The Vortex

Specialties

Performance Art Space & Theater with Café, Outdoor Beer Garden, and Yard. Serving Beer and Wine, Full bar, and snacks. Enjoy fresh Italian food at Patrizi’s food truck located in the Vortex yard. Coffee and Free Wifi. Event Space for performances, bands, etc. Liberal, casual environment, good for all ages. Pet and Kid Friendly.

Meet friends, hold group meetings, or bring your laptop. Indoor and outdoors seating. The backyard and beer-​garden deck are open all year!

Enjoy Happy Hour Drink Specials from 5−7pm each day and all day Tuesdays.

Tuesday night Trivia from 7 to 9pm. Live music acts at the Butterfly Bar at the Vortex most nights. See our website for details.

The venue is open for rentals and events.

History

Established in 1988.

VORTEX Repertory Company was incorporated in 1988 to create innovative productions of original work. Since 1990, VORTEX has operated in various performance venues and today owns its own facility in East Austin, providing an intimate venue for the VORTEX Repertory Company as well as other local and national theatre companies, musicians, dancers, and performance artists.

A pioneering leader in Austin’s alternative theatre scene, the VORTEX has successfully produced hundreds of original productions since 1989. As a haven for alternative performance, The VORTEX enriches and expands both spectators and artists. VORTEX creates and produces vital, ground-​breaking performances that generate thought and discourse on the issues of our time.

Creating and presenting world premieres, cutting-​edge, plays, ritual theatre, and opera, VORTEX continues to expand its artistic professionalism, arts education programming, and community outreach.

Meet the Business Owner

Bonnie C.

Business Owner

Bonnie creates, directs, and produces theatre, opera, and ritual year round, and she has done so for more than 20 years. She is the co-​founder and Producing Artistic Director of VORTEX Repertory Company, an alternative theatre in Austin, Texas, creating and presenting more than 250 innovative productions since 1988. She holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Texas and a BA in Theatre from the University of Kansas. She has also traveled and studied extensively in England, Europe, and Turkey.

With a strong background in music, acting, and dance, as well as more than 20 years of directing experience, Cullum’s specialty is bringing experimental plays, operas, and musicals to life. As a director, she has illuminated more than 50 world premieres including extraordinary epic operas, musicals, plays, and collaborative ritual theatre works.