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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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Glass Half Full Theatre Presents: La Maleta de Maebelle
There’s not a single situation on Earth that can’t be made better by puppets. Avenue Q and Team America: World Police prove my point. For some more family-friendly puppet improvements, check out the all-ages production of La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full’s creative telling of Tricia Tusa’s picture book Maebelle’s Suitcase. It tells the story of a young girl and her bird friend, both of whom yearn to return home to Colombia. With Colombian music by Kiko Villamizar and incredible puppets, made and handled by master puppeteers, Glass Half Full offers a perfect production for all. – Cat McCarrey Sat., June 15 - Sat., June 29.
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
