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TSTMRKT

TSTMRKT is a performance art sketch comedy amalgamation held together with film loops, cut-n-paste theatre, and a relentless soundtrack.  There is no "sound person" running the effects.  It's just a "start" button and a bag of nerves.  

 

Written, directed, and performed by 

Ernest Hemmings

"It's an improbable mix of performance art, comedy, Brechtian notions of theatre, and more..."

-Las Vegas Review Journal

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"TSTMRKT is littered with offbeat humor...goofy, unexpected, dark, and cynical"

-Las Vegas Weekly

“Art is CRAP,” Ernest Hemmings says, but hold on, check your outrage. Note the capitals — it’s an acronym, in this case standing for Content, Rendering, Ambition, Presentation... REVIEW JOURNAL

"..set-less, prop-less theater synced with pre-recorded audio and looping film projections. As you can imagine, such time restraints create a tricky challenge, and the entire performance hinges on the duo’s ability to act (and react) in perfect time against the show’s visual and sound elements." LAS VEGAS WEEKLY

"TSTMRKT deploys prerecorded sound effects -- doors slamming, etc. -- with video screens and two actors, who perform a series of pointed, satirical sketches."

ERIE DAILY TIMES

"His plays have been produced in theaters across the country, and his work is known for bold experimentation, absurdist influence and a sustained commitment to social critique." MEDIUM

1526 W Desert Cove Ave

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