The Woman and the Child on the raft of trash

Our Mission:

Glass Half Full Theatre (Puppetry of Objects & Ideas) innovates performance structure and audience experience with original works featuring both humans and puppets to address complex problems through an optimistic lens.  Our bilingual performances spotlight the Latinx community, crossing linguistic and cultural boundaries towards the heart of the imagination, where artists and audiences examine how oppressive power structures work and how they can be overcome.

Our Vision:

To contribute to a sustainable, equitable community framed by a dynamic understanding of multicultural stories and the communities they uphold.

Company History

Glass Half Full Theatre has created original performance in Austin, Texas since 2011. Our local performances have served over 40,000 audience members, and our touring performances have toured around Texas and nationally, performing for more than 100,000 people at 50+ performing arts venues in over 30 states.

Our key constituencies identify as Latine, Multilingual, Youth and Family, and LGBTQIA+. We serve these constituencies with opportunities for artistic participation through workshops and collaborative discussion, and performances that represent their stories with care and complexity. Our performances cover topics including global and local environmental injustice, gender rights, Queer narratives, and diverse Latine experiences. Since 2019, the majority of our work has been bilingual Spanish/English.

Our productions are developed by the Producing Artistic Directors (Gricelda Silva and Caroline Reck) in collaboration with a diverse team of contracted artists (actors, puppeteers, composers, choreographers, and designers.