season 37 | 2024-25
precipice of possibilities
Funny, Like an Abortion
by Rachel Bublitz
September 21-October 12, 2024
NNPN Rolling World Premiere. Directed by Bonnie Cullum.
A Comedy of Unfortunate Choices.
Naked at My Age with Whore’s Night Out
October 17-18 (Thurs-Fri)
Charla Hathaway and special guests. 18+ only.
Salvador Dali’s Naked Feast “Dali’s Dream Quest”
Saturday, October 26 Gates open 7pm. 18+ only.
A performance installation cocktail party fundraiser
Malum Malus Samhain: Origins
October 31-November 9
Occult Burlesque. 18+ only.
MY AWESOME BELLY! . . . and Other Parts
November 14-16
One-woman show by Z-Helene. 18+ only.
A Murder is Announced
by Agatha Christie
November 22-December 14
A Different Stages Production
The Mutt-Cracker (SWEET!)
December 20-January 4
By Melissa McKnight and Darren Peterson.
Music by Melissa McKnight and Tyler Mabry.
Holiday Fun for the whole family with juggling, live music, and talented rescue canines.
Feminists: reMounted
January 10-18
A new generation of femmes re-conceptualizes the legendary Feminist Performance Art works of Annie Sprinkle, Yoko Ono, Carolee Schneemann, Rachel Rosenthal, and Anna Mendieta. Conceived and Curated by Greer Sikes. 18+ only.
Scratch Chapel Open Mic Saturdays January 11 and 18
Ebony Stewart
MLK Day Open Mic Poetry
January 24
10-year Anniversary Show and Book Release
January 25
Join Ebony Stewart for two unique events highlighting spoken word. Open Mic Poetry honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Ebony’s professional poetry careers with the release of her newest book.
Rabbits
by Sarah Saltwick
January 30-February 15
World premiere directed by Chris Fontanes.
How will we live with monstrous Rabbits in the future?
OUTsider Fest: Monstrosity and the Obscene/Off-scene
February 19-23
https://www.outsiderfest.org/monstrosity
18+ only.
Jade in America
February 27-March 2
Internationally renowned comedian Jade Esteban Estrada performs a new play examining life in America post-MeToo, BLM, and a once-in-a-century pandemic.
"Estrada's 'Jade in America' is storytelling that breaks all the rules," raves The Moth New Orleans.
Garden Party
Sunday, March 16 2-5pm
Our annual Butterfly Garden replanting for families and friends of The VORTEX. Bring a Butterfly Plant to plant or donate, Petting Zoo, Music, Barton Springs University.
MotherTree
March 29-April 20
Strength, connection, and survival through trees, mycorrhizal, magic.
World premiere, devised Dancetheatre, directed by Bonnie Cullum with Toni Bravo, Sarah Saltwick, and the ensemble.
Body Politics
Written and Performed by Shasparay
April 23-27 Wed-Sat 8pm, Sat 4pm, Sun 6pm
A personal revelation of award-winning Shasparay’s experiences as a fat woman navigating issues of shame, bullying, health, love, and fetishization in a fatphobic world.
Storytelling, poetry, movement full of vulnerability and fun.
Malum Malus Beltane
May 1-4 (4 nights!)
Occult Burlesque. 18+ only.
AMAGING! Age Is More Than Just a Number ~ It’s a Story
May 8-10
Mother’s Day Cabaret
May 11
Jennifer Jennings, Andreá Smith, and friends bring it on for our moms.
Confluence: What We Bring to Each Other
Produced by Diverse Space Dance Theatre
May 15-18
What we bring to each other. Multi-generational contemporary dance theatre.
Syntax Error: The Quickening of A.I. Workshop
May 22-24
Conceived and Directed by Heather Barfield with the ensemble. Sneak Peak experiments prepare for the autumn world premiere production.
Juneteenth/Queer Emancipation Poetry
June 21
Ebony Stewart hosts another PRIDE-filled poetry event in celebration of Juneteenth.
Summer Youth Theatre: Jinkies! or the (currently) Untitled Dog Play
A Very Special Episode by Josiah Thomas Turner
July 18-26
This campy, Scooby Doo-style whodunnit is infused with political commentary on gentrification and corruption; race, class, and power; intersectional feminism; justice reform; and environmentalism.
Malum Malus Lammas
July 31-August 2
Occult Burlesque. 18+ only.
Suspensivo
Written and directed by Jonathan Collet
August 8-17
Immersive performance about loneliness. Performed in a pool of water.
Pillar of Fire
by Ray Bradbury
August 29-September 6
Directed by Sharky Meehan.
Ray Bradbury’s adapted classic, interpreted entirely by teenagers.
William Lantry wakes up in his coffin, 200 years after his death, discovering a world sanitized of fear and imagination.
Syntax Error: The Quickening of AI
September 19-October 4
Conceived and directed by Heather Barfield
World premiere devised by the ensemble
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