Upcoming Exhibits

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

August 30, 2010 – 3:21 pm

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 look at the role of the caregiver in this growing epidemic, Suarez 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, sadness and celebration.

Admission: $15 general, $12 students & seniors (group rate available)
20 RUSH tickets set aside for $5, only available at the door 5 minutes before the show. Cash only. Limit two per person.

W-I-P (Wednesdays-in-Performance/Works-in-Progress)
September 29, November 3, December 1
January 26, February 23, March 30
Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
Our long-running collaboration with the San Antonio Dance Umbrella continues as area artists present short excerpts of original work, followed by a feedback session with the audience.

Admission: $5 general, $3 students & seniors

Rene Roberts’
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS BALL
November 2 -Tuesday at 7 p.m.
An adult social dance party & fundraiser benefiting Jump-Start Performance Co. and the San Antonio AIDS foundation. Special entertainment by local talent and featuring special guest Erica Andrews. Music provided by DJ Joe Alforo from The Saint! Come dressed in costume with your best skeleton face on.

Admission: $100 front table seat, $50 side table seat, $25 general

WINDOWS V
November 5, December 3
March 4, June 3
Friday evening start times TBA

The wildly successful series continues for a fifth year. Audiences gather outside to view one-night-only performance installations staged in the front window of the theater.

Never too Dead to Dance
Created by Laurie Dietrich
November 5, 2010

Fet Gede, Jump-Start style. Drumming, dancing, and all things dead. Come see how much fun crossing over can be. Created by Laurie Dietrich, with apologies to serious serviteurs, and sincere belief that the lwa have a sense of humor.

Behind the Mistletoe
Created by Dino Foxx featuring the Naughty Reindeer
December 3, 2010

Find a cozy spot under the mistletoe and get ready for a holiday themed peep-show that is sure to roast your chestnuts and trim your tree. This time, no one gets left out of these sexy reindeer games.

March 4, 2011 – Created by Billy Muñoz & S.T. Shimi
June 3, 2011 – Created by Annele Spector

Admission: Free

Rodney Garza
EL CHUCO LOVES LA CHE
November 12 & 13 – Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m.
A poetically comedic homage to the letter ‘Ch’ of the Chicano\Spanglish alphabet, told in the voice of a sharp-witted, zoot-suited pachuco. This hilarious trip through his memories of the bi-cultural barrio is full of colorful characters and customs.

Admission: $15 general, $12 students & seniors (group rate available)

John McBurney’s
GLAMaRAMA LOUNGE – THE LEGENDS DRAG ON!
December 4 – Saturday at 7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m.
One Night! Two Shows!

Admission: $25 table seats, $15 general

PERFORMANCE PARTY 26
January 8 – Saturday at 7 p.m.
Jump-Start’s annual birthday blowout extravaganza features three hours of non-stop, eclectic performances from company & community artists alike. Come for some or stay for all!

Admission: $5 suggested donation

SUNDAY
Written & performed by Janie Sauceda
February 11 – 13, 2011
Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

Sunday, a new one-woman show, takes you on a Sunday cruise through Janie’s childhood memories. It’s the late ‘70’s and Pablo’s Grove is the place to be, Janie isn’t going to miss the music, the lights, or the fun and neither should you!

Admission: $15 general, $12 students & seniors (group rate available)

Adelina Anthony in…
LA HOCICONA SERIES: AN ORIGINAL X-X-XICANA COMEDIC TRIPTYCH OF SCANDALOUS PROPORTIONS
February 25, 26 & 27 – Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday Time TBA
Three solo comedy shows back-to-back: La Angry Xicana?!, La Sad Girl & La Chismosa!!!

Admission: Individual pre-sale tickets available at $18 each
A pre-sale package of the 3 shows $45 ($15 each)
Pre-sale groups of 10 or more for each show $15
At the door; $20 general, $15 students/seniors with ID

The Push Pens in…
THE BARSTOOL POETS PROJECT: LAST CALL FOR TRUTH
Written & performed by Dino Foxx & Manuel “Cros” Esquivel
Directed by Steve Bailey
April 21-23, 28-30 – Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m.
A new hip-(h)opera featuring the sounds & true stories of two young Chicano men from the west side of San Antonio. Foxx & Esquivel bond onstage with banging beats & tales of growing beyond their challenging childhoods, bringing the Texas Latino experience to the forefront of hip-hop theatre.

Admission: $15 general, $12 students & seniors (group rate available)
20 RUSH tickets set aside for $5, only available at the door 5 minutes before the show. Cash only. Limit two per person.

W-I-P CRÈME
May 4, Wednesday at 7 p.m.
A celebration showcase of selected, complete works from the current W-I-P season.

Admission: $10 general

THE NEIGHBOUR
Written & performed by Doyle Avant & S.T. Shimi
Directed by Steve Bailey
June 9-12, 16-19 – Thursday – Sunday at 8 p.m.
Avant & Shimi depart from their traditional solo work to present a new collaboration about two people living next door to each other, whose secrets and histories collide. This is a tale of forgetting, excavating and evacuation.

Admission: $15 general, $12 students & seniors (group rate available)
20 RUSH tickets set aside for $5, only available at the door 5 minutes before the show. Cash only. Limit two per person.

FARID MERCURY
Written & performed by Robert Karimi
June 24, 25, & 26 and July 2 & 3 – Friday & Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays TBA
This wildly entertaining new work, Farid Mercury, is an exploration of Persian masculinity through the lens of Queen pop star Freddy Mercury. Karimi, currently based in San Francisco, is an interdisciplinary artist/activist/poet, and a multimedia humorist whose Iranian/Guatemalan hybrid heritage serves as a point of departure for his artistic/spiritual/political reflections.

Admission: $15 general, $12 students & seniors (group rate available)

Site-Specific W-I-P
June 29, Wednesday at 7 p.m.
We’re taking W-I-P outdoors in June. 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 artists.
Admission: $5 general, $3 students & seniors

In the Jump-Start Art Gallery
Art openings held each First Thursday from 6 – 8 p.m. Art is displayed until the end of each month.

Vanessa Hill (September)
Mary Glenn (October)
Edward Wise (November)
Ann Lyneah Curtis (December)
Jump-Start Company Work (January)
Mathew Mendez (February)
Laurie Brainerd (March)
Student Art Show (April)
David Sanchez (May)
James Saldivar (June)

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Jump-Start Art Gallery

May 3, 2010 – 12:40 pm

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 I had no idea how it would impact my painting. Although I’ve focused on abstract throughout my painting career, I’ve always felt the need to add some illustrative or concrete idea to the canvas so that my audience had something to hold on to.

The images that have been created because of my opportunity to travel have become my concrete ideas. Every time I look at them I’m transposed back to such a magical place.

The title of the show is how you order a hot dog with everything and a
Fresca. It became our favorite snack everyday. ”A hot dog costs 280 ISK (as of December 2009) and condiments include ketchup, sweet mustard, fried onion, rawonion and remolaði , a mayonnaise-based sauce with sweet relish.

Hot dogs are often ordered with “the works,” i.e., all condiments, or in Icelandic ’eina með öllu.”

September – Vanessa Hill
Opening on September 2, 2010 | 6 – 8 p.m.
On display until Sept 24, 2010

About the artist: Venessa’s eyes are her heart: through her street-level images she shows the day to day culture, people and places that have shaped her and her community. The love Venessa holds for her barrio allows her to capture the elements that define it in a way not seen by others. Her artistic view of her streets has given her roots as a child growing up on the streets of San Antonio’s West-Side an audience from around the city, country and world. Venessa’s photography has found a place in San Antonio’s West-Side history. Venessa Hill, owner of V Hill Photography lives and works in San Antonio, TX. She is the winner of 2010 Tejano Conjunto Festival Poster Contest; the second female in 29 years to receive this honor. She also mentors and inspires young artists to follow their talents by giving them support and opportunities.

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Jumpin’ Off the Walls – April in the Gallery

March 31, 2010 – 2:16 pm

Jump-Start Education Department Presents:

Jumpin’ Off the Walls
10th Annual Student Art Show

Opening Reception, Friday, April 2, 2010 | 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
On display for the month of April
Free to the public!

Featuring work from students at: Fairweather Lodge, Seton Homes, Baptist Children’s Home, Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital, Bonham, Douglass and Forbes Elementary schools, Fairweather Family Lodge, and The Eastside Boys and Girls Club.

Call ahead for gallery hours.

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Jason Rudd – February in the Gallery

January 25, 2010 – 1:42 pm

A Day of Infamy
A collection of dark surrealism
by Jason Rudd

Opening reception: February 4, 2010
6 – 8 p.m.

Jason Rudd started to enjoy art by the time he was in middle school. His 7th grade teacher Mrs. Kathy Garner taught him how to draw cats. He is indeed an animal lover and enjoys drawing them. He draws Elephants, frogs, dogs, numerous cats, mostly Siamese, and humanistic forms as well. He bases his Siamese cat drawings on his favorite cat growing up named Whiskey. His unique style is linear, with an organic feel to it. He had his first showing in 2002 at a gallery, owned by premier artist from San Antonio, Betty Ward, in which his drawing, “Cats on the Fence” was to be auctioned a week later. That drawing never went to auction, but was sold 3 times the amount it was worth.

He has entered many art festivals: The Starving Artist show, The River Art Show, Old Pecan Festival (Austin, Texas), Salado Art Show (Salado, Texas), and the most recent show called ARTFEST (Dallas, Texas). He has donated several pieces to charitable events for great causes. The Starving Artist show received a percentage of sales for the Little Church of La Villita, KLRN received a couple of auction pieces for donation, the YMCA received a couple of auction pieces, and ARTFEST received a very nice donation amount in auction pieces for a charitable event. He hopes to one day donate toward animal rights causes.
His recent selection of works, are more cathartic than his older pieces, which were by nature, more comical in visualization and title. The darker pieces represent the hardships of his life: failures and the loss of love, emotionally drawn by means of sadness and anger in which any individual who has gone through any sort of traumatic event in their life, whether it’s a break up, a divorce, or even a death, can easily relate to his cathartic drawings. He calls this unique style, “Dark Surrealism”.

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