archetypal family enacts a fairy tale with many-layered meanings

"...The Vortex, through Feb. 5..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Arts Review by Jacqueline May

Theatre Thievery: The Sequel

Over the Christmas holiday weekend, two more Eastside theatres, the Vortex and Arts on Real, were burglarized

"...of Eastside theatres. Over the holiday weekend, both the Vortex and Arts on Real were burglarized. The Grinches who..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Mail to the Chief

Vortex Repertory joins 27 other theatre companies from coast to coast in readings of 'Dear George: Letters to the President,' a theatrical presentation of actual letters from Americans across the country

"...50th Street Productions since Memorial Day of this year. Vortex Repertory Company – a group that's never been shy..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Not Your Father's Musical (Or Your Kid's, For That Matter)

Three local shows show breaking into song ain't what it used to be

"...department; he's employed the services of three local composers: Vortex Repertory Company regulars Chad Salvata (The X and Y..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Eastward (S)ho(w)!

The soon-to-be-built play! Theatre adds a seventh performing arts venue east of the interstate

"...was a lonely outpost for a theatre. When the Vortex Repertory Company reclaimed an old metal barn on Manor..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Bullets

Physical Plant Theater's first Garden Party raised more than $8,000, Ann Hume Wilson has been appointed associate director of the Blanton Museum of Art, Blue Lapis Light is exhibiting – and auctioning off – bras and breastplates for angels, and the city unveils a new mural at the Pan Am / A.B. Cantu Recreation Center

"...• Vortex Repertory Company will host its first annual Tamale Party..."

June 4, 2004 Arts Feature

Ghost From a Perfect Place

Blending eerie reminiscence and the trappings of outright hostility, Vortex Repertory Company production of Ghost From a Perfect Place feels as if it ought to be more provocative than it is

"...The Vortex, through May 30..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Lingering on the Beloved Characters of 'What Ever'

Talking with Heather Woodbury about the people in her eight-hour performance novel, What Ever.

"...What Ever Dec. 4-8 & 11-14, 8pm, at the Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd. Two episodes per night: Thursdays, Dec...."

Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

Coriolanus

Lorella Loftus' staging of Coriolanus at the Vortex doesn't succeed in making Shakespeare's hero truly tragic or noble, but its fierceness of imagination and commitment would do the Roman general proud.

"...CoriolanusThe Vortex, through Nov. 30, Running time: 2 hrs., 10 min...."

Nov. 28, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?

The Artists' Recent and Upcoming Projects

"...town.Ann Marie Gordon Gordon has been deep within the Vortex for the past several months, designing and building sets..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Arts Feature

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

Ratgirl's Holy Rockin' Christmas

With Ratgirl's Holy Rockin' Christmas, Ratgirl proves herself a real artist by tossing the yule's manifold manifestations into an artistic blender, from which she serves up holiday cheer in a mighty mythological melange, a veritable Xmess.

"...The Vortex, through Dec. 28..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Medea

Playwright Liz Lochhead brings Euripides' tale of Medea and her hideous yet compelling vengeance into the present day, but delivers a surprisingly staid and familiar rendition of the tragedy, and while the this Vortex Repertory Company production offers some striking dramatic tableaux, it suffers from pacing problems, a lack of dramatic tension, and little effective storytelling.

"...Medea: If Looks Could Kill --The Vortex, through Nov. 30..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Payne the Town Red

What might be considered the theatrical fringe in other cities is more and more the theatrical mainstream in Austin, an idea that was reinforced with the announcement of the nominations for the 2001-02 B. Iden Payne Theatre Awards.

"...independent companies that specialize in original and experimental work: Vortex Repertory Company's adaptation of Moby Dick (seven nominations), Refractions..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Invasion of the Kiddie-Lit Plays

Characters from children's literature storm Austin-area stages in July.

"...Moby Dick Vortex Repertory Company's Summer Youth Theatre stages the premiere of..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

12 Steps to a More Dysfunctional Family

With 12 Steps to a More Dysfunctional Family, playwright-performer Rob Nash elevates the unhealthy sport of impersonating the members of one's family into a fulfilling art.

"...to a More Dysfunctional Family: A Program to KeepThe Vortex, through July 7..."

June 21, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

To Infinity and Beyond!

The year 2001 saw a host of local cultural types taking journeys beyond their homes, traveling to other communities to share their art and finding new venues locally in which to produce their work and expand their creative sensibilities.

"...town by storm with their adaptation of Lipstick Traces; Vortex Repertory Company won more than a few hearts with..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Deluge

In his new musical, playwright-composer Kirk Smith uses the story of Noah and his wife to look at the seeping, leaking, dripping, pouring inevitability of loss and renewed hope, and the Vortex Repertory Company production makes for a dreamy and wet world, sometimes punctuated with lightning and thunder, but mostly pleasantly adrift in an ocean of sweet, melancholic rain.

"...The Vortex, through September 16, Running Time: 1 hr, 15 min..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Uncaged

Wayne Alan Brenner's friend Sylvia has an opinion about the Vortex Repertory Company's workshop performance Uncaged: The public deserves more for its money than an end-of-the-workshop variety show unless what's onstage is well-performed and original, and except for a handful of pieces by a few participants -- most notably the emcee Ratgirl -- she thinks this isn't.

"...The Vortex,..."

June 29, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

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