Archive

Since 1985, Jump-Start has created, produced or presented over 500 original performance works, reaching an audience of nearly one million people. Jump-Start’s audience and constituents are extremely diverse. The company’s work, while nationally recognized, is firmly and proudly rooted in San Antonio and the richness of the city’s culture.

Publications

JUMP-START PLAYWORKS, an anthology of plays that premiered at Jump-Start, was published in 2004. The company was also featured in the book PERFORMING COMMUNITIES: GRASSROOTS ENSEMBLE THEATER, a survey of eight theaters from across the United States.

Production History

Performance Party 34

Performance Party 33

Virginia Grise *Guest Artist Program

MotherSecrets Conceived by Chuck Squier

Gen & Mabel by Leta Tremblay

River City Stories by Mellissa Marlowe

Basement Complex Suite 102 by Daniel Jackson

Hoops of Steel by Mono Riojas Aguilar *INKubator Project

Performance Party 32

Tejana Trilogy by Marisela Barrera

Adelita by Mono Riojas Aguilar *Community Project

Performance Party 31

Rapid Eye Movement by FIRE Collaborative *INKubator Project

Performance Party XXX

The Thing Itself Literary Journal of OLLU- Reading at Jump-Start

Serpientes y Escaleras by Erik Bosse and Laurie Dietrich

Stiltwalkers of Jump-Start-At-Large at King William Fair Parade

Cuero, la Ruby Red, y El Big Bird by Marisela Barrera

I’ll Remember for You by Lisa Suárez

Solas Bán – Stiltwalkers of Jump-Start-At-Large at Luminaria

W-I-P (Works-in-Progress/Wednesdays in Performance)

Performance Party 29: Wrecking Ball

Hate by Kitty A. Williams

Tales of Lost Southtown by Erik Bosse

Payasos on Parade (Jump-Start-At-Large) by the Company

Medea for Mothers Day by Pamela Dean Kenny

Café du Jump by Company and Guest Artists

Corazón del Bolero by José Rubén De León

Oscuridad by Marisela Barrera and Company

Chato’s Bridge by Mono Aguilar

Off Limits compiled by Gene Elder and Kim Corbin

La Virgen Project by Marisela Barrera and Friends

Falling Man by Leonard Cruz

Women of Ill Repute: Refute! The Reunion!

W-I-P (Works-in-Progress/Wednesdays-in-Performance)

Performance Party 28: Apocalypse Now What?

A Simple Surprise by Sandy Dunn

Hetaerae: A New Theatre Ritual by Laurie Rae Dietrich

Windows Series: Chosen One

Windows Series: Fever Chart

Method & Madness: Hamlet 2013

Windows Series: The Takeaway

Windows Series: The Going

Wednesdays-In-Performance/Works-In-Progress by Various Artists

Performance party 27: Jump-Start University

Window Series: Dreamers’ Window by Billy Muñoz

Big, Bad & Beautiful: Still Hungry by Alicia Fernández

I’ll Remember for You by Lisa Suárez

Window Series: Hungry Women by Sandy Dunn

Summer Sparks New Works Festival by Various Artists

Outside the Circle by Andrea Assaf & Samuel Valdéz

Wednesdays-In-Performance/Works-In-Progress

!Carpa! by Billy Muñoz

Have You Seen Marie? By Sandra Cisneros & Jump-Start Performance Co.

Ordinary Windows by Ordinary Spaces

Ebenazio: An Old Winter’s Tale of San Anto by Kimberly Corbin, Robert Rehm & Chuck Squier

Wednesdays-In-Performance/Works-In-Progress by Various Artists

Performance Party 26: JSTV

Windows: Fish Tale by Billy Muñoz and S.T. Shimi

ARTbrella

The Push Pens: Last Call for Truth by Manuel “Cros” Esquivel, Dino Foxx and Billy Muñoz

Windows: Raggedy Rita by Annele Spector

The Last Thing You’ll Ever See by Doyle Avant and S.T. Shimi

The Cooking Show con Karimi y Comrades: Viva la Vegetable! & Test Kitchen with Robert Karimi

La Luz en los Tiempos de la Oscuridad with the Macondo Foundation

Lara/Lorca with José Rubén De León

What Comes Out of Chittlins by Kitty Williams

Windows: Boom Box Car by Manuel “Cros” Esquivel

Noche de Estrellas: Día de los Muertos Ball by Rene Roberts

Stranger – an international theatrical collaboration with Divadlo z Pasaze

Windows: Behind the Mistletoe II by Dino Foxx

Performance Party 25: Intergalactic Adventure

My Body, My House by Leonard Cruz

En la Sombra de sus Pasos by San Antonio Parks and Recreations

Irish Chicano by Max Parrilla

Request Concert by Franz Xaver Kroetz featuring S.T. Shimi, Sandy Dunn, Dino Foxx & Billy Muñoz

The Wicked Wit of Wickes Street a Roast & Toast of Craig Pennel

Windows: Cleanliness is Next to the Gods by Robert Rehm

As Filthy As It Gets by Annele Spector and Monessa Esquivel

Off the Grid 2

Nuevo Mundo with The Macondo Foundation

I’ll Remember For You by Lisa Suárez

Día de los Muertos Ball by Rene Roberts

Windows: Never Too Dead to Dance by Laurie Dietrich

El Chuco Love La Che by Rodney Garza

Windows: Behind the Mistletoe by Dino Foxx

Glamarama Lounge: The Legends Drag On by John McBurney

Performance Party 24

Bust This! a fundraiser hosted by Monessa Esquivel

m(dot)e(dot): a life experiment by Monessa Esquivel

Ranch Home in Manhattan by Paul Bonin-Rodriguez/The Paul & Mo Showz

The Barber of East L.A. by Butchlalis de Panochtitlan

Chranene Uzemie (Protected Territory) by Divadlo z Pasaze

The Case of the Neon Twins by Billy Muñoz and Daniel Jackson

Windows: So Fierce – A Tribute to Stonewall by S.T. Shimi

Sterling Silver Gala

Recessionista Couturettes by John McBurney

High Yello’ Rose by Sterling Houston

Windows: Stardiver: Quiet Side of the Moon by Billy Muñoz

Windows: There May Not Be Snow… by Dino Foxx

El Fin del Mundo Motel by Ruby Nelda Pérez

Glamarama III by John McBurney

Ebenazio: A Winter’s Tale of Old San Anto by Kim Corbin, Robert Rehm & Chuck Squier

Performance Party XXIII

W-I-P [Works-in-Progress / Wednesdays-in-Performance]

As Filthy As It Gets by Annele Spector and Monessa Esquivel

El Chuco y La Che by Rodney Garza

Renaissance Guild – Blues for an Alabama Sky

Irish/Chicano by Max Parrilla

The Case of the Neon Twins by Daniel Jackson and Billy Muñoz

Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Kristina Wong

Blood Under the Bridge by Doyle Avant

olive Dance Theatre

WIP Créme

Trippin’ to Momma’s by Chuck Squier

Urban-15

Performance Party XXII

W-I-P [Works-in-Progress / Wednesdays-in-Performance]

As Filthy As It Gets by Annele Spector and Monessa Esquivel

Renaissance Guild – Fences

Otherwise Occupied by Dianne Monroe

Uprooted: The Katrina Project

Comedia A Go-Go – Public Axis

Renaissance Guild – One-Acts

Hollywood and Time by Sterling Houston

The Positively Me! Live Concert

Finding Love in Wartime by Sandy Dunn

Memoirs of a Jota – Part I by Dino Foxx

Renaissance Guild – Steel Magnolias

Off the Grid by Daniel Jackson and Billy Muñoz

The Windows by Kim Corbin and Sandy Dunn

Two or Three Things featuring Dorothy Allison & Sandra Cisneros

Hurry Slowly by Rudolf Harst

On the Island by S.T. Shimi

365 Days 365 Plays

Rosita’s Jalapeño Kitchen by Rodrigo Duarte Clark

Paths of Marigolds

The Legends of Drag

The Art of Being

Performance Party XXI

W-I-P [Works-in-Progress / Wednesdays-in-Performance]

Jump-Start: The ReMixx – A Company Production

Renaissance Guild – A Raisin in the Sun

Latino Odyssey by Max Parrilla

Fringe and Fringe Ability by Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

Disconnected Dreams by Kitty Williams

On the Island by S.T. Shimi

Debutante Balls by Scott Turner Schofield

Trippin’ to Momma’s by Chuck Squier

As Filthy As it Gets by Annele Spector and Monessa Esquivel

Self – The Remix by Robert Karimi

Karavan Dance Co.

Watermark 1.5 by Sandy Dunn & S.T. Shimi

The Return of the Shrew – The Overtime Theater Company

Higher Planes by Paul Bonin-Rodriguez

Suavecito featuring Luis Rodriguez and Sandra Cisneros

Renaissance Guild – One-Acts

Hurry Slowly by Rudolf Harst

Living Graves by Sterling Houston

Tamales Con Ellen at Casa Navarro

Performance Party XX

W-I-P [Works-in-Progress / Wednesdays-in-Performance]

DanceChance by Leonard Cruz

Fringe & Fringe Ability by Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

Dishing it Out by Paul J. Williams

Otherwise Occupied by Dianne Monroe & Salwa Arnous

Simplemente Lara by José Rubén De León

Five Bottles in a Six-Pack by Renita Martin

Something Else – A Company Production

The Fifth Commandment by Elia Arce

Living Graves by Sterling Houston

Tardeada

Las Nuevas Tamaleras by Alicia Mena

PERFORMANCE PARTY XIX

W-I-P [Works-in-Progress / Wednesdays-in-Performance]

Watermark by Sandy Dunn and S.T. Shimi

Renaissance Guild – In the Blood

NE 2nd Avenue by Teo Castellano

Divas R 4Ever by Jimmy James

Holodeck by Michael Verdi

Renaissance Guild – One-acts

Epcot El Alamall – Developed by Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Jump-Start Company

Karavan Dance Company

Fringe and Fringe Ability by Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

Carpa Infinita featuring Sandra Cisneros

Renaissance Guild – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Lorca by José Rubén De León

Rosita’s Jalapeno Kitchen – Ruby Nelda Pérez

Words in Common – Gemini Ink

Three Times Germany by Uwe Mengel

Las Nuevas Tamaleras by Alicia Mena

Home for the Holidays by Jimmy James

PERFORMANCE PARTY XVIII

W-I-P [Works-in-Progress / Wednesdays-in-Performance]

Paul Williams

Lost Recipes by Dianne Monroe

Cameoland by Sterling Houston

Dance Umbrella

These Women developed by the Company

Congreso

In the Garden by S.T. Shimi

Festival De Libre Enganche

El Calor De Amor

ReKonnect – Karavan

Calzones Calientes

El Cabaret de Caramelo featuring Sandra Cisneros

Katherine’s Joint by Kitty Williams & Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

Renaissance Guild – The Magic Act

1-2-3 Festival

Las Nuevas Tamaleras by Alicia Mena

Home for the Holidays by Jimmy James

Performance Party XVII

W-I-P (Wednesdays-in-Performance, Works-in-Progress)

Cameoland by Sterling Houston

Latino Odyssey by Max Parrilla

Monkey Bread by Georgina Morgan

In the Garden by S.T. Shimi

The Museum of Fetishized Identities by Guillermo Gómez-Peña

Jotos del Barrio by Jesús Alonso

Illusions – A Company-developed production

Habibi by Naomi Shibab Nye & Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

Young Tongues Festival

Rosita’s Jalapeño Kitchen by Rodrigo Duarte-Clark

The Laramie Project by Tectonic Theater

Mosaic Migrations

Gertrude Stein & a Companion

Best of Big, Bad, & Beautiful by Alicia Fernández

Las Nuevas Tamaleras by Alicia Mena

The Ho & Ho Sho!

Performance Party XVI

WIP (Wednesdays-in-Performance, Works-in-Progress)

La Frontera by Sterling Houston

Comfort by Dianne Monroe

Southern Discomfort by S.T. Shimi

Katherine’s Joint by Kitty Williams & Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

Valley Stories by David Rice & Lisa Córtez-Walden

Gertrude Stein and a Companion by Win Wells

Illusions – company-developed

Rosita’s Jalapeño Kitchen and Rosita’s Day of the Dead by Rodrigo Duarte-Clark

Still Big, Bad & Beautiful by Alicia Fernández

To My Chagrin by Peggy Shaw

Las Nuevas Tamaleras by Alicia Mena

Performance Party XV

WIP (Wednesdays-in-Performance, Works-in-Progress)

Pocho/a by madmedia

Big, Bad & Beautiful by Alicia Fernández

Lost in Translation by S.T. Shimi

Water and Bones by Dianne Monroe

Crazy Ladies by Katherine Griffith & Darla Fjeld

Le Griffon by Sterling Houston

YOUNG TONGUES FESTIVAL

Latins Anonymous by Diana Rodríguez, et. al.

Memory’s Caretaker by Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

The Nosferatu by Michael Verdi

Las Nuevas Tamaleras by Alicia Mena

Performance Party XIV

WIP (Wednesdays-in-Performance, Works-in-Progress)

Latins Anonymous by Rodríguez, et.al.

Shirts & Skin by Tim Miller

CONTINENTAL DRIFT: Tourist Trap by S.T. Shimi & Marranos by Dianne Monroe

The Texas Trinity by Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

Living Dolls by Elaine Romero

Karavan Dance Company

Rosita’s Day of the Dead by Rodrigo Duarte Clark

FESTIVAL DE LIBRE ENGANCHE:

Yel’ Out Loud by Yelyna De León and Yelba Osorio

Pocho by María Ibarra and Elijiah Ríos

Reunion by Ana De Luna and Janie Sauceda

Historias de Amor by Teatro de la Rendija/Raquel Araújo

Danza Azteca by Grupo Tlaloc de Tejas

Reclamación by Celeste Guzmán

Grupo Animo

Revolución Chicana by Los Inocentes

Homegirl Visions: An Evening of Chicana/Latina Film & Video Shorts

Echoes by Jaime Ortega

Parir-Paris by Hortensia Ramírez

Barrio Daze by Adrián Viegas

The Alamo Piece by Sigfrido Aguilar and Jim Calder

Latins Anonymous by Diana Rodríguez, et. al.

Scenes from Childhood on the Border by Georgina Morgan and Co.

Memory’s Caretaker by Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

International Theatre Festival @ San Antonio

Santo Negro by Sterling Houston

Las Nuevas Tamaleras by Alicia Mena

Performance Party XIII

WIP (Wednesdays-in-Performance, Works-in-Progress)

Short Sparks – various artists

B’Alamo Performance Company

Los Ojos de Zapata by Sandra Cisneros, adapted by Felipe Santander

Santo Negro by Sterling Houston

An Evening with Quentin Crisp by Quentin Crisp

JUMP-START TV

Georgina Morgan and Company

Quinceañera by Araiza, Rodríguez & Marínez

Las Nuevas Tamaleras by Alicia Mena

Performance Party XII

No Escape by Leonard Cruz

WIP (Wednesdays-in-Performance, Works-in-Progress)

The Great Chitlin’ Debate by Kitty Williams and Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

Milagritos by Sandra Cisneros

Now and Then by Rudy Harst

The Alien Show: Kool Jams ’99 by Sterling Houston

FESTIVAL DE LIBRE ENGANCHE:

Grupo Tlaloc

Puta Santísima by Humberto Alvarez, Michael Marinez and Jaime Ortega

I Don’t Speak English Only by Anthony J. García (El Centro Su Teatro)

Operation: Peace on Earth by Rodney Garza

1001 Nights of Torture by Adelina Anthony

Mirna Manrique

Raquel Araújo

Jade Estebán Estrada

Reencuentros: Un Chicalango Vulnerable by José Manuel Galván

Carlos Jaúrena

Roberto de la Torre

Big, Bad and Beautiful by Alicia Fernández

La Malinchuca by Angeles Romero

Marissa Castañon

Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA)

Big, Bad and Beautiful by Alicia Fernández

High Yello Rose by Sterling Houston

The American Chestnut by Karen Finley

Las Nuevas Tamaleras by Alicia Mena

Performance Party XI

Ntozake Shange

WIP (Wednesdays-in-Performance, Works-in-Progress)

Khmer Amerika by Doyle Avant

NEW ACCESS SERIES:

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co.

Peggy Shaw

Mónica Palacios

Rosemary Meza, Mim Scharlack and Root Wy’mn

Brackenridge High School

Ana Sisnett and Jimmy Turner

Beto Araíza

Urban Bush Women

Ruby Nelda Pérez

Donald Byrd

Grupo Animo, Alicia Fernández and Inflight Dance Co.

Aria Afternoon

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The Texas Trinity by Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

Simplicity by Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

Las Nuevas Tamaleras by Alicia Mena

Performance Party X

Einstein’s Pocketwatch by Michael Verdi

DiverseWorks Tour

Elia Arce

Love in the Time of College by Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

The Texas Trinity by Paul Bonin-Rodríguez

Women Working – Mim Scharlack, Leslie Salas, Aisha K, Alicia López, JoAnn Reyes and Cheryl Musket/PMS Productions

WIP (Wednesdays-in-Performance, Works-in-Progress)

Philoctetes by Sophocles – Aquila Productions

David Rousseve/Reality

Strong Undertow

Grace Mi-He Lee and Margery Segal

Lisa Mellinger and Kitty Williams

¡Juerga!

Unsafe, Unsuited – Patrick Scully, Ishmael Houston-Jones and Keith Hennessey

FESTIVAL DE LIBRE ENGANCHE:

Beverly Sánchez-Padilla and Grupo Animo

Melquiades Herrera and Víctor Martínez

Pocho World Tour – Lalo López and Esteban Zul

Eduardo Garza, Terry Ybañez and Tammy Gómez

Elvira Santamaria and Katia Tirado

Davíd Zamora Casas

Luis Carlos Gómez

Ruby Nelda Pérez

Planeta Mixteca

Astrid Hidad

San Antonio Poetry Festival

On the Pulse of Morning by Maya Angelou, adapted by Sterling Houston

Santo Negro by Sterling Houston

Lost in Utopia by Katherine Griffith

National Performance Network Showcase

The Ballad of Billy K by Katherine Griffith