Planet of the Mermaids

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Electronic Planet Ensemble

presents
Planet of the Mermaids

When: January 14-29, 2011   Thursday-Sunday 8pm

Where: The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd.  Austin, TX 78722

Free Parking.  Bus Route.  Café & Bar with beer, wine, and food.

Tickets:$30-$10 http://www.vortexrep.org or 512-478-LAVA(5282)

$30-$25 Priority Seating, $20-$15 General Admission, $10 Starving Artists

Thursdays and Sundays 2-for-1 admission with donation of 2 non-perishable food items.  Limited seating.  Advanced purchase recommended.

In the tradition of silent films and B-movie science fiction, Electronic Planet Ensemble presents Planet of the Mermaids, an over-the-top multi-media, movie spoof with original live music for 3 weeks only at The VORTEX.

Join Captain Rex Vydor and the crew of the spaceship Odysseus as they explore the mysterious planet of Aquanea. Get ready to encounter the Mer Queen and her beautiful minions on the Planet of the Mermaids.

From the creators of SPACEMAN:DADA:ROBOT and Surfin’ UFO. Electronic Planet Ensemble is Sergio R. Samayoa, David Jewell, Chad Salvata, and Rachel Fuhrer.  Planet of the Mermaids stars David Jewell as Captain Rex Vydor.  Story by Chad Salvata.  Cinematography and Digital Imagery by Sergio R. Samayoa.

Also, in the lobby, an International Mail Art show will display all mail received concerning the themes of Planet of the Mermaids before and during the run of the show.

Electronic Planet Ensemble is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division. Produced in association with VORTEX Repertory Company.

www.electronicplanetensemble.com

VortexRep.org

Planet of the Mermaids

Austin Chronicle review of SURFIN’ UFO by WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

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Surfin’ UFO
January 14 2010
Austin Chronicle Review

“there’s an entire drum kit here, lashed into with deep skills and ferocious intensity by Rachel Fuhrer, laying the groundwork for the prog-rock keyboards of Chad Salvata and Sergio Samayoa’s badass bass guitar. No coffeehouse vibe beyond the frontman in this show, fellow space traveler“

SURFIN’ UFO review by Michael Meigs of Austinlivetheater.com

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Surfin’ UFO
January 12 2010
Austin Live Theatre Review

“This is intelligent music that will hold you captive both with rhythms and melodies, supporting Jewell’s word pictures and indissoluble from them. It is electronic LOUD rocking, but so closely integrated with the texts that you will not miss a word.“

press release _ SURFIN’ UFO

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For Immediate Release –Revised 11/18/09 

Electronic Planet Ensemble

presents

Surfin’ UFO
When: January 8–24, 2009, Thurs-Sun  8pm

Tickets:  $30-$10
$30-$25 Priority Seating, $20-$15 General Admission, $10 Starving Artists
Thursdays and Sundays, 2-for-1 admission with donation of
2 non-perishable food items for SafePlace.

Tickets available on-line www.vortexrep.org or at 512-478-LAVA (5282)

Where: The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd.  Austin, TX 78722

Electronic Planet Ensemble presents Surfin’ UFO, a multi-dimensional, multi-media, inter-galactic love story.

Feel the power of nature riding inside the curl of a monster wave.  Fall in love with a space girl. The Anunnaki are knocking at your door, and one of them looks just like Bridgitte Bardot.

Planet X, 2012, crop circles, Roswell, ancient astronauts,  UFO sightings, and alien abductions. Something is going on here, and you don’t know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?  Or, maybe you haven’t noticed because you’re too busy surfing.

The mysteries of Sumer and ancient Egypt meet Surf Boy and Space Girl, rare star crossed lovers, experiencing first love in all its wave crashing, heart pounding, supernova glory. Ride the tsunami of love, wipe out, get pounded, and ride again. Bend and fold the space-time continuum. Exceed the speed of light. Is it a particle or is it a wave? Uh, duh, it’s wave, dude…it’s totally a wave.

Surfin’ UFO is a multi-media event/performance created by collaborative improvisation and synergistic dada epiphanies; music, video and words created in jam sessions and brain storm singularities by Sergio R. Samayoa, David Jewell, Chad Salvata, and Aliens.

Also, in the lobby, an International Mail Art show will display all mail received concerning the themes of Surfin’ UFO  before and during the run of the show.

From the creators of last season’s hit: SPACEMAN:DADA:ROBOT.  Produced in association with VORTEX Repertory Company.  VORTEX and Electronic Planet Ensemble are funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

http://www.electronicplanetensemble.com

http://www.vortexrep.org

EPE

press release _ in.car.nation

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Sergio R. Samayoa, Electronic Planet Ensemble
Email: info@electronicplanetensemble.com

Electronic Planet Ensemble Presents
IN.CAR.NATION  a celebration of cool cars

September 23, 2009 –

Electronic Planet Ensemble presents
IN.CAR.NATION, a multi-media environment of sight, sound and words to celebrate the cultural elegance of cool cars.

IN.CAR.NATION, words riffed in jazz and blues, with favorites like “Healing Your Inner Car” and ”55 Chevy.” David Jewell and Sergio R. Samayoa team up for a performance of reverence and reverie with some of America’s automobiles, especially the 1940’s to 1960’s bulgemobiles.First performed in 1997 at Hyde Park Theatre in Austin, Texas , IN.CAR.NATION is a trip on life’s by-ways and highways in spoken words, electronic sounds, and experimental video created by collaborative improvisation and synergistic dada epiphanies.

In the lobby, a collection of original photographs and art on display and for sale
by David Jewell and Sergio R. Samayoa used in the making of the show. T-shirts, CD’s and DVD’s of IN.CAR.NATION will also be available.

When: October 15-17, 2009, Thurs-Sat 8pm
Tickets: $10 Tickets at the door or call 512-479-PLAY

Where: Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W 43rd St Austin, TX 78722
email: info@electronicplanetensemble.com
Website: http://www.electronicplanetensemble.com

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