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 …

Glass Half Full Theatre presents the newest session in their ongoing comedy series, Missionary Position: Pleasure Journeys for the Intrepid Lady Explorer (Session Three). Amelia Weatherbeaten (Caroline Reck) …

NOTES returns to the stage...Thank you FUSEBOX for lighting the fffffuuu (rumble) of our (whoosh) spaceship (sonic boom)! Notes on the Classification of Spectral Lines, the …

These are some facts of the world: The bad times began when we had a serious problem with the sun. That was when we came to …

Trouble Puppet Theater Co. presents a diabolically divine new show starring larger-than-life puppets sparring in the ring for our minds and souls! Funded in part …

Notes on the Classification of Spectral Lines, the Art of Water Writing, and Other Important Ephemera is the first production from Catastrophe Theory Arts - a …

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

The first official outing from Catastrophe Theory Arts is also the first of a series - a new take on the multi-artist variety show - …

Weird! True Hollywood Tales is a biography/pop culture history lecture series about 20th century icon deaths and scandals presented by stand up comedians.  ONLY 2 …

Heloise Gold and Natalie George present 1000 FOREST GORILLAS IN KANSAS - The Remount Exciting performances by Natalie George and Heloise Gold  with Ellen Bartel, …

elementsBa Na Na (JD Samson + Drew Denny) How culturally universal is the experience of eroticizing nature? Is this a desire everyone has? To go …

The Mahogany Project facilitates dialogue on the lives of black queer men through prose and poetry, which serve as a cornerstone within our community, inspiring …

This Lesbian Literary Love Fest takes the form of a cat fight! Join Brooklyn-based and ex- Austinite performer, writer, professor, and Girls in the Nose …

  In this high energy, comedy filled musical revue, “Love Me Tinder” asks, “What is love?” In this modern age, do our devices bring us …

Centered around 3-Card Monte, part card game and part scam, 'Topdog/Underdog' paints an electrifingly intimate portrait of sibling rivalry. In a cramped, shared apartment, brothers Lincoln and …

“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 …

In December, Austin will be filled with loads of holiday entertainment (Christmas Carol at Zach, It's a Wonderful Life from Penfold, Ballet Austin's Nutcracker, Trail …

It's Christmas time and Santa and Mrs. Claus can't get along!  Plagued by unicorn dust addictions and a love for the hooch, the two go …

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 …

Frankenstein: The Trouble Puppet Show is a spectacular work of puppet theater, adapted from Mary Shelley's classic novel by Trouble Puppet Artistic Director Connor Hopkins. …

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 …

Mistress Weatherbeaten and Matron Dangerbottom, those intrepid Lady Explorers, need to save Ladies Panties from the effects of Climate Change.  Award-winning writer/director Caroline Reck presents …

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 …

Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks, a viciously intimate look into the lives of two brothers named Lincoln and Booth, weaves an examination of America's racial identity …

Gusev tells the story of a young army private, recently discharged, on a voyage home from his posting in Siberian coast. Infected with tuberculosis, Gusev …

The Generic Ensemble Company is producing a modern adaptation of Robin Hood, written by Krysta Gonzales, exploring police corruption and the State in America.  Robin Hood: An Elegy follows …

The Spark is an honest account of coming to terms with a mental illness. This play takes the audience into the inner workings of a …

a new play by paper chairs co-founder and local playwright Elizabeth Doss that explores a nuclear family born of World War II as it blows apart …

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is a live stage production of arguably the most popular B-film of all-time. Premiering in the UK in 1973, THE ROCKY …

Based on the 1988 cult classic film, the musical follows Westerburg High School senior Veronica Sawyer through her tumultuous adventures and battles with the original …

When performing means everything ....Noel Gaulin and Leng Wong explore this through their personal journeys and present the exploration in a concentrated form; we are …

Two nights only! May 29th & 20th, 8:00 and 10:00 pmHilarious, lyrical, horrifying, inventive! The sixth annual Austin Puppet Incident is an evening of short …

Set during WWI, this whimsical anti-war allegory tells the story of a humble Scottish soldier, Charles Plumpick, who is sent into a supposedly evacuated French …

It's back! Fast-paced, audience interactive, funny and poignant, 30 mini-plays performed in 60 minutes about the ups and downs of going places and the word …

Angels and demons are among us, serving God and Lucifer, fighting in all our wars, upholding an ancient order. What happens when some of them …

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, …

CRAVE features four characters exploring their personal longings, fears, memories, and passions. They are designated only by single letters. The text alternates between fast-paced dialogue and shockingly …

Using only songs and text from The Mikado, the (almost) all-Asian/Pacific Islander American cast turn Gilbert and Sullivan's "classic" on its head. Set in an …

Our newest original creation uses visual storytelling and puppetry to tell of an Austin woman's aspirational entrepenurership in conflict with her maternal urges and the …

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 …

After grad school, Catherine and Gwen chose polar opposite paths. Catherine became a rockstar author and academic, while Gwen built a life with a husband …

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 …

A dark comedy about the changing face of the American family and the limits of love and cheesecake, as a hopeful young couple gives birth …

What does Dr. Jekyll really have to hide? An amazing spectacle and imaginative retelling of a classic tale, The Strange Case of Edward Hyde and …

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 …

 From the depths of lonely imagination arises a sensual and poetic narrative about the transformative power of companionship and a witty examination of disposable packaging. …

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 …

Hilarious, lyrical, horrifying, inventive! The fourth annual Austin Puppet Incident is an evening of short puppet works by local and national puppet artists.  Two nights …

A tale weaving Chinese mythology and contemporary Austin inspired by the 1875 U.S. Supreme Court case Chy Lung v. Freeman, 92 U.S. 275

"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 …

Join us for an open reading of playwright Eliza Bent's adaptation of Chekhov's final story, "The Fiancee." In Bent's "The Beyonce", a young woman's engagement …

The hysterical award-winning Off-Broadway musical parody of "The Silence of the Lambs" is making its Regional premiere in Austin! With unforgetable tunes like "If I Could …

An exploration of the impacts people have on their environment, and environments on their people (and animals). Once There Were Six Seasons was first presented in …

Join Heckle Her Productions for a FREE public reading of a new comedic play in development. Abby's parents were just teenagers when she was born, …

30 Mini Plays about the people we love, the stuff we love and just L.O.V.E.!It's back! Fast-paced, audience interactive, funny and poignant, 30 mini-plays performed …

In Kurochkin's satire, a corrupt and venal mayor presides over Austin's comically broken city council. When a Ukrainian arrives, invoking a looming catastrophe, will locals …

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 …

A one-night-only double bill: On March 1, after Trouble Puppet’s current mainstage show The Crapstall Street Boys (PR previously sent separately), Trouble Puppet presents BooTown …

THE WEDDING, OR THE REBELLION tells the story of an arranged marriage between a balding orthodontist and a shanghaied lesbian, orchestrated by the Botox-addicted mother of …

A two-person show about one woman who, to free herself from college debt, joins a Wyoming goat farm she inherits from her occult-leader birth parents. …

2012

work-in-progress demonstrations: Riddley Walker, adapted by Connor Hopkins from Russel Hoban's book

  Machinal, written by Sophie Treadwell in 1928, tells the story of a young woman named Helen, who feels trapped in her monotonous life and …

A prequel, telling the story of the young woman who married and became Lady Macbeth

Featuring Gabriel Luna,Smaranda Ciceu, Francisco Rodriguez, Amy Downing, Maarouf Naboulsi, Ron Weisburg, Verity Branco, Diego Larrea-Puemape, & Kyle Lagunas.  Scene Design by Lisa Laratta, Lighting …

2008

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