Category Archives: Blog

September W-I-P

W-I-P is back with fresh new work for the Fall!
Wednesday, September 29th at 7p.m.
$5 regular and $3 for students and senior citizens.
No reservations are necessary.
W-I-P (Works-In-Progress/Wednesdays-In-Performance) is a long-running collaboration between Jump-Start Performance Co. and San Antonio Dance Umbrella. It is a monthly lab space for new, in-progress dance and other movement-based performance works accompanied [...]

Jump-Start Performance Co. announces its 26th season!

Jump-Start Performance Co.
Season Listing
2010 – 2011
I’LL REMEMBER FOR YOU
(Yo Me Acuerdo Por Ti)
Written by Lisa Suarez
Directed by Laurie Dietrich
September 17-26 – Friday – Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.
A new bilingual theater production depicting a Mexican-American woman’s experiences, living with her mother’s dementia and memory loss. In this courageous, deeply personal and unsentimental [...]

As Filthy as it Gets – Video

Here’s the entire show from June 24, 2010 (about 90min). Direct video download.

Nuevo Mundo

Nuevo Mundo
Friday, July 30, 2010
8 p.m.
$50 table seating, $25 general admission
The Macondo Foundation and Jump-Start present Nuevo Mundo, an evening of readings and performances by renowned writers Leslie Marmon Silko and Elena Poniatowska, hosted by Sandra Cisneros. In this new millennium, far-flung communities are coming into contact and creating something new. From this fusion and [...]

Off the Grid 2

Off the Grid 2
Friday, July 2, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Free
View on-going performance art pieces in unconventional locations of the theater (our dressing rooms, our back classroom and the loading dock) as you enjoy First Friday in the Complex. Preview some of next season’s original works in this one-time-only performance event. Featuring work by Jump-Start [...]

Site-Specific W-I-P

Site-Specific W-I-P
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
7 p.m.
$5 general admission, $3 students and seniors
No reservations required
We’re taking W-I-P outdoors in June, so bring your sunscreen!
Meet us in the lobby and then travel around the Blue Star Complex to view three specially-commissioned performance pieces. We will return to the theater for a brief post-show discussion with all the [...]

As Filthy as it Gets returns!

Photo by Alicia Ybarra
The Methane Sisters in
As Filthy as it Gets
June 10-12, 17-19, 24-26, 2010
Thursday – Saturday @ 8 p.m.
$20 opening night orgy Thursday, June 10, 2010!
$16 general admission, $12 students and seniors
Written and Performed by Annele Spector and Monessa Esquivel
Directed by Steve Bailey | Video by Sam Lerma
THEY’RE BACK! Winner of the San Antonio [...]

The Windows 4×4

Cleanliness is Next to the Gods
Created by Robert Rehm
July 2, 8 p.m. & 9 p.m.
“Bathing is a kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship with what spiritual efficiency has not been determined.” –Benjamin Franklin. Come bathe with the gods in Robert Rehm’s surreal window adventure and discover what comes out in the wash.

W-I-P Créme 2010

W-I-P Crème
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
7 p.m.
$10 general admission, $8 students and seniors
No reservations required.
Dive into a delicious celebration of new work!
WIP Crème features 8 artists performing short works ranging from theatre to ballet to hip-hop. It’s a showcase for some of our favorite artists from the 2009-10 W-I-P season, and a pure celebration of completed [...]

Jump-Start Art Gallery

August – Adan Muñoz
Pylsur með ollu og freska
(Hotdog with everything and a Fresca)
Opening on August 5, 2010 | 6 – 8 p.m.
Block Party with DJ C. S. Bryant
on First Friday, August 6, 2010 | 7 – 10 p.m.
From the artist:
I knew how much of an impact traveling to Iceland would have on my life but [...]