October, 2022

The VORTEX proudly presents the premiere of Ride the Wave, a new multimedia performance telling the story of 3 bros searching for an epic surf …

In Seeing the Egg-riss, Brandon Northrup is determined to help Joel Fields, who is terminally ill, see a side-show from a long lost carnival. His only clue …

When Bella Baird, an isolated creative writing professor at Yale, begins to mentor a brilliant but enigmatic student named Christopher, the two form an unexpectedly …

FronteraFest, Austin’s longest-running and most beloved performance festival returns in 2023 after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A unique collaboration between Hyde Park Theatre and ScriptWorks, FronteraFest is celebrating its …

“Gentrif*cked” attacks the causes and consequences of gentrification in Austin and communities across America. And if you *have* seen it before, we’ve kept all your favorite …

Winner of the Tony “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. …

  Nina Simone: Four Women is set on September 16, 1963, The day after the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. This …

Maggie Dunleavy has enjoyed living a rather serene, solitary life in her quiet coastal community…until recently. Her middle-aged daughter has been sent home from the …

This enchanting Tony®-nominated musical fairytale will put a spell on audiences of all ages. In partnership with Deaf Austin Theatre and performed simultaneously in English …

 Follow the young prince Pippin’s search for the secret to true happiness and fulfillment in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh, …

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them, they will forget …

DAMMIT LOLA is experimental DIY stand-up shenanigans inspired by Andy Kaufman and Amy Sedaris. Idiot comedy duo, Roz Mandola and CB Goodman poke fun and …

Clarissa, wife of a diplomat, is adept at spinning tales of adventure, but when a murder takes place in her drawing room, she finds live …

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd . . . the dark and brooding, yet sharply comic, story of love, revenge, and meat pies. In his …

Experience the ride of your life as an unethical slut penetrates lies, STDs, triads, orgies, and love in her musical journey to becoming an Ethical …

Manasvi throws a party at her home to celebrate the end of the pandemic, inviting all of her close gal pals - except for one …

Flood of Spirits is an immersive theatre experience, written and directed by Rebecca Maag. This immersive event features a séance occurring in Austin in the year …

Nason has worked at a Dubai hotel for several months and realizes, unhappily, that there's a discrepancy between Anglo staff and those of color. While …

A modern retelling of everyone’s favorite episodes from TV’s Golden Girls featuring an all male cast. Suggested for 18+ It all started in 2018, with Jose …

Coney Island, 2012. In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, Kate meets a charismatic Dutchman named Jaap, who’s making a film about a different disaster nearly …

In this garden, we’re starting over. Inflatable friends. Ballet. Apocalyptic disco. A wild one-woman dum dum show where Adam floats by, The Fruit isn’t what …

A dumbshow presented by Mr. Bonetangles and Picklehead the Clown. A puppet-clown collaboration by Will Schutze and Zac Carr. A dull spectacle of the state …

Based on the acclaimed book by Cheryl Strayed (author of the best-selling Wild), this is a funny and deeply touching exploration of resilience following the …

"The Moors" follows two sisters and their dogs that live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival …

Estado Vegetal (Vegetable State) is the latest genre- bending work by writer-director Manuela Infante—her first “vegetable play, not an animal play” that tests the limits of …

Maggie Gallant's royal ramblings on pandas, pizzas, and princes

Set in 2002 under the specter of the 9/11 terror attacks, WOMAN ON FIRE is a re-imagining of Sophocles' ANTIGONE, set along the Arizona/Mexico border. …

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Me and Juliet, a little-known musical written in 1953, is a gem from the golden age of American musicals, Me and Juliet tells the behind-the-scenes …

This hilarious comedy by Leslie Kimbell gives us a glimpse into the lives of the residents at Magnolia Place (an Assisted Living Community). New residents, …

Set in May 1963, the day before Birmingham, Alabama's historic black student walkout, The Children's March tells the story of eight brave students as they …

A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of London because of his irregular working schedule. Complication is piled upon complication …

Cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware …