Broken Record A new play written by James Venhaus
The Overtime Theater
September 16 - 18, 2010
Expanded from James Venhaus' ten-minute “Inside the Loop” that was written for TheatreASAP in 2007, this new, full-length production tells the story of one couple...in reverse. If you could go back and play your entire failed relationship over again, would you? Should you? Would it make a difference? Ben and Cynthia's relationship is replayed from its bitter end back to its sweet beginning.
Cast: Directed by Catherine Babbitt. Cynthia - Christie Beckham | Ben - Tyler Keyes
Location: The Blue Star Arts Complex, 1414 S. Alamo St., Suite 103
Times: 8 pm Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays Tickets: $12 general admission, and $9 for teachers, students, seniors 65+, active military, and SATCO members. Thursdays are "Cheap Date Night" - pay what you can afford!
Contact: Please visit our website, email info@overtimetheater.net, or call (210) 557-7562.
Jade Esteban Estrada Performs "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 4
The Overtime Theater
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Experience the San Antonio premiere of the solo musical comedy "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 4." Think. Write. Solve. Ask. Sing. Lead. Meet Plato, Virginia Woolf, Alan Turing, Dr. Evelyn Hooker, Freddie Mercury, and Dustin Lance Black. One day, they decided to make history. "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 4" is a " solo musical comedy written and performed by Jade Esteban Estrada. The show made its world premiere at the Tallahassee PrideFest in Tallahassee, Florida in April 2010.
Location: The Blue Star Arts Complex, 1414 S. Alamo St., Suite 103
I'll Remember for You
(Yo Me Acuerdo Por Ti) Written by Lisa Suarez
Sterling Houston Theatre (Jump-Start Performance Co.)
September 17-19, 2010
I'll Remember For You by Lisa Suarez is a new bilingual theater production depicting a Mexican-American woman's experiences surrounding her mother's dementia and memory loss. In this courageous, deeply personal and unsentimental look at the role of caregiver in this growing epidemic, Suarez brings her own life with her aging mother's to the stage. She writes about - and portrays - her mother with humor and respect, love and frustration, sadness and celebration.
Sunday, Sept 19, 2010: Join us for a post-show community conversation about aging, caregiving & the growing epidemic of Alzheimer's.
Tuesday, Sept 21, 2010: Join the Alzheimer's Association at The Sterling Houston Theater for an evening observing World Alzheimer's Day. A great chance to get information on Alzheimer's, sign up for the Memory Walk and to view an excerpt of I'll Remember For You. LUSH Handmade Cosmetics will be here with fun "purple-themed" giveaways!
Cast: Directed by Laurie Dietrich
Location: The Sterling Houston Theater (formerly Jump-Start Theater), 108 Blue Star, in the Blue Star Arts Complex at the corner of S. Alamo and Probandt.
Times: Friday - Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.
Tickets: $15 general admission, $12 Students & Seniors, $10 groups of 10 or more!
Contact: Call 210-227-5867 or visit us on the web at www.jump-start.org to print and purchase your tickets online!
A Chorus Line
San Pedro Playhouse Russell Hill Rogers
September 17 - October 17, 2010 (no show Sept. 19)
This mega-hit is a celebration of those unsung heroes of the American Musical Theatre - the chorus dancers. It explores their exhilaration and heartbreak as thirty valiant, over dedicated, underpaid and highly trained performers audition for thirteen slots as back-up dancers in a new Broadway show. Revolutionary when it opened in 1975, it remains the most celebrated musical in Broadway history, a still searing exploration of what performers do 'for love', indeed, a celebration of the American Musical itself, our country's unique gift to the world.
Cast: Directed and choreographed by Christopher Rodriguez; music direction by Andrew Hendley.
Location: 800 W. Ashby Pl., San Pedro Park at Ashby
Times: Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 PM; Sundays at 2:30 PM
Contact: (210) 733-7258
Harvey Comedy by Mary Chase
Boerne Community Theatre
September 17 - October 2, 2010
When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter, Myrtle Mae, and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood's hallucination have caused her to see Harvey also! The doctors commit Veta instead of Elwood, but when the truth comes out, the search is on for Elwood and his invisible companion. When he shows up at the sanitarium looking for his lost friend Harvey, it seems that the mild-mannered Elwood's delusion has had a strange influence on more than one of the doctors. Only at the end does Veta realize that maybe Harvey isn't so bad after all. A great kick-off to BCT's 20th Anniversary Season!
Cast: Keisha McFerrin, Kathleen Lovejoy, Margaret Kuhstoss, Michael Duggan, Dee Imrie, Paul Yoder, Allen Rudolph, David Clingan, Julie Pedretti, Verne Powell, John Horstmann. Directed by Patty Loftis, AD/SM Margaret Kuhstoss
Location: 907 E. Blanco Rd., Boerne, Texas
Times: Thursdays - 7:30pm, Fridays & Saturdays - 8pm, Sundays - 2:30pm.
Tickets: $19 - Adults, $16 - Seniors (60+)/Students/Military, $15 - Group (10+)
Discounts: $10 - SATCO Members with current member card
Contact: Call 830-981-8028 or email reservations@boernetheatre.org for reservations.
The Carpetbagger's Children by Horton Foote
San Pedro Playhouse Cellar Theater
September 17- 26
The Carpetbagger's Children kicks off a year-long tribute to Texas playwrights in the San Pedro Playhouse Cellar Theater. Opening August 27 and running through September 26, the play stars Rita Crosby, Elise Lopez and Magda Porter. Frank Latson directs.
Horton Foote's story takes us into the lives of three sisters from a well-to-do Texas family. Together they weave a tapestry of their family and community which is as chaotic and tragic as it is heart-warming, exhilarating and humorous.
"Few dramatists today can replicate this kind of storytelling with the gentle mastery that Mr. Foote provides in his 90-minute portrait of the decline of one fractious family in the small Texas town of Harrison, where most of his work is set." -- New York Times
Location: 800 W. Ashby Pl., San Pedro Park at Ashby
Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:30 PM
Tickets: Adults - $23 with a $3 discount for seniors 60 plus and active military; Students to age 22 with valid ID - $13. A $2 facility fee applies to each ticket.
The Complete History Of America (Abridged)
Circle Arts Theatre in New Braunfels
September 17 - October 3, 2010
Histrory has never been this much fun... or as delightfully mutilated. This fast-paced, slapstick, intellectual vaudeville of a show is certain to have audiences rolling in the aisles. Written by the same guys that brought you "The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)," it's clever, insulting, silly, profound and hysterical... all at the same time!!! Don't miss appearances by George Washington, Lewis and Clark, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, FDR, Al Capone, Richard Nixon, Lucy Ricardo and many more...
Location: In Landa Park at 124 Elizabeth Avenue, New Braunfels, Texas
Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm
Tickets: $18 Adults and $16 Silver Fox/Student/Military
Contact: Please reserve your seats online or CALL TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION at 830-837-6172
JERSEY BOYS
Majestic Theatre
September 16-26
"TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!" raves the New York Post for Jersey Boys, the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Massi. This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs and sold 175 million records worldwide − all before they were 30! Jersey Boys, winner of the 2006 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album and most recently, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, features their hit songs "Sherry", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Rag Doll", "Oh What a Night" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You". "IT WILL RUN FOR CENTURIES!" proclaims Time Magazine.
Jersey Boys is part of the BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA - SAN ANTONIOseason. This 6-show package is available now and starts at $145. Call 1-800-215 SHOW (7469) Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or log on to www.broadwayacrossamerica.com.
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