MARCH 1-3 2024 AT PERSHING EAST

We’re back with the fourth incarnation of our Self Portraits series! Thirty new pieces are performed each night at random, chosen by the audience -- some of the pieces are funny, some are sad, but they are all tied together through one central theme: honesty. Each of the pieces represents something that the person or people performing it actually feel, or something that has actually happened to them. There are no characters, no costumes, and no fourth wall. Just bare-bones, DIY performance art in its purest form. The result is something that can best be described as barely controlled chaos.

Performances will take place at Pershing East, in an open warehouse space behind the coffee shop. There is a parking lot for our attendees.

Written by: The Ensemble

Directed by: Sarah Hogestyn

PERFORMANCES AT PAPER PLATE GALLERY FROM 8:30PM - 9:30PM ON MAY 10TH, 11TH, 12TH, 17TH, 18TH, 19TH.

Aurora is a starseed who yearns for a celestial voyage back to her home planet. On the eve of her thirtieth birthday she treks out to a field and puts out a signal, hoping to finally catch that ride. Inspired by the legendary UFO crash in Aurora, Texas, this captivating play intertwines themes of cosmic wonder, familial bonds, and the quest for belonging amidst the vastness of space. With nods to T.S. Eliot and infused with the sweetness of donuts, fireworks, and the mysteries of the cosmos, 'Aurora' is a transcendent theatrical experience unlike any other. Let the cosmic journey begin…

Written by Chris Fontanes

Directed by Trace Turner

Stage Managed by Jessika Land

Starring Rosemary McGraw as Aurora, Cassandra DeFreitas as Andi, Bonnie Lambert as Anne

Poster artwork designed by SJ Anderson

COMING AUGUST 2024

Written and Directed by: Marian Kansas

COMING NOVEMBER 2024

Adapted from the novel by Shirley Jackson

Directed by: Chris Fontanes