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Feminist & Queer Themes

We believe in flattening hierarchies and diversifying viewpoints, and for many of our works, that means centering feminist & queer perspectives in our work for adults as well as youth, with varying degrees of subtlety. The shows below feature female-empowered storylines and/ or queer and non-binary characters.

Missionary Position: Pleasure Journeys for the Intrepid Lady Explorer is a queer and feminist comedy trilogy featuring Victorian Lady Explorers and Spokeswomen for Hartman’s Hygenic Towellettes for Ladies, the first commercially available menstrual products for women. They travel around the world at the turn of the 19th century, hocking their products and lecturing hilariously on topics of interest to the Ladies Society for Ladies, Where Ladies Share Knowledge with Ladies.
Polly Mermaid: Apocalypse Wow: When rogue particle physicist Dr. Deborah Degudere tries to “solve” Earth’s garbage disposal problem by zapping plastic into outer space, she accidently zaps Polly Mermaid, a mutant mermaid from a future time of sentient plastic, into her lab. Deborah and Polly save each other (and all of humanity) from themselves in this adult sci-fi eco-fable.
Don Quixote de La Redo spotlights the hallmarks of Glass Half Full Theatre’s Lecoq-based approach to performance: wry humor and inventive use of actor as scenery and puppeteer as character, with Beckett-esque use of physical language and shifts in scale between tiny puppets, human actors, and large-scale puppets. The show explores the modern realities and imagined consequences of life in the borderlands between two cultures whose fortunes have shifted.
Cenicienta: A Bilingual Cinderella Story tackles culture, heritage, and the power of language. Belinda is a modern Mexican-American girl who dreams of becoming a poet like her hero Gary Soto. Ignored by her stepfamily and left alone in the basement to prepare for the party upstairs, Belinda uses her imagination and considerable sense of self to re-enact the story of Cinderella through Object Theater (puppetry with everyday objects). She makes discoveries about her own capacity and self-worth as a person, artist, and member of her familia.
Petra and the Wolf introduces the mischievous but fearless Petra, the granddaughter of the fabled Peter. When a wolf threatens her home and animal friends, her adventures become a showcase of bravery and compassion. Audiences walk away from this stunning piece of visual and musical storytelling with a new sense of empathy for the animals that share our earth. Featuring live original music by Mother Falcon.
Austin Theater Designers are challenged to build bikinis from recycled materials featuring the the thematic of the year. Featuring The Eco-topographic, Post-Apocalyptic, and The Unmentionables
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