Circle of Dionysos » DK http://circleofdionysos.org Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:13:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 This show is going to be crazy good. http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/10/27/this-show-is-going-to-be-crazy-good/ http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/10/27/this-show-is-going-to-be-crazy-good/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:51:03 +0000 Hayden Reynolds http://circleofdionysos.org/?p=260 ...Read the Rest]]> Well we had another magnificent rehearsal.

Rehearsal 024

Sunday brought the cast together for a marathon rehearsal day. (Thank you cast!)

Rehearsal 034

We’re really getting this story told. It was powerful and moving.

Rehearsal 048

At one point I was so moved that I couldn’t stop crying.

Rehearsal 051

The God of Wine, Ecstasy and Theater. Comedy. Mad Women. Ritual. Murder.

How much more can you ask for in a show?!

You know you want to go! Two nights only!

The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out
November 13th & 14th, 8:00PM

At:

Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory
1519 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103

Tickets available now at:

The Scarlet Sage Herb Co.
1173 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 821-0997

AND

The Sacred Well
536 Grand Avenue
Oakland , CA 94610
510.444.WELL(9355)

WordPress Plugin Share Bookmark Email

]]> http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/10/27/this-show-is-going-to-be-crazy-good/feed/ 0 Run hounds, Run to the mountain, Join us wild women http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/10/05/run-hounds-run-to-the-mountain-join-us-wild-women/ http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/10/05/run-hounds-run-to-the-mountain-join-us-wild-women/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:14:39 +0000 Hayden Reynolds http://circleofdionysos.org/?p=218 ...Read the Rest]]> Bassareus Dionysos. What a wonderful day for the Circle of Dionysos and the cast of The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out. We had another amazing rehearsal with our luscious group of Maenads and our priest. He’s so dreamy. After or sort of during our rehearsal we made it over to Castro Street Faire. All decked out in our character fineries we gave out invitations to come to our amazing production.

Luna, Molly, Humming Bird, Manea, Andra Jean and DK all had a fabu time and distributed half of our flyers. We were on our game! We also got to meet up with some of our amazing peeps. Damn why didn’t I get a picture of us with Sister Mary Timothy or Lady Redbush or whoever she was. We also caught up with Mr. Ernesto and fellow Mama Calizo alums The New Eccentrics and Filthy Sex Toy.

The highlight was catching up with Sister Sara Femme. She and Molly had a tearful reunion. It was like watching live action Beaches.

Some Maenads, a Sister, her lover, and a Priest go into a bar.

Some Maenads, a Sister, her lover, and a Priest go into a bar.

The boys were pretty the girls were pretty everyone in between was pretty. Pretty Pretty Pretty. Just like mama likes it.

So it wouldn’t be fair right if y’all never got to see all the Maenads. I actually got to be in a picture too. I try not to get obsessed with image, but come on. I’m pretty!

Run Run Run without thinking drawn by the scent of blood

Run Run Run without thinking drawn by the scent of blood

Where will we show up next? Maenad Vampires perhaps? Andra Jean le Hunger? The Hunger

WordPress Plugin Share Bookmark Email

]]> http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/10/05/run-hounds-run-to-the-mountain-join-us-wild-women/feed/ 0 Come, O ye Bacchae, come! http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/10/02/come-o-ye-bacchae-come/ http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/10/02/come-o-ye-bacchae-come/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:30:52 +0000 Hayden Reynolds http://circleofdionysos.org/?p=209 Some pictures of our maenads rehearsal for The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out which is happening on November 13-14th, 8:00PM at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory, 1519 Mission St, SF.

Starting to get it. Starting to get crazy. Come, O ye Bacchae, come!

By His own joy I vow, By the grape upon the bough, Thou shalt seek Him in the midnight, thou shalt love Him, even now! O glad, glad on the mountains To swoon in the race outworn, When the holy fawn-skin clings, And all else sweeps away... And now his sword is fallen, and he lies outworn and wan Who dared to rise against his God in wrath, being but man. Dark and of the dark impassioned Is this Pentheus' blood; yea, fashioned Of the Dragon, and his birth From Echion, child of Earth. He is no man, but a wonder. And don thy fawn-skin, fringed in purity With fleecy white, like ours. Oh, cleanse thee in the wands' waving pride! Yea, all men shall dance with us and pray, When Bromios his companies shall guide... WordPress Plugin Share Bookmark Email

]]> http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/10/02/come-o-ye-bacchae-come/feed/ 0 Working it for Mama Calizo http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/09/26/working-it-for-mama-calizo/ http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/09/26/working-it-for-mama-calizo/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:50:25 +0000 Hayden Reynolds http://circleofdionysos.org/?p=133 ...Read the Rest]]> Andra Jean le Queen and DK Punchinella worked it for Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory during the month of August and on Sept. 11th.

Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory is a non-profit that supports queer artists through encouragement, empowerment, and by offering space. They were offered a residency for August and Sept. 11th at YBCA (Yerba Buena Arts Center).

We provided “dressing” for their Crash Pad Snappy Hour in the Grand Lobby. We basically showed up looking fabulous and worked the crowd. We also performed one weekend. We were working on a 21st century, live action, update of Punch and Judy.

Here are some pictures of the fabulousness the occurred (photo credits: DK/Judy & Punch by Bonniebrooke Bullock, AndraJeans by Christian Close):

DK gives good face!

DK gives good face!

Here's your HDTV (High Definition Trans Vestite) for you!

Here's your HDTV (High Definition TransVestite)

Judy & Punch

Judy & Punch

Andra Jean gives good face too!

Andra Jean gives good face too!

WordPress Plugin Share Bookmark Email

]]> http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/09/26/working-it-for-mama-calizo/feed/ 0 A Venue for The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/09/25/a-venue-for-the-bacchae-a-ritual-of-coming-out/ http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/09/25/a-venue-for-the-bacchae-a-ritual-of-coming-out/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:06:22 +0000 Hayden Reynolds http://circleofdionysos.org/?p=121 ...Read the Rest]]> We have a space! We have a space!

We’re pleased to announce that we have a venue for our production of The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out.

We’re going to be at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory. These are the fine folks that Andra Jean and DK were working their heels off for throughout August and into September. It’s a great venue for queer arts and perfectly in line with our mission and vision.

Get ready for the media blitz that will be publicity for The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out.

The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out

November 13-14, 2009
Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory
1519 Mission Street, San Francisco

WordPress Plugin Share Bookmark Email

]]> http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/09/25/a-venue-for-the-bacchae-a-ritual-of-coming-out/feed/ 0 PRIDE is our Litha http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/09/21/pride-is-our-litha/ http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/09/21/pride-is-our-litha/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:25:55 +0000 Hayden Reynolds http://circleofdionysos.org/?p=13 DK & Andra Jean le Queen supported our fiscal sponsor, The Pagan Alliance, by working the donation contingent for SF Pride itself. We had a blast working the crowd, seeing and being seen. We plan to make this an annual thing.

We capped off the day by spending most of it at Faerie Freedom Village, where we hung out with new friend Blossom.

DK and Andra Jean

DK and Andra Jean

WordPress Plugin Share Bookmark Email

]]> http://circleofdionysos.org/2009/09/21/pride-is-our-litha/feed/ 0