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TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS

THE PLASTIC BAG STORE

April 2-17, 2022 | Blue Genie Art Bazaar

The Plastic Bag Store is an art installation and immersive film by Brooklyn-based artist Robin Frohardt that brings humor, craft, and a critical lens to our culture of consumption and convenience—specifically, the enduring effects of our single-use plastics.

One-hour performances will run multiple times per day Wednesdays through Sundays at the Blue Genie Art Bazaar.

Inside The Plastic Bag Store, deli meats, fresh produce, multi-layered cakes, sushi rolls, frozen foods, boxed cereal, and more have all been meticulously sculpted by hand, made from discarded single-use plastics. During each one-hour performance, the store comes to life as a micro-cinema where the hidden worlds of Frohardt's ingenious puppetry unfold in a 45-minute, three-act film. The story explores the notion of artifact, misplaced nostalgia and how what we value least may become our most lasting cultural legacy.
 

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Event Details

• Date: April 2-17, 2022
• Time: Sat 11 AM, 1 PM, 6 PM | Sun 11 AM, 1 PM, 4 PM | Wed-Fri 4 PM, 6 PM, 8 PM
• Venue: Blue Genie Art Bazaar
• Website: https://texasperformingarts.org/plasticbagstore

Ticket Information

• Cost: $20.00 General Admission | $15.00 Seniors/Military | $10.00 Students

Presenter Details

• Name: Texas Performing Arts

Texas Performing Arts is the performing arts presenting program of The University of Texas at Austin and operates campus venues including Bass Concert Hall and McCullough Theatre.  It is the home of the Lexus Broadway in Austin series. In calendar year 2019 Bass Concert Hall had the highest number of tickets sold of any theater 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 Director in January, 2020.

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