Rogue Report 5

Volume 1, Issue 5

March 7, 2003

the 2003 Rogue

“muse” provided

by Fresno artist

Daniel Ball.

Think About It…

2 VENUES  

5 DAYS

24 COMPANIES & PERFORMERS

60 PEFORMANCES

ROGUE PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL 2003  (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Something That Might Bomb)

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Boy howdy! What an excellent start we’ve had to this festival. In one weekend, we’ve already pretty much matched the customer turnout for all of last year’s get-together. Amazing! And we still have two more days to go. This is what we, as the organizers had hoped for, but not dared to expect. To those of you who have been to shows this year, we thank you. To those of you haven’t yet: get on out and see some very talented acts. There’s still time, but it’s coming fast to a close. The feedback has been tremendous and the performers have been using every ounce of their energy toward making each show a fresh experience for the audience. All of you have made me forget the lack of sleep and loss of friends I’ve experienced over the past few months.

February 28, March 1, 2, 7 and 8

CORRECTION!!!

On Saturday, March 1st, Tanjora Tribal Fusion Bellydance will perform at the Café venue at 9:30 p.m. and George Rotalo will perform at 10:30 p.m. The Rogue Maps have their times switched. We are very sorry for any confusion this may have caused.  

 Important Reminder! All shows at the Starline are a maximum of one hour in length (except the late night slots). All shows at Veni Vidi Vici’s are a maximum of 40 minutes

REMEMBER! BE ON TIME. DOORS CLOSE WHEN SHOW STARTS!

 
Oh no oh no oh no!!!!!!!! It’s here, it’s already here…um, I mean: Finally, at long last it’s here. Heh. The festival that killed the video star. The festival that wasn’t there the night Chicago died  (I’ve always wondered if that song referred to the city or the band). The festival that got the mayor to sit up and say “Who are you and what are your ransom demands and is there a part for me?” (really, he didn’t say that. I’m just reading between the lines). We are the festival with the hippest t-shirts, the coolest venues and the sickest artists (take that how you will). The 2nd Annual Rogue Performance Festival opens this evening. Turn the page over for tonight’s acts or go home and log on to our website (located above) for the full schedule.

 

 So, You Wanna Be A Reviewer? Huh? Do Ya? Check out our website where you can click on shows and write your own review. This is such a cool, new facet of our site that some people aren’t even waiting for the festival to start before leaving their impressions…

ROGUE MAPS

Rogue Maps are available at the Starline, Veni Vidi Vici’s, Livingstone’s, the Landmark and the Revue. These maps will clue you in on who is playing, where and when. You can, also, make hats and brooches out of them.

LATE NIGHT SLOTS ADDED!!!!!!

(All 3 shows begin at 11:30 p.m.)

At The Starline!!!!!

February 28:

GYPSY CAB

March 1:

WADDAMA

March 7:

THE SLEEPOVER DISASTER

3 very disturbingly talented bands.

3 deservedly disturbing slots.

ROGUE 2003 SHOWS & COMPANIES or PERFORMERS

In Search of The American Bellydancer The Ananka Dance Company (Fresno, CA)

Beyond The Moon, The Music Of Lucia Pamela Mallory Moad's Daredevil Kitchen (Fresno, CA)

Grant  Why Knot Theatre Company ( Spearfish, South Dakota)

Cruz (Incident at Labor Camp 12)

Teatro De La Tierra (Fresno, CA)

Death, Divorce and Sex in a Sleeping Bag  Jade Ed Gypsy Productions (Fresno, CA)

An Evening with Dexter the Magician

Magic of Dexter Productions

Pandermonium: Green Card Envy

 Theatre J'Nerique (Fresno, CA)

Film (to be announced)

Fresno Film Works (Fresno, CA)

Theremin + Chant + Belly Dance = POP? Blake Jones & His Trike Shop Cohorts (Kingsburg, CA)

Bradley (Dudeboy) Rogers (Fresno, CA)

Candistan Jay Martin (San Francisco, CA)

Live And Alone Jose DeLoza (Fresno, CA)

Ken Fritz- Piano Solo Ken Fritz (Fresno, CA)

Tanjora Tribal Fusion Bellydance (Fresno, CA)

An Unplugged Variation & Seventh Triangle Lou Standifer  (Fresno, CA)

Merlinda Espinosa (Fresno, CA

SKIN TAX: Diaries of a Macho

Tim Z. Hernandez (Fresno, CA)

Mike Newton and Tim Catching (Fresno, CA )

Songs From My Livingroom Leland Vander Poel (Fresno, CA)

George Rotalo (Fresno, CA)

Canciones del Corazon New World (Fresno, CA)

Desiree Astorino (Fresno, CA)

The Songs The Beatles, Neil Young and Donovan didn't Write!

The Sage Magellan Band (Fresno, CA)

 

PANDERMONIUM: GREEN CARD ENVY

Okay, so now it’s my turn to push a show I’m in. This is the simple story of a simple illegal alien who simply wants a green card. But he has to commit a serious crime- fraud –in order to obtain it. Will his fake marriage to an American woman hold up? Will her real husband screw the deal in a fit of jealousy? Will the cast follow the script this time and actually finish the play before it dissolves into petty squabbles about who’s sleeping with whom? Will all of the actors even show up on time? This “feel good” piece is not to be missed…we know where you live.

Now showing at the Starline: ( the price is $5)

Friday, March 7 at 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 8 at 8:30 p.m. (and come back after this one at 9:30 p.m. for the big ROGUE WRAP PARTY)

Saturday the 8th at 9:30 p.m., we will be having the Rogue Wrap Party at the Starline. Admission is $2. Come on down, meet some of the performers and staff and help us celebrate another successful year at the Rogue.

                                                   

 

 

LUCIA PAMELA

It's not over yet, folks!  The Rogue Festival, Fresno's only event dedicated to original, cutting edge performance continues this weekend.

 

Saturday, March 8 at 1:00 will be your last chance to see Beyond The Moon, The Music of Lucia Pamela.  And if you caught last week's performance, here's the opportunity to see it again!  Join eight of Fresno's best musicians and one performance artist as they present the songs of this nutty former Fresnan in new, exciting ways.  Come on down to the Starline and see how much fun space travel can be.

 

Just a reminder -- the proceeds from Beyond The Moon will go to the upkeep of Storyland.  Why Storyland, you ask?  Come to the show and find out...

 

 

For details on other performances in The Rogue Festival, go to http://www.roguefestival.com.

CANDISTAN

On the first anniversary of 9-11, a CEO describes the

war on terror as the best thing that ever happened to him and his salary.

Warning: this sarcastic and touching monologue presents an alternative

version of history in which the attack on America was even worse than

it was.

7:30 PM, Friday, March 7

            3:30 PM, Saturday, March 8

Jay Martin, from San Francisco, has performed this piece in the San Francisco Fringe Festival in recent years and is a welcome addition to our young festival.

Two shows only at Veni Vidi Vici’s. Ticket price is a paltry $3.

And don’t forget all of the other wonderful acts at Veni Vidi Vici’s. Pick up a Rogue Map wherever they are available. Darn tootin’.