A REGIME CHANGE. A NEW TWIST IN AN OLD CLASSIC. TWO NEW WORKS & SO MUCH MORE!
2008 will be super great for Salvage Vanguard Theater! To match its age of 14, Salvage Vanguard Theater continues a metaphoric puberty as it grows into its new digs at 2803 Manor and readies itself for a fond farewell in May as long time Artistic Director and co-founder Jason Neulander takes off to pursue new adventures-- but not before he directs the newest version of The Intergalactic Nemesis at Austin's classic Paramount Theater! Jenny Larson, who will step in as interim AD, will direct the premiere of Jason Grote's Hamilton Township and Graham Reynolds and Shannon McCormick are collaborating on a new work that explores the passion of good ol' American football. We'll be bending and flexing our theatrical muscles with three new plays in SVT Reads! Series as well as a brand new work by SVT Alum Dan Dietz. But that's not all! We've got the Labor Party! We've got a our summer program for the young SVTers out there and, of course, the always awesome Best Salvage Vanguard Holiday Ever. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr-eat!
[ HAMILTON TOWNSHIP by Jason Grote ]
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May 30 - June 21, 2008 |
Based on a true story, Hamilton Township combines memoir, surrealist horror, and a New Jersey folk tale to tell a morality play about adolescence, the nature of evil and the worst party in the history of ever. Jason and Babydoll are trapped in the house of a sleeping old woman with a case of wine coolers as a toxic storm rages outside. Neither know what's been put in store for them by the nameless bully who put their very special evening together. Directed by Jenny Larson. |
[ Unbeaten by Shannon McCormick with Graham Reynolds ]
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Unbeaten is
a play about professional football that takes place within
the parameters of a game of football--one hour, offense and
defense. Sure, there's a detailed game plan, but the play
has to adjust to situations as they arise, and each evening's
performance will feature different text shuffled in different
orders depending on these situations. Performed by Shannon
McCormick and music by Graham Reynolds.
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[ THE INTERGALACTIC NEMESIS by Ray Colgan, Jason Neulander and Chad Nichols- ONE NIGHT ONLY!! ]
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The Intergalactic
Nemesis is SVT's
little show that could! After touring the nation for the
last two years, The Intergalactic Nemesis makes a hometown
stop at the historic Paramount Theater.
Completely restaged, reworked and reminiscent of the classic
1930 radio dramas of yesteryear, The Intergalactic
Nemesis
is sure to entertain anyone age 8 to 80. Featuring the amazing
foley effects of Buzz Moran, with music
from Austin's favorite composer
Graham Reynolds on keys and SVT Resident
Company member Lee
Eddy starring as Pulitzer
Prize-winning reporter Molly Sloan.
Directed by Jason Neulander. |
[ 2008 SVT Reads! ]
Salvage Vanguard Theater’s SVT Reads! series takes a ‘script in progress’ and provides 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.
THAT PRETTY PRETTY: OR, THE RAPE PLAY by Sheila Callaghan
- February 2008
PHOSPHORESCENCE by Cory Hinkle- April 2008
A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth or Rabbits by C. Denby
Swanson - August 2008
[ a new work by dan dietz ]
Celebrated playwright, ex-Austinite and TCG Grant recipient Dan Dietz returns to his old stomping grounds to present his newest work. Sept. 18 - 27, 2008.
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 2008
[ 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!”LATE SUMMER 2008
[ THE BEST SALVAGE VANGUARD HOLIDAY EVER ]
We're going on 12 years of The Best Salvage Vanguard Holiday Ever. And you know what? With all the changes that SVT will be going through in 2008, we're sure that somehow we'll hold on to the basics of this tradition, but add a couple of new twists. What will the holidays hold in store for SVT in 2008? Well, lets just wait and see, eh? Ho! Ho! Hey!WINTER 2008