Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Announce New Programming Partnership

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox announce a new programming partnership that will bring a slate of fresh and unexpected creative performances to the Austin community. The partnership will begin in Texas Performing Arts' 2023-24 Season, which will feature several collaborative performances throughout the fall, winter, and spring. In addition, the 2024 Fusebox festival will include a series of performances produced by Texas Performing Arts.

We are thrilled to embark on this new partnership with Fusebox, said Bob Bursey, Executive & Artistic Director of Texas Performing Arts. It will allow us to combine forces to create more adventurous art experiences in Austin and support artists making daring, imaginative, and inspiring work.

Ron Berry, Executive & Co-Artistic Director of Fusebox added: This extraordinary partnership marks the beginning of a new chapter for Fusebox, building upon our nineteen-year history of sharing unique live performances. In the past this has primarily happened through our festival in April. But as Austin continues to grow, it has become apparent that Fusebox needs to grow as well. This new collaboration will allow us to share more remarkable artists with thousands of more people throughout the year, and TPA is the perfect partner.

The partnership will feature vivid live performances that span music, theatre, dance, and film reflecting the boundary-less, unique experiences Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox have created through past collaborations such as Robin Frohardt's critically acclaimed The Plastic Bag Store (2021). The connection initially grew out of a collaboration between the two organizations that helped to establish Texas Performing Arts' resident artist program ... a vital resource that provides funding, stage time, and technical and administrative support to artists. This new fusion will expand that work beyond campus while also offering new opportunities for UT Austin students to engage with Fusebox through internships, artist connections, and coursework.

As part of the move to year-round programming, Fusebox's annual festival will become biennial following its 20th anniversary edition in spring 2024. This shift will allow for deeper development of new works, longer-term relationships with artists, and planning of larger scale works. The new biennial festival will continue to take place at sites and venues across the city in 2026 and beyond.

Specific programming will be announced on April 25 when Texas Performing Arts unveils its 2023-24 Season, including the artists and productions that are part of the TPA-Fusebox partnership. Texas Performing Arts' current season continues through April 30 featuring a curated lineup of international theatre, dance, music, and more. The 2023 Fusebox Festival will take place April 12-16.

About Fusebox

Fusebox is a non-profit arts organization based in Austin, Texas. It was founded by a group of artists in 2005 who wanted to create a robust exchange of ideas across different art forms and geography, with a particular interest in the live experience. Today Fusebox partners with organizations all over the world ranging from small grassroots organizations to major art centers and festivals, and produces two festivals (The Fusebox Festival & Live in America) along with year-round programming and events.

About Texas Performing Arts

Texas Performing Arts is the professional arts presenting and producing program of The University of Texas at Austin. One of the largest and most active university-based performing arts centers in the U.S., Texas Performing Arts is an anchor institution in Austin's arts, cultural, and entertainment landscape. Texas Performing Arts operates venues on the UT campus including Austin's largest theatre, the newly renovated Bass Concert Hall. Its public programs include Broadway in Austin; the Texas Welcomes series of national touring artists; and a curated season of international dance, theatre, music and more. Texas Performing Arts is an integral unit of UT's College of Fine Arts and engages thousands of students across the university every year. In calendar year 2019 Bass Concert Hall had the highest number of tickets sold of any theatre in Austin, was #2 in the State of Texas, and #22 in the world, according to industry publication Pollstar. Following a national search, Tony Award-winning producer Bob Bursey was appointed Executive and Artistic Director in January of 2020.

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