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Theatre for Scandal

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THEATRE FOR SCANDAL is a comedy loosely inspired by Sheridan’s School for Scandal. It involves a group of actors who begin to spread rumors that one of the most flamboyantly gay members of their group is secretly straight. Anthony Hamilton, played by Stephen Poer last seen in The Last Days of Oscar Wilde, plots to wreak vengeance on a macho stud (Aaron Ramos) who has betrayed a female friend.

Everyone gossips, especially Jacosta (Greg Hinojosa) but in the theatre world it’s amplified. Rumors and scandal can sometimes be fun, but at whose expense? Ultimately, you never really know what’s true or false, so sometimes it’s best to be silent.

The show has a handful of ATAC award-winning actors, educators, and directors. Cortez is a founding Company member of The Magik Theatre, former Artistic Director of the Cameo Theatre and current head of Killer Productions producing murder mysteries. Multi-award winning Director, Greg Hinojosa has had a long standing association as Artistic Consultant for the Magik Theatre and is the former Artistic Director of the Woodlawn Theatre. Jose DeHoyos, who plays the Tin Man, is an Adjunct Professor at San Antonio College and is the Fine Arts Program Coordinator at Southwest ISD. “Having talent like this is perfect for this type of comedic show”, Erwin said.

The show is the third of productions by Bernard J. Taylor planned at Woodlawn Pointe (directly opposite Jefferson High School). The show will be presented in the Auditorium which seats 300. Woodlawn Pointe is located in a very pleasant neighborhood with easy parking.

Performances: Aug 17-26, 2017 at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

Tickets: $20 or $15 Group Rate at http://theatreforscandal.brownpapertickets.com

Address: Woodlawn Pointe, 702 Donaldson Ave, San Antonio, TX 78229

Ages 16+ due to adult content/mature themes. The running time is approximately 1.5 hours with a 15 minutes intermission and is presented by Aria Creative Productions and Taylored Wright Productions. Critics are invited at no charge.

Sinderella and the Glass Zipper

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SINDERELLA and the GLASS ZIPPER. A WORLD PREMIERE BURLESQUE ADAPTATION OF CINDERELLA

International burlesque star Coco Lectric stars in the title role

The Overtime Theater and Aria Creative Productions proudly present the world premiere production of “SINDERELLA AND THE GLASS ZIPPER,” a burlesque adaptation of the classic fairy tale “Cinderella.” This comedic, adult-themed adaptation is written, directed and choreographed by international burlesque artist Jade Esteban Estrada and stars award-winning burlesque star Coco Lectric. The three-performance run will be presented at 8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday, August 18, 2017 and 8:00 p.m. Saturday, August 19, 2017 at The Overtime Theater located at 5409 Bandera Road, Suite 205 in San Antonio, Texas. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance/$25 at the door. Limited seating. Reservations recommended. Tickets can be purchased online at sinderella.bpt.me. Further information about the show can be found at www.theovertimetheater.org or by calling (210) 557-7562. This show has mature themes and partial nudity. No one under the age of 18 will be admitted without a parent or guardian. Show duration is 90 minutes with a brief intermission.

Practically enslaved and in rags, the boobalicious Sinderella lives with her wicked stepmother and two jealous stepsisters who try to keep her from attending the royal burlesque ball at Pink Taco Palace. Although her fairy godmother magically makes her wish of going to the ball come true (“A twerk is a wish your booty makes!”) and helps her to win the heart of the “shagalicious” Prince Charming, who’s having trouble with his glass zipper, the beautiful Sinderella must face the wrath of her stepfamily when her godmother’s magic spell wears off at midnight. This comedic burlesque fairy tale reminds us that a good girl is just a bad girl who’s never been caught.CocoPurple

Half variety show, half musical and all entertainment, “Sinderella and the Glass Zipper” is the fourth burlesque adaptation written by Jade Esteban Estrada, formally the playwright-in-residence at Prohibition Theatre in Houston, Texas. Past credits include “Tales of a Hard Nut” (a burlesque adaptation of “The Nutcracker”), “The Masque of the Red Death” and “Eat Me,” (a burlesque adaptation of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”). Original burlesque narratives include “Hollywood Havana” (Perth Fringe World Festival) and “How Burlesque Saved Christmas” (Gibson Guitar Lounge at Maggie Mae’s).

The show stars Natasha Pearl, Melissa Weltner, Bruce Vayne, Dan Calderon, Jordan Kayall, Femme Les Jules, Blaise Ricin and features Jade Esteban Estrada (as seen on Comedy Central, Bravo TV) as the narrator and stars Austin-based burlesque star Coco Lectric (New Orleans Burlesque Festival’s Queen of Burlesque 2010) in the title role.

Performances:

8/18 at 8 and 10:30 pm
8/19 at 8 pm

Cast: 

Sinderella – Coco Lectric
Narrator – Jade Esteban Estrada
Prince – Blaise Ricin 
Fairy Godmother – Jules Vaquera
Lady Tremaine – Natasha Pearl
Drizella Tremaine – Melissa Weltner
Anastasia Tremaine – Bruce Vayne
Ensemble – Jordan Kayall
Ensemble – Daniel Calderon

Adaptation written & directed by Jade Esteban Estrada

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Backstage at Oz

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This comedy musical follows the backstage antics of a group of six actors and a director who are taking part in a stage production of The Wizard of Oz. There is a pompous Shakespearean actor who thinks his role as Oz is beneath him, a nervous drunk playing the Cowardly Lion, a practiced extrovert playing the Tin Man, a sharp-tongued cynic playing Glinda the Good Witch and a more easygoing actress playing The Wicked Witch. Glinda and the Wicked Witch are in a relationship.  The Pollyanna nature of the actress playing Dorothy fits the part even though her breasts are too large for the role. All pull together after the Munchkins go on strike demanding bigger pay for little people. There are 10 songs.

Suitable for ages 17+

Cast:

VERITY/GLINDA – Whitney Marlet
AGNES/THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST (WWW) – Nicole Erwin
LARRY/THE WIZARD OF OZ (OZ) – Richard Solis
BOB/THE COWARDLY LION (CL) – Dave Cortez
MELISSA/DOROTHY – Jayme Orth
DOUG/TIN MAN – Jose DeHoyos
BEATRICE- Pricilla Mesley

Creative Team:

Director – Dave Cortez
Stage Manager – Pricilla Mesley
Propmaster – Jonathan Schell
Costumes – Rose Kennedy
Musical Arrangements – Gareth Price and Karl Logue

Times:

Th-Sat at 8pm

Location: 702 Donaldson Ave, San Antonio, Texas, 78201

Tickets

PRICE: General – $20; Group and Students (must show ID at door) – $15

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The Golden Glee Club Returns!

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The Golden Glee Club, a drag musical inspired by the TV series The Golden Girls. Directed by multi-award-winning director Greg Hinojosa, the musical will be the first of a number of productions planned at a new theater venue in San Antonio. The community center at Woodland Pointe (directly opposite Jefferson High School) offers two theatre spaces with air conditioning and comfortable seats in a very pleasant neighborhood with easy parking.  Performances are June 8-17. 2017.

Synopsis

The four “ladies” decide that it’s time to stop sitting around the house so much and to get out and do something. So they decide to start a glee club and give concerts at some of the many homes for the elderly in Miami. In the meanwhile Blanche falls in love with the wrong man (again) while Sofia keeps coming up with outlandish schemes to try to get money out of her daughter Dorothy – including claims that she is being pursued by the Sicilian Mafia. The “ladies” are played by top San Antonio character actors including Richard C. Solis, Dave Cortez, Robert Moritz with a special cameo by San Antonio favorite Becky King!

*Not recommended for young children due to adult content mature situations. The running time is 2 hours with intermission. The show is presented by Taylored Wright Productions and co-produced by Aria Creative Productions and Killer Productions. Critics are invited on June 8th.

Location

Woodlawn Pointe Community Center
(directly opposite Jefferson High School)

Cast

Dorothy: Richard C. Solis
Rose: Greg Hinojosa
Sofia: David Cortez
Blanche: Jose De Hoyos
Jana: Becky King Balter
Stanley: Robert Moritz

Crew

Direction: Greg Hinojosa
Scene Design: Greg Hinojosa
Lighting Design: Richard David Anthony
Costume Design: Greg Hinojosa

Location

702 Donaldson Avenue, San Antonio, Texas, 78201

Tickets

Group Rate: $15.00 (Valid for groups of 8 or more)
Student and Senior: $15.00
Senior (65+) and Student tickets must be verified at the door by valid ID.
Regular: $20.00
Purchase online: http://goldengleeclub.brownpapertickets.com/

The Golden Glee Club

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The Golden Glee Club, a drag musical inspired by the TV series The Golden Girls. The four “ladies” decide that it’s time to stop sitting around the house so much and to get out and do something. So they decide to start a glee club and give concerts at some of the many homes for the elderly in Miami. In the meanwhile Blanche falls in love with the wrong man (again) while Sofia keeps coming up with outlandish schemes to try to get money out of her daughter Dorothy – including claims that she is being pursued by the Sicilian Mafia. The four “ladies” are played by top San Antonio character actors and the show is directed by multi-award-winning director Greg Hinojosa.

Location

Woodlawn Pointe Community Center
(directly opposite Jefferson High School)

Cast/Crew

Dorothy: Richard C. Solis
Rose: John Stillwaggon
Sofia: David Cortez
Blance: Dave Ankrom
Jana: Becky King Balter
Robert Moritz: Stanley

Direction: Greg Hinojosa
Scene Design: Greg Hinojosa
Lighting Design: Sondra Gervasi
Costume Design: Greg Hinojosa
Location: 702 Donaldson Avenue, San Antonio, Texas, 78201

Tickets

April 20-23. 2017

Group Rate: $15.00 (Valid for groups of 8 or more)
Student and Senior: $15.00
Senior (65+) and Student tickets must be verified at the door by valid ID.
Regular: $20.00
Purchase online: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2920101

Edgar Allen Poe’s “Nevermore”

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Take a dark and mysterious journey into the life of Edgar Allan Poe. This imaginative musical uses Poe’s poetry and short stories as its base and his shifting obsession with the women in his life as its catalyst. With hauntingly beautiful melodies, “Nevermore” breathes new life into Poe’s work and explores a twisted true-life tale that is as bizarre as his classic stories of the macabre.

 

Aria Creative Productions and Texas Light Opera in association with the Roxie Theatre, will present “Edgar Allan Poe’s NEVERMORE,” a bio-drama on the master of macabre himself. This musical is a dark and romantic portrayal of Poe’s life, told thru a series of dream-like vignettes that take the audience on a whirlwind thru his life, as well as presents ten of his most brilliant poems as musical numbers, including “Evening Star,” “Annabelle Lee,” and “The Raven.” This production will be the Texas premiere of this musical. The cast includes Catie Carlisle, Morgan Clyde, Nicole Erwin, Erin Polewski, and Sharon Newhardt. Joseph Urick plays Edgar, as well as directs.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an early Romantic American writer best known for his dark poetry and chilling short stories. He is one of America’s literary pioneers, as he popularized the short story, and is often credited to pioneering the detective genre, which even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle drew inspiration from for his iconic Sherlock Holmes tales. Most importantly, Poe was the first established American writer who tried to earn his livelihood through his writing alone, which resulted in crippling financial difficulties, and a tumultuous career as an editor and critic.

The production is featured at the Roxie Theatre, which offers a unique 360<sup>o</sup> experience for its audience. “We want the audience to experience something very new,” says TLO Executive Director, Nicole Erwin, “and having this kind of non-traditional musical told on a traditional proscenium stage simply would not have worked for us. The beauty of the Roxie is in its malleability, giving us opportunities for new and exciting staging. This means you’ll be seeing actors not only in front of the audience, but up in the rafters, intermingling in the aisles – really inviting the audience into this weird, twisted world of Edgar Poe.”

“The musical is not a biography,” Urick said, “it is a romantic memory, so it’s incredibly biased, as we only see the story thru Edgar’s eyes; but it is the women who haunt him that remind him and us that his life is not quite as we would like to see it. And that, to me, is what is most important about this piece. It allows us to humanize this literary icon and us understand why he wrote the way he did.”

While the play is about Edgar’s life, it is the women who are the most prominent feature. The ladies of this cast include Catie Carlisle as Virginia. Catie has been seen most recently in productions around San Antonio including “Locolobo” at the Overtime, and “Born Yesterday” at the Classic. The Whore is played by Morgan Clyde, who has won ATAC Awards for her performance of Katherine in “Taming of the Shrew” (Classic Theatre), and her fight choreography for “Born Yesterday.”  As Edgar’s young sweetheart Elmira, Erin Polewski joins the cast after having played Rose in “The Secret Garden” at the Emily Ann Theatre in Wimberley, TX and Rachel Brown in “Inherit the Wind” at the Circle Arts Theatre in New Braunfels. TLO Executive Director, Nicole Erwin portrays Elizabeth Poe, Edgar’s Mother.  Nicole has been featured on many San Antonio stages, and most recently portrayed Claire Holmes in “The Secret Garden” and The Wardrobe in “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” at The Playhouse San Antonio. The role of Muddy (Maria Clemm) will be played by Sharon Newhardt whose recent credits include “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and “Mary Poppins” at The Woodlawn Theatre. Lastly, Rebecca Trinidad returns to the theater scene as the show’s Co-Director after overcoming her battle with cancer. Rebecca is the creator and driving force behind “Broadway Nights” at The Woodlawn Theater. Notable performances include “Funny Girl” at The Playhouse San Antonio and Jack’s Mother in “Into the Woods” at The Woodlawn Theater. She also recently directed the highly acclaimed “Memphis” at The Woodlawn Theatre.

An important note: This musical shares a name with another, also called Nevermore, also about the life of Edgar Allan Poe. This production is not “Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe.”

This production is not recommended young children, and contains mature situations. The running time is 2 hours and 15 minutes with intermission. Music Direction is by Darrin Newhardt, Set Design by Jonathan Pennington, Lighting Design by Tim Kelleher, Costume design by Rose Kennedy and Sound Design is by Charles Drew.

Performances are April 6-15, 2017 at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays

The Roxie Theatre
7460 Callaghan Rd., Suite 333
San Antonio, TX 78229

Tickets

Greg Hinojosa and Whitney Marlett

The Last Waltz

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The Last Waltz: A play about Alzheimer’s by Bernard J. Taylor

Directed by Nicole Erwin

Aria Creative Productions in association with The Overtime Theater, present “The Last Waltz”, a play about those who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and the loved ones who care for them.

The play by Bernard J. Taylor tells of a doctor who commissions a composer to create a piece of music as an anniversary present for his wife, who is suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s. Music is one of the few things that seem to give her peace and joy. In the beginning we see the doctor committing some highly questionable acts on his wife but his motivation becomes clearer in his discussions with the composer. After his wife dies, the doctor has a life changing experience.

Four leading San Antonio actors have been cast in the roles: Greg Hinojosa, Artistic Consultant for the Magik Theatre who recently won an ATAC award for his performance in Born Yesterday at The Classic Theatre, will be adding almost 20 years to his real age to play the Doctor; Whitney Marlett, who delighted audiences with her recent performance in Jackson Square at the Overtime, plays his afflicted wife; Kathy Feinstein, ATAC Award Winner for Blythe Spirit, plays the loyal Nurse; and Torence B. White, local favorite of Queen’s Castle at Overtime Theater, plays the Composer.

Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. It is irreversible and slowly destroys thinking skills and eventually the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In most people with Alzheimer’s, symptoms first appear in their mid-60s. Estimates vary, but experts suggest that more than 5 million Americans may have the disease.

lastwaltzA talkback with the cast will be held after the show on Sunday, Jan 15. A representative from The Alzheimer’s Association of San Antonio (alz.org/sanantonio) will be available to answer audience questions and provide helpful resources. A silent auction benefiting the Alzheimer’s research will be held on opening night, Jan 13, and will feature paintings from the Playwright and other artists. The theater will also accept donations for the organization. The production is dedicated to Ron Casola, Director of The Live Oak Singers.

Performances: January 13-22 

Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 3 p.m.

The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden, San Antonio, TX 78215

Tickets

$15 (General), $10 (Senior/Student/Military) and $8 (groups of 10 or more)
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The Lady of Shalott

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Playwright(s): Bernard J. Taylor
Helen, a professor of literature long settled in a relationship with her former tutor, is visited by a former student, Elliott, who has achieved considerable success as an author. There is immediate tension between Helen and Lloyd, the professor she lives with but has never married. Lloyd senses that there is a strong attraction between Helen and Elliott and feels that the raw animal energy of Elliott could overwhelm and destroy Helen. Elliott, meanwhile, sees Helen as someone who has been stifled, robbed of any passion and spontaneity, by the rigid regime imposed upon her by Lloyd, who has been the primary influence on her since she was his student. It soon becomes evident that something happened between Helen and Elliott at a literary conference they had both attended without Lloyd some time earlier – something that left Helen highly unsettled, but which she is reluctant to discuss. Then everything explodes into the open with unforeseen consequences. The play features music taken mainly from two symphonic works, “Passion’s Progress” and “The Millennium Suite”.

Cast: Directed by Erin Polewski
Stage Managed by Angie Hernandez

HELEN – Evie Armstrong
LLOYD – Larry Grote
ELLIOT – Joseph Urick

Location: 1203 Camden, Near the Pearl Brewery Complex, San Antonio, Texas, 78215
Times: October 14, 15, 21, 22 at 8:00 pm, October 16 at 3:00 pm, and October 23 at 7:00 pm
Tickets: $15.00 General Admission; $10.00 SATCO, Teachers, Students, Military, Seniors, Area service industry.

Sundays are PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT shows. ONLINE SALES FOR WEEKEND SHOWS END 3 HOURS BEFORE THE SHOW. After that time, please call 210-557-7562 to inquire about ticket availability at the box office.
For More Information: You may contact The Overtime Theater at theovertimetheater@gmail.com or at 210.557.7562.