[ MISSION ]

Salvage Vanguard Theater is a nonprofit arts organization located in Austin, Texas, committed to fostering a dynamic exchange between visionary artists and audiences new to their work. To that end, Salvage Vanguard Theater seeks to combine explosive energy with expert technique, creating forms that defy tradition and define new American theater.

[ Artist's Rendering of New FaÇade ]

[ Existing Building ]

[ THE FACILITY ]

Salvage Vanguard Theater is a 9,600 square-foot facility with a 100-seat performance space, a 50-seat second stage that can double as a rehearsal hall, a fully-equipped scene shop, an exhibition gallery that doubles as the lobby for the theater, and SVT's offices. We are in the process of constructing fourteen artist studios and a costume shop.

The purpose of the space:

1. To serve the needs of artists by offering an affordable home for incubating, creating, polishing, and presenting new, original visual and performing artworks
2. To serve the needs of audiences by presenting a diverse selection of outstanding performing and visual arts that are affordable to everyone.

[ LOCATION ]

2803 Manor Road, just east of Eastside Café and west of Airport and the railroad tracks.

[ TIMELINE ]

Groundbreaking was March 2006. The first phase of construction was complete in June 2007. Phase two of the building's construction (artist studios, costume shop, front mural) is set to begin in 2008.

[ ESTIMATED MOVE-IN COSTS ]

$600,000