Rorschach Presents THESMOPHORIA: A HELLBENT ADVENTURE

You are cordially invited to go to hell ... with Rorschach! As summer gives way to autumn, follow the goddess Persephone on her descent into the underworld and celebrate her crowning as Queen of the Dead. An immersive performance experience created by the artists of Rorschach Theatre. This one-night only benefit performance and party opens its doors at 7pm on August 13 and the performance begins as the sun begins to set.

Full Benefit Price is $95 with Silent Auction, Complimentary Cocktails and Small Bites from our Favorite DC eateries. (The full price is $75 tax deductible). All funds raised will support the programming of Rorschach Theatre's 2016-2017 season. If you cannot attend but would like to make a tax-deductible contribution, please visit rorschachtheatre.com/support or email jonelle@rorschachtheatre.com.

Tickets are on sale now at https://www.boxofficetickets.com/go/event?id=312953

Or by calling 1-800-494-8497

Thesmophoria: A Hellbent Journey with Rorschach Theatre will follow Persephone on her mythic journey to hell and back for love, through spaces and experiences designed by Rorschach company members and other local artists.

The event follows last year's Six Impossible Things - an event in which Rorschach took over a house in northwest DC and turned it into a dark mashup of Alice in Wonderland and The Shining. This immersive performance experience will transform the new community arts space RhizomeDC in Takoma into a mythical, mysterious performance space for dozens of Rorschach donors, members of the community, and patrons of the arts.

In addition to the performance, the event will feature cocktails and music along with a silent auction and a much-anticipated season announcement of Rorschach Theatre's 2016-2017 season.

Food and drink will include delectable offerings from local favorites DC Brau, Mark's Kitchen, Capitol City Cheesecake and more. Participants in the silent auction will have a chance to win prizes from The Kennedy Center, Tiny Jewel Box, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Restaurant Nora, Nusta Spa, Capital Bikeshare and Calvert Woodley Fine Wines and Spirits, among others.

RhizomeDC is a nonprofit community space located in the Takoma neighborhood of Washington, DC. The organization is dedicated to promoting creativity as a force for personal empowerment and community engagement. They also strive to provide a home for non-mainstream programming in the Takoma/Silver Spring area, and to serve as a hub for people in the community to connect around their shared interests and passions.

Rhizome hosts programs that promote creativity in all its forms. These include classes, workshops, performances, exhibitions, and demonstration projects in areas such as art, music, technology, theatre, local food, poetry, as well as in more esoteRic Fields of knowledge. There is no limit to the direction of future programs other than the creativity, passion and energy of the community itself. At Rhizome, the community is the curriculum.

For more information, please visit http://www.rhizomedc.org/.

Through uncommon uses of environment and intimate passionate performances, Rorschach Theatre seeks to lure its audiences beyond the limits of ordinary theatrical experience so that they may discover new elements of their own humanity.

Rorschach Theatre is a company that has received significant acclaim for its fierce performance style, its bold use of theatrical space and its dedication to challenging works that are at once relevant and timeless. The company's work has focused on helping to reveal the contemporary relevance of fable, finding magic in rough spaces, connecting timeless works to a contemporary audience.

Rorschach Theatre has produced more than three dozen plays seen by tens of thousands of people in the Washington area. They have been nominated for over a dozen Helen Hayes Awards, have been a finalist for the Mayor's Arts Award and have been the recipients of multiple grants and awards from the DC Commission on the Art and Humanities. Rorschach Theatre won a Mary Goldwater award in 2006 and many Rorschach artists have won Mary Goldwater awards for their work with the company. The company's work has garnered the attention of The New York Times, The Washington Post, American Theatre Magazine and National Public Radio, as well as countless local publications. The company has become, "proof that limited resources do not stymie great talents, any more than big budgets can squeeze works of genius from mediocre minds." (Washington Post)

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