(*) MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, Woodlawn Theatre, San Antonio, August 2 - September 1, 2013

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Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 Fredericksburg Rd., San Antonio, 78201)

presents

Monty Python's Spamalot

by Eric Idle, John Du Prez

Direction by Greg Hinojosa·

Musical direction by Jane Haas

Location: 1920 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, Texas, 78201
Times: August 2nd- September 1st, 7:30PM on Fridays and Saturdays, 3 PM on Sundays
Tickets: Child/Student:$15; Senior/Military/SATCO: $20; Adult:$23
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Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail. SPAMALOT is a new musical, with a book by Eric Idle and an entirely new score created by Eric Idle and John Du Prez.

A fitting follow up to the silliness that is The Producers, the historic Woodlawn Theatre will stage the silliness that is Monty Python’s Spamalot beginning in August on the main stage. Join the Woodlawn as it heads out on a quest (God be praised, we have a quest!) for the Holy Grail. (God, the almighty and all-knowing, has misplaced a cup?) Tickets go on sale July 2.
The telling of the legendary tale of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table featuring a bevy of beautiful showgirls, a few cows, killer rabbits and French people, will take place Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. August 2 through September 1. Tickets will be available starting July 2 online at www.woodlawntheatre.com, or by phone at 210- 267- 8388. Prices are $15 for students and children, $20 for seniors and military, and $23 for adults.
Adapted by Eric Idle and John Du Prez from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot was the recipient of the Tony Award® for Best Musical of 2005.
"It’s a wonderful night, and I fart in the general direction of anyone who says otherwise,” says the Daily Telegraph about the musical, which stays fairly true to the artful tackiness and fatuous frivolity of its original movie inspiration. You don’t, however, have to be a cult follower to enjoy the show.
The Woodlawn Theatre is San Antonio’s historic community theatre, located in the heart of the Deco District at 1920 Fredericksburg Road, just south of Hildebrand. Free parking with security patrol is available.

Cast:

King Arthur -Kevin Murray

Lady of the Lake -Megan DeYoung

Sir Dennis - Walter Songer

Sir Robin - Darren Dalton

Sir Lancelot - Michael Burger

Patsy- Chris Rodriguez

Sir Bedevere -Peter Gertas

Historian/Not Dead Fred/Prince Herbert - Ben Scharff

Ensemble - Marcos Ramirez, Auggie Rodriques, Luis Garcia, Jr. ,Sami Serrano, Jo Hogen, Conley Wehner, Sara Sargent

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(*) MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, Woodlawn Theatre, San Antonio, August 2 - September 1, 2013

(Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 Fredericksburg Rd., San Antonio, 78201)

presents

Monty Python's Spamalot

by Eric Idle, John Du Prez

Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail. SPAMALOT is a new musical, with a book by Eric Idle and an entirely new score created by Eric Idle and John Du Prez.

TONY AWARD WINNER Best Musical 2005

Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table, and featuring a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits and french people, Monty Python's SPAMALOT "raises silliness to an art form" (The Sunday Times) and has been hailed as "a no-holds-barred smash hit." (The New York Times)

Cast:

King Arthur -Kevin Murray

Lady of the Lake -Megan DeYoung

Sir Dennis - Walter Songer

Sir Robin - Darren Dalton

Sir Lancelot - Michael Burger

Patsy- Chris Rodriguez

Sir Bedevere -Peter Gertas

Historian/Not Dead Fred/Prince Herbert - Ben Scharff

Ensemble - Marcos Ramirez, Auggie Rodriques, Luis Garcia, Jr. ,Sami Serrano, Jo Hogen, Conley Wehner, Sara Sargent

Location: 1920 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, Texas, 78201
Times: August 2nd- September 1st, 7:30PM on Fridays and Saturdays, 3 PM on Sundays
Tickets: Child/Student:$15; Senior/Military/SATCO: $20; Adult:$23

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Auditions in San Antonio for 'Port Cove,' 8 -week supernatural soap at Overtime Theatre, April 7, 2013

Via SATCO:

Auditions for Port Cove, Overtime Theater, Sunday April 7 at 1 PM

Port Cove is an all new weekly series at the Overtime Theater. An 8 week series featuring a NEW supernatural mystery episode every week! This supernatural soap opera follows the characters of the hotel coffee shop at the center of a small New England town where mysterious murders have taken place. The FBI agents brought in discover that everyone is a suspect and something odd lurks out there in the cove...Featuring multiple directors: Kyle Gillette, Michael Burger, Matt Cassi, Bryan Ortiz, Chris Champlin and Scott McDowell!

We will be casting a wide variety or roles and will be looking for roughly 6 males, 6 females -- actors of any shape and size are welcome as they will be playing multiple characters in the town of 'Port Cove.'


The Overtime Theater is having auditions for a never before seen show in San Antonio. It is an 8 week run for a Supernatural Soap Opera in the vein of 'Twin Peaks'. Actors will be put in an intense rehearsal process and learn each 22-25 min episode in one weeks time, for a total of 8 episodes.

We will be having cold reads and asking actors/actresses to learn a provided monologue in a set amount of time to gauge memorization skills. If actors have a prepared monologue we will listen to them but it is not needed. Headshots are not needed. The show will begin rehearsal in April and run from June 7 to July 28.

Location: 1203 Camden, Near the Pearl Brewery Complex, San Antonio, Texas, 78215

For More Information: theovertimetheater@gmail.com

(*) Upcoming: Hell and Back by Scott McDowell, Overtime Theatre, San Antonio, December 7 - January 5

presents

Hell and Back

A Noir Murder Mystery 

by Scott McDowell

directed by Andy Thornton

December 7, 2012 – January 5, 2013. 
8pm Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, plus one Sunday matinee at 2:30 on December 9 and an additional Sunday evening show at 7pm on December 23.

Ticket Prices: $14 general admission, and $10 for teachers, students, seniors 65+, active military, and SATCO members. Tickets can be purchased online at www.theovertimetheater.org.

Information: www.theovertimetheater.org, info@theovertimetheater.org, and (210) 557-7562.
Location: The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden, San Antonio, TX 78215.

The Overtime’s ‘Good Samaritan’ series returns – just in time for Christmas

It’s the latest installment in the series of noir mysteries written by Scott McDowell and directed by Andy Thornton.

In our fourth installment, "Hell and Back" a year has passed since the events of "All Good Things". Detective Winters has quit the force and is now scratching out a living as a private investigator and solving cases with his dead partner, Blake. When a mysterious woman hires them to find a strange object, they find themselves in over their heads and targets on their backs.

Beginning with The Good Samaritan in 2008 at the Overtime’s West Avenue location, Mcdowell and Thornton continued the series as the premiere offering at The Overtime’s Blue Star location in January of 2010 with The Hard Bargain and followed it up in 2011 with the third installment, All Good Things. Now the series continues in its fourth installment and third location.

The first three installments followed San Francisco detectives Blake (played by McDowell) and Winters (Michael Burger) – and this fourth installment continues to follow Winters after he has left the police force behind and become a private eye.

The story of Hell and Back doesn’t require any knowledge of the prior chapters. Audiences will be able to jump right in and enjoy the story. But there will certainly be plenty of things to entertain those who have followed the detectives for the last several years. Hell and Back premieres at the Overtime’s new location at 1203 Camden in the Gregg Barrios Theater on December 7^th.

Cast and Crew:

Detective John Winters: Michael Burger
Detective Adam Blake: Scott McDowell
Officer Duncan/Clerk: Brennan Loy
The Doc – Charlotte Kendricks: Sophie Bolles
Detective William ‘The Kid’ Hamilton: Chris Kelly
Detective Desmond Porter: Torrance White
Senator Robert Hollands: Matthew Haltemann
Alison Rogers, the Secretary: Angie Hernandez
Selina Beckett, the client: Suzanne DeMarkova
JJ Matthews, Senator's Aide: Mary Goodhue
Erica Foster: Lily Canaria
Director – Andrew Thornton
Set – Chris Champlin and Scott McDowell

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Upcoming: Christmastime at the Overtime, Overtime Theatre, San Antonio, December 4 - 19

Found on-line:

CHRISTMASTIME AT THE OVERTIME

Written by Rob Barron, Michael Burger, James Hartz, David Lehman, and Scott McDowell
Directed by Christie Beckham

December 4 - 19, Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.

The Overtime Theatre, 1414 S. Alamo, #103, San Antonio

Tickets are $12 general admission and $9 for teachers, students with current ID, seniors 65+, and SATCO members. Reserve and purchase on-line.

With a little heart and a lot of holiday bawdiness, Christmastime at the Overtime will be an Overtime Theater original for those who like their holiday programming heaped with laughter.

It seems like Santa has lost his Christmas spirit this year and it's up to one loyal elf to save him. How? By showing him a variety of acts and scenes that showcase the many different aspects of the holiday season.

Christmastime at the Overtime will be a fun, fast-moving show that includes music, magic, dancing, adult-themed comedy sketches, and a brand new short film introducing the soon-to-be-classic-holiday-character, Scorpey Claus!

Upcoming: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, San Antonio Shakespeare at Jump-Start Theatre, February 12 - 27

UPDATE: rave review by Ashley Lindstrom at San Antonio Current, February 16

UPDATE: review by Michael E. Barret for San Antonio Express-News, February 18

Found on-line:

announces its the inaugural main stage production!

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
February 12 - 27 at the Jump Start Theater.

Tickets are now available for San Antonio Shakespeare's inaugural production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. The show runs from Feb 12-27 at the Sterling Houston Theater inside the Blue Star Art Complex. Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows start at 8 p.m. and the matinee on Sunday, February 21 is at 2:30 p.m. The box office opens 30 minutes before show time.

Tickets are $15 in advance online by credit or debt card or $18 at the door (cash only).

The company is proud to announce the cast list for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead:

Rosencrantz: Michael Burger
Guildenstern: Brandon Sasnett
Hamlet: Robert Jerdee
Gertrude: Christy Huffman
Claudius: Jason Smiley
Ophelia: Susana Lopez
Polonius: Rick Lukens
Player King: Greg Hinojosa
Players: Morgan Scharff, Courtney Coston, Mellissa Marlowe, Pamela Kenny
Alfred: Walter Miranda

Director: Matthew Byron Cassi
Dramaturge: Isaac Martin

for more information, email info@sanantonioshakespeare.com
for school group rates or educational tour, please email edu@sanantonioshakespeare.com
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Upcoming: Hard Bargain, Overtime Theatre, San Antonio, January 8 - 30

UPDATE: Review by Ashley Lindstrom in the San Antonio Current, January 13

Received directly:

THE HARD BARGAIN

World Premiere “Stage Noir”
at the Overtime Theater, San Antonio

Now ensconced in its new home in the Blue Star Arts Complex, the arts center of San Antonio, the Overtime Theater will stage even more original works by San Antonio playwrights and directors. As our grand opening show in the Blue Star space, the Overtime presents The Hard Bargain, a “stage noir” detective story written by Scott McDowell and directed by Andrew Thornton.

Staged with the feeling of a classic film noir movie, The Hard Bargain brings back gritty detectives Blake and Winters from the hard-boiled detective play The Good Samaritan, which played at the Overtime Theater in August 2008. Andrew Thornton directed The Good Samaritan as well.

This time the detectives return to solve a seemingly impossible murder that leads them into the smoky world of jazz, nightclubs, and sensuous femmes fatales. The murder tests the limits of their own worlds and morals in a play that can only be seen at the Overtime.

Showtimes are 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays. Two Sunday matinees (3 pm) also are scheduled for Jan. 10 and Jan. 17. Ticket prices are $12 general admission, and $9 for teachers, students, seniors 65+, and SATCO members.

The Overtime Theater @ the Blue Star Art Complex
1414 S. Alamo St., Suite 103
San Antonio, TX 78210

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