Jade's show is fabulous and
very unique.
LGBT Center
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Princeton, NJ
"Thank you Jade so much for making last
Thursday evening amazing! I will tell you
this...I really left the theatre with a
better sense that it is ok to be gay. Just
seeing historical figures through your eyes
has made this passage a little more comical
and concrete."
David West, President of PRIDE
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
Indianapolis, IN
Dear Jade: Time has sped
by! It's been over a month
since you were on our campus
here at Wayne State College
in Wayne, Nebraska. The
IMPACT you made was big and
several times over the
students have indicated they
would like you to appear
again next school year. They
also indicated that they
would like to see both
ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay
History of the World, Vol. 1
and ICONS: The Lesbian and
Gay History of the World,
Vol. 2.
The students were
impressed with the
interactive nature of your
performance. You brought the
audience into history, to
experience with you the
magic of encountering real
people through the
generations. Your
performance was brilliant in
so many ways--the music, the
lyrics, the costumes, the
way that you transformed
yourself into each of the
characters you
portrayed---amazing. The
transitions that you made
from one historical figure
to the next highlighted the
progress of humanity in
coming to terms with itself.
And you encouraged each
member of the audience to
consider personally the
impact of icons on personal
identity formation.
Your performance made the
front page of the Wayne
State College newspaper, the
Wayne Stater, with what I
thought was a great story
and some excellent photos.
Thanks, Jade for the work
that you do and the impact
that you have on the culture
as a whole. We look forward
to your coming to our campus
again.
Karen Granberg
PRIDE Co-Advisor
WAYNE STATE COLLEGE
Wayne, NE
We enjoyed ICONS!
LGBT Center
UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA-PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant performance...
Multicultural Center
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON-EUGENE
Eugene, OR
We really enjoyed your performance of ICONS: The
Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 1 here in
Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It was the most
interesting portrayal of any gay theme I have ever
seen---and hilarious as well! The community center
is going great and we are planning a great big kick
off for the Rainbow Alliance. Please keep us
informed with ICONS 2 goes on tour. We would love to
have you back here at Southeast Missouri State
University.
Josh Rideout
Rainbow Alliance President
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
Cape
Girardeau, MO
We are definitely planning on having Jade back again
this year.
Fran McDaniel
Center for LGBT Concerns
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY
Lewisburg, PA
In the spring of 2005, Nebraska Wesleyan
University's campus LGBT organization, Plains Pride,
had the privilege of hosting Jade Esteban Estrada at
the 1500-seat O'Donnell Auditorium in Lincoln,
Nebraska and I must tell you that it was an absolute
pleasure. I had the benefit of a wonderful theatre
and musical background in connecting with Jade. His
work is of the highest quality.
Jade performed his show ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay
History of the World, Vol. 1 and ICONS 2 to a large
and enthusiastic crowd of several hundred people on
a Monday night.
Considering the largely conservative student
population, not to mention the outrageously red
political color of the state, the size of this crowd
was a miracle. As our organization has been going
through a wonderful transformation over the couple
of years, the performance culminated in a victorious
celebration of LGBT icons from human history. This
stunning historical journey was accomplished through
musical and dramatic monologues, all of which
featured a different character which Estrada brought
alive before our very eyes.
The remarkable concept of Jade's performance
provided the audience of collegiate students,
faculty and Lincoln community members with a
brilliant evening of entertainment. The music
recorded prior to the show which Jade sang along was
highly developed and showed musical development and
pizzazz. This, combined with Jade's remarkable
ability to seamlessly move from one character to
another, provided our hearts and minds with equal
opportunity for reflection.
While Jade's performance is in fact reward enough
for the amount we paid, we got an added bonus. Jade
is an extremely wonderful person and shared a great
deal of his personal charm and compassionate self
with the students in our group. We came away from
this particular production experience with not only
a great show, but a wonderful new friend.
Any group debating offering a concert opportunity
for Jade should debate no more and book him
immediately. The success of our event was so
remarkable that we will be hosting a campus wide
forum featuring Jade's performance of TransWorld!
The Transgender History of the World. The group on
campus looks forward to Jade's appearance at our
campus as soon as possible.
His pioneering performance will continue to be used
as an action to bring positive change to our campus
and secure the rights of all individuals so that no
LGBT person will ever feel like a second-class
citizen.
Charles Johnston
Plains Pride President
NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Lincoln, NE
ICONS emphasizes the universality of each
gay/lesbian ICONS's contribution to the world, the
value contributed by each ICONS's life and
thoughts--not just to GLBT people, but to all
people.
PRISM
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Dekalb, IL
A wildly popular Latino artist...we were amazed by
the versatility and talent of this man...
Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Ally
College Conference 2006
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA-SIOUX FALLS
Sioux Falls, SD
A monumental success! Jade Esteban Estrada plays six
ICONS in a truly spectacular theatrical performance.
The show examines how these six unique individuals
changed history for all human-kind and how they just
happened to be queer.
LGBT Center
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
Bowling Green, OH
Sioux Falls, SD
A mesmerizing performance...
Multicultural Center
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
Bethlehem, PA
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