Dramatic Readers Theater

A compelling blend of theater, literature, and music, Dramatic Readers Theater (DRT) features professional actors interpreting literary works in a reading format, often accompanied by original music. DRT productions were the origin of Gemini Ink and have built an avid audience for the form in San Antonio, offering several free performances each year in collaboration with area museums, libraries, colleges, and community organizations.

Repertory: Black & Blue: Four Hundred Years of Struggle and Transcendence
Written and compiled by Sterling Houston, this performance pairs traditional jazz and blues with readings of actual historical documents from the American slavery era, including public postings offering rewards for runaway slaves, excerpts from letters and journals by both slaves and slave owners, and a San Antonio ordinance defining punishment for slaves caught out after curfew. This hour-long vision of the African-American odyssey, performed by a quartet of professional actors and jazz musicians, brings history to life. To download information on purchasing or donating a production of this memorable theatrical performance, click here.

Click here for Gemini Ink's web-based study guide to complement our readers theater production, Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence.(Because of the intense nature of some material, parental discretion is advised.)

Repertory: Beauty Is . . .
Based on Gemini Ink's acclaimed "Beauty Is" workshops on body image and self-esteem for girls, this multimedia production features the creative writing of San Antonio girls and young women who worked with our writers-in-residence to examine cultural and media messages about appearance and the nature of beauty..
 

• Botero on Botero: Form and Content in His Own Words

• Of Chili Queens and Ranch Kings: South Texas Voices through Time

• Songs Beyond Silence: A Portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

• Bond of Sympathyy

• A Celebration of African-American Literature

• A Different Notion of the Beautiful

• A Stern Beauty

• A Time for Reflection

• Afternoon Delight

• An Escapade into Francisco Toledo’s "Fantastic Zoology"

• Blurred Boundaries

• Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

• Flax-Golden Tales

• Here I Stand: The Life and Works of Paul Robeson

• Kissing the Sky: The Art of Taos

• Necessary Monsters

• One Hand Clapping

• Something Wicked This Way Comes: Shakespeare and Deception

• Southern States of Mind

• From Kimonos to Martinis: Taisho Chic in Words

• The Exploding Typewriter

• The Literary Game’s Afoot

• The Tooth That Nibbles the Soul

• The World Begins to Gray

• Voices of Harmony

• What Happens To A Dream Deferred?

• Writers on Writing

Gemini Ink Dramatic Readers Theater receives ongoing support from the Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation.