Coming Up
Upcoming performances, events, and exhibitions.
Michael Sakomoto + DJ Spooky: Work in Progress | Sept 12, 2025
A unique integration of hip-hop mixology, new music, dance theater, and integrated media visuals, time/life/beauty is inspired by the music and artistry of legendary composer, musician, and activist Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023), whose long and varied career in multiple genres and media surpassed definition.This project channels the artists’ shared and distinct approaches to interdisciplinary performance, intercultural dialogue and social concerns.
More Info HereHundred Points Opens | Sept 26, 2025 – Jan 1, 2026
Opening this Fall at the Visual Arts Center, Hundred Points brings together 46 projects by sixteen international designers and studios from global design centers to explore how geography, history, and community inform visual and material culture production. The exhibition demonstrates how technological advancements and cultural exchange have shaped conceptual approaches to design, highlighting work that infuses or challenges universal design languages with culturally specific references and motifs.
More Info HereManual Cinema: The 4th Witch | November 15, 2025
Emmy Award-winning Manual Cinema returns to Texas Performing Arts with another masterfully crafted, beautifully handmade production. This all-new performance blends shadow puppetry, live-action silhouettes, and original music to create a haunting reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
More Info HereFusebash | February 28, 2026
Join us for our biggest fundraising event the year! FUSEBASH is our annual gala unlike any other in Austin with wild live performances, immersive experiences, and an out-of-this-world menu from acclaimed local chefs. Early bird table reservations are open now! Jump ahead of the curve and gather your friends, families, and colleagues and reserve your tables today.
More Info HereRobin Frohardt: Shopping Center Parking Lot | March 6-7, 2026
Robin Frohardt—the visionary behind the critically acclaimed Plastic Bag Store (TPA ’22) and a 2024 Herb Alpert Award-winner—returns to Austin with a new, genre-defying live-cinema performance. Through a hand-built cardboard set, live puppetry, and cinematic projection, the work reimagines the parking lot as part of the ecosystem, blurring the line between the natural and the constructed.
More Info HereKatie Bender: Instructions for a Séance | April 16-19, 2026
In this unique immersive theatre, DIY experience—created and performed by writer/artist Bender—the audience is invited to summon the spirit of escape artist Harry Houdini and maybe, in the process, break free from the traps in their own lives. Instructions for a Séance is a playful yet poignant exploration of motherhood, artistic ambition, and the urge to disappear. Inspired by the Houdini archives at the Ransom Center, Séance is a 70-minute theatrical gem: compact, gleaming, and utterly unforgettable.
More Info HereRude Mechs: Not Every Mountain | April 17-19, 2026
Austin’s Rude Mechs return to one of their most beguiling works. Not Every Mountain is a mellow meditation on change, permanence and our place in the natural world. It tells the story of the life cycle of mountains and the processes by which they are born and eventually laid to rest, an invocation of tectonic force and geologic time. Using string, cardboard and magnets, the Rudes invites us to watch the collective effort of making and unmaking a series of interlocking mountain ranges.
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