Ballot Eats the Bullet: U Matter
by ZM3 Live Productions

Feb. 22 - Mar. 09
Thursdays-Sundays

"Ballot Eats the Bullet: U Matter!" Is a choreopoem declaring the identity, beauty, and worth of black women. Using vignettes, interactive spoken word, jazz aesthetic movement, song, and passion, these four voices chart pathways rarely explored when it comes to destroying myths and ethos of black women.

Written and directed by Austin Arts Hall of Fame Artist Zell Miller, Ill with writing contributions by Anne M. Wynter.

ZM3LiveProductions is proud to present their first production "Ballot Eats the Bullet: U Matter!"

Audio feature by Michael Lee at KUT-FM, February 20, 2024

Review by Katherine Catmull, February 26, 2024

Review by Phylis Everette, Soulciti.com, February 27, 2024

FEATURING:

AMARA JOHNSON

CHELSEA MANASSERI

JENNINE "DOC" KRUEGER

AND INTRODUCING:

AMAIYA BYRD

Last year, HPT co-produced ZM3Live's critically acclaimed Chronicles of an Indigenous offspring. That show was nominated for five B. Iden Payne Awards and made the Austin Chronicle's "Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theater of 2023."

Like Chronicles, Ballot Eats the Bullet: U Matter, was also written and directed by Austin Arts Hall of Fame artist Zell Miller, III, this time with writing contributions from award-winning author and playwright Anne Wynter. It features Chelsea Manasseri, Jennine "Doc" Krueger, and Amara Johnson, as well as introducing Amaiya Byrd.

The play is dedicated to the most silenced voice in American history, that of the black woman. This engaging choreopoem fuses jazz aesthetic movement, elegant melodic voices in four-part harmonies, truth-laced spoken word and beautifully crafted vignettes that engage all five senses and paint a portrait of what it means to be a black woman in America. The piece openly confronts topics such as identity, politics, healthcare, relationships, love, and police brutality, all told through a lens of tough love with a side of humor.

ZM3LiveProductions is a production company based in central Texas that has been a consistent theatrical voice for sons and daughters of the diaspora for over 20 years. Besides 2023's Chronicles of an Indigenous offspring, this creative team has shown its artistic excellence with the award-winning My child, my child, my alien child (at HPT), Arrhythmia, Oh ***, it's a girl, Hands up Hoodies down, Oh snap . . . my alien children are trying to kill me! and the Hip-Hop Theater Explosion.

 

 

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Ballot Eats the Bullet: U Matter
by Zell Miller III
ZM3 Live Productions

February 22 - March 9, 2024

 8 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays

Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd St., Austin

Tickets are choose your price ranging from $20-$50. Buy tickets online or call 512-479-PLAY (7529).

Hyde Park Theatre is located at 511 W. 43rd Street. Covered off-street parking for the patrons of HPT is available during performances in the lot at 4315 Guadalupe Street, just north of The Parlor. You can drive through The Parlor's parking lot to reach it. Evening HPT parking also available at the Hyde Park Church of Christ on the northeast corner of 43rd & Avenue B. We are grateful to them both for their generosity.