Ragged Blade and Vicarious Productions teamed up to present award winning performance artist Jade Esteban Estrada
What do Sappho, MichelAngelo, Oscar, Gertrude, Sylvia and Ellen all have in common?--They are all coming to St. Louis--at the same time. Ragged Blade Productions in association with Vicarious Productions is very pleased to announce the week-long engagement of Estrella award-winning performance artist JADE ESTEBAN ESTRADA in his solo musical ICONS: THE LESBIAN AND GAY HISTORY OF THE WORLD, VOL. 1
No stranger to St. Louis audiences, Estrada was the headliner for the Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival in 1999 and 2000 and was a featured national act for Pride St. Louis in 2000 and 2002 where he performed music from his debut CD ANGEL.
ICONS: THE LESBIAN AND GAY HISTORY OF THE WORLD, VOL. 1 is a glittering presentation of the history of the Lesbian and Gay people as told through the voices of Sappho, MichelAngelo, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, Sylvia Rivera and Ellen DeGeneres and has won glowing reviews in the media. The show is currently on tour including a highly anticipated performance at the world famous Egg in Albany. The show has enjoyed four New York stage productions and was first mounted at the Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival in September 2002.
From The Riverfront Times, November 2003
