This past weekend, Theorists traveled from Houston, San Marcos, Minneapolis, and Baton Rouge to Austin. We reflected on festivals of years past and set our intentions for 2024 and beyond. REST Fest Performing artists, musicians, staff, volunteers, and audience members journeyed into the woods for our Wintering Artist Retreat. REST Fest is more than a festival, it is a village. Come join us April 3-8, 2024 to experience what we create from a place of rest. We believe that Rest is doing what we love, with those we love, how we love being, and we won’t rest until everyone can rest! REST Fest Tickets: restfest.xyz XYZ Artist Retreats: www.thetheorists.org/xyzretreat Film by Amy Diane Morrow Music by Sharp Dress Nines at Austin Blues Society’s Mardi Gras Blues party

"We won't rest until everyone can rest." - Denver Gonzales, REST Fest Co-Director REST Fest is a sponsored community initiative of Fisterra Projects. www.restfest.xyz www.fisterra.xyz

Our Rest is Revolutionary! April 3-8, 2024 restfest.xyz Original Music by Javier Jara Video by Essam Ossman Edited by Amy Diane Morrow

Our Rest is Revolutionary! April 3-8, 2024 restfest.xyz Tap Dance by Matt Shields Original Music by David Quick Video by Essam Ossman Edited by Amy Diane Morrow

Our Rest is Revolutionary! April 3-8, 2024 restfest.xyz Original Music by Boss Street Band, Leoncarlo Canlas, and Sabrina Reitman Video by Essam Ossman Edited by Amy Diane Morrow REST Fest is a project of The Theorists and is produced by Fisterra. It has been financed in part by the City of Austin’s Elevate Grant Program. www.fisterra.xyz

Carver Museum in Austin, TX October 20-23, 2022 www.restfest.xyz

October 20-23, 2022 www.restfest.xyz

"Pa'lante" is a Spanish affirmation that means "onwards." ¡Pa'lante! Raise your voice. ¡Pa'lante! Feel Hope in your blood. ¡Pa'lante! Find your home. ¡Pa'lante! Walk with freedom. ¡Pa'lante! Love being you, in this home, in this body. We dedicate Pa'lante to you. Dance | Daniel Martinez Film | Amy Morrow Music | Otis Redding and Hurray for the Riff Raff www.thetheorists.org *This project is sponsored by Fisterra and in residency at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin, TX.

"There is a universe inside you Full of Constellations Today is all you get Today is all you get." Music by Dana Louise Dance by Amy Morrow www.thetheorists.org

BRILLO! Glow Gardens for Frida and Friends Come explore our "Aire Libre" fresh-air-art Installation celebrating ALL the Austinites! Featured during MACCnifico! Fest March 17th | 4pm-9:30pm | ESB-MACC Fisterra's project, The XYZ Atlas, asks where we feel a sense of belonging. Austin's downtown friend, affectionately known as "Denver," is an Mexican American Art Activist curating an immersive glow in the dark instillation exploring our most vulnerable and resilient experiences. Inspired by Frida Kahlo's story, he and his transitory collaborators challenge stigmas and invite every guest to engage all their senses and explore wholeheartedly stories of survival. Traverse shadowlands, nostalgic smells, taste glowing gardens, listen to a plant symphony, and feel every feeling. Grab a flashlight and choose your own adventure or change the story and tell your own! Be both mapmaker and traveler. Showing up is the show because we belong here. ¡ Viva la Vida! Map key and online store at www.xyzatlas.com/glow

February 10-12, 2023 in Austin, TX thetheorists.org/artistretreat

Dear Artist, When Springing... A dance unseen Begins beneath Inside shells of stagnant slumber Shake off your heavy hiding Crawl out of your cave Be brave, be brave! Joints enjoy kinetic cleaning Lightens awakens dancing feet Do it, devour the dance, The one you waited All winter to make! P.S. use your outside voice 1, 2, 3, go! April 10 &12 | Online April 14-16 | In-person www.thetheorists.org/xyzretreat

Dear Artist, when falling... remember, you are a perfect student of failure success is a myth time is not a monolith the future is falling into your hands what will you create? with each mistake fall in love over and over and over again how we stand is a mystery 1, 2, 3, GO! October 20-22, 2023 In-person in the woods Register: thetheorists.org/xyzretreat Video by Amy Morrow Original Music @upgland

"The Quitter wins in the end When the Quitter quits to begin again" Original song by Upgland based on 1907 poem "What's the Use" by W.C. Morrow and "The Quitter" by Robert W. Service Directed and Edited by Amy Morrow Dance by Daniel Martinez www.thetheorists.org

This hole is my wound The dirt, my womb I'm scarred but not scared I'll try This hold is not my grave Stick your hands in the dirt Your work ain’t your worth You’re birthed from the Dust of dying stars A seed it must die Break open inside From roots you will rise Gardens not Graves Performance by Amy Diane Morrow Original Music by @Unglad Film by Essam Ossman Editing by Amy Diane Morrow Dedicated to Billie Ruth Morrow on her 92nd Birthday Thank you to our host and friends at Wood Haven ATX!

Jennifer Chenoweth, once told me, “No matter how hard life hits, if we can have one good day, we might imagine another.” October 26 was one good day for me. I remember a morning of music, art, and a warm breakfast in the streets. Ruta, a theater on wheels arrived from El Paso and opened its doors to guests experiencing homelessness to share a moment of wonder instead. A ballet troupe leaped through the streets and our guests joined in the dance. The afternoon explored storytelling with data and virtual realities across Austin, and the evening stars fell with music and dance in every crevice of the theater. People, people made it good. Our emerging dance fellow from Mexico completed his 19 month mentorship by presenting his own choreography sharing the stage with award-winning artists from six other countries. His mother beamed with joy in the audience and then jumped onstage to dancer herself with another audience member. The next day these three new friends spontaneously hit the road to Monterrey. Obstacles became opportunities, strangers became friends, and I remember life is good. Five years ago, we started an experiment asking “Where do you feel a sense of belonging?” Today I ask, how do you want to spend your days? You can support a neighbor: Draw Together throws community block parties and invites people experiencing homelessness to eat, jam, and draw together. You can support an artist: The Theorists provide scholarships and mentorships for artists from Texas and Mexico to collaborate together. Over the past two years we have opened opportunities to train and tour three countries, 14, cities, and dozens of events. You can join the dance: Our Toolbox series provides movement classes for people of diverse ages, abilities, and backgrounds to push their limits with dance. You can share your story: The XYZ Atlas is an interact public art project asking where we feel a sense of belonging mapping our collective experiences. Until we meet and move again, may you have one good day, day by day, into 2020. Love and Gratitude, Amy Morrow Donate: https://www.betterunite.com/findingfisterra

Theorist Fest 2019 features 50+ multi-disciplinary artists from Austin, across the US, Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, England, Korea & India. 5 Master classes 4 Day Weekend 3 Performances 2 Installations 1 Festival VISION Finding Fisterra, the edge of the known world, here in the center of Austin. COME SEE Th Oct 24 @7:30pm | Theorist Eve | Half Step Bar Fri Oct 25 @7:30 | LIVE Worldwide! | ESB-MACC Auditorium & Zocalo Sat Oct 26 @4pm | LIVE from Mexico! | ESB-MACC Auditorium Sat Oct 26 @7:30 | LIVE Worldwide! | ESB-MACC Auditorium & Zocalo COME EAT Sat Oct 26 | 10am | Draw Together Breakfast | Old Bakery COME DANCE Fri Oct 25 @6pm | Floor & Partnering | ESB-MACC Auditorium Sat Oct 26 @6pm | Gyrokinesis® | ESB-MACC Auditorium Sun Oct 27 @10:30am | Contemporary Ballet | UT Rec Sports 104a Sun Oct 27 @12:15pm | Hip-Hop Flow | UT Rec Sports 104a Sun Oct 27 @2pm | Contemporary Ballet | UT Rec Sports 104a 2019 ARTISTS Alberto Hiromoto (Cuernavaca, MX) Alexandra Madera Roumanis & Trevor Lee Ridge (Seattle) Amy Ell & VauLt Dance (Houston/Ecuador/Austin) Compañía Sunny Savoy (Monterrey, MX) Daniel Martinez (Monterrey, MX) Group Acorde (Brazil/Houston) Heike Salzer & WECreate(London/San Marcos) Jean Jang & Cross Motion Collective (Seoul, Korea) Justin C Gordon (Austin) Madison Hicks (LA) Maleek Washington (NYC) Manuel Vignoulle - M/motions (NYC/Geneva) Mountain Movement Dance Collective (El Paso) Nagavalli Medicharla (India/Austin) Natalya Shoaf (San Francisco) Sarah Alaways (Seattle) The Theorists (Austin/Houston/Monterrey) University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre & Dance students Mackenzie Lawrence & Taylor Schmuelgen (Austin) Vincent Hardy & Zion Dance Project (Dallas) FESTIVAL PASS Festival passes are only $80 ($180 value)!! *general seating at 3 performances and 2 immersive installations & receive 5 complimentary master classes VIP PASS VIP Passes are $125 *Receive all perks of Festival Pass plus reserved seating, free parking pass, exclusive VIP hub with signature cocktails, backstage tour, and photo onstage with Theorist Fest artists! OFFICIAL WEBSITE www.theoristfest.com info@thetheorists.org 817-692-2263 SPONSORS A special thanks to our co-producer, Fisterra! Craft Cocktails by Revolution Spirits, Tito's Handmade Vodka, and GEM&BOLT Music by Mike Wall Photography by Michael Hummel Videography by Essam Osman Editing by AM Arts

Dear friends and family, As our eldest Theorist, Twain Morrow, often sings, "I remember you." Thank you for questioning, laughing, challenging, dancing, singing, and giving abundantly in 2018. Together we produced 12 workshops, 15 master classes, 7 performances, and 1 festival with over 50 artists from five countries. There may be countless memories, but we remember. Keep on keeping on and onwards to 2019! Love and Gratitude, Amy & The Theorists

Theorist Fest 2018 celebrates the 60th anniversary of our beloved Zilker Hillside Theater with dance, live music, film, installations, and more! Featuring The Theorists from across the states, México, and The Middle East. Think Globally • Act Locally Homegrown Art • Dissolving Boarders Performances | Fri/Sat Oct 19/20 | 7-10pm Rain Date | Sun Oct 21 | 7-10pm Master Classes | Sun Oct 21 | 11-3pm >> RSVP > VOLUNTEER

The Theorists are artist/citizens collaborating internationally to create multi-disciplinary homegrown art in Austin, because people matter and places matter. Thank you for amplifying homegrown art in Austin! Tax-Deductible Donations: www.amarts.org