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LOCATIONS
The Vortex
2307 Manor Rd., 512/478-5282
This 75-seat Eastside theatre may have been built out of a dilapidated metal barn, but for over 20 years it’s been home to some of the city’s most cutting-edge and risk-taking theatre – often bending both mind and gender. Nude dinner with Salvador Dalí? Check. Aerialist space operas? Check. Musicals based on goddesses and elements of nature? Check. Check it out? Check. For all its envelope-pushing, the Vortex is as welcoming a theatre as you’ll find in town. Come for the show, stay for cocktails at the Butterfly Bar and sumptuous Italian dishes at the Patrizi’s food truck outside.
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Arts Calendar
Ride the Wave
This new play by Mattie Barber-Bockelman is about "three bros searching for an epic surf on the last day of summer." In the multimedia performance, set in a loosely imagined 2060s rich with vibes, grooves, and laughter, a group of young women riff on the surfer bro trope to examine how friendship, the pursuit of freedom, and growing up will be affected by climate catastrophe. Directed by Teresa Cruz for the Vortex. Jan. 12-28. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 6pm. $15-37.
MLK Day Open Mic Poetry
Join host Ebony Stewart and the community onstage at the Vortex for a night of glorious poetry. "Bring your poetry to share or simply come and witness the free-flowing words of others." Mon., Jan. 16, 6:30pm. $5 ($2, poets and performers).
Best of Austin Awards
- 2017: Critics Smallest Square Footage for a Night on the Town (The Vortex Compound)
- 2002: Critics Best Summer Youth Theater
- 1997: Critics Best Arts Venue That's Way Out There And Close To Home
- 1995: Critics Most Friendly Poetry Slam
- 1993: Critics Best Right Of Way Delay
- 1993: Critics Best Place To Find Theatrical Edge
