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present Federico Garcia Lorca's
Blood Wedding
directed by Michael Floyd
September 8 - 18, Thursdays through Sundays at 8 p.m.
Community Renaissance Market Theatre, 6800 Westgate at William Cannon (click for map)
Darkness at the Break of Noon: Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding
By Brian Paul Scipione
The stage is stark, the lights are dim, the crickets and the wind are rumbling in the background. A woman, weary and worried, enters the room and falls into a stiff chair. Her son comes through with the intention of going to work. The word knife enters the conversation and the mother explodes, going from worry to wailing at the world’s iniquities. She is bitter and inconsolable; she has lost her husband and oldest son to murders. She blames knives, evil people and the society that engenders them but her son is persistent, hopeful, and loving. He wants to get married and needs her blessing and counsel. She recognizes the hope in his eyes and begins discussing the proper wedding customs, yet the tone in her voice has not changed. What good are marriage, love and truces in the land of the dead? Every child born is to live its life mere seconds away from the cold dirty steel of a hateful man’s blade. The tone of the play is set: if life is bad it can only get worse.
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present Federico Garcia Lorca's
Blood Wedding
directed by Michael Floyd
September 8 - 18, Thursdays through Sundays at 8 p.m.
Community Renaissance Market Theatre, 6800 Westgate at William Cannon (click for map)
The Wondrous Strange Players are proud to announce the opening of their newest production, Federico Garcia Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING. Written in 1932, the play was based upon newspaper clippings that Lorca had saved for a number of years before he began work on the piece. The play was strongly influenced by the political climate in Spain at the time. The work reflects the attitudes and beliefs of the working class in the years just prior to the Spanish Civil War.
The story of BLOOD WEDDING concerns a young engaged couple approaching their wedding day. As the day comes closer, the Bride (Cameron Holmes) begins to realize she is still passionately drawn to her ex-lover, Leonardo (Austen Simien). Complicating the matter is the fact that Leonardo’s family was implicated in the deaths of The Groom’s father and brother. The Bride must choose between the Groom (Steven Brandt), who can provide wealth and security, and her heart’s desire, Leonardo. The choices the young lovers make lead to a deadly confrontation in the woods, spurred on by the involvement of The Moon (Sabrina Tarbutton) and a mysterious Beggar (Casey Allen).
Featuring a cast of both seasoned actors and newcomers, this updated version of the poetic classic is sure to be remembered. The cast includes company members Steven Brandt, Sabrina Tarbutton, Casey Allen and Christl Climans. Newcomers to the company include Cameron Holmes, Austen Simien, Terrie Cooper, Dustin Beyer, Kat Eason, Mike Dellens, Thomas Epling and Anne Gomez-Guzman. The production is directed by Wondrous Strange company member Michael Floyd (Chaotic Theatre’s Lysistrata and A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Sound Design and original music was composed by Taylor Kirk. The production is stage managed by Jessie Robles.
Tickets are on sale now. More information can be found at www.bloodwedding.weebly.com. Showdates are September 8-11 and September 15-18 at the Wondrous Strange Theatre inside The Community Renaissance Market located at 6800 Westgate Blvd. Austin, TX 78745. Doors open at 7:30pm and show starts at 8pm. This production contains mature themes and mild violence and is suitable for audience members ages 13 and up.
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present a play more grim than Grimm...
The Wolf and the Witch
by Steven Brandt
July 8 - 10, 15 - 17
August 12-14 and 19 - 21
6800 Westgate Blvd at William Cannon, Austin, TX 78741 (click for map)
Tickets are $10.00 at the door, Show starts at 8:00PM, Seating begins at
7:30PM
Show is not suitable for children
What happens when Little Red Riding Hood's mother marries Hansel and
Gretel's father? They have more to worry about than "The Wolf and The
Witch."
For any questions please call Sabrina at 832-492-8031
www.wondrousstrange.org
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Wondrous Strange Players proudly present 
Oscar Wilde's
Salomé
a story of decadence and obsession on a biblical scale: THE DANCE WORTH HALF A KINGDOM
May 13 - 22, June 10 - 19, Fridays- Sundays, 8 p.m.
6800 WestGate Blvd at William Cannon
Tickets $12 at the door
For any questions call 832-492-8031. www.wondrousstrange.org
Wondrous Strange invites you to a night of debauchery, madness, and doom, served with coffee and dessert. Have a seat on the stage as the Wondrous Strange players enact Oscar Wilde's Salomé, a story of decadence and obsession. Witness the macabre tale of Salomé and Iokannon unfold, and behold the infamous Dance of the Seven Veils, with its monstrous consequences!
I WILL KISS THY MOUTH, IOKANNON
Director Casey Allen, a laid-back poet with charm that borders on the supernatural, calmly steers his actors through beautifully chaotic moments of the story while playing an intimidating Iokanaan. Cristl Climans returns in the title role of the beautiful and dangerous Salomé herself. Christopher Harris takes on the role of the loathsome and slimy King Herod while Sabrina Tarbutton rolls her eyes at him as his wife Herodias. A charmingly drunken Tigellinas is played by Julio Mella while Steven Brandt brings a dry humor and dapper air to King Herod’s bodyguard. Travis Doherty, playing the Young Syrian, and Ksynia Hoover, playing the Page, joined the cast for Richard III and proudly returns in Wondrous Strange’s production of Salomé.
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“Getcha hat, we’re goin to da theater” Come and join us in a world of murder and mayhem.
The Wondrous Strange Players
present 
William Shakespeare’s
Richard III
April 8th, 9th, 10th, and 15th, 16th, & 17th. Show times are at 8:00 pm, seating begins 7:30.
presented at The Community Renaissance Marketplace Theater
6800 Westgate Blvd. at the corner of William Cannon (click for map)
Julio Mella directs this infamous play in the style of ‘Film Noir’. Where mobsters are the lords of the city. When guns were heaters and women were dames.
