SEXUAL
MYTH-STORIES
Performed
by Fred Curchack and Laura Jorgensen
Written by Fred Curchack
June
24, 25 & July 1, 2 at 8:00 pm
Tickets:
$18 general admission; $15 senior/students
Call
the Cinnabar Box Office: 707.763.8920
Outrageous theatrical
re-visions of the immortal marital myths of Orpheus
and Eurydice, Hades and Persephone, Medea and
Jason and Don Juan and his lovers. Very, very,
very adult scenes & songs from: Orpheus
in Hollywood; Dionysos Does Dallas; Live Love
Acts; Sexual Mythology These re-toolings
of classical myths about love and marriage are
woven together from several of Curchack's acclaimed
solo plays and are lovingly reworked by Laura
and Fred. Be prepared for irreverent and gut-bustingly
hilarious send-ups of some of the seminal myths
of western civilization. Definitely
not for children!
About
Laura and Fred's recent collaboration, Golden
Buddha Beach: "an
overwhelming presentation…. Fred Curchack,
master magician of performance art, has just
doubled his fire power by hooking up with
legendary North Bay actress Laura Jorgensen … She
has brought the missing piece to Curchack's
challenging, jigsaw puzzle of multi-media
madness … The soul-baring narration,
wit, unique stagecraft and … jaw-dropping
acting and singing will win over all but
the most conservative of theatre goers." – Singer, The
Sonoma Valley Sun
*REVIEW
EXCERPTS for the plays included in SEXUAL MYTHSTORIES*
DIONYSOS
DOES DALLAS: A Geek Tragedy:
- "BEST BET – DIONYSOS
TO DIE FOR – Gut-busting satire and disturbing
tragedy … Terrific … Solo theater
master Fred Curchack's newest musical play
has it all … Leave the kids, and hyper-patriots,
at home. The rest of us will have an extraordinary
evening." – Mary DeDanan, Pacific
Sun
LIVE
LOVE ACTS:
- "X-Rated Excellence … a
hilarious tale … brilliant one-man extravaganza … the
audience slowly recovers from convulsive laughter … a
consummate storyteller … The rhetorical
acrobatics are a phenomenon in and of themselves … ultimately
makes a poignant statement about the nature
of love." – Daedalus Howell, The
Sonoma County Independent (Bohemian)
- "Daring Descent … hilarious
erotic adventures … bizarre and madly
funny … effective and mesmerizing … As
shocking as the outpourings are, there's a
kind of gradeur to them and a sense of purging
that's exhilarating if, mercifully, vicarious."--
Tom Sime, The Dallas Morning News
- "Fred Curchack,
one of America's foremost performance artists,
whips up an orgy of self-confrontation … Curchack
may be America's least pretentious, most benevolent
performance artist … Driving narrative
and potent imagery." -- Jimmy Fowler, The
Dallas Observer
- "Curchack has effectively
reworked the Don Juan myth and added his own
stamp, but even more impressive is the way
he tells a story. He strings words together
exquisitely, and spits them out in gorgeously
poetic language." -- Mark Lowry, Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
ORPHEUS
IN HOLLYWOOD:
- "TOP 10 of
1997…Stellar performance artist Fred
Curchack invested his newest piece with a strong
plot that tapped deeply into ancient myth." – Lawson
Taitte, Dallas Morning News
The
SEXUAL MYTHOLOGY Trilogy:
- "sublime…sexy,
funny, serious, interesting and illuminating…this
show is worth a return trip." – Sarah
Lord, The Daily Record, Baltimore
- "Curchack has effectively
reworked the Don Juan myth and added his own
stamp, but even more impressive is the way
he tells a story. He strings words together
exquisitely, and spits them out in gorgeously
poetic language." -- Mark Lowry, Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
- "as exciting…as
poetic an evening of theater as we have ever
had…frightening, silly, funny, breathtakingly
beautiful … I sometimes think Fred Curchack
is the only serious theatrical artist I know
or know about…He uses the old myths
to get at what is deepest in himself, so we
have the whole Fred, thoughts and emotions,
body and soul." -- Lawson Taitte, WRR-Dallas
- "an extraordinary
feat of shape-shifting … a risky, visceral
experience that transcends its diverse sources…a
bit like Joseph Campbell joining forces with
Fellini." -- Tom Sime, Dallas Observer
- "filter it
through a sensibility halfway between Albert
Brooks and Norman O. Brown, and even Dante
can become raunchily hilarious." -- Ross
Wetzsteon, The Village Voice, N.Y.
- "extraordinary … a
rich and original theatrical imagination…one
of the most visually exciting shows to hit
town in years." -- Dennis Harvey, San
Francisco Weekly
