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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

  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 …

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. …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

"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 …

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 …

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. …

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, …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …