RAT Ice Factory '99

[Thinksoho@aol.com]

Here's our line-up for the summer festival, if any one's interested.   I'm 
sure you'll recognize some dirty RATs.  If anyone is interested in helping 
out front of house for free tickets, let me know.

July 7 -10
AIJR FIST 
by DOORIKA
created collectively under the artistic direction of Erika Yeomans

AIJR FIST is a vocal dance-band troupe (5 performers / 4 mic stands) that 
processes elements of Norwegian folklore, myth, and dream, through an array 
of devices (computers, video, and prosthetics) in a chaotic romp through the 
origins of community and our own mediated pursuit of pleasure. 

July 14 -17
CAVERNS
created by director/choreographer Christine Sang 
text by Ruth Margraff

They've done something to Katherine Hepburn's eyes to make her look more 
Asian as she watches China burn to the ground.    CAVERNS ventures into 
Erotic Art's creative and spiritual impact on culture.  Ambient music and 
striking visuals, from ancient pillow books of sexual poses to the voyeurism 
of modern technology.

July 21-24
WEST PIER
written by Bernard Marie Koltes
directed by Marion Schoevaert
a STEPS Theater production

France's greatest post-modern playwright drops us in the middle of an 
abandoned warehouse as an elaborate business scheme unfolds:  A Rolex for 
legal papers.  A Jaguar for a new destiny.   A distributor cap for a virgin.  
The right to leave for the right to die.   If fate is blind, says Abad, death 
has an eye for a bargain.

July 28 -31
VORTEX DU PLAISIR
written and directed by Gordon Dahlquist

Four strangers, personally depicted in a pornographic deck of 15th Century 
tarot cards, are drawn together into a conspiracy of tattoos, dismemberment, 
murder, and ritualistic group sex.  A black comedy for the millennium.

August 4 -7
AUSTIN, TEXAS (WEEK)
hosted by Theaterless Theater Corps
artistic director Josh Frank 

Three Austin companies venture North to ply their wares.  Rude Mechanicals' 
LIPSTICK TRACES, a collectively developed adaptation of Greil Marcus' 
landmark critical history.  Kairos! Co. 's fast and furious sketch comedy 
terrorism promises to hold your perceptions hostage.  And Theaterless Theater 
Corps' SNOW DOME, where a world is simultaneously destroyed and rebuilt every 
time you blink your eyes. 


August 11 -14
A FISH STORY
by adobe theater co.
created by Erin Quinn Purcell and Gregory Jackson

Strange things are happening in an old seaside community.  Ships are 
disappearing. The fishing's dried up.  Could it be the mythical monster 
rumored to lurk in the surrounding waters?  Or is something fishy going on?  
Salty characters and fantastic sea creatures, above and below water,  in a 
"belly of the beast" adventure.  Created by the team that brought you:  DUET! 
A Romantic Fable.

PS:  Our production of MENAPAUSAL GENTLEMAN from last season won an OBIE on 
Monday.