Tongue and Groove Theatre presents
The Red Balloon
July 10-26, 2008; Thursday - Saturday at 8PM
Special Matinee-Sunday, July 20 at 2:30PM
At Salvage Vanguard Theater
2803 Manor Road
Austin, TX 78722
Tickets are $10-$30 on sliding scale
Thursdays are Pay-What-You-Wish with canned food donation to The Capital Area Food Bank
Visit our Donations Page to purchase tickets!
David Yeakle directs this well-loved story, which stars Mark Stewart (The Buttons and Bows Show, A Thought in Three Parts) as a lonely boy who is befriended by a mysterious red balloon. The show features a talented cast of twenty actors and dancers (click here for full cast and crew), including company member Mimi Kayl-Vaughan (Blue Lapis Light’s Constellation and Requiem) as the girl with the blue balloon.
The action of this wordless play is heavily integrated with live music and original animation. A bold new direction for Tongue and Groove. More giant leaps forward while looking backward.
Justin Sherburn (Okkervil River, 8 1/2 Souvenirs) leads the orchestra through his original score. Leah Sharpe (A Scanner Darkly, Sex Machine) has created an animated world to complement the otherwordly streets of the city created by set and lighting designer Arthur Adair (The Emperor Jones and The Pathological Passion of the Christ for NYC’s La MaMa ETC). Jennifer Sherburn (Loop Diver for NYC’s Troika Ranch, Seven Wonders of the World Plus One) returns to TAG to provide choreography.
Tongue and Groove Theatre is a sponsored project of Austin Circle of Theaters. This project is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
Additional support provided by Atomic Picnic-a spectacle engineering group.
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