When a local dog goes missing the week of Halloween, the Santos family become the targets of a homeowners association dispute while mourning the death …

The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin and Salvage Vanguard Theater will present the world premiere of Casta by Adrienne …

A ninety-minute play written specifically to be performed in the park's Live Oak Meadow, Public Property follows the stories of twenty-one park-goers and their relationships to the past, present, …

Taji Senior's new solo show amendment: the making of an american myth, or the slow sipping of a peacock tea explores Black motherhood, freedom and the …

  In the Santos home, an alligator stalks, a mother talks to her car, a prodigal daughter binges on cereal, a devoted son raises lizards, …

   Casta is an intimate multi-lingual performance featuring music, puppetry, and dance. Casta is inspired by a series of casta paintings by Miguel Cabrera. Casta paintings …

In the stench of an East Texas refinery town, a gay boy is born in the closet to a family of fundamentalist Christians. At the …

Casta is inspired by a series of casta paintings by Miguel Cabrera, a mixed-race painter from Oaxaca. Casta paintings were a unique form of portraiture that …

Part of Salvage Vanguard's Three-Headed Festival

Join us for Silva’s Party Poopers Open Mic night, the first in a series of gatherings that invite us to seek commonality through disgusting shared …

Salvage Vanguard Theater announces the Works Progress Austin development of musician Henna Chou’s 噢哦! 噢哦: Slow Roll.     Slow Roll is an experimental music …

A contemporary translation of the classic Greek drama that asks, “How do we care for the dead and how we do grieve amidst crisis?” Translated …

Salvage Vanguard Theater introduces you to Sera in Eva Suter’s work in progress Birdskin, Or What Do You Do For Money, Honey. Sera’s debt has …

Stephen, a 63-year-old recent divorcé, takes his son, Ty, a millennial queer, on a camping trip to their old stomping grounds, a place Stephen took …

Salvage Vanguard Theater invites you to join us for an immersive development brunch as we test-drive and share the design elements for House Play,a new theatrical …

Inspired by the documentation and veneration of Saint Anne, Tryouts casts a satirical gaze on women, femininity, and motherhood. Two mothers and three teenage girls maneuvering the …

Salvage Vanguard Theater invites you to attend a staged reading of Casta by Adrienne Dawes, presented as part of Works Progress Austin. Launched in 2006, Works …

"Salvage Vanguard Theater Announces Works Progress Austin: The ChangelingsConceived & Directed by Hannah WolfBook & Lyrics by Megan TabaqueMusic & Lyrics by Michael Zapruder July 15th, 2018Sunday …

Two Sweaty is the story of two estranged sisters who find their way back to themselves in an urban boutique cycling studio. Their journey of self-care …

WORKS PROGRESS AUSTIN SERIESA new solo show by co-artistic director, Florinda Bryant about the mythology of the strong black woman mother. Language, song and movement. …

Salvage Vanguard Theater announces con flama by Sharon Bridgforth. Set in Los Angeles in the 1940s –1970s, con flama gives a glimpse of a Black gurl’s coming of age, …

WORKS PROGRESS AUSTIN SERIES   Salvage Vanguard Theater (SVT) is proud to announce the winter Works Progress Austin (WPA) workshop, House Play by Diana Lynn Small. Two …

Casta is inspired by a series of casta paintings by Miguel Cabrera, a mixed-race painter from Oaxaca. Casta paintings were a unique form of portraiture …

Join Salvage Vanguard Theater for… A House Warming Saturday, December 2nd 2017   Join us as we unveil our new artist guest home and dedicate its …

  Salvage Vanguard Theater (SVT) announces Works Progress Austin: Cooler Bodies, a reading of new work by Diana Lynn Small.   💖 Are people born …

AMENDMENT by Taji Senior examines the pursuit of creating personhood for oneself after existing only as property. From a classroom in Chicago to a town hall …

STRIP by Amparo Garcia-Crow is an epic telling of the lives of the famous stripper Candy Barr, foul mouthed comedian Lenny Bruce, and entertainer extraordinaire Josephine Baker. …

  Salvage Vanguard Theater (SVT) announces A Second Look at Casta  by playwright Adrienne Dawes. Directed by Jenny Larson and in collaboration with visual artist Beth Consetta …

Salvage Vanguard Theater (SVT) announces the remount of their smash hit THR3E ZISTERS by Baltimore-based playwright Lola Pierson, conceived and directed by Yury Urnov of …

Salvage Vanguard Theater (SVT) announces the world premiere production of Hannah Kenah’s new play With Great Difficulty Alice Sits.    Pregnancy enjoys exalted status in our society. …

Open Rehearsal/Sneak Peek:  With Great Difficulty Alice sits is the story of Alice and Heath, a couple trapped in the most joyful time of their …

CREATE! THEATER WORKS CREATED, PRODUCED, OR PRESENTED BY THE SALVAGE VANGUARD COMPANY AND COMPANY MEMBERS.  Salvage Vanguard Theater (SVT) announces the workshop performance of Casta (working title), a …

SALVAGE VANGUARD THEATER invites you to say GOODBYE MANOR RDCome and say farewell to the Salvage Vanguard Theater (SVT) Manor Rd arts venue. The SVT Manor Rd …

SALVAGE VANGUARD THEATER PRESENTS UNLIVED LIVES in collaboration with Bulgarian artists The Mighty Mighty Pressure Cooker April 2nd, 2 am - 5 am at the …

“You are safe here, Sister.” Inside the compound walls, five fertile sister-wives enjoy many freedoms.  Free sleep. Free Welches grape. Free laughter. Free denims of …

AN OPEN REHEARSAL AND WORKSHOP SHOWING OF  DENIM DOVESWritten by Adrienne Dawes  Devised in collaboration with the Salvage Vanguard Theater company “You are safe here, …

Break The SilenceDirected by: Noel GaulinPerformed by: Elizabeth Doss, Kelly Hasandras, Spring Karlo, Jorge Sermini, Rebecca Whitehurst.Incubating for more than ten years, from stories over …

n the eighth grade, playwright and performer Jay Byrd was a bit of a "sissy," but he was also a good Christian boy, the son …

Poor HermanWritten by: Elizabeth DossA new play in development that asks how Herman Melville wrote two epic novels, Moby Dick and Pierre or the Ambiguities, in two short …

Inklings: a night of short pieces Experiments in Movement and Sound: I-IIIChoreography by April Perez Moore; Sound Design by Jesse MoorePerformers: Susan Peterson, April Perez …

COTFG: The Kraken Quartet and Elliot Cole - Hanuman's Leap Kraken Quartet w/Elliot Cole: HANUMAN'S LEAP7pm, August 30th SVT Main StageHANUMAN'S LEAP is a music …

My Cycle and the Denim Doves is a collaboratively devised feminist farce, incorporating invented languages and riot grrl music. An Invitation: Sisters! Let us gather. Tonight the …

The spark for 1,000 Forest Gorillas in Kansas was partially ignited out of a powerful dream Gold had a few years ago (of a gorilla, …

The three sisters have long been dead and buried. Vershinin, Tusenbach, and Suleny exhume them with the hopes of creating the perfect women for their …

Enter the colorful world of cable access tv hostess, Earlene Hoople, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Rural Media", as she tapes her Christmas special in front …

This is a reworking of a reading I did in the summer of 2013, with some big edits to the monologues. Also there will be …

When Neo-Nazi terrorist Wesley Connor returns to prison after a failed bomb plot, he is confronted with the two identities that threaten his position within …

An evening of micro plays by 40 Texas Playwrights, Featuring plays by Kirk Lynn, Katherine Catmull, Elizabeth Doss, Cyndi Williams & 35+ other playwrights ScriptWorks and the New …

"The journey is the only true thing." We are at a crossroads in the Land of Oz. Twilight. A boy named Tip receives a mysterious …

In a space devoid of decoration and sets, two performers are concentrated on the thin line between movement and inability to move; between breathing and …

An interactive journey across a vast landscape of associate histories, FROM THE PIG PILE features original music, puppetry, dancing, marauding, a Yeahoh sighting, and enough …

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