Butterfly Bar
A non-profit theatre organization owns and operates the Butterfly Bar
What is The VORTEX?
The name of our annual replanting event
What is The Garden Party?
Sesame Street is well-known for having this style of puppet.
What are Muppets?
These magical beings are principal characters in the play.
Who are the Fae?
They perform historical socially relevant stories with puppets
Who is Trouble Puppet?
Our youngest and largest poser
Who is Smokey?
Incorporated in this year
When is 1988?
Our cash DOG.
This unique feature of the Antique Bar comes from it's wild past
What is The Bullet hole?
The Butterfly Garden has been home to this number of different butterfly species.
What is 30+?
These puppets are made possible by the use of light from behind.
-What are shadow puppets?
The network that transports us underground from tree to tree.
What is the mycelium?
Performances en Espagnol
Who is Proyecto Teatro?
Our late 17 year old kitty rests in peace under the Buckeye Tree.
Who is Radius?
The jewel of our educational programming
What is the Summer Youth Theatre?
This Lisa B. Thompson play sold out every performance in 2017.
The name of the bar before it became the Butterfly Bar
What is The VORTEX Cafe?
The Butterfly Garden is certified through this organization
What is The North American Butterfly Association (NABA)?
An article of clothing that is utilized to make simple hand puppets.
-What is a sock?
This tree is known for their hair.
Who is Banyan?
World Famous Eco-sexuals
Who is Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens?
Named after the place she was found eating meat scraps
Who is Smokey?
This original musical toured to New York in 2001
What is Despair's Book of Dreams and the Sometimes Radio?
This play by Reina Hardy pivoted to an outdoor production due to COVID and went on to win numerous B. Iden Payne Awards including "Outstanding Live Production" in 2021.
What is Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven?
The antique bar was on the San Antonio Riverwalk in this location
What is The Landing?
This plant is the host plant for the Buckeye, Crescent Spot, and the White Peacock butterflies.
What is Frogfruit?
This Ethos Puppet Opera debuted in 2016 and was remounted in 2018.
What is Atlantis: A Puppet Opera?
This tree is the world's largest organism.
Who is Pando?
An internationally renowned performance artist who always took his clothes off
Who is Tim Miller?
Our reclusive green-eyed beauty
Who is Elmire?
The original name of our Manor Rd venue
These ritual theatre experiments conceived and directed by Bonnie Cullum graced the stage in 5 different sold-out productions from 2000-2006.
What is Dark Goddess?
Emma's award winning cocktail that had chocolate ballet shoes garnish
What is BLERD Ballerina?
Don't eat this plant if you have allergies to shellfish
What is the Shrimp plant?
This puppet company produced UNDARK and American Blood Song at The VORTEX.
Who is Trouble Puppet Theater Company?
Amber and Thyme's search for the source of the weeping leads them this final destination.
Who is the Tree at the Center of Everything?
At least once a year this person performed 20 years at The VORTEX
Who is Rob Nash?
The first VORTEX cat
Miss Kitty
The lesbian shakespeare that put The Vortex on the map
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Launched from a series of salons on the 20th century's most famous surrealist this event has gone on to delight thousands of patrons over the years.
What is Salvador Dali's Naked Feast?
Our special margaritas are all made with this liqueur.
What is Cointreau?
These flowers provided nectar for Butterflies in the colder months when other plants were dormant.
What are Pansies?
Sunny Days featured our largest puppet ever.
What is the Garbarge?
This local singer songwriter wrote, True Home and Part of You for the play.
*hint* she's also on the billboard
Who is Nicole Boyd?
This artst will present the Austin debut of her solo show experience, Body Politics 4/23/25 - 4/27/25.
Who is Shasparay?
These 2 have been captured by the paparzzi in the recent Austin Chronicle.
Who are Elmire & Smokey?
The VORTEX co-commissioned the world premiere of this new choreo-poem by Lisa B. Thompson with Fusebox, Pyramid Theatre in Des Moines, and Lorraine Hansbury Theatre in San Francisco.
What is The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body?
Ebony Stewart premiered these two original one-woman shows at The VORTEX, winning multiple awards.
What are Hunger and Ocean?