~Sept. 23, New York: Going to the BIG APPLE to perform in Time Square at 8pm as an opening for the triple goddess puja at the Sacred Sexuality Round Up. Kamala will also lead a "Taste of Tantra Theater" presentation on Sat. the 25th at 2pm. Go to: www.sacredsexroundup.com W K
~Oct. 9, Tantra-Palooza: Shawn Roop, Ariel White, Viraja PreMa, Michael, Kamala Devi & more will perform Sat. 8pm at the Socrates Amphitheater. You must attend the 4 day festival to see the show. For tickets go to: http://www.partnerplayshop.com/9_9_09.html
~Oct. 23, Seattle: Shawn Roop, Michael, Ariel, Kamala Devi and others will be performing Tantra Theater at the fall daka dakini conference. For details go to: http://sedonatemple.com/2010-fall-conference.php
~Jan. 17 Auditions for 2011. This first free gathering is an open house where to see if you have what it takes and if you resonate with Kamala's directing style. No experience necessary. Theater is a tansformative group process where we delve into personal history and have fun re-scripting the sexual and spiritual stories that have been holding us back. The journey involves at least 9 weekly rehearsals and a private session that culminate in a public performance and/or a video recording of 3-10 minutes of a polished performance which you can show your friends and lovers. For directions write: tantrikakalidas@gmail.com
~Sept. 2012 Labor Day weekend, Burning Man: Tantra Theater will be performing on the Playa. Details TBA.
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This photo is from our ONE year anniversary when we launched our monthly improv. event at our new downtown location at the Red Lotus Society and yoga studio: Sarah, Dawn, Adam, Amrita, Shawn Roop, Joy, Eco-elf, Heidi, Janos Kamala Devi and Ember.
April 2009: Our very first monthly Improvisation show at the emerald temple. Our mission was to warm up the audience before Tantra Nova Manto Michael (eco-elf) Joy, FabuLiz, Viraja Prema, Shawn Roop, Ember and Kamala Devi.
July 2010: The Self Love Show & Book Release Party Review
At the beginning of every show, the cast gathers in sacred circle to call in muses and dedicate the show to a higher power. This month we called in the self. It's a pretty standard practice to call on ones "higher self" and intend to align with our divine expression...we've all done this before. The challenge is to embrace the small self. To honor and trust that whatever we say or do is in fact perfect and though we may be able to do better in the future, we are always doing the best we can in the moment.
This is the spirit with which we began the SELF LOVE SHOW on July 17th, 2010. With over 108 people in the house, we set a new record for Audience attendance.
Here Kamala Devi introduced the cast of Tantra Theater: From Left to Right: Michael McClure, Keith Davis, Wayne Acciacca, Rae NewWoman, Viraja PreMa, Brande Feris, Akasha Rose, Rita Mooney, Keith Davis and our recently published author, Shawn Roop.
We began by interviewing and spoofing the new Author of "Pathways to Love: 28 days to Self Love."
In this photo you see that we gave away 28 books to the first people who bought tickets for the show. Kamala also interviewed Shawn's beautiful roommates Tracey and Beth, asking them what it was like to live with Shawn while he was writing the book.
This evening was also unique because it was an initiation for six new Tantra Theater players to do public performance alongside our professional troupe. Here is a picture of Kamala Introducing the newbies:
We then called on audience members to select a series of improvisational theater games. And we asked for tantric suggestions and had to work themes like: Virgins, videography, Kama Sutra, Editor, Zimbabwe.
Since we do not censor ourselves in this practice many of our scenes break cultural taboos and speak the unspeakable as you can see in this homoerotic scene between two brothers.
Alexandra from the audience came up to share a story about Self Love so that we could act it out onstage. Nobody in the cast had ever heard the marvelous story of how Alexandra had an unassisted home birth.
Rita then stepped onstage to portray her like a caged cougar pacing a new apartment while the father of the baby slept by the tub. Her Brother then showed up to photograph while neighbors peeped in through missing curtains. Within 5 hours, Michael slipped right out from between Rita's legs and Her higher self showed up for spiritual support. Alexandra said afterwards that it was a very healing experience to watch and she said she never felt so heard!
During the second act, we shared three scripted personal narratives. Rae NeWoman wrote and performed a hilarious original song about a massage therapist who is unsatisfied with the traditional ending of the healing and uses tantra to create lasting satisfaction for herself and her clients.
Viraja PreMa shares a different type of healing session in which she shape shifts into a man and explores the need to have one's seed seen, celebrated and accepted.
Finally the show closes with a sensual Tori Amos inspired song written with tantric lyrics and sung by the stunning priestess Brande Feris.
We hope you'll join us for our next Big show, the last official Tantra Theater Show for the Season: What's Your Story? on Aug. 21st go to http://www.tantratheater.tv/ for details.
June 2010:Tantra Theater Travel Show
Travel Guides: Michael McClure, Rita Mooney, Shawn Roop and Kamala Devi took an open minded audience of about 45 people on a wild wacky adventure during June's Tantra Theater Show.
One of our favorite detours was to visit the oracle where these three heads merged to answer deep spiritual questions from the audience.
In devotion to Michael's Crazy Wisdom, Rita prostrates to the feet of a Nazi Guru...and yes, that is her tongue you see.
One of the audience suggestions for Tantra Cafe was "Boobs" In this scene, Kamala's deadly ta-tas kill AmRita and threaten Shawn and Michael.
Kamala interviews birthday boy Hercules "The Pleasure Coach" about an Alaskan tantric adventure that involved a nude encounter with a grizzley bear.
The tantra theater troupe plays back Herc's adventure...but Shawn decides to show his Grizzley pubic hair instead of going totally bare.
In another tantric adventure Kamala becomes the white mountains and Shawn is a scientist who explores the terrain.
Special Thanks to the cast and crew for making it yet another unforgettable evening! Special thanks to Monique and Nate Darling from Utah for being part of the fun!
Kudos to Adam our handsome CrewMan who works lights and sound!
...And to Goddess Tracey who was an official photographer along side Julie Kondor...Thanks for making the evening so memorable!
May 2010: Tantra Theater Show in Black and White
The following fun photos are from the Tantra Theater show in downtown San Diego on May 15th. Featuring: Shawn Roop, Joy, Michael McClure, Rita Mooney and Me: Kamala Devi (I'm the one holding my etheric lingam.) Every show is completely new and unique but this show was especially unique for two distinct reasons, it was our first strictly improvisational show (we usually mix scripted personal narrative with improv.) and it was a graduation for Joy (who is one of the tantra theater pioneers) All of the players in these photos are visionaries who've been developing their craft for almost two years now.
For this show, we took audience suggestions and personal stories about taboos such as: Stranger Sex, Moon Time, Shamanic Journeying and lingam lore. We then put audience stories onstage and watched it unfold in unlikely and empowering circumstances. For example, here is a picture of Rita and Kamala celebrating their "moon time" by bleeding into mamma Earth.
This new type of drama is transformative for the players, the audience, and collective consciousness. The best part is that everyone is laughing so hard, the personal growth becomes (mostly) painless!
