[OutVoice] St. Louis, MO: "A Lullaby for Ryan: The History of HIV/AIDS in America -Feb 16

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Ragged Blade  Productions, Urban Eats Café, the LGBT Center of St. Louis 
and GetJaded.com  proudly present: 
A LULLABY FOR RYAN: The  History of HIV/AIDS in America 
A solo musical comedy  written and performed by Jade Esteban Estrada 
Additional musical  arrangements by Frank Marasco, Jr.  
Solo theatre artist  Jade Esteban Estrada has been called “one of the 
finest solo theatre artists of  the 21st century,” by Minneapolis-St. Paul 
Magazine. Photo by JASON  FIENHOLD-HAASIS. 
7:00  p.m. 
Tuesday 
February 16,  2010 
Tickets $12  advance/$15 door


Urban Eats Café   
3301 Meramec  Street 
St.  Louis, MISSOURI 
63118 
Reservations/information:  314-280-1035 or email _ragdblade at aol.com_ 
(mailto:ragdblade at aol.com)   or purchase tickets online at  
http://www.urbaneatscafe.com/tickets 
Running time: 65  minutes with no intermission 
Ages 13 and  up 
www.getjaded.com 
_www.urbaneatscafe.com_ (http://www.urbaneatscafe.com/)  

Meet Boobs AKA the  Bubonic Plague, Jimmy, a real estate agent in New York 
City in 1981, Rock  Hudson, Miss Protease Inhibitor 1996, Bill McPhil, a 
53-year-old HIV-positive  cowboy and LaShonda, an African-American mother of 
three in Chicago’s Southside  as they chronicle the last quarter century of 
the AIDS epidemic in the United  States with stories of courage, strength and 
human triumph. Lavender Magazine  named Estrada the Best Touring Production 
of 2008. 
“The show is  ingenious, exceptionally intelligent and consistently 
engaging. Jade’s talent  and passion for his calling are obvious the minute he 
walks on stage. This show  is highly recommended,” raves Cindy Boyd of the More 
Life Festival of Fort  Worth, Texas. 
Award-winning  singer/comedian Jade Esteban Estrada has appeared on “30 Rock
” (NBC), “The  Graham Norton Effect” (Comedy Central) and was the host of 
the 19th  Annual South Florida GLAAD Media Awards (Bravo). The Advocate 
calls him  “exquisite.” He tours his 13 solo shows internationally. Visit 
_www.getjaded.com_ (http://www.getjaded.com/)  or click him as a friend on  
Facebook or Twitter. 
See a clip of “A  Lullaby for Ryan: The History of HIV/AIDS in America” on 
 YouTube.com: 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aw4E7poel4_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aw4E7poel4)  
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AjeSYT70Ec_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AjeSYT70Ec)  


“Without a doubt, the BEST  entertainment dollars I spent this year!” 
Dewey  Davis-Thompson 
Tampa Bay Gazette 


About the show's sponsors: 

Ragged Blade is a music and theater  troupe presenting mainly original work 
in St. Louis and nationwide. It has often focused  on LGBT material, and 
received the Director's Award at the 2006 Columbus Gay and  Lesbian Theatre 
Festival. Facebook.com. Search Ragged Blade Band.

Urban  Eats Café – A South St Louis restaurant,  with a passion for 
excellent, affordable and unique food and a social mission  dedicated to 
neighborhood Revitalization, healthy living and community. The café  was named 25th 
Ward 2009 Neighborhood Business of the Year by the St Louis  Mayor’s office. 
www.urbaneatscafe.com 

St.  Louis LGBT  Center- provides service to the  lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, questioning and ally community of St. Louis and its  surrounding 
areas through education, outreach, healthy living and community  building. 
_http://findmycenter.blogspot.com/_ (http://findmycenter.blogspot.com/)