Hands Up Hoodies Down

Conceived and Directed by Zell Miller III When: Final night, tonight, Saturday, March 14. Where: The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd. Austin, TX 78722 Free Parking. Bus Route. The Butterfly Bar @ The VORTEX opens nightly at 5pm with full bar, hand-crafted cocktails, and snacks. Patrizi’s @ The VORTEX opens nightly at 5pm with delicious homemade Italian food. Tickets: $30-$10 $30 Priority Seating $20 General Admission $10 Artist/Student/Senior www.vortexrep.org or 512-478-5282 Advanced Reservations Recommended. Limited seating. 2-for-1 admission Thursday with donation of 2 cans for SafePlace Radical Rush offers limited free tickets each performance in the spirit of sustainability, accessibility, and the gift economy. Radical Rush tickets released at 7pm each night--first come first serve! In-person only. Hands Up Hoodies Down is a protest song sung in the key of high octane spoken word stanzas exploding through tears and heartache; it's the balled fist full of possibilities; it’s the feeling of the day after the riot and no place to buy groceries; it’s the mother's moan and the father's wail. How do we react when human beings are taken out of existence? Hands Up Hoodies Down is a new hip hop theatre and dance piece for our times. Conceived, directed, and co-written by Zell Miller III, with contributions from Chelsea Manasseri. Choreography by Sadé Jones. The cast features T-Fly, Kann, Da’Shade Moonbeam, Zell Miller III, Chelsea Manasseri, Sadé Jones, and introduces Ashé Arts Collective. Hands up Hoodies down is funded and supported in part by VORTEX Repertory Company, by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts, and by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Tickets and information www.vortexrep.org