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>>THE GENDER PLAY AFTER PARTY

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The Theater Offensive and Company One invite you to The Gender Play After Party! Linger with the TTO misfits on Wednesday, August 10 as we continue the celebration after Company One’s newest ’90s prom hit THE T PARTY. Burlesque sensations Madge of Honor and McKersin Previlus and guest DJ Manu will tantalize your eyes, get your body moving, and throw all gender norms to the wind.

The bar will be open, and guests are encouraged to dress in their favorite 90s prom attire. Remember: gender “rules” do not apply.

A ticket to the 7:30 PM showing of THE T PARTY is required for entry and can be purchased here: http://bit.ly/295uWrW

About the show
The party to redefine all parties is coming to Boston — and you’re invited. Shake things up. Bend the rules. Break the binary. Through an exhilarating series of scenes that blur the line between audience and actors, real stories and fantastical satire, THE T PARTY casts an exuberant, kinky, and surprisingly tender look at gender expression and sexuality. This wild mash-up of a performance will sweep you off your feet and take you for a ride. The only house rule? Leave your expectations at the door.

About the performers 

Madge of Honor is a queer performance artist whose work centers the body as a site of both socialization and rebellion. Madge uses femininity, sexuality, and spectacle to expose and confront social conventions, constructions, and our collective fantasies/pathologies about race and gender. Their practice evolved from and continues to incorporate the nightclub traditions of drag and burlesque.

After graduating from MMMMaven, manu. hasn’t stopped exploring sounds. His sets usually include deep, bass, techno and experimental music, and dynamic shifts where unexpected beats interact with sensual vibes. He is also known for his continued collaborations with art and dance projects in Boston, including Urbanity Dance, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Houseboi, Zuesday, Boyfriends. manu. is also the music director of Darkroom, a platform to display photography using unconventional forms at alternative spaces and combining photography with other artistic expressions.

Growing up without the means for dance classes, McKersin started absorbing every form of dance he could find from patient friends and eventually a youth program while in High School. With Ethnic-Haitian dance already in his vocabulary, he started building a bigger arsenal with Hip-Hop, Jazz and Tap. In college he started trading work hours for classes and started studying Ballet and modern intensively. At the moment, he is leading workshops throughout various parts of the country orientated towards social justice, the roots of African American culture and movement, all while working with the city to implement more youth and arts programs. He is currently aiming to launch a project next fall that shows the connection between the stigmatization of mental illness among men in inner city communities and crime, using the arts.

>>STAGE ONE TEACHING ARTIST WORKSHOP

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Company One Theatre (C1) will host a workshop for local teaching artists in preparation for the 2016-2017 school year. C1 values the knowledge that teaching artists already possess as educators and artists; convening as a community to share that knowledge will serve to enhance our skills and our capacity to serve young people all over the City of Boston.

August 19 at 9:30 am – 5 pm
Black Box Theatre at the BCA
539 Tremont St., Boston

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Workshop activities will include:
• Welcome Reception
• Peer taught best practice warm-up exercises and lessons
• Panel on ‘Success in the Classroom’ with Allyssa Jones (Senior Program Director for the Performing Arts BPS Visual and Performing Arts Department); Dr. Dania Vázquez (Headmaster Margarita Muñiz Academy); Mark Abby VanDerzee (Education Director, Company One Theatre); Kadahj Bennett (Teaching Artist, Company One Theatre)

Participation Fee: $20 per person
• Cash, checks, or credit cards are accepted upon registration.
• Checks can be made payable to Company One Theatre.

*Registration deadline: August 17, 2016
Workshop is limited to 30 participants. First come, first served basis.

>> POST-SHOW PROGRAMMING | THE T PARTY

Immediately following the listed performance date and time. 

>>Closing the Gap: A Conversation on Intergenerational LGBTQ History

Thursday, August 4th at 7:30pm

Join the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis’ John Rosario-Perez and cast members of THE T PARTY for an engaging, intergenerational panel on the history of the gay rights movement, from the Stonewall riot to present-day challenges and triumphs.

>>THE T PARTY Cahllege Mixah

Saturday, August 6th at  8pm

The celebration isn’t over after The T Party! You’re invited to a spoken word open mic event sponsored by Company One’s ONERush, happening immediately after the August 6th performance and open to all college students. Come share your own story or just sit back and listen to the skills of our featured artists as they share their own experiences of gender and sexual identity expression – spoken word style. Participate by providing support and enjoying complimentary refreshments, or get up there and share your own story! Student tickets only $15 – get yours now!

>>Join the Party: An Interactive Experience

Sunday, August 7th at  2pm

Curious about everything that goes into bringing a performance to life? Enter THE T PARTY set after the performance to check out specific design elements from the show, and learn more about how they were created.

>>Gender Play After Party with The Theatre Offensive

Wednesday, August 10th at 7:30pm 

Ain’t no party like a C1 party, cause a C1 party don’t stop! Join us after the performance to dance, eat, laugh, play, and have your expectations challenged with members of The Theatre Offensive family, the cast of THE T PARTY, and your fellow show attendees.

RSVP HERE: http://www.thetheateroffensive.org/happenings//5783db5b3f5f8903008c01b2

>> CAHLLEGE MIXAH | THE T PARTY

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The celebration isn’t over after The T Party! You’re invited to a spoken word open mic event hosted by Company One’s ONERush, happening immediately after the August 6th performance and open to all college students. Come share your own story or just sit back and listen to the skills of our featured artists as they share their own experiences of gender and sexual identity expression – spoken word style. Participate by providing support and enjoying complimentary refreshments, or get up there and share your own story!

Cahllege Mixah student tickets only $15 – get yours now!

More about THE T PARTY…

The party to redefine all parties is coming to Boston — and you’re invited.

Shake things up. Bend the rules. Break the binary. Through an exhilarating series of scenes that blur the line between audience and actors, real stories and fantastical satire, THE T PARTY casts an exuberant, kinky, and surprisingly tender look at gender expression and sexuality. This wild mash-up of a performance will sweep you off your feet and take you for a ride. The only house rule? Leave your expectations at the door.

>> STUDIO SESSIONS | THE T PARTY

Tuesday, June 28 | 7 – 9:30pm
The Urbano Project, 29 Germania St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
RSVP Here

Part cocktail hour, part exploration of the rehearsal process, Studio Sessions is an opportunity to interact with our productions prior to opening night. Join the cast of THE T PARTY at Urbano Project in JP for a night of community and an inside look into how the performance is taking shape. 

 

>>POST-SHOW PANEL | Die Laughing: Finding Humor in Mortality

Sunday, April 24th
Following the 4pm performance

After We’re Gonna Die, join us for a conversation with Nina Thompson from the Wake Up to Dying Project and Dr. Robert Riethmiller from the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis. We’ll be chatting about why conversations centered on mortality and loss are so difficult, and how people can approach these touchy subjects with less anxiety, and more humor and joy.

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>>POST-SHOW PANEL | Crafting Change: Finding Resilience Through Storytelling

Wednesday, April 27th
Following the 7:30pm performance

We’re chatting with a few of Boston’s very best storytellers about their craft and how the medium of storytelling can create change. Gina James from The Moth, Katie Liesener from MassMouth, Corianna Moffatt from the Impossible Questions Tour, and Misch Whitaker from Stories Without Roofs will share their insights about the way stories impact listeners, and invite our audience to create powerful narratives of their own. Audiences will have the chance to create 6-word-stories as part of Michele Norris’ Race Card Project.

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>>STUDIO SESSIONS | WE’RE GONNA DIE REMIX

Date: Wednesday, April 6th
Time: 7:30 – 9:30PM
Location: The Urbano Project (29 Germania Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130)
FREE snacks // $5 drinks

The band’s all here and ready to rock out about the one thing we all have in common … Join the cast of WE’RE GONNA DIE at Urbano in Jamaica Plain for a night of revelry — and a remixed preview performance! Click here to RSVP.