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September 6 at 10pm, September 7 at 8:30pm and September 8 at 5:30pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Dance
Length: 15 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Description: 25 sense rich is a solo choreographed and performed by Laura Gutierrez which will explore self identity, triumphs and frustrations of adulthood.
September 6 at 10pm, September 7 at 8:30pm and September 8 at 5:30pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Dance
Length: 40 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Description: am I the only one going through a quarter life crisis? performed by cori dances draws upon varied perspectives of the quarter life crisis. Through narrative, movement, and improvisation, I will explore with my fellow performing artists to find an answer or at least entertain the people that are watching us.
Cori Miller graduated with her B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Texas at Austin; she is an arts administrator having worked at notable organizations like Dance New Amsterdam, Danspace Project, and Baryshinkov Arts Center. She recently presented her work at the Big Range Festival this summer. coridances.org/
September 7 at 10pm, September 8 at 8:30pm and September 9 at 7pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Film
Length: 15 minutes
Recommended for: Ages 16 and up
Show Summary: Body Language is a collection of five short figurative art videos that explore the human body as a storytelling instrument. Some of the videos consider the relationship of humans and the environment, humans and gender identity, and humans and mortality while others merely observe the intricacies of the organics shapes of the human body in abstract form.
Gary L. Watson is an award-winning, Houston-based filmmaker and video artist who has worked for many years in traditional narrative and documentary projects. More recently he has used his expertise to create non-narrative, experimental videos that present unadorned human figures in thought-provoking and unsettling environments.
September 6 at 8:30pm, September 8 at 10pm and September 9 at 8:30pm
Venue: Bohemeo’s
Discipline: Music
Length: 30 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Summary: Brain is a grandiose, yet humorous exploration into the effects of dreams on the waking psyche. Featuring dancing, all original music and a live band, “Brain” is barrels of fun for the whole family.
Psychedelic Blues Collective is a ragtag faction of H-town’s funkiest musicians, dancers and artists. Spearheaded by guitarist Michael Anthony “The Shankster” Shanks, this psychoactive assembly is sure to bring some heavy grooves and freaky good times. www.facebook.com/PsychedelicBluesCollective
September 7 at 10pm, September 8 at 8:30pm and September 9 at 7pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Dance
Length: 40 minutes
Recommended for: Ages 16 and up
Show Summary: Can’t Get Next To You is a reflection on love, lust and longing. The show includes dances about the promise of new love, misplaced affection, failed relationships, and a groundbreaking gay love duet. Directed by Rebecca French and featuring choreography by Kira Boerkircher, Rebecca French, Mallory Horn and Mollie Haven Miller.
FrenetiCore offers creative community experiences to the public through the presentation and promotion of original theater, dance, film, and music. FrenetiCore Dance maintains a company of artists who perform collaborative and innovative multi-media dance under the direction of Rebecca French and Robert Thoth. www.freneticore.net
September 7 at 7pm, September 8 at 10pm and September 9 at 5:30pm Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Film/Theater
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: Ages 13 and up
Show Summary: Crawling with Monsters is multi-media documentary about a children’s theatre company embroiled in an under-reported war-zone on the Mexico-Texas border. With secretly-recorded interviews, the actors give a voice to people who have been forced to endure in silence as their way of life is degraded and destroyed.
The Sleep Border Town Insomniacs is an anonymous ensemble of theatre artists from the United States – Mexico border affiliated with and sponsored by the University of Texas – Pan American in Edinburg, TX. They began the Crawling with Monsters Project in March, 2010, after being forbidden to perform a children’s play in Mexico due to the violence. www.crawlingwithmonsters.com
September 6 at 7pm, September 7 at 7pm and September 8 at 8:30pm Venue: Bohemeo’s
Discipline: Theatre
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: Ages 13 and up
Show Summary: CYRANO A-GO-GO is semi-autobiographical exploration of one restless theatre artist's fascination with the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. A chance encounter with the script at a suburban public library at the age of 15 leads to a cruel and wonderful calling. Mixing the personal, historical and literary into a journey through Rostand's play and the behind-the-scenes story of its creation, McEntire presents the piece as an old-school "oration."
Brad McEntire is a playwright and performer based in Dallas, Texas. He is the Artistic Director of Audacity Theatre Lab. His show CHOP won a "Producer's Pick" Award at the 2011 Houston Fringe Festival. www.audacitytheatrelab.com/
September 6 at 8:30pm and September 7 at 7pm
Venue: Super Happy Fun Land
Discipline: Film
Length: 30 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Summary: Hommage Avec Toupies Jouets (Homage With Spinning Toy Tops) is a performance art piece with spoken word and music set to a video. The video/performance, in three acts, is an homage to Claude Monet and his practice of capturing his painting subjects with transitory light. Cameron Frederick Sands is a visual artist from Houston, TX who focuses on painting, mixed media, and video. Nataly Linares is a musician/double bass player from Bogota, Colombia, currently studying for her Master’s Degree at the University of Houston. www.fredericksands.com/
September 7 at 8:30pm, September 8 at 7pm and September 9 at 7pm
Venue: Bohemeo's
Discipline: Comedy
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: Ages 16 and up
Show Summary: This one man comedy show(s) features numerous vaudeville and circus sideshow skills.
Jim Mackenzie, a Houston native, began his professional performing career street performing at the Houston Festival in 1986. He has since entertained crowds at colleges, comedy festivals, Renaissance festivals, and theme parks around the country. www.jimmackenzie.com
September 6 at 8:30pm and September 7 at 7pm
Venue: Super Happy Fun Land
Discipline: Music
Length: 45 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Description: September 5th, 2012 marks the 100th birthday of famed experimental American composer John Cage (1912-1992), and the electric guitar and percussion duo of George Heathco and Luke Hubley is performing a concert in celebration of the composer’s life and works.
The George Heathco/Luke Hubley duo is a new contemporary music ensemble on the Houston music scene. By combining elements of classical, popular and improvised music, the duo seeks to develop and present a contemporary alternative within the Houston community, and to serve as a bridge to connect those on the fringe, distanced by the boundaries of genre and style. www.georgeheathcomusic.com/
September 6 at 8:30pm, September 8 at 11:30pm and September 9 at 8:30pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Dance
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: All ages
Show Description: Loose Ends is an eclectic blend of ChinaCat works ranging from glowing swans to stray cats and overprotective mothers to child beauty pageants. There's something for everyone in this range of dances that will take the audience on a funtastic romp through the world of the ChinaCats.
ChinaCat Dance strives to produce enlightening, engaging, audience friendly dance works that are accessible to diverse communities and age groups. But maybe most importantly, we are always moving forward in joy and love through dance. www.chinacatdance.com
September 6 at 7pm and September 7 at 10pm Venue: Super Happy Fun Land
Discipline: Theatre
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: Ages 16 and up
Show Description: Margo 0-60 and Insensitive is a variety show with monologues, songs, dances and multi-media selections. The first 50 audience members to arrive each evening will receive a cool airline barb bag filled with goodies “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”
Margo Stutts Toombs is an internal humorist – she makes the audience laugh on the inside. She enjoys writing and performing pieces that embarrass her family. www.margostuttstoombs.com/
September 6 at 7pm, September 7 at 11:30pm and September 8 at 7pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Dance
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: All ages
Show Description: The Knocking Within draws on Shakespeare's tragedies to create a portrait of two lovers and the nightmares that plague them and unveil their insecurities, their fears and the violence that lies just beneath the surface. The Knocking Within is a one-hour dance-theater duet that draws on a dizzying array of movement styles and tradition - Capoeira, Kalaripayattu, Bharat Natyam, West African, and a wide range of Contemporary dance forms, with text in English, Hindi and American Sign Language.
Wendy Jehlen’s work has been evolving since 1996 in India, Italy, Japan and the US. Her performances weave together music, dance and storytelling, secular and sacred, aural and visual. Pradhuman Nayak is a graduate of the prestigious National School of Drama in India. He has performed throughout India and the US and has been performing with ANIKAI since 2006. The Knocking Within is a collaboration between Jehlen and Nayak’s resulting in a deeply bi-(multi-)cultural work probing the universal world of the subconscious. www.anikai.org
September 6 at 10pm and September 7 at 8:30pm
Venue: Super Happy Fun Land
Discipline: Film
Length: 60 minutes
Recommended for: Ages 13 and up
Show Summary: This is not Doctor Who. This is The Professor. He may seem incredibly similar to The Doctor, but that’s just a coincidence. Or a hiccup in the space time continuum that created a parallel universe. Come see this Doctor Who-inspired show about the Professor and his (or her) companions as they travel the cosmos and timestream in search of new adventures through improv.
The Professor: Improv Inspired By Doctor Who is directed by Justin Davis and has an incredibly talented cast, who have had successful runs at The Institution Theater in 2011 and with Gnap! Productions in 2012. This year, The Professor is so far scheduled to take part in the Houston Fringe Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, and the Improvaganza Festival in Hawaii.
September 6 at 8:30pm, September 8 at 10pm and September 9 at 8:30pm
Venue: Bohemeo’s
Discipline: Music
Length: 30 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Summary: The Dirty Verb's Visual Stomp combines the band's danceable musical formula with synchronized visualization projected on a background screen. This musical and visual experience is 100% original.
Formed in Houston, TX in the summer of 2010, The Dirty Verbs play old-school instrumental funk/soul music with modern-day energy and beats so rhythmic it inspires audiences to stand up and dance. This quartet of skilled musicians is influenced by The Meters, James Brown, Soulive, and The New Mastersounds.
Week Two
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WEEKEND 2—September 6-9, 2012
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25 sense rich by Laura Gutierrez (Houston, TX)
September 6 at 10pm, September 7 at 8:30pm and September 8 at 5:30pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Dance
Length: 15 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Description: 25 sense rich is a solo choreographed and performed by Laura Gutierrez which will explore self identity, triumphs and frustrations of adulthood.
am I the only one going through a quarter life crisis? by cori dances (Houston, TX)
September 6 at 10pm, September 7 at 8:30pm and September 8 at 5:30pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Dance
Length: 40 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Description: am I the only one going through a quarter life crisis? performed by cori dances draws upon varied perspectives of the quarter life crisis. Through narrative, movement, and improvisation, I will explore with my fellow performing artists to find an answer or at least entertain the people that are watching us.
Cori Miller graduated with her B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Texas at Austin; she is an arts administrator having worked at notable organizations like Dance New Amsterdam, Danspace Project, and Baryshinkov Arts Center. She recently presented her work at the Big Range Festival this summer. coridances.org/
Body Language by Gary Watson (Houston, TX)
September 7 at 10pm, September 8 at 8:30pm and September 9 at 7pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Film
Length: 15 minutes
Recommended for: Ages 16 and up
Show Summary: Body Language is a collection of five short figurative art videos that explore the human body as a storytelling instrument. Some of the videos consider the relationship of humans and the environment, humans and gender identity, and humans and mortality while others merely observe the intricacies of the organics shapes of the human body in abstract form.
Gary L. Watson is an award-winning, Houston-based filmmaker and video artist who has worked for many years in traditional narrative and documentary projects. More recently he has used his expertise to create non-narrative, experimental videos that present unadorned human figures in thought-provoking and unsettling environments.
Brain by Psychedelic Blues Collective (Houston, TX)
September 6 at 8:30pm, September 8 at 10pm and September 9 at 8:30pm
Venue: Bohemeo’s
Discipline: Music
Length: 30 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Summary: Brain is a grandiose, yet humorous exploration into the effects of dreams on the waking psyche. Featuring dancing, all original music and a live band, “Brain” is barrels of fun for the whole family.
Psychedelic Blues Collective is a ragtag faction of H-town’s funkiest musicians, dancers and artists. Spearheaded by guitarist Michael Anthony “The Shankster” Shanks, this psychoactive assembly is sure to bring some heavy grooves and freaky good times. www.facebook.com/PsychedelicBluesCollective
Can’t Get Next To You by FrenetiCore (Houston, TX)
September 7 at 10pm, September 8 at 8:30pm and September 9 at 7pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Dance
Length: 40 minutes
Recommended for: Ages 16 and up
Show Summary: Can’t Get Next To You is a reflection on love, lust and longing. The show includes dances about the promise of new love, misplaced affection, failed relationships, and a groundbreaking gay love duet. Directed by Rebecca French and featuring choreography by Kira Boerkircher, Rebecca French, Mallory Horn and Mollie Haven Miller.
FrenetiCore offers creative community experiences to the public through the presentation and promotion of original theater, dance, film, and music. FrenetiCore Dance maintains a company of artists who perform collaborative and innovative multi-media dance under the direction of Rebecca French and Robert Thoth. www.freneticore.net
Crawling With Monsters by The Sleepy Border Town Insomniacs (Edinburgh, TX)
September 7 at 7pm, September 8 at 10pm and September 9 at 5:30pm Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Film/Theater
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: Ages 13 and up
Show Summary: Crawling with Monsters is multi-media documentary about a children’s theatre company embroiled in an under-reported war-zone on the Mexico-Texas border. With secretly-recorded interviews, the actors give a voice to people who have been forced to endure in silence as their way of life is degraded and destroyed.
The Sleep Border Town Insomniacs is an anonymous ensemble of theatre artists from the United States – Mexico border affiliated with and sponsored by the University of Texas – Pan American in Edinburg, TX. They began the Crawling with Monsters Project in March, 2010, after being forbidden to perform a children’s play in Mexico due to the violence. www.crawlingwithmonsters.com
CYRANO A-GO-GO by Audacity Theatre Lab (Houston, TX)
September 6 at 7pm, September 7 at 7pm and September 8 at 8:30pm Venue: Bohemeo’s
Discipline: Theatre
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: Ages 13 and up
Show Summary: CYRANO A-GO-GO is semi-autobiographical exploration of one restless theatre artist's fascination with the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. A chance encounter with the script at a suburban public library at the age of 15 leads to a cruel and wonderful calling. Mixing the personal, historical and literary into a journey through Rostand's play and the behind-the-scenes story of its creation, McEntire presents the piece as an old-school "oration."
Brad McEntire is a playwright and performer based in Dallas, Texas. He is the Artistic Director of Audacity Theatre Lab. His show CHOP won a "Producer's Pick" Award at the 2011 Houston Fringe Festival. www.audacitytheatrelab.com/
Hommage Avec Toupies Jouets by Cameron Frederick Sands & Nataly Linares (Houston, TX)
September 6 at 8:30pm and September 7 at 7pm
Venue: Super Happy Fun Land
Discipline: Film
Length: 30 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Summary: Hommage Avec Toupies Jouets (Homage With Spinning Toy Tops) is a performance art piece with spoken word and music set to a video. The video/performance, in three acts, is an homage to Claude Monet and his practice of capturing his painting subjects with transitory light. Cameron Frederick Sands is a visual artist from Houston, TX who focuses on painting, mixed media, and video. Nataly Linares is a musician/double bass player from Bogota, Colombia, currently studying for her Master’s Degree at the University of Houston. www.fredericksands.com/
Jim Mackenzie’s One Man Show(s) by Jim Mackenzie (Houston, TX)
September 7 at 8:30pm, September 8 at 7pm and September 9 at 7pm
Venue: Bohemeo's
Discipline: Comedy
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: Ages 16 and up
Show Summary: This one man comedy show(s) features numerous vaudeville and circus sideshow skills.
Jim Mackenzie, a Houston native, began his professional performing career street performing at the Houston Festival in 1986. He has since entertained crowds at colleges, comedy festivals, Renaissance festivals, and theme parks around the country. www.jimmackenzie.com
John Cage: Happy 100th by George Heathco and Luke Hubley (Houston, TX)
September 6 at 8:30pm and September 7 at 7pm
Venue: Super Happy Fun Land
Discipline: Music
Length: 45 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Description: September 5th, 2012 marks the 100th birthday of famed experimental American composer John Cage (1912-1992), and the electric guitar and percussion duo of George Heathco and Luke Hubley is performing a concert in celebration of the composer’s life and works.
The George Heathco/Luke Hubley duo is a new contemporary music ensemble on the Houston music scene. By combining elements of classical, popular and improvised music, the duo seeks to develop and present a contemporary alternative within the Houston community, and to serve as a bridge to connect those on the fringe, distanced by the boundaries of genre and style. www.georgeheathcomusic.com/
Loose Ends by ChinaCat Dance (Houston, TX)
September 6 at 8:30pm, September 8 at 11:30pm and September 9 at 8:30pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Dance
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: All ages
Show Description: Loose Ends is an eclectic blend of ChinaCat works ranging from glowing swans to stray cats and overprotective mothers to child beauty pageants. There's something for everyone in this range of dances that will take the audience on a funtastic romp through the world of the ChinaCats.
ChinaCat Dance strives to produce enlightening, engaging, audience friendly dance works that are accessible to diverse communities and age groups. But maybe most importantly, we are always moving forward in joy and love through dance. www.chinacatdance.com
Margo 0-60 and Insensitive by Margo Stutts Toombs (Houston, TX)
September 6 at 7pm and September 7 at 10pm Venue: Super Happy Fun Land
Discipline: Theatre
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: Ages 16 and up
Show Description: Margo 0-60 and Insensitive is a variety show with monologues, songs, dances and multi-media selections. The first 50 audience members to arrive each evening will receive a cool airline barb bag filled with goodies “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”
Margo Stutts Toombs is an internal humorist – she makes the audience laugh on the inside. She enjoys writing and performing pieces that embarrass her family. www.margostuttstoombs.com/
The Knocking Within by ANIKAI Dance Company (Sommerville, MA)
September 6 at 7pm, September 7 at 11:30pm and September 8 at 7pm
Venue: Frenetic Theater
Discipline: Dance
Length: 1 hour
Recommended for: All ages
Show Description: The Knocking Within draws on Shakespeare's tragedies to create a portrait of two lovers and the nightmares that plague them and unveil their insecurities, their fears and the violence that lies just beneath the surface. The Knocking Within is a one-hour dance-theater duet that draws on a dizzying array of movement styles and tradition - Capoeira, Kalaripayattu, Bharat Natyam, West African, and a wide range of Contemporary dance forms, with text in English, Hindi and American Sign Language.
Wendy Jehlen’s work has been evolving since 1996 in India, Italy, Japan and the US. Her performances weave together music, dance and storytelling, secular and sacred, aural and visual. Pradhuman Nayak is a graduate of the prestigious National School of Drama in India. He has performed throughout India and the US and has been performing with ANIKAI since 2006. The Knocking Within is a collaboration between Jehlen and Nayak’s resulting in a deeply bi-(multi-)cultural work probing the universal world of the subconscious. www.anikai.org
The Professor: Improv Inspired By Doctor Who by Justin Davis (Austin, TX)
September 6 at 10pm and September 7 at 8:30pm
Venue: Super Happy Fun Land
Discipline: Film
Length: 60 minutes
Recommended for: Ages 13 and up
Show Summary: This is not Doctor Who. This is The Professor. He may seem incredibly similar to The Doctor, but that’s just a coincidence. Or a hiccup in the space time continuum that created a parallel universe. Come see this Doctor Who-inspired show about the Professor and his (or her) companions as they travel the cosmos and timestream in search of new adventures through improv.
The Professor: Improv Inspired By Doctor Who is directed by Justin Davis and has an incredibly talented cast, who have had successful runs at The Institution Theater in 2011 and with Gnap! Productions in 2012. This year, The Professor is so far scheduled to take part in the Houston Fringe Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, and the Improvaganza Festival in Hawaii.
Visual Stomp by The Dirty Verbs (Houston, TX)
September 6 at 8:30pm, September 8 at 10pm and September 9 at 8:30pm
Venue: Bohemeo’s
Discipline: Music
Length: 30 minutes
Recommended for: All ages
Show Summary: The Dirty Verb's Visual Stomp combines the band's danceable musical formula with synchronized visualization projected on a background screen. This musical and visual experience is 100% original.
Formed in Houston, TX in the summer of 2010, The Dirty Verbs play old-school instrumental funk/soul music with modern-day energy and beats so rhythmic it inspires audiences to stand up and dance. This quartet of skilled musicians is influenced by The Meters, James Brown, Soulive, and The New Mastersounds.