The Wars of Heaven: Smackdown!
by Trouble Puppet Theatre Company

Apr. 21 - May. 15, 2016
Thursdays-Sundays

Trouble Puppet Theater Co. presents a diabolically divine new show starring larger-than-life puppets sparring in the ring for our minds and souls! Funded in part by the Jim Henson Foundation, Smackdown! provides an absolutely one-of-a-kind entertainment at the intersection of pro wrestling, televangelism, political debate, and PUPPETS.

A spectacle for its times! Rabbit, one of the fighters in the match, sets about trying to un-rig a game that has been rigged—literally—for millennia. But how do you fight the most powerful Powers That Be?

The show is created by the award-winning company (“one of the most revered theater companies in the city” —Austin Chronicle) that brought Austin award-winning productions of The Jungle, Riddley Walker, Toil and Trouble, The Cruel Circus, The Head, Hyde & Jekyll, Wars of Heaven: Part I, and Frankenstein. NOTE: This is TPT's last mainstage show at Salvage Vanguard Theater, which loses its lease in June.

Special guests nightly—Let LOLA (Local Opera Local Artists, creators of the award-winning La Femme Boheme) move and thrill you!

ASL interpretation May 6.

Group sales welcome. Director/cast talkbacks available for groups of five or more.

**Not created for children. Probably OK for ages 13+.**

 

(via Trouble Puppet Theatre Company)

 

Funded in part by the Jim Henson Foundation, Smackdown! provides an absolutely one-of-a-kind entertainment at the intersection of pro wrestling, televangelism, political debate, and PUPPETS.

Artistic Director: Connor Hopkins
Composer: Justin Sherburn
Sound design by K. Eliot Haynes
Media design by Chris Owen
Poster by Leah Lovisa
Lighting by Kevin Long
Costumes by Kelli Bland
Build by Connor Hopkins, Magda Riley, Jacqueline Landsman, et al.
 
Performers: Gricelda Silva, Zac Crofford, Michelle Dahlenburg, Caroline Reck, Michael Ferstenfeld, Julie Moore, Emily Ash, and Jay Young
 
 
Founded in 2004, Trouble Puppet is dedicated to the creation of exceptional works of puppet theater, to the promotion of the art of puppetry, and to the support of its practitioners. Trouble Puppet is a sponsored project of Salvage Vanguard Theater. This project is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Economic Development Department/Cultural Arts Division and by the Jim Henson Foundation.

The Wars of Heaven: Smackdown!
by Connor Hopkins & the ensemble
Trouble Puppet Theatre Company

Thursdays-Sundays,
April 21 - May 15, 2016
Salvage Vanguard Theater
2803 E Manor Rd
Austin, TX, 78722
(via Trouble Puppet Theatre Company)
 
April 21–May 15, 2016 (8 pm Thu–Sat; Sun shows at 5 pm)
 
WHERE: Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Road, Austin, TX 78722
 
Tickets: $15 general admission, $12 students, seniors, vets, $25 & $50 support levels available; group rate $10 available via