Jump-Start Shimi theater.

S. T. Shimi channels the Sumerian goddess Inanna in Laurie Dietrich's provocative theater ritual, "Hetaerae" at Jump-Start Performance Theater. Photo by Iris Dimmick.

S. T. Shimi channels the Sumerian goddess Inanna in Laurie Dietrich’s provocative theater ritual, “Hetaerae” at Jump-Start Performance Theater. Photo by Iris Dimmick.

S. T. Shimi channels the Sumerian goddess Inanna in Laurie Dietrich’s provocative theater ritual, “Hetaerae” at Jump-Start Performance Theater. Photo by Iris Dimmick.