Self Portraits 2.5

Bottle Alley Theatre Company presents SELF PORTRAITS 2.5 – quarantine edition! Though this quarantine may be keeping us apart physically, we refuse to let it keep us apart artistically. Completely digital, same amount of chaos.

Self Portraits is an exercise in controlled chaos and self-expression. And honesty. So much honesty. Oftentimes an uncomfortable amount of honesty. Because when you paint a self portrait of yourself that’s what you have to be – honest with yourself and what you see. This is the spiritual followup to Self Portraits 2, six nights of anarchy at The Backpack two years ago.

We’ve asked some of our favorite actors and collaborators to film their pieces in isolation in order to present this completely digital version of the show. On opening night you’ll be sent a link to a YouTube playlist with all the pieces that you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home.

On the checkout page you’ll see that tickets are donation based – we’re asking for $3 minimum but please donate whatever you can as 100% of the funds that we raise from this will be donated to those who really need it – primarily the Artists Emergency Relief Fund through Austin Creative Alliance, which seeks to assist Austin artists who have lost income due to the effects of this pandemic. You can learn more about them here: https://www.austincreativealliance.org/emergency

Written, filmed and performed by
Rachel Holderbach
Cassidy Timms
Cici Sanchez
Brittanie Esty
Amber Shantel Hales
Amber Wilson
Miki Johnson
Charisa Teinert
Amanda Branham Perales
Rai Gonzalez
Abigail Lucas
Paige Teryn Breese
Kim Gifford
Abigail Rose
Mick Primmer
& Tiffany Navarro

Self Portraits 2.5 is directed and curated by Chris Fontanes & Dani Stetka Odom

Poster design by Emily Rankin