upcoming season
by The Vortex
Jun. 23
The VORTEX announces open-call auditions seeking courageous artists of any color, race, age, or gender to participate in urgent, unashamed art for our 2024-25 Season.
Global majority/BIPOC artists and non-binary and transgender artists are encouraged to audition. Artists selected to participate in the season will receive stipends for their artistic work. Paid crew and design positions are also available.
Sunday, June 23, 2023 evening by appointment
The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd. Austin, TX 78722
For an audition slot, please contact vortex@vortexrep.org.
Preparation:
Please prepare a one-minute contemporary monologue
You may also demonstrate juggling, circus skills, or gymnastics.
Please bring 3 hard copies of your resume. Headshot optional.
The VORTEX’s 37th Season includes:
Funny, Like an Abortion, a rolling world premiere by Rachel Bublitz
Salvador Dali’s Naked Feast
The Mutt-Cracker (SWEET!), written and directed by Melissa McKnight
Rabbits, a world premiere play by Sarah Saltwick, directed by Chris Fontanes.
MotherTree, new dance theatre, conceived and directed by Bonnie Cullum, Choreography by Toni Bravo and writing by Sarah Saltwick.
Syntax Error: The Quickening of AI, new, devised work conceived and directed by Heather Barfield
-------------------------------
THE VORTEX MISSION: We conjure urgent, unashamed art to create action in a shifting age. We embrace diverse communities, break down barriers, and elevate inclusive discourse from our cultural harbor in Austin, Texas. We enliven humanity with magical green new theatre at our Butterfly Bar and Sanctuary.
The VORTEX Core Values: Our core values are encompassed by the Pentacle of Integrity: Transformation, Magic, Community, Diversity, and Earth. Integrity lives at our core. We engage in radical transformation through edge-walking artistic creations and innovations. Magic emanates from our cultural harbor, engaging Spirit. Our space and our culture support expanding circles of inclusive community. Our art reflects diversity of people and voices from the global majority. Sustainability and environmentalism center Earth at our foundation.
-------------------------------
To make an audition appointment vortex@vortexrep.org
