SEASON 37 | july 2025

VORTEx Open Call Auditions
july 19th, 2025

The VORTEX is seeking courageous artists of any color, race, age, or gender to participate in urgent, unashamed art in “the Pursuit of Happiness” for our 2025-26 season. Also seeking Deaf Actors and folks fluent in ASL. Global majority/BIPOC artists, non-binary, and transgender artists are encouraged to audition. Performers receive stipends (varies). Paid crew and design positions are also available.

Preparation: Please prepare a one-minute contemporary monologue. If applicable, please demonstrate ASL, juggling, circus skills, or gymnastics. Please bring 3 hard copies of your resume. Headshot optional. 

For an audition slot, please sign up at https://www.theaterforms.com/thevortex_atx/opencall/auditionform/

The VORTEX’s 38th Season includes:
Syntax Error: The Quickening of A.I. New, devised work conceived and directed by Heather Barfield
The Wizard of Dogs written and directed by Melissa McKnight
Bloody Ball: A Vampyre Soiree
Dora's Gently Used Dream Store by Morgan McKenzie. Directed by Faith Sanders.
The Mutt-Cracker (SWEET!), written and directed by Melissa McKnight
The Wolf You Feed by Darcy Parker Bruce. Directed by Chris Fontanes.
The Happiness Gym by Ken Weitzman Directed by Kara-Lynn Vaeni.
Another Kind of Silence by LM Feldman. Directed by TBA and Rudy Ramirez.
fire work by Mary Glen Fredrick  Directed by Bonnie Cullum.