THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, Written by Eve Ensler, ©1994
Directed by Jeremie Bacpac Franko Co-Producers Diana Udy and Rosemarie Dombrowski

Saturday March 25, 2023

Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at door (if available)
Two Shows: Matinee Doors open at 1pm show starts at 2pm.

Evening Doors open at 6pm show starts at 7pm

Alwun House presents a rare production of this essential theatrical experience, The Vagina Monologues REDUX with never-yet-performed new segments, updated to reflect a heightened awareness of women’s issues in these times, as well as uncovering the silent burdens from years past.
The monologues will be presented by a diverse cast of readers. “The Vagina Monologues” is performed in more than 140 countries and translated into 49 languages. The 2023 production will be presented by a diverse cast of 20 readers, including women with a wide range of diverse cultures, ages and backgrounds. This is a two-show opportunity: matinee and evening.

The Vagina Monologues was written in 1994 by Eve Ensler, and was comprised of over 200 interviews she did with a cross-section of women. They talked about sex, relationships, their connection to their bodies and violence against women. More specifically, they spoke intimately about their vaginas.

In 2006, The New York Times called the play “Probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade.” In 2018, The New York Times stated “No recent hour of theater has had a greater impact worldwide,” in an article “The Great Work Continues: The 25 Best American Plays Since ‘Angels in America.’”

“The Vagina Monologues” has been a transformative experience for ALL who come to see it. You must be 18 years or older to attend or be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The production will be without intermission. It is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Show goes on Rain or shine.

Doors open at 7pm show starts at 8:30pm

TICKETS: $17 advance, $25 door

Haus of Prowl returns to Alwun House with the most phabulous of a closing to the Exotic Art Show, just for you. When Haus of Prowl took the stage at our Monsters Ball, the audience was entranced by the live vocalists as the burlesque performers began twirling and casting their spells, enticing the crowd to beg for more. It was a truly theatrical burlesque show unlike what has ever graced the stages of Alwun House. Now, Haus of Prowl returns once more with their newest show, Sirens of Spring. As the title indicates, come fully prepared to surrender yourself to the haunting voices, alluring dancers, and soaring aerialists of Haus of Prowl. Help us welcome the light of spring – with a dark, spicy twist.

This is the last chance to view the Exotic Art Show. Food fetish folk will flip a fandango over the whipped cream filled Penis Waffles and Pussy Waffles, with various saucy toppings available. Dress for success. Fetish and cosplay attire welcome. Champagne & drink specials, including our daring guest sponsor Voodoo Ranger bringing kick-ass ales, and the ever-popular decadent Chocolate Orgasm are available at the Cash Bar. 21+ Show goes on rain or shine. No Refunds.

March Mercantile, Frist Friday at Alwun House’s Art Park transforms dozens of art vendors offering unique one-of-kind jewelry, clothing, artworks and other crafts. Entertainment provided by a live DJ Orbit Corbett performing and filling the air with an array of funky beats creating a lively ambience throughout the Mercantile Market. March’s foodie treats will be provided by El Cheesy Tacos. Delicious tacos and birria and an outstanding assortment of Agua Frescas beverages available: Cucumber Lime, Watermelon Pineapple, Pistahhio, Strawberry Cream, Horchata, and Crema de coco.  

Over in the historic Alwun House gallery and gardens, the Exotic Art Show will be available to view for free. It’s the 40^th anniversary of this daring exhibit extending into two floors of the historic house with over 60 artists and 140 artworks. An art exhibit for adults, under 18 not allowed without parent

Exhibit Viewing: $4 Tuesday-Friday, Noon -6pm

Exotic Art Show exhibit In it’s 40th it is the longest-running exhibit of erotic and exotic art in the country, showcasing over 60 local and regional visual artists exhibiting over 140 artworks in this infamously

THROW IT BACK – A Sideshow Soundtrack Of Time

Tickets: VIP-$25 General Admission-$20 — $25 at door (if available)

Doors Open at 8pm. Show starts at 9pm.

The Pain Proof Punks are back again to excite and fright with Sideshow, Burlesque, Drag, and more!! We have an incredible stage style event with seating in store! Together we will explore how music has changed from the 1500s to today!! We’ve managed to create an incredible mix of classical music and modern arts! We will test your boundaries and transport you to a world of the creepy and comedic, the beautiful and bizarre, and the gentle and grotesque. Alwun House is an outdoor limited seating venue! 21+ Show goes on rain or shine.

Poetic Romance: February 17, 2023

TICKETS: $10 advance. $15 at door. Advance ticket available soon.

Doors at 7 p.m. Performances at 8 p.m.

Alwun House is proud to present the 20th Anniversary of the Erotic Poetry & Music Festivus (EP&MF)! Featuring a broad range of scintillating, titillating, and intimate acts across two stages, the night will include comedians and storytellers, musical flights of fancy, vaudevillian variety acts, poetry and performance art.  

The Main Stage will feature a variety of acts and is co-hosted by the grandiloquent duo of thespian/theater director Ernesto Moncada and comedian/actor Matt Micheletti. The West Garden Stage will feature some of the valley’s best poets is hosted by Rosemarie Dombrowski, the inaugural Poet Laureate of Phoenix, 

Guests are also welcomed to view the 40th Exotic Art Show – the longest-running exhibit of erotic and exotic art in the country – showcasing local and regional visual artists whose work ranges from provocative to playful, sensual to uninhibited.  

PHANTASMAGORICAL Spectacular Opening: February 10, 2023

TICKETS: $30 advance. $40 at door.

Witness this 40^th anniversary of the most talked about outrageous art opening event of the years, one night of uninhibited immersive multi-sensory Valentine experience: eye-poppin’, heart-thumpin’ performances on two stages, a gallery full of erotic-exotic art, bondage, fire, burlesque, and bitchin’ bossa nova.

Opening Night’s Valentine Spectacular headline act is the crème of provocative cabaret burlesque acts: VaVaVoom Productions, the largest troupe of burlesque babes in the valley, sexy classic burlesque reimagined with contemporary kinks that may shock a few viewers. Bedouin Tribe tribal fusion dance, performs with fire and sword, finger cymbals and hypnotic shimming hips to live tribal drumming. DJ Reubot keeps the eclectic beats pumping on the Main Stage, while bossa nova and bondage fills the west garden stage with the band Moonlight Magic accompanying suspended shibari rope/bondage demonstrations by Zaphod near the penial fire pit. Inside, the gallery, walls are salon-style filled with the juried exhibit: Exotic Art Show, showcasing exotic/erotic artworks from dozens of artists from around the state.

Also to satiate your hungers, we have the Island Boyz Jerk Spot (food truck) available to get your fix of JERK (no entendre meant) chicken, beef or shrimp, rice & beans and Jamaican Pattys. Special Exotic Plate available for preorder: Jerk Chicken & Pork with two sides $16. Dress for success. Fetish and cosplay attire welcome. Champagne & drink specials, including our daring guest sponsor Voodoo Ranger bringing kick-ass ales, and the ever-popular decadent Chocolate Orgasm are available at the Cash Bar. Show goes on rain or shine. No Refunds.

PHANTASMAGORICAL Spectacular Opening: February 10, 2023

TICKETS: $30 advance. $40 at door.

Witness this 40^th anniversary of the most talked about outrageous art opening event of the years, one night of uninhibited immersive multi-sensory Valentine experience: eye-poppin’, heart-thumpin’ performances on two stages, a gallery full of erotic-exotic art, bondage, fire, burlesque, and bitchin’ bossa nova.

Opening Night’s Valentine Spectacular headline act is the crème of provocative cabaret burlesque acts: VaVaVoom Productions, the largest troupe of burlesque babes in the valley, sexy classic burlesque reimagined with contemporary kinks that may shock a few viewers. Bedouin Tribe tribal fusion dance, performs with fire and sword, finger cymbals and hypnotic shimming hips to live tribal drumming. DJ Reubot keeps the eclectic beats pumping on the Main Stage, while bossa nova and bondage fills the west garden stage with the band Moonlight Magic accompanying suspended shibari rope/bondage demonstrations by Zaphod near the penial fire pit. Inside, the gallery, walls are salon-style filled with the juried exhibit: Exotic Art Show, showcasing exotic/erotic artworks from dozens of artists from around the state.

Also to satiate your hungers, we have the Island Boyz Jerk Spot (food truck) available to get your fix of JERK (no entendre meant) chicken, beef or shrimp, rice & beans and Jamaican Pattys. Special Exotic Plate available for preorder: Jerk Chicken & Pork with two sides $16. Dress for success. Fetish and cosplay attire welcome. Champagne & drink specials, including our daring guest sponsor Voodoo Ranger bringing kick-ass ales, and the ever-popular decadent Chocolate Orgasm are available at the Cash Bar. Show goes on rain or shine. No Refunds.

First Friday: February 3, 2023 6-10pm

A prequel to the Alwun House Exotic Art Show, in the Art Park. We’re warming up the 2023 Super Bowl Valentines season this First Friday with a Kink. An Adult themed party, with over a dozen artists and vendors selling apropos themed art works, jewelry, ropes, whips, paddles, toys, fetish wear available plus adult beverages will be available. Live body painting and Shibari demonstrations with fine hand crafted soft ropes available. And, if you’re really bad, you may be able to get a spanking. Adult beverages will be available.

LIGHTHOUSE

First Friday: December 2 – First Friday January 6, 2023, LIGHTHOUSE, 6pm to 10pm

With gallery lights off, art emits light installed throughout gallery and into the gardens. Infused interactive light installations creating a transcendent aesthetic experience. Selected artists displaying imaginative integration of mediums, from functional to conceptual; light-boxes, lamps, art shrines, video, interactive light installation, neon, LED, fire, mixed media. If it glows, flickers, flashes, video, neon, shines in a darkened room.

FREE: Join us for December First Friday as the Art Park becomes an arts market filled with over two dozen art vendors offering unique one-of-kind jewelry, clothing, artworks and other crafts. October’s food trucks TBA. Artists interested in selling their wares at this event, click here to register.

A Night of Misfit Films Debuts at Alwun House

The Valley’s Best Party, Off The Beaten Path Film Festival, in its seventh year;

Tickets: https://filmfreeway.com/ANightOfMisfitFilms/tickets

Laugh out loud, cringe in horror, tear up or jump out of your seat and dance. Filmmakers and movie lovers alike will experience an unusual house party like no other during Thanksgiving Weekend. The indie film party A Night of Misfit Films – hosted by
filmmaker and actor Dineta Williams-Trigg – will be a three-day event Nov. 25-27. 2022.

One of three events under the “We Film Festival” umbrella, A Night of Misfit Films (ANOMF) is operated by Williams-Trigg and and Lebanese filmmaker L. Gauthier Raad. Together, they also co-produce/co-direct Lebanese Independent Film Festival, held in Beirut, and Fantasy Film
Festival, in Paris, France. On a mission to be independent at heart and global in soul, the filmmakers have made it possible for emerging artists to be showcased beyond their continent. International filmmakers will make their way to North America to participate in the festival, along with local filmmakers, thus allowing for an exciting cultural exchange of creativity. “In producing the programming for the festival, we wanted to include rare gems that don’t get much love in the film festival circuit. Often these films are rejected because they lack recognizable stars or deal with subject matter that’s either unknown, taboo or strange.”

ANOMF – in its seventh year – grew out a desire by Williams-Trigg to celebrate artistic talent, diversity in the Arizona film industry, artistic talent and to bring people together to have a good time. The aim of the festival is to create a safe space for true independent filmmakers that haven’t had the opportunity to have their work screened by audiences at other film festivals.

Misfit Films – which features an eclectic array of short indie films you won’t find anywhere else – doesn’t play it safe like most film festivals. It takes chances, and, therefore, has become one of the most unique and one-of-a-kind film festivals to experience in the Valley.

Tickets $15 advance, $20 door
Doors open at 7pm, show at 8pm

THE MASKED CLOWN: Join your favorite performers of The GasLight Circus on a new swashbuckling comedy adventure! Featuring both old and new faces to the show, witness the amazing and astounding feats of slapstick and skill put on by the likes of Jero the Jester: The Clown Prince of Arizona, The Proprietor, Alynn the Clockwork Doll, Siggy, Loki, Tommo the Clown, and even more to be announced! See juggling, magic, dancing, singing, sword fighting, and everything in between at GLC’s last show of the year! It All begins when the doors open at 7:00pm, showtime at 8:00pm!

Keep Your Hands Off My Body
Exhibit: Nov 4 – 18
Opening Reception: First Friday, Nov 4, 6-10pm

Keep Your Hands Off My Body, a photographic thematic essay created by award winning photographer Holly Shoemaker in response to the overturning of Roe v Wade, as well as the most recent decision by a Pinal County judge, effectively banning abortions in the state of Arizona. This high contrast, black and white series features 27 models from throughout Arizona in solidarity and protest, in an artistic expression and emotionally raw perspective.

Tickets $15 advance, $20 door
Doors open at 7pm, show at 8pm

THE MASKED CLOWN: Join your favorite performers of The GasLight Circus on a new swashbuckling comedy adventure! Featuring both old and new faces to the show, witness the amazing and astounding feats of slapstick and skill put on by the likes of Jero the Jester: The Clown Prince of Arizona, The Proprietor, Alynn the Clockwork Doll, Siggy, Loki, Tommo the Clown, and even more to be announced! See juggling, magic, dancing, singing, sword fighting, and everything in between at GLC’s last show of the year! It All begins when the doors open at 7:00pm, showtime at 8:00pm!

FREE: Join us for November First Friday as the Art Park becomes an arts market filled with over two dozen art vendors offering unique one-of-kind jewelry, clothing, artworks and other crafts.

Tickets $20 advance, $25 door

Reserved Table for 4 – $250  ($62.50/seat) includes bottle of champagne + trick-or-treat swag bag

Reserved Cocktail Table for two – $130 includes $10 complimentary drinks + trick-or-treat swag bag

Doors creak open at 7pm to performances, continuing into the wee hours. It’ll blow your mind while tickling your spine. Spinning gnasty gnarly grooves for the evening will be Synesthesia. The blow-out killer stage show opens with spirited music by the Blood Feud Family Singers, with up-tempo down-hearted waxing poetic-philosophical country-fried hostility for sentimental haters promises you a frolicking horrific time. Follow a brief stage emotional breakdown, the stage will come alive again conjured up by the Haus of Prowl with their off-beat kinky Ghoulesque Show. Performances that cross a few lines between damned gory, a bit bloody and a lot sexy, stirring in a dash of erotic with a twisted decadence and depravity inducing spinal erections, then tossed in together to appease the tease, resulting in unusual levels of onstage morbidity. Elixirs du jour will flow: VooDoo Ranger is bringing his ATOMIC PUMPKIN and Juicy Haze, Fat Tire, Spider Venom y mas.

First Friday: October 7 – 29, 2022, Monsters Menagerie, 6pm to 10pm

The infamously provocative and uncensored Monsters Menagerie is a juried art exhibit, chock-full of grotesque and profane art in a variety of media from local artists. Demented creative works from menacing dark noir fantasies, satirical political demons, to monstrous and blood-curdling creations that scream for attention. Even politicians aren’t exempt from this artistic depictions of the social demons among us.

Join us for this rare experience of an epic piece written for an amplified string quartet, in the shadow of the Vietnam War: “Black Angels” by George Crumb. As well as works by Caroline Shaw, Jessie Montgomery, Kenji Bunch and Mark Summer performing amidst the Monsters Menagerie exhibit in the gardens of the historic Alwun House. Musicians: Leslie Frey Anderegg and Aaron Requiro on violins, Mark Dix on viola, and Bridget Pasker on cello.

Tickets $13 advance, $18 door. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm.

You are cordially invited to Bite Night! A vampire’s ball, featuring spectacular magic, outrageous comedy and incredible acrobatics! It’s a night of spectacle, danger and blood!
Get your tickets now before the sun rises! Must be 21+