Rogue Artists Ensemble (RAE) and Son of Semele Ensemble (SOSE) present an open call for music submissions by new and established artists. Submissions will be reviewed by RAE for use in their ever-evolving showcase of puppet, mask and dance vignettes titled Hyperbole. They are looking for any genre of music, from rock and pop to folk and jazz or even experimental pieces, vocal, or instrumental. This is an amazing opportunity for musicians to have their original work incorporated into a live theatrical production seen and heard by hundreds of Los Angelinos.

Hyperbole will run from August 12 through September 3 at Son of Semele in Silver Lake. This is the first collaborative theatrical venture between RAE and SOSE. Hyperbole blends music and visceral imagery together to create an entertainment event more akin in style to a live music video, a form in which music is used to convey the story’s message and themes. Hyperbole does not rely on dialogue to convey its messages; it instead uses mask work, music, puppetry and visceral imagery as storytelling-tools.

In July 2004, Hyperbole:Changes received critical acclaim at the Rude Guerrilla Theater in Santa Ana. The OC Weekly called the show, “visually and sonically arresting,” and “…delivering theater in a nonverbal, non-intellectual form takes incredible artistic acumen. Beckett certainly had it; had the Blue Man Group not turned into a commercial franchise, it could have come close. The Rogues definitely are on their way.”

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