CURRENT PROJECTS:

Paint the Town is the tale of an inspired revolutionary, the perfect family who loves her, and the man who slaughters that family in a wave of brutal terrorist strikes to set her free. It is a call to action for the super radical core of the creative class.


The above video was created by Jason Hames and features music by Peter J Woods.

The play was written by Rex Winsome and directed by Tracy Doyle. It's initial production starred Kate Pluess, Rex Winsome and Jason Hames. The set was designed and built by Kurt Hartwig and decorated by Kate Pleuss and Rex Winsome. Other technical and stage assistance from Becky Tesch and Amy Turk.

Current productions star Kate, Rex and John Kuehne, and are of a newly workshopped script, directed by the cast with some assistance by Jonathan Schneider (formerly of Theatre X).

This show is now intermittently touring the country with musical support from Peter J Woods. Peter combines power electronics, noise, minimalism, industrial and hardcore.

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:

Down South Winter Tour
(booking in progress, details forthcoming. if you have any contacts or venue reccomendations, please let me at em: insurgent.ben@gmail.com)

Dec 28th - Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL. 8pm

Dec 29th - The Eye Drum, Atlanta, GA. with: Offerings and 09A.

Dec 30th - Cafe 11, St Ausgustine, FL. with: Reptile Theatre, Moon Juice, Boy+Girl

Dec 31th - Zeitgeist, New Orleans, LA. with: Illusian Fields, Self Help Tapes Evolve (avant hip-hop)

no show on Jan 1st

Jan 2nd - Green Cup Books, Birmingham, AL

Jan 3rd - Robinwood Concert House, Toledo, OH. with Dr. Rhomboid Goatcabin

Jan 4th- Stonefly Brewery, Milwaukee WI. with White, Wrench Conservatory + Fahri

Minneapolis and Chicago Weekends

Jan 16-18: Bedlam Theatre Minneapolis MN, with Lamb Lays With Lion's experimental theatre peice: The Little Skeleton Who Could Not and To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie

On Saturday, January 17th, there will be a free lecture/discussion by Artistic Directors Jeremey Catterton of Lamb Lays with Lion and Ben Turk of Insurgent Theatre. Jeremey will speak about the work of Lamb Lays with Lion and a Theatre of Disruption. Ben will speak about his work "Towards a Practical Revolution" and the methods by which Insurgent Theatre and he pursue the revolution through theatrical practice.

Admission is free, Saturday January 17th, 2pm in the Bedlam Theater.

Jan 30-31: Chicago, IL. Details coming soon.

PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES:

Blurry pics, by Tronvega

Oct 23rd - 26th Regional Mini-Tour:
Tour Report.
The Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago.
Nottingham Cooperative, Madison.
Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis.

Aug 15th-31st, East Coast Tour:
Tour Report. Another Tour report
The alley by Fuel Cafe, Milwaukee.
Hotti Biscotti, Chicago.
Acid Fever House, Dayton OH
DAAC, Grand Rapids MI
Some Warehouse, Allenton PA
Lucy Parson's, Boston MA
50 Agnes, Providence RI
Silent Barn, New York City
Karin Park, New York City
The Pageant, Philadelphia PA
Copy Cat Annex, Baltimore MD
Lemp Arts, St Louis MO
The Borg Ward, Milwaukee.


July 10-27th, initial production.
A three week local run at The Alchemist Theatre in conjunction with our production of Systems.

"satisfying, disturbing and highly entertaining. Its glimpse into a world of terror – devoid of emotion – chills, even when we feel, somehow, a little sympathetic..."
- Burt Wardall, Vital Source Online

"Paint the Town is an utter rarity these days: a radical drama based on cool thought. But don't let it's icy surface fool you, Paint the Town smolders with rage at the horrible joke our world has become. Rex Winsome takes a scalpel to the values our society holds dear, and nobody is left unscathed: not capitalists, humanitarians, or revolutionaries. It's an angry, smug, terrifying play inflected with Brecht, Artaud, and Dogme."
- Jeff Grygny, Drama Critic for Shepherd Express Milwaukee.

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