Jack and Jill, Sustainable Theatre Project at the Hyde Park Theatre, March 18 - 27

Jack and Jill is "a romance," according to playwright Jane Martin, the mysterious alter ego of Jon Jory, retired artistic director of the Theatre of Louisville. The Mother Goose reference implies a jaunty comedy approach, but Jack and Jill is anything but that.

Martin's two-character play is energetic and witty, but it's a portrait of two individuals incapable of merging two I's into a We. Jack is a big, bashful stumbling guy, all thumbs and vulnerability -- the anti-macho -- and Jill is bright, together, to-the-point, competitive and irredeemably selfish -- the antithesis of traditional femininity. Act I presents their courtship, marriage and frustrations; Act II presents their lives and successive encounters after divorce. They remain linked in the syzygy of mutual attraction, closer and then farther apart, unable to live together and yet unable to live apart.

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Upcoming: Jack & Jill by Jane Martin, Sustainable Theatre Project at the Hyde Park Theatre, March 18 - 27

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is proud to announce its first full-length production, a very honest story about the ups and downs of falling in love:

Jack & Jill
by Jane Martin

Austin’s newest theatre company, Sustainable Theatre Project, begins its inaugural season with Jane Martin’s Jack & Jill: A Romance, winner of the 1997 Theatre Critics’ Association award for best new play. The first of a planned five-show season,Jack and Jill is a story about falling in love and the all the joy and heartache that follows. Jane Martin’s understanding of the complexity of being in love, her fair portrayal of both sides of the partnership and her stunning, roll-off-the-tongue dialogue make this modern, all but fairy-tale romance undeniably entertaining. The play’s relevance lands wholly as an honest portrait of the couple in love, fighting to be together and for a sense of self.

B. Iden Payne nominee Derek Kolluri and FronteraFest 2010 Best of Fest actress Molly Fonseca fill the roles of Jack and Jill.

Jack & Jill: A Romance runs March 18 -27, Thursday through Saturday, 8 p.m. at Hyde Park Theatre 511 W. 43rd, Austin, TX 78751. Tickets are $10 - $20. Sustainable Theatre Project is offering special rates for all “couples,” (parties of two). The first ticket is $10 - $20 and the second is free. Tickets can be reserved by contacting Sustainable Theatre Project at sustaianble.theatre.project@gmail.com, or by calling 512.479.PLAY, and will be available for “walk-up” purchase at 7 p.m. each performance night. For more information, visit sustainabletheatreproject.org.

Upcoming: Talking With by Jane Martin, Austin HS Red Dragon Players, January 7 - 16

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Talking With
by Jane Martin

This full-length comedy is composed of eleven full-length monologues. Idiosyncratic characters amuse, move and frighten, always speaking from the depths of their soul. They include a baton twirler, a fundamentalist snake-handler, an ex-rodeo rider and an actress willing to go to any length to get a job. 1982 winner of the American Theatre Critics Association Award for Best Regional Play.

We've triple-cast the roles, allowing us to showcase thirty-three of our actresses!

January 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16
All shows begin at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets $7 (No credit cards accepted -- cash or checks made payable to "AHS Theatre")
Austin High School, 1715 W. Cesar Chavez