

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Automatic: A Life with Shem
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm – Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Creative Circuit Studios &amp; The Overtime Theater Presents

Automatic: A Life with Shem
Written by John Lambert
Performed by Jess Mahogany and John Lambert
Directed by Andrew Jacobi Jeter

Join us for a profound and moving theatrical experience for Autism Awareness Month. Automatic: A Life with Shem dives into the enduring impact of a family's separation during the darkest period of autism stigma.

The play centers on John, who seeks hypnotherapy to confront the trauma of his younger brother Shem's institutionalization.  This separation occurred during the tail end of the the infamous "Refrigeration Mother" era, a time when mothers were unjustly stigmatized as the cause of autism and cruelly isolated from their institutionalized children.

Through John's subconscious journey, the audience takes a deep dive into the layers of impact -- on Shem, on John, and on the family forced to navigate a world of blame and isolation.  Automatic is a raw, unflinching look at the mirror autism holds up to the individual and society at large.

John's journey ventures through emotional corridors that range from humorous and whimsical to the dark and deeply poignant.  In a powerful narrative of reckoning, the path toward vindication and redemption emerges from an entirely unexpected source.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/san-antonio/automatic-a-life-with-shem/200029753499008
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit, art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 49

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://cur8.com/17272/project/137520?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=san+antonio-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: San Antonio
- **state**: TX
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Overtime Theater
- **lat**: 29.514410014617
- **long**: -98.535308837891
- **full address**: Overtime Theater, 4335 Vance Jackson Rd, San Antonio, TX 78230-5312, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Creative Circuit Studios (https://allevents.in/org/creative-circuit-studios/27529585)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Overtime Theater, 4335 Vance Jackson Rd, San Antonio, TX 78230-5312, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Creative Circuit Studios
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** nonprofit, art, theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Automatic: A Life with Shem ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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