Poster for "Another Great Depression" featuring an illustration of a clock, with the four seasons rather than numbers. Surrounding the clock are pandemic-related objects including soap, a mask, toilet paper, and a broken heart, all sprouting wings.

SEASON 33 | July/August 2021

SYT 2021 Pandemdem Edition:
Another Great Depression

presented by The VORTEX

See pictures from the production here.

The VORTEX proudly presents the 29th Annual Summer Youth Theatre—the Pandemdem Edition. In an original new play devised by the students, we laugh at the absurdity of our pandemic predicaments, process our growth, and plant seeds for the future.

cast

Michana Barry-Davey, Eli Clark, Jessica Cohen, Erianna Franklin, Sharkey Meehan, Haley Perez, and Alex Phillips.

Adult Guest Artists/Instructors: kt shorb, Faith Anderson, Ben Bazán, Ebony Stewart, Eva Marguerita, Tyler Mabry, Sarah Saltwick, Caroline Reck, Toni Bravo, Alex Cogburn, Patrick Anthony, Indigo Real, Johann Solo, and Malyssa Quiles.

crew

Directed by Jennifer Jennings. Assistant Direction by Chris Fontanes. Stage Management by Jelena Stojiljkovic Rhynes. Assistant Stage Managers, Sarah Hogestyn and Will Josowitz. Production Assistant, Ciarra Dortche. Lighting Design, Patrick Anthony. Live Stream Team, Melissa Vogt and Olyvia Matthews. Producing Artistic Director, Bonnie Cullum.

ABOUT THE VORTEX’S SUMMER YOUTH THEATRE: For several generations, SYT has provided high-caliber theatrical productions to Austin audiences as the jewel of VORTEX’s community engagement. The Austin Chronicle named SYT “Best Theatre Program that Treats Kids like Grownups.” Nominated for dozens of local awards, SYT has received B. Iden Payne Awards for Outstanding Production of a Play for Youth for The Commedia of Errors and Machinal, Outstanding Direction of a Play for Youth for The Commedia of Errors, The Physicists, Moby Dick, and The Frogs, Outstanding Acting for The Physicists and Moby Dick, and Outstanding Sound Design for Machinal. Every year, students work with adult artists who are among Austin’s most celebrated theatre professionals. Producing Artistic Director Bonnie Cullum, who founded SYT in 1991, was inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame in 2009.

Sponsorships and community donations support these tuition-free opportunities for youth. Please contact us about how to help support the cost for each student. Summer Youth Theatre is also funded and supported in part by VORTEX Repertory Company, a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts, and by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

Summer Youth Theatre is funded and supported in part by VORTEX Repertory Company, Texas Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

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