(*) METHOD & MADNESS: HAMLET, Jump-Start Performance Company and Classic Theatre, San Antonio, June 14 - 23, 2013

Method & Madness: Hamlet 2013

Based on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Adapted by Laurie Rae Dietrich
Directed by Diane Malone & S.T. Shimi
June 14-16, 21-23 2013
Friday, Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

$20 general admission, $15 students and seniors
Pay-What-You-Can on June 21st
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“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.”

The play’s the thing as two resident companies with two very different aesthetics take on one quintessential Shakespearean standard this summer. Jump-Start Performance Co., known for its experimental and original works, and Classic Theatre of San Antonio, known for their professional productions of popular classics, collaborate on this exciting show…one of the last things that both companies will be presenting in the Sterling Houston Theater in the Blue Star Arts Complex before the lease is up mid-January.

Method and Madness: Hamlet 2013 is a fast-paced, edited (with a run-time of 90 minutes) and visceral interpretation of the well-known tale of the indecisive Dane that focuses on the twisted family dynamics in a minimalist style with steam-punk detailing. From co-direction (Diane Malone and S.T. Shimi) to design (including a lighting co-design by Rick Malone and Billy Muñoz) to a talented ensemble comprising members of Jump-Start and Classic (including Billy Muñoz and Linda Ford playing the split personalities of Hamlet), this production showcases the best aspects of both companies including physical theater, movement work, creative design and compelling performances.

Directed by Diane Malone and S.T. Shimi
Dramaturgy & Adaptation by Laurie Rae Dietrich
Lighting Design by Rick Malone and Billy Muñoz
Sound Design by Rick Malone
Costume Design by Kitty Williams

Performed by Christie Beckham, Erik Bosse, Laurie Dietrich, Linda Ford, Dino Foxx, Pamela Dean Kenny, Billy Muñoz, Robert Rehm, Joseph Urick and Kitty Williams.

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For more info or to purchase tickets for Method & Madness: Hamlet 2013 please call (210) 227-5867 or visit www.jump-start.org!

Jump-Start Performance Co. is generously supported by the Department for Culture and Creative Development, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the Fund.

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio is generously supported by Art Works, the King William Assocation, Frost Bank, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Department for Culture and Creative Development, San Antonio Area Foundation, H-E-B, Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation and Rackspace Hosting.

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(*) HETAERAE by Laurie Rae Dietrich, Jump-Start Performance Company at 108 Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, April 12 - 21, 2013

[performing at #108 Blue Star Arts Complex, 1400 S. Alamo, San Antontio, TX - click for map]

presents

Hetaerae

A new theatre ritual by Laurie Rae Dietrich
With Erik Bosse & Sandra Dunn

April 12 – 21, 2013
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 8 p.m.

Admission: $15 general admission, $12 students & seniors, group rate available for groups of 10 or more.

The theater is a church. The bordello is a temple. The sacred has been profaned and the profane is, in fact, sacred. In Hetaerae (n. pl. [hi-teer-ee], gr; courtesans), writer, ritualist and performance artist Laurie Dietrich explores the archetype of the sacred prostitute: the ways in which both the performer & the sex worker are extensions of the divine. This provocative and profound new multi-media work fuses religious & sexual fetish imagery, Sumerian mythology, pole dance, stripping & Goddess iconography to create a new theatrical piece addressing the most demeaned and reductive stereotypes we have collectively created about women.

The diverse female cast will excavate and embody the roles that women have inhabited, across the span of human history, in a series of linked text/movement-based vignettes, re-awakening and reclaiming the connection between what we desire and what we despise, and attempting to heal the violent separation of sacred and scapegoat.

Shockingly current and rooted in deep history, Hetaerae is Dietrich’s first full-length, fully-realized ritual theater production, and is supported by a talented production team and cast.

Performed by Laurie Dietrich, Monessa Esquivel, Brandyn Miller and S.T. Shimi.

Twitter Row: Tweeting, updating your Facebook or text messaging during shows is usually looked down upon, but we encourage it! Excited by what you see on stage and want to share it with your social network? The back row of the theater has been dedicated for the patrons who can’t put their phones down. Help us grow our audiences by talking about the work we’re doing. #TwitterRow #hetaerae #JSPC

For more info or to purchase tickets for Hetaerae please call (210) 227-5867!

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