All Fall Down is an original piece written by Rudi Galindo of Teatro Pachuco (http://www.teatropachuco.com/) and stars Lisa Da Boit and Rudi Galindo. The show is love story about the twin towers of September 11th. Interwoven with the legend of the man who takes care of the moon and his reoccurring battle with Crow who tries to steal it.

$12 Admission. Part of the proceeds from this show will go towards the ACM Fund’s general fund which continues to grow through all your generous donations.

After several months of collaborating, promoting, and organizing, the early efforts and goals of the Adrian Cervantes Mejia Fund have been realized. Since announcing the fund last year, we’ve been busy with lots of behind the scenes activity and have carefully selected the first recipient of Adrian’s Project.

We created Adrian’s Project, an annual grant giving performing arts competition, as a way to help promote emerging performing artists by exposing them to new audiences, and so it is with great pleasure that we at the ACMFund are ready to announce this year’s, the FIRST, recipient of Adrian’s Project—the Berserker Residents with their original show The Jersey Devil.

Here’s a bit about this year’s winners in their own words:

With a commitment to alternative live comedy, The Berserker Residents is a Philadelphia-based company that generates and produces original theatrical work.  Often site-specific and tending to draw on audience interaction, the Residents’ work has been showcased throughout Philadelphia and New York City – taking audiences to such locations as university science lecture halls, fallout shelters, and back alleys, and introducing them to a variety of characters, including touchy robots and meticulous cephalopods – you know, whomever’s around.

The Jersey Devil is an original, fast-paced, 60-minute telling of the myth of the New Jersey Devil. A band of traveling sideshow freaks has caught the devil and will unveil it to the audience after presenting its story. Done in a burlesque cabaret meets three-ring circus meets Laugh-In format, this three-man tour-de-force is told in the style of melodramatic farce mixed with the bloody Grand Guignol.

The Berserker Residents consist of four mighty warriors – long-term collaborators Justin Jain, David Johnson, Timothy Sawicki, and Bradley K. Wrenn.

We can’t wait to see these talented performers on the West Coast! The Berserker’s three-city tour begins this summer in Arcata, CA, followed by shows in San Francisco and Riverside, CA. Stay tuned for official dates and times.

Sincerely,

Eleni & Adolfo

Co-Directors,

ACMFund

It’s time for the San Francisco to experience a Desmadre!

Join us at Amnesia for an evening of musical mischief featuring the talents of:
Circus Finelli
One Flea Circus
Uncle Buzzy’s Home Town Theater Show
and more!

The Adrian Cervantes Mejia Fund, a young grant giving fund for artists, will host its first ever fundraiser in the Bay to support its many projects and grants.

Tickets:
$10 at the door

Can’t make it to the show but want to donate?
Donations can be sent to:
Arcata Playhouse
1251 9th St
Arcata CA 95521
Make checks payable to ‘Playhouse Arts’ with ‘ACMFund Donation’ in the memo line. Thank you!

For more information about The Adrian Cervantes Mejia Fund, check out the website.

http://www.acmfund.org/

The acmfund is happy to announce that it is now accepting submissions for the 2012 Adrian’s Project* Award. In its inaugural year, Adrian’s Project is accepting submissions from performing artists working in the realm of physical comedy.

Winners will receive production support from the acmfund for a completed show that is 30 to 60 minutes in length and ready to go on a three week tour in California (summer 2012).

Here’s the deal: we, at the acmfund, and our partners want to help bring you an audience and some well deserved attention. Here’s how we can: we have stages in three golden cities, and boy, do we want you on them! This tour will cover the high ground, the middle ground, and poke around in the southern parts as well. This is a competition like no other–one that comes with the full support of many talented and dedicated people who want your work to succeed and be seen!

Submission guidelines can be found here. Please read them carefully, and follow them thoroughly!

We ask you kindly to please send this along to all the wanderlust gypsies with clown degrees and fool’s diplomas you may know. The deadline for submissions is December 13, 2011. Winners will be announced February 13, 2012.

For more details, and specifics please feel free to email us at adriansproject@acmfund.org.

With love,

The Adrian Cervantes Mejia Fund

*Adrian’s Project is an annual grant giving performing arts competition for professional artists in the early stages of their careers. It helps get shows on the road, fly collaborators in for a gig, and assists in paying for that rehearsal space. It throws in for the popcorn, and showcases need-to-be-seen performers of all kinds through residencies, and/or specific production and development grants. Adrian’s Project changes annually.

We have a fantastic line up featuring the talents of Dell’Arte alumni, faculty, and students, The  ever-popular Brendas, our favorite payaso, Rudi Galindo, and many more great artists! Embrace the chaos of life with laughter, music, and dancing! Join us on May 21st! Get your tickets today!

By Phone: (707) 822 – 1575 Online: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/174512

Check out our For Donors page and click on the simple and secure PayPal link.

The Adrian Cervantes Mejia Fund’s

Inaugural Fundraiser: Desmadre!

Street Arcata, CA 95521, with the dance party occurring from 12am-2am. Tickets are $10 in advance, and $15 at the door. Limited Cabaret seating will be available for $25 per seat. To purchase your tickets go here.

About The Adrian Cervantes Mejia Fund
The Adrian Cervantes Mejia Fund was established on Adrian’s birthday, in honor of his life, April 27th, 2011 with an initial gift of $25,000 from Eleni Theodora Zaharopoulos, his collaborator, and fiancee. Along with the dedication and hard work of Adrian’s brother, Adolfo Cervantes Mejia, and with the full support of their friends, David Gail Ferney and Jacqueline Tracey Dandeneau, at Playhouse Art , the Adrian Cervantes Mejia Memorial Fund plans to support the arts for generations to come.

The ACMFund is currently located in Humboldt County, CA, home to Adrian’s significant adult training as an actor creator, mask maker, musician, and teacher. Its scope, however, reaches across the country- from California to New York Island.

The ACMFund plans to award its first round of grants in 2012.

We’ve launched!

The Adrian Cervantes Mejia Fund is officially official!

We are forever grateful to:

Sara Anderson

Cynthia Enciso

Mark Grothman

Meghan O’Brien

and

Jamie Pugliese

Without them, we might have done it, but it would never have been this amazing!

And thanks to all the rest of you too who’ve been supportive even though you’ve had no idea what we’ve been up to. Respect.