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The Reverend Dr. Paul(i) Murray

Justin Elms as Professor Bryan Campino and Jeniffer Miranda as Kalina (left); Devon Mathews as Pauli Murray (right); Photography by Ashton Simmons

The Overtime Theater is proud to present this historical docudrama on one of the most important people in the civil rights movement. Please join us at The Little Overtime Theater Fridays and Saturdays June 3rd to June 25th at 7PM.

Pauli Murray’s queerness is brought to the spotlight as Kalina, a graduate student, questions her professor’s assessment of a recent essay that she wrote for his class. This one-act play written by Ada A. explores the tensions and limitations of exploring the past using the words of the “present.”

Devon Mathews plays the titular Pauli Murray. Jeniffer Miranda plays Kalina. Justin Elms plays Professor Bryan Campino. Amy Abrigo directs. You can find more of Amy Abrigo’s theatrical work at her website https://amyabrigo.weebly.com/ or find her on instagram @abrigoa

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Let it All Out Improv Show

The Overtime Theater is proud to present a night of longform improv this Saturday May 28th at 8PM in the Greg Barrios Theater. All Friends and Instoppable/Unmovable are wacky, zany, silly. Let It Out is dramatic with lots of humor mixed in.

Ready for a rollercoaster of fun? Well buckle up, Buttercup! The duo Instoppable/Unmovable will make you quake in your seat with their frenetic, high energy style! From the other end of the improv duo spectrum, Let It Out will give you that emotional release we all need right now as they explore a gritty, raw and honest relationship. When All Friends takes the stage, you’ll be hit with an assortment of scenes that pull you and push you in every direction, squeezing out laughs all along the way!

Rick Copperpot from Let it Out and All Friends said that “Audiences should expect scenes that explore emotional connections between characters and interpersonal conflicts while exposing the humor in everyday life”. Let It Out is Lyn Thomas and Rick Copperpot. All Friends is Lyn Thomas, Rick Copperpot, Mike Jester and Clint Taylor. Instoppable/Unmovable is Jason VanSlycke and Andre Villaplana.

The Overtime Theater hosts many improv shows inside its doors and is proud to be seen as a kind and welcoming theater to the improv community of San Antonio. Rick Copperpot had this to say about The Overtime: “Not only are we excited to perform for The Overtime’s audience, we’re all so grateful to be able to contribute to the community by doing the improv that we love so dearly.”

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Choreographies by Women

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“Choreographies by Women” in Celebration of Women’s History Month Finale

The Overtime Theater will present “Choreographies by Women,” a dance showcase that focuses on the process and perspective of the choreographer, at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 27, 2022. The featured choreographers will be Sarah Davis and members of Texas State University’s Grupo Folklorico Ocotochtli. “Choreographies” will be an ongoing showcase at the Overtime Theater. The purpose of the program is to give choreographers an opportunity to further develop new works. After each performance there will be an audience feedback session led by Jade Esteban Estrada, artistic director of the Overtime Theater and former choreographer to TV star Charo. 

An active member of San Antonio’s theatre community, Sarah Davis is the resident choreographer for the Barshop Jewish Community Center’s Starz program. She has performed in Jade Esteban Estrada’s Spring Showcase and is also a current dancer with San Antonio Dance Fringe.

Texas State University’s Grupo Folklorico Ocotochtli was founded in 1993 after ten students, representing various Hispanic/Latinx organizations around campus, collaborated for what would be an award-winning performance at the annual Homecoming Talent Show of that year. GFO remains active on-and off-campus with performances in San Marcos, San Antonio, and New Braunfels. The group will return to San Antonio for the annual Festivales de Mexico National Folklorico & Contemporary Dance Competition in late April. 

“As the Overtime Theater is a home for playwrights, it seems very natural to open our doors to San Antonio choreographers,” said Estrada. “Dance is a visual art form. We would like to share with audiences the intricate process of how choreographers bring ideas to life without the spoken word.” 

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