Simple Sundries
sometimes gentrification is for the birds

July 28 & 29, 2013 – Salvage Vanguard, Austin, TX (Austin Puppet Incident)

February 26 – March 14, 2015 – Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin, TX

Written and with Puppets by Caroline Reck & Parker Dority

Direction & Scenic Design by Caroline Reck

Featuring Parker Dority and Gricelda Silva featuring Caroline Reck

Shadow Puppetry & Props Julia M. Smith  Sound Design by K. Eliot Haynes  Lighting Design by Stephen Pruitt  Costume Design by Lucie Cunningham  Technical Direction by Zac Crofford

Intrepid entrepreneur Constance is recently arrived in town in search of a more Authentic Lifestyle. Her plans to open an extravagant sundries shop in East Austin are thwarted by the former residents of her recently flipped bungalow, namely a colony of monk parakeets who have other plans for their longtime home. A comic exploration into the human folly of our collective actions as we face Austin’s current economic expansion and real estate explosion.

Winner Austin Critic’s Table Awards for Outstanding Lead Performance and Sound Design