Synthesize Socio-Political Awareness, Activism and Existential Irony into Art
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Your talents needed!! Promote progressive culture, be entertained, perform your art, support local business and progressive organization, drink and be merry, relax and laugh, excercise wit and humor for the sake of your friends, neigbors, and yourself at the first Progressive Vaudeville: Red and Black Cafe, USA, June 27th
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1. An activist movement requires not only direct actions, but socio/cultural gatherings where laughter and camraderie fulfill human needs in an age of alienation and dissonance amongst opponents as well as allies.
2. Theatre, in many if not most advanced civilizations, was of a politically dissenting nature and was the the focal point for civic gatherings. It served to educate as well as to celebrate. It reached out to everyone and often mocked those in power.
3. Socio-Political Theatre (i.e performance art, agit-prop, satire, and the suspension of belief) is sorely lacking in the progressive community and America at large. Humor is one of the most effective tools to promote unity, solidarity, and magnanimity.
4. Portland is filled to the brim with creative, intelligent, energetic, disillusioned do it yourselfers. It is at the artistic vanguard in this country and is getting even better.
5. vaudeville: a series of acts, usually about ten minutes, that include song and
dance, buddy acts, odd feats, monologues, music, etc...
progressive: moving forward, advancing, favoring progress toward better
conditions
6. The PDX Greens (a progressive electoral political party, decentralized and grassroots) is hosting the first of a series of Progressive Vaudevilles on June 27th at the Red and Black Cafe. They will include caberet, stand up comedy, spoken word, improv theatre, music, sketch comedy, and any other artistic forms that can formed into an act. It will be developed in a communal workshop improv environment where original material, based on our experiences as individuals and a community, will be created. It will be ongoing and revolving. It will be held at local progressive establishments.
7. Informal meetings/rehearsals Friday and Saturday June 6th and 7th. from 330 til late. Contact Chris at  fiftytwoseven@yahoo.com or
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