UPDATE: Mike Lee interviews Vincent Mann on Arts Eclectic, August 14 (2 min.)
Found on-line:
VORTEX Repertory Company
presents the Texas debut of
The Last Hippie: A Western Novel
Written and performed by Vincent Mann
Directed by Rachel Rebecca Roy
Aug.13-16 and 20-22, 2009 8pm
Twisted Tale Comes to The VORTEX
Tickets: $30-$10
$30-$25 Priority Seating, $20-$15 General Admission, $10 Starving Artists
Limited seating. Advanced purchase recommended.
The first baby boomers changed the world. They fought against a war, fought for civil rights, advocated tolerance, and delved into ecology. But what happened for the last of the baby boomers, those born in the late 50’s and early 60’s? Vincent Mann’s provocative new solo play, The Last Hippie: A Western Novel, explores the last of the baby boomers, coming of age in Texas in the 1970’s, long after early boomer heroes had changed the world. Mann offers a humorous look at their desperate attempts to find meaning in the meaningless 1970’s, to hold onto the “hippie” ideals they had embraced as children, and grapple with a rapidly changing world in a tumultuous era. The Zeitgeist of that restless time holds eerie parallels to today’s America, making this twisted tale refreshingly relevant.
Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .
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