RENT THE VORTEX: Theatre, Cafe, and Yard
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Please take a moment to look over the information provided before contacting us for booking. If you decide after looking through these pages that we are the place you want to be then please contact us and we will get back with you to set up a tour and informational meeting. Thanks for thinking of The VORTEX for your event!

Main stage slots for the season are currently filled but we are considering bookings for next season's main stage. Please email us for available dates.

HIGHLIGHTS

• WiFi access throughout
• intimate performance space
• central heat and air-conditioning
• cushioned theatre seating
• large air conditioned tech booth
• basic lighting equipment
• basic sound equipment
• ceiling fans over audience seating areas
• outside smoking area
• 'The Yard' at the VORTEX for pre/post show events or open air performances

BACKSTAGE

• private actor and crew entrance
• backstage prop storage
• private Equity standard actors restroom (shower, sink, toilet, hot and cold water)
• dressing room with lighted make-up mirrors, sofa, chair, shelves, and storage cabinets
• iron and ironing board
• first aid kit

FRONT OF HOUSE

• licensed for beer & wine sales
• large indoor/outdoor lobby area
• non-smoking indoor café
• Free WiFi access
• outdoor patio for smokers
• easy wheelchair access
• plenty of free off street, lit parking areas
• large multi-stall public restrooms – ADA accessible
• staffed box office
• merchandising services
• credit card system available for all sales including merchandise, food & tickets

GENERAL

• on bus route #20, 22, and 320
• VORTEX Manager on Duty
• outdoor stage
• outdoor, lighted work areas (e.g. construction, painting, etc.)
• close to numerous restaurants, bars, theatres
• close to U.T. Campus
• sign on Manor Road
• cleaning supplies and outdoor hose for major cleaning
• ladders
• folding chairs
• recycling bins
• tables for pre/post show events

ADDITIONAL ITEMS* (additional charge)

• Production Management consultation with Bonnie Cullum and other specialists regarding production, marketing, casting, referrals, press releases, etc.
• inclusion on the VORTEX web site
• active media release list – updated annually
• Technical Director
• rehearsal space (Indoor/Outdoor)
• building space outside in The Yard
• costumes, props, scenery
• musical instruments: piano (tuning fees), drums (various), gong, hackley
• on-site office machinery: copy machine, fax machine, printer (Apple system)
• headsets
• mailing list on labels
• additional black masking

TESTIMONIALS

“Working at the VORTEX was an integral element that made Twelfth Night one of the most satisfying of my theatrical career. While the show would most likely have been great staged anywhere, it would have been a different show entirely. At the VORTEX, I felt at home. There is such a sincere effort to make artists feel like they have a home from everyone on staff. The support is complete and genuine. The size and proximity of the audience is intimate without being claustrophobic, and the set up allows for a lot of choices and creativity in staging. I would eagerly embrace the opportunity to work there again.” -Barbara Chisholm-Faires

“VORTEX is my theatrical home in Austin and the womb of my last six plays for at least three reasons: Bonnie Cullum, the folks that make up the VORTEX company, and the theatre space itself. Bonnie is one of the most professional and dependable people I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. Her love theatre, theatre people and Austin shines through the fifteen-year miracle that is The VORTEX. The company members run the front, back, middle, heart, mind and soul of The VORTEX and their passion shows in the work they do and the love they give. The space itself is intimate and uniquely Austin. What can I say? I fucking love the VORTEX.” -Rob Nash