FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

VIVA LA EXIT PREMIERES JUNE 3 AT CARVER MUSEUM
 

AUSTIN, May 15 — Saturday, June 3, at the George Washington Carver Museum in Austin, Viva la Vulva and Exit Productions present multimedia event and book release party Viva La Exit. Beginning at 7:30pm, Viva La Vulva will perform "Wait" and "Press Release Platform" by local playwright Kevin Jones, followed by a musical performance from local artist Exit. The event was developed to celebrate the release of Jones’ new book, six plays by kevin jones, from which the play "Wait" is from. Admission is $5 and includes complimentary refreshments.
 

About Viva la Vulva
Viva La Vulva Productions was started in the fall of 1996 at Southwestern University. First created as a thesis project, the organization has grown to a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which exists to fund and support its performances and education-based initiatives. The company has produced thirteen original works in the last ten years and has appeared around Central Texas at such events as the Mind Over Money Theatrical Festival (MOMFest), Frontera Fest and International Women’s Day festivities. In previous seasons, the company has performed for packed houses at Dallas’ McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Austin’s Elysium Nightclub and Houston’s Commerce Street Artists Warehouse with audience favorites Bitch Stole My Ruby Red Slippers, Sometimes Dead Truckers are Naked and No, That Doesn’t Make You Look Fat!

Viva La Vulva’s mission is to promote and develop their groundbreaking tradition of true collaborative theatre, in which participants contribute to all aspects of creative development and production, from the page to the stage.
 

About Exit Productions/Exit
Exit Productions was founded in 1999 by Ben Londa as an umbrella for like-minded writers, artists and musicians to distribute and promote their work. Exit Productions currently has an artist management division and publishing division, and is run by artists themselves.

Exit began in 1995 as the musical vehicle for downtempo/alternative musician Ben Londa. The past 10 years have shown over 10 releases, the latest being 2005’s The Way Out is Through. Exit was voted the #8 Best Gothic Artist in Austin by The Austin Chronicle’s 2006 Austin Music Awards.
 

About Kevin Jones
I lived most of my life in Colorado. I lived in a small town full of single parents. I saw my dad on weekends. We went to museums and malls, we watched movies. My mom and I camped. She listened to reenactments of toy battles and comic books. I didn’t tell her I liked D&D. We ate dinner and watched television and listened to soft rock. We moved to a suburb of Houston, Spring, when I was sixteen. I got a cat the year before on my birthday. Taz. I sneezed. I went to Klein High School, it was difficult to adjust. I spent time alone. I acted in plays. I read. I loved girls from a distance. I drove around and yelled along. I put milk on shelves.

I attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX and immediately declared a major in Theatre. I was active in the program, in over 25 shows. I wrote one play for playwrighting class and directed a few scenes and plays. I was lonely. I joined a fraternity. I experienced growth. I was a R.A. I made friends and learned about them. I tried hard. I kissed wonderful girls. I lived in London. I drank. I watched the sun come up. I smoked cigarettes. I earned a minor in Philosophy. I graduated with honors and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

I got a job. I paid rent and ate fast food. I drank. I wondered about this world I was now a part of and why it was the way it was. I was surrounded with options and paralyzed by all of them. I read everything. I lost a job. I got another one. I lost that one, too. I worried and panicked. I got another job. I saw time running away. I lost the girl I loved. I drank and hurt. I wondered about the world and my place in it. I wrote. I wrote badly. I wrote well. I stopped writing. I switched jobs. I worried without the panic. I learned new things. I put off decisions. I slept. I started going to the grocery store. I got fat and lazy. I published a book. I got less fat and lazy. I paid rent. I wondered about the world and my place in it. I wrote.

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