Thursday, December 11, 2008
Upcoming: Flow, Zell Miller III at the Vortex, December 11 - 13
Found on-line:
Flow! Hosted by Zell Miller III.
!! 3 NIGHTS ONLY!!
Dec.11-13, 2008 (Thurs-Sat) 8pm
The VORTEX and Uprise! Productions present FLOW! --an innovative experiment in theater where the worlds of hip-hop, spoken word, and improv collide to give you one of the most original nights of entertainment you will ever experience.
Spoken Word Artists and Hip-hop MC’s will be lead by Zell Miller, III (Radio Silence: a word opera). The Improvers will be lead by one of the best in the business: the crazy funny Ted Rutherford.
The energy of a Slam poetry event, the word play of Hip-hop culture, and the “Yes and” principals of improv combine to create Flow!.
Featuring performances by Ebony Stewart (Radio Silence: a word opera), a hot new female rap group "Graffiti Tongue", Black Listed Individuals, and many, many more. The night will also feature DJ S.T.A.T.I.K.
3 nights only--Thursday December 11th, Friday December 12th , and Saturday December 13th.
Zell Miller III is an interdisciplinary theater/performance poet. His recent show, Radio Silence: a word opera, which premiered at The VORTEX received the award for Outstanding Original Script (B. Iden Payne Award). His one-man show my Child, my child, my alien child, won Best Original Script in 2007 from the Austin Critics’ Table.
Zell is also the creator and co-producer of the Hip-Hop Theater Explosion which features poets, MC’s, DJ’s, dancers, and musicians in a theatrical variety show. He hosts “Speaking the Spoken: The Art of Verse” a monthly open mic series at The VORTEX. He has been a featured poet at South by Southwest Music Fest and has opened for legendary artists such as Nikki Giovianni and The Last Poets. As one of the premiere hip-hop theater artists in the country, Zell is proud to bring this art form to his home city, Austin. T
ickets: $30-$10 ($30-$25 Priority Seating, $20-$15 General Admission, $10 Starving Artists)
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