Performance & Events

Upcoming Performances & Events

Brunch of Champions: Familia  MAR. 17 at 11:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

The Brunch is back!  Jump-Start Performance Co. presents BRUNCH OF CHAMPIONS: FAMILIA on Sunday, March 17, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at La Tuna Icehouse at 100 Probandt Street. Three outstanding families of champions will be celebrated for their service to our community and dedication to the arts. Tickets are $25 and are available at jump-start.org.  Proceeds from this fundraising event will support the artistic programming of Jump-Start’s 

2024 – 2025 season. For more information call 210-227-JUMP(5867).

Exemplifying the Jump-Start pillars of Creativity, Courage and Connection, the 2024 champions are Ruby Nelda Perez and Jorge Piña with daughters MayaLuna and Alma Victoria Piña; Lilla Geisler Bernal and children Robin and Carlos Bernal; and Suzanne Martinez and Michael Berrier with daughters Philippa and Ruby Martinez-Berrier.  Each family has a rich history of artistry and arts and culture advocacy and has been a friend to Jump-Start for many years.  

Los Nahuatlatos will provide entertainment while attendees enjoy breakfast tacos (including a vegan choice), orange juice, mimosas, Irish coffee, sweet treats and more.  A silent auction will take place throughout the Brunch with art and other desirable goodies to choose from. Hint: thank you, Pig Liquors, for the donation!  

BETTER BUTER  APRIL 19 – 20 AND 26 – 27 (FRI. AND SAT.)

Better Butter returns to Jump-Start Theater for two weekends! Featuring new ensemble members and some familiar ones too! Tickets and more info available soon.

Past Performances & Events

Pop-Up Poetry Production April 2021

Visiting Guest Artist Dennis RedMoon Darkeem April 2020 (Bronx, NY)

Performance Party XXX6: Tradionally Untriditional Jan. 2021

Brunch of Champions Dec. 2020 

Allerseelen Nov. 2020

I’ll Remember For You Sept. 2020

8 x 8 Cabaret Du Jump en Noir Aug. 2020

Tejana Rasquacha July 2020 

She Wears Bells (INKubator June 2020)

Model Talks Mar. 2020

Jessica St. John: Memories of a Drag Queen (On & Off Fred. Rd. Studio Tour Feb. 2020) 

Performance Party 35 Jan. 2020

Tejana Atomica Oct 2019

Brunch of Champion Oct 2019

Connected by Teletextile (INKubator Sept. 2019)    

8 x 8 Cabaret Du Jump – August 2019

Gaylord’s Last Happy Hour by Chuck Squier – June 2019

Payasos on Parade – April 2019

Flatbed Teatro – Westside Walkout – March 2019

On & Off FREDericksburg Rd. – February 2019

Guest Artist: Judith Sloan (Queens, NY) – February 2019 

Semana de Sueños by Eraina Porras – January 2019

Performance Party 34 – January 2019

Tejana Rasquacha by Marisela Barrera – December 2018

Brunch of Champions – October 2018 

Education

Family Endeavors – October 2018 – September 2019
Woodlawn Elementary – October 2018 – June 2019
Bonham Academy – October 2018 – July 2019
Guest Artist: Judith Sloan – February 2019

Community Series

THE COMMUNITY SERIES (work by guest artists in our theater) includes:
INKubator, in which we select a San Antonio artist or company to create and produce a new work

ON & OFF FRED, when we present the work of a visual and/or performance artist as part of a neighborhood studio tour and art walk

8 X 8 CABARET DU JUMP, eight 8-minute performances by guests and company in an 8-foot cube

A special GUEST ARTIST RESIDENCY that includes their performance and presentation of workshops for the company and community.

JUMP-START-AT-LARGE (performance that takes place anywhere but our theater) includes:

STILT-WALKERS AND PERFORMANCE ARTISTS OF JUMP-START who appear at Fiesta San Antonio parades and other surprise locations; and

FLATBED TEATRO, which brings a fresh show on a flatbed trailer to libraries, parking lots and fields around San Antonio.