Stamp Lab

THE MAJESTIC
Saturday July 18, 2009 – 8pm
at the historic Victory Grill
1104 E. 11th Street, Austin, TX
$20.00

a play about house music, that is:
dancing and loving as though your life depends on it
love          groove         magic

THE MAJESTIC
Written by Ana-Maurine Lara
Co-directed by Matt Richardson & Ana-Maurine Lara

Featuring:
Dino Foxx as Mother Majestic

Her Children:
Saray Rosales as Parker
Wura-Natasha Ogunji as Essex
Alix Chapman as Ms Opal
KT Shorb as Flash Gorgeous
Liz Westbrook & Mel Cofer as Thugs

and, of course
DJ Lynnee Denise as The DJ
http://www.myspace.com/djlynneedenise

Meta(physical) production by Sheree Ross. Choreography by Annelize Machado. Dramaturgy by Jennifer Margulies & Surabhi Kukke. Costume Design by Senalka McDonald.

With thanks to ALLGO for their support.

Stamp Lab and affiliated artists present “Piri!”, a series of interactive performances throughout the Fiesta Gardens space.

March 28, 2009 – 11 AM to 6 PM
Fiesta Gardens, Lady Bird Lake (MAP)

“Piri” is a Japanese onomatopoeia to describe the sharp heat on the tongue when eating spicy food. This performance installation explores that heat. Look for mysterious frozen people and slow walkers. If you’re not paying attention, you might miss us! “Piri!” is directed by kt shorb.

Remember Sunday night, March 15, Stamp Lab’s T.A.G. will be performed again with three other amazing plays by Natalie Goodnow, Wura-Natasha Ogunji and Jen Margulies.

The amazing Sharon Bridgforth wrote the intro for Sunday’s program:

We are in for something special tonight.
A tasty Artistic treat that is herstoric in nature.
An Offering that is evidence that Austin is a great city to live in.
I am honored to say that I know these Artists.
I am ecstatic to be a Witness.

The Artists on program tonight are breaking ground.  They are not only Working in new forms/intersecting disciplines/bursting aesthetic boarders.  These Artists have kicked past the old guard-thinking that keeps Vision marginalized and privileged.  They have created their own opportunities/have re-imagined Collective Spirit/have taken control of their own destiny and Work.  Through a re-shaping of space/tonight’s Artists are creating bold new ways for us all to consider making and showing Work.   In this they are being of Service for us all.

Tonight is a perfect example of how art can be a vehicle of social justice.  Of how community can be self-determining.  Of contemporary movement building through bridging.  Austin with it’s herstory of grassroots global organizing lead by Artists/women/people of color/queers….is the perfect place to nurture and hold what is being Given tonight.

You can give back by spreading the Word about your experience of tonight’s Work.  By joining the Artist’s mailing lists/volunteering/donating.  Through your continued Presence at events.  In each moment/with every decision you make that is informed by courage and Generosity as you move your own Work and Life forward. Together/We are the Answered Prayer.

Ache.
Rock On.
Strap yo wig.
We in flight tonight….
With Joy
Sharon Bridgforth

Save the date for four outstanding performances:

• Muntu
• The Walls are Alive (with the sound of)
• by a quiet sea
• T.A.G.

Sunday, March 15th at 5:30pm

The Dougherty Arts Center Theater
1110 Barton Springs Road
Austin, TX, 78704

Tickets cost $15 each.  Ticket reservations may be made by emailing: edgeboxoffice@gmail.com

Judges choose their favorites from all the Saturday “Best of Week” shows to play during Best of Fest Week.

We are on Bill A — *change in dates*

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 at 8:00pm
Friday, February 13th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

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From the January 30, 2009 edition by Clayton Maxwell:

The women of Stamp Lab performed “T.A.G.,” an impressionistic montage. A ghost named Nina raves quietly, a strong old woman named Billy rails on social change and gentrification (“I’m a certified Negro,” she says, refusing the label “African-American”), a singing woman chugs across the stage as a train with a 3-foot beehive, and a captivating gay girl waits for the bus, eager to split town. The piece may be baffling, but it is visually arresting.

T.A.G. premiered last night during the Short Fringe portion of FronteraFest. The show was sold out three days before the performance. We are ecstatic that is was chosen by the panelist judges and audience for an encore Saturday night “Best of Week” performance. This evening’s show is already sold out.

Stamp Lab: A Performance Group
presents
“T.A.G.”

Written by Stamp Lab
(Cheryl Coward, Ana-Maurine Lara, k. terumi shorb)
Directed by Natalie Goodnow

A story about about shifting family values, restless youth, cranky bulldaggers and the ghost of an afro-future past. The train stops for no one. T.A.G.

“T.A.G.” will be performed January 23 at 8:00 pm, Hyde Park Theatre. “T.A.G.” is part of the 2009 FronteraFest Short Fringe. Admission is $12. [Purchase tickets online]

Friday nights fill up fast, so reserve your ticket now!

“T.A.G.” is a short performance ensemble piece featuring Fran Nalls, Wura Ogunji, Saray Rosales, and k. terumi shorb

This project is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

Please Distribute Widely

Open Casting Call:
Auditions:
Wednesday, November 19, 7-10PM, ALLGO (701 Tillery St, STE 4)
Performance Dates:
TBA as part of FronteraFest Short Fringe, Hyde Park Theatre; Jan-Feb 2009

Stamp Lab (Cheryl Coward, Ana-Maurine Lara and k. terumi shorb), an award-winning theater collective, seeks to cast performers for the original short play, T.A.G, directed by Natalie Goodnow.

T.A.G. is part of the 2009 FronteraFest Short Fringe, sponsored by Hyde Park Theatre.

T.A.G. is a short multi-media performance piece questioning the impact of transgression, gentrification and liberalism on marked bodies.

Parts:
Nina- older woman of color, frenetic, possibly a ghost
Billy- older Black butch/bulldagger, calm but anxious
Bus- younger woman of color, queer, wants to leave where she is
Train- female, any race, mostly physical, few lines, an entity unto herself

To schedule an audition, submit a headshot & resume. Performers interested in auditioning should come prepared to read sides from the play cold, to do minimal movement work and to engage in group auditions.

To schedule an audition time, email Stamp Lab at hush [at] stamplab.org  For more information about Stamp Lab, visit our website: stamplab.org

We are so proud to announce the we won the theatre competition in this year’s Artspark Festival. Thank you to the HBMG Foundation and its staff for being so generous to us throughout this entire process. And also a huge thanks to our friends and families for supporting us this summer. And we loved seeing your beautiful faces in the audiences for our performances and welcomed your constructive criticism/feedback. Cheers!!! Here is a slideshow from tonight’s awards dinner and a few other pics: