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 [...]
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Dia de los Muertos Ball
August 2, 2010 – 12:47 pm
Rene Roberts’ Dia De Los Muertos Ball Tuesday, November 2 at 7 p.m. $50 Table Seating $25 General Special $100 Table Seats available in the front row! Call 210-227-5867 to reserve your table today! An adult social dance party fundraiser benefiting Jump-Start Performance Co. and the San Antonio AIDS foundation. Special entertainment by local talent [...]
Nuevo Mundo
May 3, 2010 – 6:17 pm
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. [...]
Ruby Nelda Perez returns to Jump-Start!
October 6, 2009 – 11:53 am
Ruby Nelda Perez in EL FIN DEL MUNDO MOTEL written by Rodrigo Duarte-Clark November 14 & 15, 2009 Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 3 p.m. Ruby Nelda Perez, and playwright Rodrigo Duarte-Clark are back with the premiere of their latest play “El Fin del Mundo.” They are the team that brought us the hilarious [...]
The Barber of East L.A.
March 28, 2009 – 12:19 pm
Butchlalis de Panochtitlan The Barber of East L.A. Directed by MacArthur Genius Fellow, Luis Alfaro May 2 – 3, 2009, Saturday at 8:00 p.m. & Sunday at 4:00 p.m. General Admission $16 and other discounts available This new full-length play is a lively, absorbing tale about queer and punk Latinos living as the freaks in [...]
The Vagina Monologues!
February 4, 2009 – 12:17 pm
Monday, February 16th, 2009 Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Individual tickets are $15 2 tickets for $25! This is the 4th year that San Antonio has supported VDAY San Antonio by showing Eve Ensler’s award winning play, The Vagina Monologues and having events surrounding the TVM, such as a benefit concert, a movie showing, a poetry [...]
Fabulation or, the Re-Education of Undine
February 2, 2009 – 12:25 pm
“Fabulation or, the Re-Education of Undine” by Lynn Nottage Directed by Antoinette F. Winstead February 13 – March 1, 2009 Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening shows at 8 pm Sunday Matinee at 4 pm A social satire about an ambitious and haughty African-American woman, whose husband suddenly disappears after embezzling all of her money. General [...]
My Body, My House
December 3, 2008 – 10:53 am
Choreography by Leonard Cruz, in collaboration with Catherine Cisneros and Urban 15. Music by George Cisneros. January 9 & 10 Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m. $16 general admission; $12 students, seniors & military. Call for group rates. Dancing is moving, exploring, creating, and knowing ourselves as whole people. Since time began, dance has threaded [...]