For Immediate Release–Revised 3/29/10
VORTEX Repertory Company
presents
Sleeping Beauty
a magical musical faery tale
by Bonnie Cullum and Content Love Knowles
When: April 2-May 2, 2010 Thursday-Sunday 8pm
ASL-interpreted Saturday, April 10, 2010
Audio-described Saturday, April 17, 2010
Faery Masque Ball on Saturday, May 1, 2010
Where: The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd. Austin, TX 78722
Free Parking. Bus Route. Delicious Café.
Tickets: $30-$10 Available at 512-478-LAVA (5282) or www.vortexrep.org
$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. Advanced purchase recommended.
VORTEX Repertory Company proudly presents Sleeping Beauty, a magical musical
faery tale by Bonnie Cullum and Content Love Knowles. This dynamic
production joins the musical theatre canon with a feminist, revisionist,
re-telling of this well-beloved faery tale. This production is accessible
for all ages.
With its first-ever NEA-funded production, the artists of VORTEX Repertory
Company have created some of the most stunning design and spectacle in the
22-year history of this cutting-edge company. From the larger-than-life
costumes for the 13 Faeries and the Royal Court to the huge revolving spiral
tower and the fantastical lighting, the magic of the mythic kingdom of
Avalia comes to life in song and spectacle.
Cullum and Knowles first created Sleeping Beauty in 2005, in a heart-felt
version that played to packed houses, adoring fans, and young princesses.
Now, they have re-worked and revised the original with some entirely new
songs, revised text and music, a contemporary design, a new seating
arrangement, and all-new stellar cast. Don’t miss the VORTEX performance
event of the year.
Conceived and directed by Bonnie Cullum. Musical Direction by Content Love
Knowles. Scenic Design by Ann Marie Gordon. Lighting Design by Jason
Amato. Costume Design by Pam Fletcher Friday and Griffon Ramsey. Sound
Design by Roy Taylor.
Featuring VORTEX artists Betsy McCann, Kira Parra, Jonathan Itchon, Andy
Agne, Tamara Farley, and Jen Coy. And making their VORTEX debuts: Julia
Lorenz, Adam Smith, Suzanne Balling, Dara Allen, Christina Childress, David
Azoulay, Andrea Smith, Alejandro Rodriguez, Krysta Gonzalez, Justin
LaVergne, Chelsea Manasseri, Steve Williams, and Shannon Davis. Live music
performed by Content Love Knowles, Chris Humphrey, Ed Kliman, and Terri
Lord.
In addition to Sleeping Beauty, Bonnie Cullum and Content Love Knowles have
previously collaborated on numerous productions including Oceana, Trickster,
Holy Well and Sacred Flame, and Dark Goddess.
The VORTEX Café now serves fabulous sandwiches, tamales, cakes, in addition
to our exceptional assortment of beer and wine and homemade sangria. Come
early, stay late.
Sleeping Beauty is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin
through the Cultural Arts Division, by a grant from the Texas Commission on
the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which
believes that a great nation deserves great art.
For more information contact [email protected]