ace-experiment

2011-03-21T09:00:00.000-07:00

We added to our work sites. We now have space at The Where?House, AKA White-lightning WhereHouse.
Our Auditions for A Midsummer Night's Dream are on March 26, 2011 at PS1.

More Info at
http://shakespearegames.blogspot.com/

2010-11-07T07:49:00.000-08:00

Things are going great ACE-ers.

Our Monthly, Public Drink-Thru is the 12th at 7 pm at The Where?house.

Rehearsals for 12th Night are brilliant! We open at The Iowa Children's Museum on December 10th, 11th, and 12th.

ACE 12th Night on Facebook

Ace A Go Go is Tuesdays at 7pm at Old Brick.
Queer Guerrilla Brunch is Sunday at 11 am, locations vary weekly.

2010-06-01T12:37:00.000-07:00

JUNE 2010

What up?
(we do our communicating on facebook)

JUNE 1st - Connections Forum 7pm

JUNE 2nd - COME as YOU are

JUNE 12th - our Monthly, Public Read-through of 12th Night (at BEADOLOGY Iowa for June)

WEEKLY

Tuesdays 7 - 9 pm Face the Music

Thursdays 8 - 10 pm Crosstalk

Sunday 11 am to 1 pm Queer Guerrilla Brunch

Comments & Questions:

ACExperiment@gmail.com
319 853 822
ask for Mark, Maggie or ACE

2010-05-11T10:39:00.000-07:00

Our
Monthly, Public Read-Through of 12th Night
(aka drink through)
is May 12th from 7 to 10 pm
at THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP

BRING YOUR OWN CAKES AND ALE!!

Here tis on Facebook

We've got copies of Twelfth Night (or what you will (by william shakespeare)) BUT bring your own copy if ya prefer it.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Haunted Bookshop
203 North Linn Street
FREE WILL donations
Iowa City, IA

2010-04-26T10:22:00.000-07:00

Busy Times - May & June 2010 ... let's see...

COME AS YOU ARE

Hi partner-collaborators. Mark McCusker here.
I'm adding details below. Links to all the orgs/partners. Tell me what ya like/don't like. caio bello.

READ the info HERE, or on Facebook or

READ it at C S P S here:

http://www.legionarts.org/Come%20As%20You%20Are.htm

WHEN ??
SUBMIT your APPLICATIONS
to present/perform at Come As You Are
to JOE at joe@legionarts.org
by MAY 7th MIDNIGHT !

- but READ the following first:

HERE's the INFO from CSPS/Legion Arts web page:

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Come As You Are (Cedar Rapids)
is part of a new, nationally coordinated series of live performances
about SEX,
presented as a collaboration
between
The Theatre Offensive, Boston; Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids;
and local partners ACE experiment, Hamburger Mary's

and the CEDAR RAPIDS GAY & LESBIAN Resource Center, on facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000741370337&ref=ts

Ticket PRICE To Be Announced

COME AS YOU ARE (Cedar Rapids)
is
ONE NIGHT ONLY
9 pm
Wednesday
June 2
2010
at HAMBURGER MARY'S
on facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/hamburgermaryscr?ref=ts
during Cedar Rapids Pride Week.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

SHORT performance works
that EXPLORE the diversity of queer sex,
the changing realities of QUEER sex,
and/or the role that sex has played in the LGBT movement;

WORKS that help engage audiences in vibrant conversation
about queer SEX
and the VALUES that influence sexual expression
(pieces with audience PARTICIPATION are a plus);

We especially encourage submissions by young people, seniors, women, people of color, and trans folks.

WORK SPECIFICATIONS:

Up to 10 minutes in duration.

ANY performance genre:
plays, performance art, dance, burlesque, drag, music, poetry,
whatever is necessary to get your message across.

MAY involve original work,
or existing scripts that have been previously produced through Theatre Offensive :CHOOSE from the SCRIPTS at the Come As You Are Web site.

IF you submit a piece
that YOU'VE created
BUT that you don't want to perform,
WE WILL TRY to find the performers!

HOW TO APPLY
(3 Ways To Be Involved):

1st Way:

Completely FILL OUT the Come As You Are APPLICATION
and include a copy of the proposed work
(script, performance description, etc., running no more than 10 pages),
and indicate your desire to perform this piece yourself.

2nd Way:

FILL OUT the Come As You Are APPLICATION
with just your NAME and CONTACT INFORMATION and express interest in RECREATING a piece that already exists.
Approved scripts can be found and downloaded at the Come As You Are Web site HERE:

3rd way:

FILL OUT the Come As You Are APPLICATION
and indicate that you are submitting a script
(of no more than 10 pages)
and that you have, or would like us to help you find, a performer to present it.

Click for the APPLICATION:
http://www.legionarts.org/flyers/ApplicationCAYA2.pdf

Click for AVAILABLE SCRIPTS:
http://comeasyouareonline.org/explore

QUESTIONS about PERFORMING and PRESENTING?
Call CSPS at 319 364 1580.

ACE collaborators
call, txt, msg at 319 853 8223
or email a.c.experiment@gmail.com
or facebook at ACE EXPERIMENT

MORE INFO
will be sent to YOU
from this event
AND from ACE, the Group:
"Sazon's Last Sex Tape by ACE"

AND from CSPS and collaborators.

(theses words come primarily from joe jennison, karen, f john h, anthony b -- i'll get back to ya with the factoids. m mccusker)

FACE the Music & Dance
is Tuesdays
from 7 to 8:30 pm
free will donation
ACE at Old Brick, 26 E Market St, Iowa City, IA 52245

SAZON's Last SEX Tape

will be performed as part of COME AS YOU ARE

Our Monthly Public 12th Night READ THROUGH (or Drink Through)
is May 12th at Haunted Book Shop from 7 to 10 pm
Link coming

We are working on our productions of 12th Night, Run Toto Run, and Iowa Dance Fest 5

Email ACE to partner & collaborate:
ace12thnight@gmail.com
iowadancefest@gmail.com
a.c.experiment@gmail.com

2010-03-24T08:43:00.000-07:00

IOWA DANCE FEST 4

April 2010

DETAILS AT

iowadancefest.blogspot.com

2010-02-01T09:27:00.000-08:00

ACE is producing Twelfth Night or What You Will
this December 2010
and touring in 2011

Join our Facebook group to participate:
ACE Twelfth Night

Experiment with Alternative casting, Color Blind casting, Diversity casting, Feminist casting, Multi Race casting, Non Traditional casting, Queer casting, and What You Will.

We are having monthly Drink-Throughs/Drink-a-longs of Twelfth Night.
Cross Dressing is Encouraged. Perhaps Yellow Stockings, Crossed Gartered?

At Drink Throughs, We switch roles often.
Have multiple casting directors for various scenes.
Take bathroom breaks as necessary.
It is a theatre game.

2010-01-15T19:50:00.001-08:00

test

2009-08-20T13:30:00.000-07:00

We do most of our online work on Facebook:

Mark McCusker
http://is.gd/3iNUm

Join ACE
the cause at
http://is.gd/2szPX

Become an ACE Fan at
http://is.gd/3iUel

Queer Guerrilla Brunch
http://is.gd/28BmQ

Cross Talk
for GBTQI Men
http://is.gd/2qxyP

Iowa Dance Fest
As a person:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1324566488#/iowadancefest

Or as a group:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1324566488#/group.php?gid=59488517240&ref=ts

Nora Garda
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1324566488#/noragarda?ref=ts

2009-04-01T18:53:00.000-07:00

Iowa Dance Fest is in April 2009
check here:
IDF3

2009-01-01T09:49:00.000-08:00

Hello Dears,
Mr. Queer here.
A.K.A Mark McCusker, Queer guy and Iowa artist.

ACE is working with the Iowa Arts Council to create a resource list of
Queer Iowa Artists

Sign up if you're a queer-lgbt artist or ally.
If you know queer-lgbt artist - let them know. Iowa needs them.

STRAIGHT folks - Join our STRAIGHT ADVISORY BOARD at

http://straightadvisoryboard.blogspot.com/

QUEERS are needed on the QUEER ADVISORY BOARD:

http://queeradvisoryboard.blogspot.com/

We've received a new grant from the Iowa Arts Council to post some of our videos online.
They'll be up by the in FY2010.

ACE
319 853 8223
a.c.experiment@gmail.com
26 E Market St
Iowa City, IA
52245

2008-09-26T10:51:00.000-07:00

check out Poetic Rebound Performance Company

2007-12-19T10:29:00.000-08:00

Iowa Dance Fest 08 was in April
Click here to get some info
iowadancefest.blogspot.com

Contact our Dance Diva/Producer (and then some), Nora Garda, at noragarda@gmail.com.

Here she is at the 2008 Ickys dancing with ICCA's Joe Jennison.

photo by Carol Johnk

Email ACE at a.c.experiment@gmail.com

ACE invites the public
to experiment
with Art & Culture
Tuesday evenings at Old Brick

2009
Tuesdays
FACE the Music & Dance
7-8:30 PM

An equal opportunity Social Dance workshop/rehearsal
for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Straight and Allies.

All skill levels welcome.
Come alone, in a couple, or in a group.

Wear anything comfortable, as simple or fancy as you care.

Contact
ACE 319 621 8530
or email a.c.experiment@gmail.com

ACE dance labs at Old Brick are
Produced/Sponsored by
The Swansons, Chris and Rick Okiishi/ ,
Old Brick, Connections, Garage Mahaul, Iowa Dance Fest and ACE.
oldbrick.org
queerconnections.org
garagemahaul.com
iowadancefest.blogspot.com

ACE - art culture experiment - 319 853 8223

a.c.experiment@gmail.com

"What is honored in a culture is cultivated there."
Plato
The Republic, Book VIII
written 360 B.C.E