In 2011, the Alzheimer’s Association released a report that anticipates the number of Americans aged 65 or older with Alzheimer’s will increase from 5.4 million today to 16 million in 2050. By then, it is said that someone will develop the disease every 33 seconds.

I’ll Remember For You
(Yo Me Acuerdo Por Tí)
Written by Lisa Suárez | Directed by Laurie Dietrich
Featuring Lisa Suárez and Pamela Dean Kenny

March 9-11, 16-18, 23-25, 2012
Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.?

At The Sterling Houston Theater at Jump-Start in the Blue Star Arts Complex at the corner of S. Alamo and Probandt.

Post-show discussions hosted by cast members and representatives from the Alzheimer’s Association will take place on March 11th and March 18th. Community members will have the opportunity to share stories and ask questions in a safe environment.

Opening Weekend: $12 general admission, $10 students & seniors?
Final Two Weekends: $15 general admission, $12 students & seniors

Named one of San Antonio’s Best Shows of 2010, I’ll Remember For You by Lisa Suárez is a bilingual theater production depicting a Mexican-American woman’s experiences, feelings and thoughts surrounding her mother’s dementia and memory loss. In this courageous, deeply personal and unsentimental look at the role of the caregiver in this growing epidemic, Suárez brings her own life with her aging mother to the stage. She writes about – and portrays – her mother with humor and respect, love and frustration, fear, sadness and celebration.

I’ll Remember For You is a very private look at an increasingly public dynamic. As medical science enables us to live longer, perhaps money ear-marked for research into a “cure” for aging-related dementia could be better spent on support infrastructure for the afflicted and their caregivers… who will be us.

To purchase tickets for I’ll Remember For You please call (210) 227-5867 or visit www.jump-start.org for more info!

Jump-Start Performance Co. is generously supported by the City of San Antonio’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment of the Arts, a grant from the Ruth Lang Charitable Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and theFund.

W-I-P
(Works-in-Progress/Wednesdays-in-Performance)

January 11, 2012 | 7pm
No reservations are necessary

Featuring: Sarah Sanchez (movement/spoken word), Albert Delgado (Contemporary Dance Solo), & Zombie Bazaar Belly Dance (Tribal Fusion Belly Dance).

$5 general
$3 student/senior

San Antonio Dance Umbrella
www.sadu.org

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 by a facilitated post-performance discussion. W-I-P is known for its eclecticism: modern dancers, belly dancers and performance artists have performed in the same evening and been inspired by each other, as well as expanding the audience’s perception of performance.

Jump-Start Performance Co. is generously supported by Office of Cultural Affairs, City of San Antonio, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, a grant from
the Ruth Lang Charitable Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, theFund, and Trust for Mutual Understanding.

The San Antonio Dance Umbrella is funded in part by the Office of Cultural Affairs, the Texas Commission on the Arts and by its members who represent the best in the San Antonio Dance Community.

Performance Party 27: Jump-Start University

January 7, 2012
Saturday at 7 p.m.?
$10 suggested donation at the door

Description: Our annual showcase of entertaining acts is back! This year, we’ll take you back to those wild and crazy college days. Get schooled by our motley mash-up of comedy, dance, theatre, live music and multi-media…you won’t have to pull an all-nighter to enjoy this party!

Live performances by community artists as well as the Jump-Start Performance Co. Cash Bar ( Beer & Wine) open during performance.

Confirmed artists as of December 14, 2011: The cast of Big, Bad and Beautiful, Stars & Garters Burlesque, the Overtime Theater, Celebration Circle, Joel Settles & Commedia a Go Go, Alamotion, Tiffany Intimatespins & Elekktra of SSM, San Antonio Dance Fringe, S.T.Shimi, Guadalupe Dance Co., SkudR Jones, Buttercup, Azul, The Push Pens, Erik Bosse, Aztec Gold, Bett Butler and Joël Dilley, Hypperbubble, Aaron Richmond-Havel, Los Nahuatlatos, Jump-Start Flaming Fire-Eaters and many more!

For more info on “Performance Party 27: Jump-Start University” please call (210) 227-5867 or visit www.jump-start.org!

Jump-Start Performance Co. is generously supported by the City of San Antonio’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment of the Arts, a grant from the Ruth Lang Charitable Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and theFund.

Big, Bad and Beautiful: Still Hungry
Written by Alicia Fernandez

January 20-22, 27-29, 2012
Friday and Saturday at 8p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

Opening Weekend: $12 general admission, $10 students & seniors
Final Two Weekends: $15 general admission, $12 students & seniors

Daddy’s Girl Productions and Jump-Start Performance Co. present a touching, hilarious tribute to women of size. One of our most popular shows will be performed bigger and badder than ever in memory of visionary creator Alicia Fernandez. Still Hungry is the third rendition of the original Big, Bad and Beautiful and will feature fan favorites such as Lonja Woman and Big Girls Dance, plus a newly revisioned Midnight Snax that is sure to have you singing along.

Veteran cast members Crystal Don, Olivia Downen, Mark Cantu and Melissa Johnson will reprise their roles, along with new cast member Monessa Esquivel and other special guests in this collection of monologues, vignettes, and poetry that will leave you laughing, crying, and hungry for more!

For tickets call 210-227-5867 (JUMP) today!

Jump-Start Performance Co. is generously supported by the City of San Antonio’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, a grant from the Ruth Lang Charitable Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and theFund.

Jump-Start Performance Co.

About Us

Fotofocus is a photography program designed for special needs populations in community settings such as schools, human services organizations, retirement homes, and other agencies. It began as a pilot program with immigrant youth from Central America at the Baptist Children’s Home. Through photography, participants explore their own creativity, expand their personal horizons, enlarge their vision of the world, and learn the basic principles of photography.

Annele Spector is the Education Program Manager of Jump-Start Performance Co. Jump-Start has multiple education programs that serve diverse populations, from elementary school students in SAISD to adults with mental illness. Annele has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is a writer, performance artist, fire dancer and a good listener.

Fadela G. Castro has been an artist, photographer, and educator for over ten years in both Mexico and the U.S. Her public art pieces and installations include photography, mosaic pathways, and painted murals. She has been shown nationally and internationally in both solo and group shows at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Fotoseptiembre, and El Centro de la Imagen amongst others. She was born in Africa, grew up in Mexico City, and currently lives in the United States. Her educational outreach has been facilitated by many arts organizations including Jump-Start Performance Company, Gemini Ink, VSA Arts of Texas, Eva’s Heroes, and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. She is the co-founder of Fotofronteras; a vocational photography course designed for youth in detention.

Free Screening of Protected Territory Documentary
November 5, 2011
7 p.m.

At the Sterling Houston Theater at Jump-Start

Divadlo z Pazaje is a ground-breaking theatre ensemble from the Slovak Republic comprised of performers with developmental disabilities who work with incredible discipline & focus to create original, visually striking performances. They first toured “Protected Territory” to the United States in 2009 in collaboration with Jump-Start Performance Co. This absorbing & heartwarming documentary captures both the production and the performers’ experience of being in the United States for the first time, including San Antonio. Lyrical, moving and very human, Protected Territory is a cross-cultural film not to be missed.

There will be a post-show discussion with the staff & performers. Tickets are also available for the new collaboration between Divadlo & Jump-Start, “Stranger”. Visit www.jump-start.org for more information.

The House of Bernarda Alba (La Casa de Bernarda Alba)

In The House of Bernarda Alba, a tyrannical matriarch rules over her house and five daughters, curelly crushing their hopes and needs. This last play of Lorca’s was written the year he was killed at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

En La Casa de Bernarda Alba, una tiránica matriarca reina sobre su casa y sus cinco hijas, cruelmente aplastando sus esperanzas y necesidades. Esta última obra de Lorca fue escrita el año en que fue asesinado al estallar la Guerra Civil Española.

Click here for more information and to purchase tickets!

Works-in-Progress/Wednesdays-in-Performance

W. I. P.
November 9, 2011
7 p.m.
$5 general admission, $3 students and seniors
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 by a facilitated post-performance discussion. W-I-P is known for its eclecticism: modern dancers, belly dancers and performance artists have performed in the same evening and been inspired by each other, as well as expanding the audience’s perception of performance.

Stranger

A collaboration between Divadlo z Pasáze & Jump-Start Performance Co.

Created and directed by Viera Dubacova

Performed by Sandy Dunn, Dino Foxx, Pamela Dean Kenny, Janko Kin?eš, Lucia Kraj?iová, Mirka Kujanová, Billy Muñoz, Mirko Podlipný, Robert Rehm, S.T. Shimi, Peter Vacul?iak and Kitty Williams.

November 18-19, 2011 at the Sterling Houston Theater at Jump-Start (San Antonio, TX)
November 20, 2011 at Salvage Vanguard (Austin, TX)

Friday-Sunday at 7 p.m.

“Stranger” is an original world-premiere performance work that brings together the innovative & visionary artistic concepts of San Antonio’s Jump-Start Performance Co. and Divadlo z Pasáže from Slovakia.

Divadlo z Pasáže (Theatre from the Passage) is a professional community theatre working with people with disabilities since 1995. There is a day care center in the theater as well as group housing for 29 people, including the actors. Divadlo has staged 17 productions, filmed two feature films as well as a documentary film of their tour of the U.S. and has participated in international festivals, theater shows and workshops in Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Portugal and France.

Jump-Start Performance Co. is a 27 year-old theatre company that specializes in cutting-edge, original work in multiple genres, and in arts education. An ensemble of performance/visual/media artists create and collaborate on individual and group pieces, including work with nationally- and internationally-known guest artists such as Robert Karimi, Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Sandra Cisneros. Since 1985, Jump-Start has created, produced or presented over 500 original performance works, reaching an audience of nearly one million people.

A relationship that began in 2009 with cultural exchanges & a United States tour for Divadlo’s original play “Protected Territory” has developed into a truly intercultural experience, with artists from both theatres and from two different parts of the world collaborating on this richly visual piece that utilizes cultural symbolism, text in multiple languages & highly physical theater.

“Stranger” is about the Other in all of us. It is about the innocence that we have lost, and about the unknown that we discover day by day. The biblical characters of Salome, Herod, Adam and Eve, as well as a surprise dinner guest, are inserted into a fantastical situation while current events resonate in the background and permeate the words and actions onstage. “Stranger” compellingly explores the topics of sins & virtues, unity, marginalization and the universal patterns of human behavior in everything we do. Our future depends on us. Are we ready to invite the Stranger in… ?

$15 general admission, $12 students & seniors in San Antonio. Ticket information for the Austin show: www.salvagevanguard.org.

To purchase tickets for Stranger please call (210) 227-5867 or visit www.jump-start.org for more info!

The Sterling Houston Theater at Jump-Start is located in the Blue Star Arts Complex at the corner of S. Alamo and Probandt. Salvage Vanguard Theater is located at 2803 Manor Road, Austin, TX 78722.

Jump-Start Performance Co. is generously supported by Office of Cultural Affairs, City of San Antonio, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, a grant from
the Ruth Lang Charitable Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, theFund, and Trust for Mutual Understanding.

Boom Box Car
Created by Manuel “Cros” Esquivel

October 7, 2011
9 pm & 10 pm

Our popular Windows Series is back! Watch one-of-a-kind performance installations staged in our front window from the alley in front of the theater. To kick off the season, Jump-Start Performance Co. is linking up with long-time friend and associate artist Manuel “Cros” Esquivel to bring you a Window like you’ve never seen before.

See Boom Box Car and step into the world of an artist who risks everything to transcend the limitations of place… sending his art out, by rail, to cities he’ll never see. An original hip-hop soundscape sets the tone as we spy on something that always and only happens in secret… one of the oldest and most dangerous sub-genres of hip-hop culture. A masterpiece unfolds as our artist rushes to complete his work before being discovered by those who guard the rusted metal boxes that, for him, are a blank canvas… and an opportunity…

When all you want the world to know is that you were here, you are willing to risk life, limb and freedom to leave your mark.

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