AN EVENING OF PERFORMANCE TO BENEFIT

THE ONYX THEATRE AND INSURGO THEATER MOVEMENT 2008-2009 SEASON

ELIZABETHAN

Featuring performers from:

INSURGO THEATER MOVEMENT, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL,

BLUE MAN GROUP, SUGAR PUPPY

and a blessing by

THE SIN SITY SISTERS.

Tickets: $50

SILENT AUCTIONS, FOOD AND DRINKS,

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES & MORE

FUNDRAISER TICKETS: $50

All fundraiser ticket purchases and donations to Onyx/Insurgo are 100% tax-deductible. Onyx/Insurgo is a 501c3 Non-Profit Corporation. 

 Id#: 20-481319

Fresh off the heels of its award-winning first full season of production, the Onyx Theatre and resident acting ensemble Insurgo Theater Movement present a celebratory fetishistic explosion of Elizabethan kink, bardolatry and hysteria to raise funds for 2008-2009.

"Las Vegas has made it clear that they are seriously hungry for a venue like the Onyx Theatre and for an ensemble like the Insurgo Theater Movement," said John Beane, director of the Onyx and Insurgo.

"We consider it a responsibility, then, to up the ante. We are offering 14 mainstage productions for this season, including a Second Stage series that begins this spring. Literally every major alternative theatre company in town is represented this season or has asked to be – we've invited Good Medicine Theatre, Cockroach Theatre, Atlas Ensemble and others to join the season. We are even bringing in two California companies to expose Vegas to some of the other flavors out there."

Onyx and Insurgo will continue to produce at least 50% of the shows in house, including three original works in 2008-2009. In addition, Insurgo has contracted with a dozen major workshop leaders to offer leading national and international theatrical training.

Several ongoing series are being added to the weekly/monthly lineup that already includes Rocky Horror, SET Improv, and the Wayward Ways Vaudeville Variety Show. In addition, the Onyx is hosting sketch comedy sensations Feed The Monkey monthly, as well as the balls-out standup comedy show Short Bus Comics (hosted by a serial killer) every Friday at 11PM.

"And that's truly just the half of it," said Beane. "We are working with groups like Starrpro and Cirque Du Soleil, developing productions, hosting rehearsals, auditions, performance. Its about getting these magic beasts up and flourishing. We have put together a charitable scholarship drive for impoverished local theatre students. Our ensemble members are creating new stagings of rare scripts that we will be offering every month to the public…"

If it sounds ambitious, it is. But after months of reading about how quickly most theatres in town fold, Onyx and Insurgo find themselves topping the Las Vegas "Best Of" lists, and the phones do not stop ringing. The "most unpredictable and daring theatre group in Las Vegas" (Sun) is just getting warmed up...

Your funds help keep this growing

professional alternative theatre alive.

Questions?

Contact us at: onyxtheatre@gmail.com

or 702.732.7225