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SEASON 22 | January 2010
VORTEX Repertory Company presents
Manchild in the Wasteland
A one man show about Peace Corps adventures in West Africa
by Barton Guy Bryan | 2 Shows Only. Sun, Jan.10, 2010 @3pm AND Tue, Jan.12, 2010 @ 8pm
You
are invited to experience a play written and performed by former
Peace Corps Volunteer and Austinite, Barton Bryan. His one-man show
Manchild in the Wasteland will be presented for two shows only at
The VORTEX in Austin, Texas.
In Manchild in the Wasteland, Barton Bryan’s desire to join the Peace Corp leads him on a journey to the remote villages of West Africa. Along the way, he experiences the dramatic events that move him to become a positive part of a remote West African village and explores the fascinating and sometimes shocking details of being a Peace Corps Volunteer.
Barton is performing his show to help three local high school students raise funds to go to West Africa for their Spring Break to help a village elementary school build desks for every boy and girl.
Tickets: $30, $25, $20
Seating is limited. Reservations recommended.
For more information visit www.letsgotoafrica.com and click on the header: “Manchild in the Wasteland Play”. If you have questions, please email Barton at barton@letsgotoafrica.com
Barton Bryan has spent the last nine years focusing on two passions: Africa and Acting. After completing a BA in Vocal Performance, Barton joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Mauritania, West Africa. He taught English and worked with his village on several development projects. In 2005, Barton moved to New York City to study acting at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. During that time he performed his one-man show several times Off-off Broadway. Barton and his wife Val traveled to West Africa and Tanzania with a non-profit organization to support villages and orphanages and have now started a Volun-Tourism project to take passionate volunteers to East and West Africa for development projects and to explore Africa’s natural and cultural beauty. Barton will donate the proceeds of the show to benefit, Kirsten, Troy and Haley, the local high school students have been chosen to join the first Volun-Tourism group and experience this “Peace Corps-Like” adventure. For more information, check out: www.letsgotoafrica.com
VORTEX Repertory Company is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
