Poster for Dandelion featuring vintage-style illustrations of occult paraphernalia (such as candles, bones, and leaves), surrounding a decoratively written title.

SEASON 33 | May 2021

Dandelion

Presented by Bottle Alley Theatre and The VORTEX

Dandelion is the newest collaboration between Bottle Alley and The VORTEX. This unique interactive experience takes the form of an online digital auction with performance elements consisting of ephemera and occult objects from within the Farm Road Coven universe, curated by coven member Morgan Moxley.

Performances shall consist of three free unique short broadcasts (May 20th - 22nd) followed by three rebroadcasts (May 23rd - 25th). Both the performances as well as the auction items will be available on Rallyup.com -- link will be added soon!

The auction items are divided into four categories: Books, Art, Ephemera and Cursed Objects. These objects consist of both rare one-of-a-kind ephemera from within the coven universe as well as items generously donated by Austin artists in support of The VORTEX. Here are these artists:

Christopher Payne (@saltedteeth)
Katie Decker (@iwasmade)
Rachel Bostick (@rachelbostickillustraction)
Crystalline Moon (@crystalline_moon_)
Jane Johnson (@que_sera_ceramics)
Brooke Harrington (@dandydigs)
Heather Loop (@feralhag)
Taylor Stephens (@seditiousseraphim)

Additionally you will find work crafted and donated by Bottle Alley ensemble members Chris Fontanes, Dani Stetka Odom, Cyd Sanchez, Danielle Grisko, Abigail Lucas, Miki Johnson, Cassidy Timms, Emily Rankin, Amber Shantel Hales and Amber Wilson

Dandelion was created by Chris Fontanes, Danielle Grisko and Amber Wilson. Written and directed by Chris Fontanes. Starring Danielle Grisko as Morgan Moxley. Stage Managed by Amber Wilson.

ABOUT THE BOTTLE ALLEY: Bottle Alley Theatre Company is an experimental performance based group which produces strictly original and weird work with emphasis in found space theatre. We have performed in abandoned warehouses, living rooms, front yards, the woods, parking lots and sheds. Our theatre style is a unique blend of DIY aesthetic, punk influence, and the writings of Anton Artaud (Theatre of Cruelty). We like to think that we make theatre for people who don’t like theatre. We’ve been nominated and even won a few fancy awards. Once one of our rehearsals was strictly smashing computer parts to smithereens in a parking lot with a baseball bat. This pretty much describes what it is like to work with us.

ABOUT THE VORTEX: A leader in the growth of the arts and economic stability in Austin, The VORTEX thrives as a unique regional theatre. Our ensemble creates aesthetically diverse world premiere plays and musicals with hundreds of awards for artistic excellence. As a cultural harbor in Six Square Austin’s Black Cultural Arts District, The VORTEX provides a community destination with a spacious Butterfly Sanctuary, food and drink, and an outdoor stage. The VORTEX serves as a catalyst for change, providing theatrical art characterized by direct impact. We engage in radical transformation through edge-walking artistic creations and innovations. Our venue and culture support expanding circles of inclusive community. As a fearless theatre exchange for a shifting age, The VORTEX stimulates inquiry and challenges white supremacy. Our anti-racist lens reflects diversity of people and voices of the BIPOC global majority. As change-makers and truth-tellers for more than three decades, The VORTEX challenges the destructive cycles of industrial society striving for an equitable, life-sustaining civilization. Sustainability centers Earth at our foundation as we envision a green new theatre.

All ticket sales are final. However, we can exchange your tickets for a different night or a different performance, for a $3 fee, depending on availability. We do not sell your private data.