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April 8 - 25, Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2803 Manor Rd Tickets $16 general admission, $13 students and seniors, available on-line
This laugh out loud comedy is about a modern day Latino family balancing the fine line between staying in touch with la familia and just being nosy. Janet struggles with her husband, Albert, to get her "metiche" mother-in-law, Carolina, out of their house, so she can enjoy more of Albert's attention. Meanwhile, younger brother, Jack, and his wife Melinda deal with the complications of supporting their new baby. To top it off, there is their childhood friend, Yolanda, who might as well be family, to deal with.
Everybody is about "keeping track" of what is going on with la familia. Surveillance monitors, implanted microchips and geriatric romances? ¡Ay yi yi! Mucho ojo! Who is watching you? You'll find your self texting - AQF - for Ay que funny!
Keeping Track is primarily in English. (Caution: Comedy with some use of the F - word)
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Written and directed by Rupert Reyes December. 3 -20, Thurs. - Sat. 8 p.m.,Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Salvage Vanguard Theatre 2803 Manor Rd Tickets $21 - $16 ($13 students, seniors, ACOT) Thursdays “pay what you wish night” Tickets on-line at www.teatrovivo.org Call 474-6379 for information
Teatro Vivo presents the return of the heart-warming bilingual comedy, Petra’s Pecado written and directed by Austin playwright Rupert Reyes. This year’s production, Petra’s Pecado con música, is an all-new updated musical version of Austin’s favorite bilingual comedy.
It will take nothing short of a miracle to help Petra and her senior citizen friends in the small town of Las Flores, TX. to present the annual play about the Virgen de Guadalupe at the local church. Why did the new priest want her to direct the play as penance for her sin? Was Petra’s sin that big? No one knows, not even her husband. What they do know is that Tina Tamayo, Petra’s tortilla business rival, is out for revenge and will do anything to stop the senior citizens in their tracks. Will Tina succeed or will Petra and her friends overcome their fears and save a lot more than the play?
This two act bilingual comedy remains the most well known play in Hispanic community. It has played to sold out houses in all previous productions. The overwhelming response to this production by a wide variety of Austin audiences and the press prompted this return engagement that has been updated to include music and dance numbers.
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August 13-30 Thursday- Saturday 8pm and Sunday 3pm
Salvage Vanguard Theatre • 2803 Manor Road • Austin, Texas 78722 Tickets: $16/$13 students/seniors $2 off if you bring a can food donation for Capital Area Food Bank Thursday is “pay what you can” night Ticket information from AusTIX 474-8497 or online at www.nowplayingaustin.com/austix
Teatro Vivo’s bilingual comedy offers a farcical look at a community facing a food shortage during a difficult economic time. Dario Fo’s ¡No Se Paga! We Won’t Pay! takes a look into the lives of two couples struggling between good and starvation. When prices become too high for life’s necessities, whom is to blame? Who is to suffer? And who are to take matters into their own hands?
A two-week reflection on the effects of development on the trees and people of East Austin.
April 18 to 30, 2009 Space12, 3121 12th Street
"Muntu" is a word that means both "tree" and "person." What is happening to the muntu of East Austin amidst the city's changing cultural and geographical landscape?
This multimedia exhibit offers the entire Austin community a time and space for shared reflection on this and related questions, for conversations of all kinds, in diverse media: performance, poetry, storytelling, sculpture, music, essays, photography, and good old-fashioned talk.
"Austin - East of I35," a photography show by Rama Tiru
A community arts project: Sculptures of trees by Theatre Action Project's afterschool students, and audience responses to Natalie Marlena Goodnow's one-woman play "Muntu"
Opening Reception A satellite event of Austin Earth Day Saturday, April 18, 2009 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm 7:30 pm - a performance of "Muntu," (the last one!), sponsored by Teatro Vivo 8:15 pm - artist talk by Rama Tiru 9:00 pm - DJing by Evan Wilson
Teatro Vivo is proud to present Cuentos y Risas, an evening of comedy, with two bilingual one-act plays entitled 2 Souls and a Promise and Crossing the Rio written and directed by Rupert Reyes, Teatro Vivo’s artistic director. Rupert is the author of Vecinos, nominated for a B. Iden Payne award for best original script in 2008 and the very popular Petra plays, Petra’s Pecado, Petra’s Cuento and Petra’s Sueño.
2 Souls and a Promise is a bilingual comedy about two young lovers who make a promise to keep their souls united for eternity. What they didn't take into account was that they were not destined to die at the same time, which brings interesting results. It’s a promise, una promisa, which comes true in a way that neither would have ever anticipated. Be careful about the promises you make, keeping them can be tricky! [Click for ALT review of August, 2008 presentation of 2 Souls and a Promise]
Crossing the Rio is a bilingual comedy about, a new officer in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) branch of Homeland Security, Jarett Acosta, who is on probation for his job. To complicate things, his superior officer is actually his own over bearing father. Will he make his probation? His true test will not lie with how well he does his job but how well he doesn't when the love of his life attempts to across the border illegally. Faced with this situation, will he have to cross his own personal river to save her?
Join Teatro Vivo for this special evening of bilingual comedy with two one-act plays that will entertain the entire Austin community! This bilingual style of theatre makes our productions accessible to non-Spanish speakers.
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Muntu: Reflections in East Austin
