Jump-Start

Request Concert
By Franz Xaver Kroetz
Featuring Billy Muñoz

April 9 – 10, 2010
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 p.m.

$25 general admission

Each show takes place in the performer’s actual place of residence. Address information will be provided once tickets have been purchased.

Request Concert is a haunting solo performance, originally staged in 1985 as Jump-Start Performance Co.’s very first production. For our 25th anniversary, we are reviving this seminal, site-specific work that follows the protagonist through their regular evening rituals at home. The piece wordlessly reveals the character through a series of everyday actions that lead to a quiet, unsettling conclusion. Originally, Jump-Start staged this play in the actor’s apartment rather than in a theatre. No more than twenty people at a time followed her from room to room throughout the performance, providing the audience with an intense and intimate perspective.

Continuing the 2010 revival of Request Concert, it is now the men’s turn to take the stage. Originally written for a female performer, Request Concert’s only character will now be re-interpreted in April by Billy Muñoz. Because of the intimate nature of the performance spaces, only a limited number of tickets will be made available. Performances will be webcast live, however, on the internet each night.