Upcoming: Viper Vixens of 2012, Electronic Planet Ensemble at the Vortex, January 13 - 29

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Viper Vixens of 2012

The Apocalypse Never Looked so Good. . . a Silent B-Movie Spoof with Live Music

January 13-29, 2011 Thursday-Sunday 8 pm

The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd. (click for map)

Tickets:$30-$10 www.vortexrep.org or 512-478-LAVA(5282)

$30-$25 Priority Seating, $20-$15 General Admission, $10 Starving Artists; Thursdays and Sundays 2-for-1 admission with donation of 2 non-perishable food items. Limited seating. Advance purchase recommended. Three weeks only at The VORTEX.

Free Parking. Bus Route. The Butterfly Bar with beer, wine, and tasty snacks.

Embracing the conspiracy furor around the long-awaited End of the World in 2012, Electronic Planet Ensemble presents Viper Vixens of 2012, an over-the-top multi-media, movie spoof with original live music in the tradition of silent films and B-movie science fiction. The film has female nudity in a fantastical setting.

Join Electronic Planet Ensemble as they tackle every 2012 End of the World theory from Planet X, Planet Nibiru, and the Anunnaki to Mayan Calendars and the rise of Quetzalcoatl. Three human women are transformed by mad science into the part-Anunnaki Viper Vixens. With the immanent awakening of the plumed serpent god, Quetzalcoatl, the human race is in peril. The evil Viper Vixens are destined to take over the world unless the heroes of the Mexican Air Force can defeat them.

From the creators of Planet of the Mermaids, Surfin’ UFO, and SPACEMAN:DADA:ROBOT, Viper Vixens of 2012 story is written by Chad Salvata with cinematography and digital imagery by Sergio R. Samayoa. Electronic Planet Ensemble is Sergio R. Samayoa, David Jewell, and Chad Salvata, with Doug Marcis.

Viper Vixens of 2012 stars Melissa Vogt-Patterson, Christina Leidel, and Joanna Wright as the Viper Vixens. Featuring David Jewell as Xavier Xuthus (Trillionaire Mastermind), Heather Barfield as Zoe Xuthus (the Psychic), Betsy McCann as Elsa Von Krause (Director of Project Vixen), Helen Hutka as Kitty Kelly, Matthew Patterson as Guy Savage, Gabriel Maldonado as Angelo Reyes (Captain of the Mexican Air Force), and Andy Agne as the Anunnaki. Lighting Design by Patrick Anthony. Costume Design by Trudy Martinez. Makeup Design by Helen Hutka. Miniatures by Ann Marie Gordon.

An International Mail Art show in The Butterfly Bar @The VORTEX displays mail art on Viper Vixens of 2012. International Mail Art Show: CALL FOR ENTRIES on the theme VIPER VIXENS OF 2012. All pieces received will be exhibited.

Send mail art to: VIPER VIXENS OF 2012, 8003-B Tisdale, Austin, TX 78757 USA Deadline: January 13, 2012

Electronic Planet Ensemble is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division. Produced in association with VORTEX Repertory Company.

www.electronicplanetensemble.com VortexRep.org

Upcoming: Othello, produced by Philip Kreyche, November 10 - 18

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Othello

by William Shakespeare

directed by Philip Kreyche

November 10 - 18

Center Stage, 2628 Real (click for map)

General admission is $15, student tickets are $10. Tickets will be available at the box office, or you may reserve tickets by calling 512-422-5705.

One of Shakespeare's most personal and intimate tragedies comes to life on the Center Stage in this period production. Stage Managed by Katie Kohler. Lighting design by Rachel Steed. Featuring a score composed of Arab, Turkic, and period Renaissance Italian music performed by Roberto Riggio.

Othello, a North African mercenary and general of the Venetian army, has passed up his more experienced officer, Iago, for promotion. Consumed with envy and anger, Iago plots his revenge, a revenge which entangles everyone in a dense web of rumours, lies and deception, with his goal being to ascend to his rightful position -- and ultimately destroy Othello. Starkly tragic and deeply moving, this production explores a number of themes including gender relations, passion, and reason.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Paradox Players' Images of Independence by Lee Blessing, June 3 - 19

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Independence

by Lee Blessing
directed by Lisa Foster
June 3-19
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm • Sundays at 3 pm
Howson Hall, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover (click for map)

TICKETS $20 Opening Night Gala, Friday, June 3 (includes a special reception with refreshments)
$15 all other performances ($10 for seniors and groups of 10 or more)
Reservations by web, phone 744-1495 or Purchase via Paypal
(Tickets will also be available on AusTix starting 5/11)
Free childcare June 5 Matinee if reserved by May 29. (Email childcare@austinuu.org or call 452-6168, ext. 313)

A vivid, tender and humorous window into a family with an eccentric and possessive mother of three grown daughters, each seeking her own independence.

Starring:
Evelyn: Kathleen Lawson
Kess: Shannon Davis
Jo: Christina Leidel
Sherry: Courtney Outlaw

Click to view additional images at www.AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Upcoming: Macbeth with Philip Kreyche, Vortex Repertory, April 20 - 24

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Philip Kreyche

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William Shakespeare's

Macbeth

April 20-24, 8 p.m.

Vortex Repertory, 2307 Manor Rd (click for map)

Tickets are $15-30, student tickets are $10. Tickets will be available at the box office or online at www.vortexrep.org. 512-478-5282

Scotland, 1967. Following a bloody war against a foreign power, William Macbeth is the most celebrated general in the nation. With his manhood challenged by a power-hungry wife, and urged on by visions of kingship, he embarks on a dark, frightening odyssey that leads him first to the heights of power and then to his ultimate downfall.

"This play was originally written with the theme of destiny, of fate, of predestination in mind" Kreyche says. "In this more modern update, these medieval ideas have been ignored. There are other, much more contemporary andyet timeless ideas the play brings us, such as the role of machismo and pride in decision-making, and the resulting misery this can cause, and the price of ignoring human goodness in the quest for power."

Philip Kreyche, who directs and takes the title role of Macbeth, has been active in Austin's theater and film scene since 2008. As writer/director/actor: The Legend of Siyavash (Wit's End Theater Project); Love Me (FronteraFest Long Fringe 2010); The Dying Sun (FronteraFest Short Fringe 2011); Kidon (short film, self-produced). As director: Sein Kampf (FronteraFest Short Fringe 2011). As actor: The Laramie Project (Q Tonic); Arthuriosis (Getalong Gang); The Importance of Being Earnest (Foot In The Door); Man and Superman (Austin Shakespeare).

The cast includes Christina Leidel as Lady Macbeth, Japhy Fernandes as Prince Malcolm, David Young as Banquo, Larry Oubre as King Duncan, Dustan Costine as Macduff, Justin Smith, Kevin Karwoski, and Allen E. Rogers.

Click 'Read more' for additional information about the cast from AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .