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Events in August, 2022

August 2022

Tamarie Cooper's Live In-Person Sticky Sweet Summer Show

She’s baaaaaaack! Tamarie and her gang of merry misfits are returning to the stage—an actual stage—for a hilarious, irreverent, all-new musical extravaganza featuring an original score played by a live band and performances from some of Houston's funniest, wildest, quirkiest, sometimes raunchiest actors.Read more

Shakin' the Blue Flamingo

Dirt Dogs UNLEASHED

Shakin' the Blue Flamingo

Written by Gwen Flager, Directed by Bonnie Hewett

They once ran naked across golf courses, ate plates of greasy fried chicken, and survived whispered sorority scandals. Twenty years later, while organizing the first LGBTQ prom for the local high school, these non-traditional women are spun to the brink when their successful sorority sister returns to town determined to romance the woman she has loved all of her life.Read more

no speaking left in me

ISHIDA Dance Company presents an evening of world premieres in contemporary dance that invite existential questions: no speaking left in me features works choreographed by ISHIDAJohn Wannehag from Staatstheater Mainz and Stephanie Troyak from Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch and the Texas premiere of DOMA by Jeremy Galdeano and Vera Kvarcakova who have created works on Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and Nationaltheater Mannheim Tanz.Read more

An Intimate Act

NobleMotion Dance

An Intimate Act

The return of Photo Box D and other collaborations

See NobleMotion Dance up-close and personal at the MATCH August 19-20 for a heartfelt performance of An Intimate Act. The evening features the return of Photo Box D, the company’s seminal collaboration with light artist Jeremy Choate. Other collaborations include a climbing sculpture made by Jared Doster, original music composition by Travis Lake, and an innovative film made in collaboration with Jeremy Stewart and A.I. technology. NobleMotion’s trademark physicality and innovation are palpable as the audience sits right on top of the action in a black box setting.Read more

heART&SOUL Vol. 118: WORTHY

An Art-infused Open Mic featuring Non Conformity & Community!

7:30 PM - 8:00 PM... THE MIXER 

Experience the sound of DJ LoQi spinning the hottest Neo Soul, R&B music that will stimulate your mind, body, and soul as you arrive for your heART&SOUL experience.

8:00 PM... THE EXPERIENCE

"WORTHY"

This experience will feature an open mic of artists who will grace the mic to share stories about their journey and experiences acknowledging their WORTH. This mic will leave the audience inspired and covered with ashes; this mic will bring the heat.

SPOKEN WORD + MOVEMENT + SONG + VISUAL ART = Where the ARTS merge!Read more

Strings Beyond Borders

Garage Arts Project presents Strings Beyond Borders - a cross-cultural collaboration between virtuoso musicians Vishnu R and Russ Hewitt. They present a unique musical experience that can be best described as a global voyage - a journey transcending musical boundaries and uniting cultures through a celebration of the rich tapestry and textures of traditional and contemporary music. An immersive and irresistible blend of high energy and soulful Indian, Jazz and Spanish music - audiences can expect technical brilliance, mellifluous melodies, out-of-the-box improvisation and ultimately a wholesome experience of music at it's best!Read more

Gideon and the Blundersnorp

Creative Movement Practices

Gideon and the Blundersnorp

Book and Music by Michael Gordon Shapiro, Texas Premiere!

Gideon is a stableboy who yearns to be a Royal Cavalier. Alanna is a young viscountess who wants to be free. Thrown together by chance, the two must contend with bandits, a treacherous forest, and a giant monster that just wants to eat everyone.

Gideon and the Blundersnorp combines witty characters, pulse-pounding excitement, and a rousing cinematic/medieval-folk score. Underlying the fun is a positive message: aspiration is fueled by personal character, not social class.Read more