Resource List

Recorded by Keith Hennessy, February 2001

The items listed below are available for public access at the offices of Jump-Start Performance Co. in San Antonio, Texas.

• Evaluations from annual retreat attended by company and board members.
• Numerous magazine and newspaper articles and reviews.
• Scripts, audio, and video tapes of company and Guest Artist productions.
• A photo and slide archive.

Audio and videotape archive includes all major works and most smaller works produced by the company, as well as the festivals Young Tongues and Festival de Libre Enganche. Many guest artists are represented in the archives by their promo tapes (not a documentation of the event at Jump-Start). The video and slide archives, accompanied by the press archives, give an excellent overview of the evolution of the company’s performance work. Unfortunately, scripts are not archived in a central location but can be accessed via the author.

• Flyers, mailers, & posters.

This archive is somewhat disorganized, partly due to the difficulty of creating an easy-access storage for odd-size multiples. Recently, an intern has begun to assemble and catalogue this archive.

• Two books of texts: "Four Plays" by Sterling Houston and soon-to-be published "Jump-Start PlayWorks" a diverse anthology of plays and performance art produced and presented by Jump-Start Performance Co.
• Touring shows currently available: "Santo Negro" and "La Frontera" by Sterling Houston, and solo works by Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, "Memory’s Caretaker" and "The Texas Trinity."
• In-school education programs including the long running Historias y cuentas, and the recently initiated Healing Arts Program for sexually abused children. Photos, slides and a simple brochure for the Historias y cuentas program. Permanent installations created by the education programs.

To date, lesson plans and long-range planning reports have not been archived. Slide archive is not well organized.

• Apprentice program. State funding provides salaries for two young people of color to get on-the-job training in art making and producing.
• Grant applications, final reports to funders and the Millennium Case Study. These documents, though not intended as historical recordings, describe specific Jump-Start projects, festivals and administrative structures.

The Millennium Case Study (2000-01) is a 20-page document detailing Jump-Start’s history and outlining a major capital campaign with four interdependent goals: to establish a cash reserve fund; to renovate and expand the Jump-Start facility; to initiate an endowment to support increased artistic fees; and to expand community involvement. It provides an excellent overview of Jump-Start successes, growth and visions.

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