Preview: Are You Alive? [Theatre]

If you're the sort of person who looks to the theatre to explore questions of what it means to be alive and how to truly define "living," the new co-production from theatremakers Debutantes & Vagabonds and music management company Double Stereo Productions should offer exactly what you want from a night out.

The performance series, spread over three nights, splices together a series of short plays from local playwrights Aimee Gonzalez, Fred Jones IV, Greg Romero, and Sarah Saltwick, with live music from notable Austin bands—White Ghost Shivers on night one, Georgian Company on night two, and Scott H. Biram closing things down. Each play is punctuated with a song or two from the musical guest, creating a sort-of variety show effect that offers a few different takes on what makes the live arts so vital.

Are You Alive? runs at the Long Center from May 14-16. Performances begin at 8 p.m., and tickets are $15.