AN INFLUENTIAL VOICE. A REGIONAL PREMIERE. A DECADE OF DIETZ & MUCH MORE!
2007 celebrates the 13th year of Salvage Vanguard Theater producing new and intriguing works in Austin. We're kicking it off with Mud, a play by one of SVT's favorite national playwrights, Maria Irene Fornes. Then we'll getting out the flashlights and water works for Abi Bausch's hauntingly beautiful play Voices Underwater. To wrap it all up, we're celebrating a decade of the mega talent that is SVT's Resident Playwright Dan Dietz starring in Adam Rapp's Nocturne. But that's not all! We've got the Labor Party! We've got a new summer program for the young SVTers out there and, of course, the always awesome Best Salvage Vanguard Holiday Ever.
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JUNE 1 - JUNE 29, 2007 |
How deep can you love? Mae is an ironing spitfire with a thirst for knowledge. Lloyd is a desperate simpleton suffering from an undiagnosed illness. Both live in a rural shack that teeters on a promontory. When a barely literate Henry enters their lives, Mae finds a savior from the monotony of her meager existence and Lloyd finds an eternal adversary. Salvage Vanguard is ecstatic to present a work by one of its biggest influences, the ledgendary playwright Maria Irene Fornes. Mud features resident company member Jenny Larson with Jeffrey Mills. Directed by Jason Neulander. |
[ VOICES UNDERWATER by Abi Basch ]
October 26th -November 17th |
Are your ghosts real? When a young couple enters an ominous plantation home in Alabama, they are confounded by a deluge of their ancestor’s past. A regional premiere by former Austin playwright Abi Basch, Voices Underwater dives into the ebb and flows of our country’s deep history of prejudice. A chillingly beautiful play, Voices Underwater confronts the ghosts of our past and wades through the depths of haunted hearts. Directed by Jenny Larson. |
[ 2007 SVT Reads! ]
Salvage Vanguard Theater’s SVT Reads! series takes a ‘script in progress’ and pro- vides the playwright with a director, dramaturge, cast and rehearsal space to put the work on its feet for exploration and rewrites. Each new script is presented as a one-day- only production open to the public. The SVT Reads! series is an incomparable way to catch a glimpse of some of the nations up-and-coming playwrights and their newest works.
Moloch by Jason Grote
A post apocalypse battle ensues inside the gates of Heaven.
Phosphorenscense by Cory Hinkle
An avant-garde exploration of a soldier's tortuous duty in Iraq.
The Sandreckoner by Dan Dietz
A student. A teacher. A pizza. A gun. An ancient mathematical problem.
A terribly modern tragedy. The evening when the truth comes out? Or just
another night in the suburbs.
Gotta kid? Well, we’ve got a summer program! SVT Kids! will have your young person learning the ropes with some of Austin’s most respected artists and teaching professionals. Learn more!
SUMMER 2007
[ THE SALVAGE VANGUARD LABOR PARTY ]
A time to gather and raise glasses to the starving artists in our community. Silent auction, cash bar, food and fundraising, the SVT Labor Party is an event that celebrates and raises monies for working artists in Austin. Become a card-carrying member of the Salvage Vanguard Labor Party and declare “No more starving artists!”SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 @ The Salvage Vanguard Theater (2803 Manor Road)
[ THE BEST SALVAGE VANGUARD HOLIDAY EVER ]
Eleven years we’ve been doing this and dammit, we’re proud to declare it an Austin holiday tradition! Featuring writers, actors, directors and musicians that have worked with SVT over the past decade, the Best Salvage Vanguard Holiday Ever rings in the holidays in the only fashion it knows how: with avant-garde tradition!DECEMBER 7 & 8, 2007 @ Little City on Congress Avenue