Stamp Lab » Hush http://www.stamplab.org/content Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:11:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 THE MAJESTIC – a play about house music http://www.stamplab.org/content/2009/07/17/the-majestic-a-play-about-house-music/ http://www.stamplab.org/content/2009/07/17/the-majestic-a-play-about-house-music/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:00:07 +0000 Cheryl http://www.stamplab.org/content/?p=108 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.

]]> http://www.stamplab.org/content/2009/07/17/the-majestic-a-play-about-house-music/feed/ 0 T.A.G. + three other great plays! http://www.stamplab.org/content/2009/02/13/tag-plus-three-other-great-plays/ http://www.stamplab.org/content/2009/02/13/tag-plus-three-other-great-plays/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:44:41 +0000 Cheryl http://www.stamplab.org/content/?p=86 Save the date for four outstanding performances:


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

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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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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.

]]> http://www.stamplab.org/content/2009/01/10/stamp-lab-presents-tag/feed/ 0 We won the Artspark Festival http://www.stamplab.org/content/2008/08/20/we-won-the-artspark-festival/ http://www.stamplab.org/content/2008/08/20/we-won-the-artspark-festival/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:00:32 +0000 Cheryl http://www.stamplab.org/content/?p=47 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:

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We thoroughly enjoyed the audience feedback during the talkback and appreciate each and every constructive comment we received. Stay tuned for a new and improved experience after our rewrite. Our revised show will be Aug. 16 at 8 p.m. during the new moon. Ana-Lara got us up-to-date on the lunar cycles!

]]> http://www.stamplab.org/content/2008/08/02/thank-you/feed/ 0 In the booth… http://www.stamplab.org/content/2008/08/02/in-the-booth/ http://www.stamplab.org/content/2008/08/02/in-the-booth/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:37:18 +0000 Cheryl http://www.stamplab.org/content/?p=41 Tech booth - first show

Tech booth - first show

Will and I are up in the tech booth checking lights and visuals. 2.5 hours until showtime…

]]> http://www.stamplab.org/content/2008/08/02/in-the-booth/feed/ 0 Down to the wire… http://www.stamplab.org/content/2008/08/02/down-to-the-wire/ http://www.stamplab.org/content/2008/08/02/down-to-the-wire/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:27:15 +0000 Cheryl http://www.stamplab.org/content/?p=34 We are in speed run-throughs this afternoon before our show tonight. Dino and Melissa are singing the remix to one of our original songs written by Ashleigh Stone. Wu, Flow, kt and Ana are out on a smoke break. Where’s Stacie? I’m on the computer…


Dino and Melissa taking a break today…



kt and Wura during last week’s tech rehearsal
photo: Will Snider/HBMG Foundation

Dino at Tech Rehearsal

Dino at Tech Rehearsal
photo: Will Snider/HBMG Foundation

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