THEATRE!

you should be planning on seeing a lot of shows over the next few weeks...
I'd go ahead and make this a full theatre weekend if I were you...

Here's 3 plays running over the next few weeks,
within blocks of each other,
that you really need to see...

MEDEA - wow.
Saw this show opening night, and I'm already looking at my calendar trying to figure out when I'll get to go see it again...
why?
1. Outstanding performances
2. It's freakin' Medea - maybe it's all those ancient philosphy classes, but I love me some Greeks...
3. Suchu Dance - said it before and I'll say it again - Jennifer Woods is, hands down, my favorite artist working in Houstin in any medium. Suchu never fails to satisfy.
3. If I said too much more I'd be giving too much away... let's just say it's a very orginal adaptation... a very original adaptation that works.

Thursdays - Saturdays beginning April 14
Remaining ticket prices are $10 on Thursdays, $12 on Fridays, and $15 on Saturdays. Medea is being presented at The Axiom, at 2524 McKinney. All performances are at 8:00 pm. For reservations and information about this and other IBP performances call (713) 522-8443.
Scheduled to run through May 7.



FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN CITIES - Saw this last Tuesday. Based on the Poetry of Brecht.
Bob Morgan and Dos Chicas are brave. To take Poetry, POETRY fer cryin out loud, and stage it in a way which is compelling and engaging...sure they started with Brecht's poetry, which is good stuff, and the notes in the program say Brecht did at times stage his poetry, so perhaps it's not so unnatural. Well anyway, in the hands of Bob Morgan, Jennifer Decker, and Dos Chicas it doesn't seem unnatural at all.
A tale of lust and class war plays out while the characters speak Brecht's verse,
and what could be precious, or just difficult, turns, in these hands, into a production that fires on all cylinders and really pulls you into the story.
There's even song and dance numbers courtesy of Karen Schlag (as The Vamp). She performs some Weimar era cabaret tunes and is not only sexy and just plain fun to watch, but sounds GREAT!

PERFORMANCE DATES
ALL SHOWS BEGIN AT 8:00 PM
April 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30
pay-what-you-want shows April 12 & 19

Free Range Studios,
1719 Live Oak #E.

All Tickets $10.00

RESERVATIONS/INFORMATION
832-283-0858 or dccommune@yahoo.com

and last but not least - Thirst & The Necklace

Karina Pal-Montaño brings you two stories in which men do stupid self-destructive things for vain beautiful women...or maybe that's just my reading, maybe they're about the costs of civilation, or the desire for propriety...
but I do know that they are powerful...

Three people in a life boat, a dancer, a gentleman and a sailor...
been there for days, no water, no food, no sign of land...
well, you can imagine, it doesn't go well...

A vain woman feels trapped by her station and when her husband makes an effort to get her to go out her own vanity puts them in a situation that brings them to near devestation...

Karina makes the most of her actors and her space and really brings these situations to life. There are some really impressive performances here, and everybody in THIRST was excellent, but I have to mention Julie Boneau. Why? Well, because I think I could watch her read the phone book. The last Theatre Illuminata show was WILHELM REICH IN HELL (Oct. 2004). and I saw actors there I was completely unfamiliar with who just blew me away. The same is true of this show. There is some real talent here and Illuminata has earned their spot on the list of companies productions that I will not miss.

All performances are at
Superstitious Art Warehouse
1719 Live Oak 77003
(on Live Oak between Leeland and Pease).

The show
opens April 15th and runs Fridays and Saturdays through April 30th.
[b](April 15th, 16th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 29th and 30th).
Pay What You Will on Monday, April 18th.
Curtain time is 8:00 PM.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students/seniors



So yeah, three shows you need to see...
Cities and Thirst/The Necklace are in warehouses that are right next to each other...
Superstitious and Free Range share a wall, and The Axiom is just down Live Oak at McKinney... For a few weeks at least there is a new alternative theatre district. Enjoy it.

and why is it important for you to see all these shows this week if you can (take advantage of the pay what you wills (monday for thirst/necklace, tuesday for cities))?
because next week you have to go see DANSE MACABRE PART II: THE CONSUMMATE HOST
Two Star Symphony and Bobbindoctrin!
WHOOHOOO!
Part 1 was one of my favorite shows last year and I can't wait to see what these two groups bring us this time...

WHEN: Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 8pm and 10pm, April 22 to May 7, Pay What You Will Tuesday May 3, 8PM. Call Bobbindoctrin at 713-526-7434 for reservations
HOW MUCH: Opening weekend rate, $7; then Fridays $8, Saturdays 8pm $10, 10pm $12
WHERE: Taft Street Coffee, 2115 Taft. Houston, TX

and there's this too: THE MINEOLA TWINS - this is a show I've read about but never seen... I've read interviews with Paula Voegel and I've been wanting to see this for a while...
add to that sound design by IBP company member Chris Bakos, and well I guess I'll shell out the big theatre $$$'s and try to find a empty date to make it out to this one...

Previews: Wednesday, April 20, and Thursday, April 21, 2005
Opening: Friday, April 22, 2005
Close: Sunday, May 8, 2005

Wednesday and Thursday: 7:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 8:00 p.m.
Sunday: 3:00 p.m.

Previews: $20 - $25 (April 20 & 21)
Regular: $25 - $35

Students: $10 day of show Wed/Thurs/Sun, $15 day of show Fri/Sat
Seniors: $15 & $20 Preview; $20 & $25 Wed/Thurs/Sun; $25 & $30 Fri/Sat
Group Discounts available. Call the Box Office for more information

713.527.0123
Stages
3201 Allen Parkway at Waugh Drive

so, go see some theatre...enrich yr life...
all that good stuff...