Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara, California
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SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA An intimate black box theater with weekly performances by a variety of artists and companies, located in Paseo Nuevo in the heart of the downtown Santa Barbara cultural district. |
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SOME PAST PERFORMANCES: 2006 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
DAUGHTER OF ZION DANCE COMPANY AND DRAMADOGS PRESENT The Daughter of Zion Dance Company returns with the world premiere of their new piece, Visage. Working in collaboration with DramaDogs, a Theater Company, Visage incorporates aerial dance, modern dance, and theater to explore the many faces we show to the world and the world shows to us. Inspired by the moments of life that arouse us, frighten us, move us, and redeem us, director Rina Van de Kamp takes us on a journey of relationships. TIMES: January 12, 13, and
14 at 8:00 P.M.
SANTA
BARBARA DANCE ALLIANCE PRESENT Choreographers Robin Bisio, Valerie Huston, Nancy Colahan, Nicole Helton, Marcos Duran, J'aime Morrison, Ilana Morgan, Misa Kelly, and Emily Proctor present new works. SB County Arts Commissioner Patrick Davis receives the 9th annual Lifetime Achievement award, presented by Pedro Nava January 27. Visit the website: www.sbdancealliance.org TIMES: January 27, 28, and
29 at 8:00 P.M.
IRIDIAN
ARTS PRESENTS Iridian Arts, Santa Barbara's newest presenting organization, kicks off its 2006 series with "Rear View Mirror," a rare double-bill of live music and dance by the Robin Cox Ensemble and Nugent Dance. Santa Barbara's most cutting-edge performers will present collaborative works in a highly eclectic concert showcasing how Iridian Arts brings adventurous music and multi-media arts to the community. RCE includes veteran members Eric Mellencamp, Carter Dewberry, Erik Leckrone, Robin Cox, new member acclaimed clarinetist Marty Walker, and guest pianist Jeanette Yaryan. Nugent's company will include the Santa Barbara/London-based dancer Elizabeth Schwyzer, Nugent, and ten of UCSB's most talented dance performers. The show also includes Drive, Cox and Nugent's newest collaboraton, and video by Erin Martinez.
Visit the web sites: www.iridianarts.com | www.nugentdance.com | www.robincoxensemble.com TIMES: Tuesday January 31 and
Wednesday February 1 at 8:00 P.M.
DRAMATIC WOMEN PRESENTS It's 2042, America is a corporation run by a gang of inept fanatics and a cloned figurehead, and liberals are an endangered species. The play begins as the last remnants are being hunted down. Who turns out to be the Last Liberal? What tribulations and raptures lie ahead? Does he/she escape to lead a surprising and successful New American Revolution? In your dreams! And in our play! The cast for this premiere production includes Martin Bell, Marissa Casados, Brittany Conyers, Brian Hansen, Nancy Mendez, Robert Riechel, Justin Stark, Tiffany Story, and Joseph Velasco. THE LAST LIBERAL will be staged by rising New York Director (and ex- Dramatic Women member) Heather Ondersma, with sets and lighting by Vickie Scott and costumes by Ellen Sheppard. Plan now to join us for an evening of provocative satire and infectious good fun. TIMEs: February 17, 18, 23,
24, 25 at 8:00 P.M.
SANTA BARBARA YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS Anatomy of Gray deals with death, loss, love, and healing in a
unique coming-of-age story. Set in Indiana in 1895, the mystery of doctoring
and healing is challenged by the beliefs and culture of the simple townspeople.
As a young girl, June, wishes for a healer to help her people, a stranger
arrives on the wind, bringing with him the strange ways of a Jewish, blood-phobic
doctor from the East. Speaking of germs and other diagnostic terms makes
Galen Gray suspect as a mysterious, deadly illness spreads like a flood
through the hearty town folk of Gray, Indiana. This play, written by Jim
Leonard, Jr. (The Diviners--SBYT's first drama in February 2001),
brilliantly weaves these themes of the heartland's settlers at the turn
of the century into our hearts and minds. Deanne Anders directs a cast of
talented youth from throughout Santa Barbara County. TIMEs: March 2, 3, and 4 at
7:00 P.M. NOTE EARLY TIME
GENESIS WEST PRESENTS Far Away, by Caryl Churchill, is a ravishingly engaging play by one of England's most imaginative contemporary playwrights. It is a haunting tale in which everyday comforts are threatened by the horrors of a world in conflict. The story centers around Joan, a woman who comes-of-age in a world engaged in war. It is told with compelling theatrical surprise, wit and enormous power. Visit the web site: www.genesiswest.org Hat Auction! TIMEs: Thursdays, Fridays &
Saturdays, March 17 through April 1 at 8:00 P.M. Monday, March 20, 2006 DRAMATIC WOMEN PRESENTS All across the world on March 20, readings and performances of this extraordinary work will be given, organized by the Peter Weiss Foundation for Art and Politics in Berlin. Our reading will feature an outstanding cast of Santa Barbara actors. The text, compiled by Eliot Weinberger is a collage of the statements
made by American administration officials and their allies leading up to
the war, and then, after the war began, of these same officials, as well
as American soldiers and ordinary Iraqi citizens. It is a history of the
Iraq war in "soundbites." After its publication in the London
Review of Books, the text was the most-visited article ever on the magazine's
website, and was reproduced or linked on some 100,000 other websites. It
has been translated into many languages. TIMEs: Monday, March 20, at
8:00 P.M.
SANTA BARBARA THEATRE PRESENTS The Santa Barbara Theatre, the city's new professional theatre company, continues its inaugural season at Center Stage Theater with Eugene O'Neill's classic one-act drama, Hughie. Set in a seedy hotel in New York City late on a summer night in 1928, Erie Smith, "a teller of tales," does not want to go to bed. He amuses himself by bending the ear of a disinterested night clerk in one of O'Neill's most powerful, profound, and funny short plays. Hughie features the inimitable Morlan Higgins (André in Exits and Entrances) in the lead role as Erie Smith. Hughie is directed by Mike Uppendahl of the Namaste Theatre Company. This production began as part of the Eugene O'Neill Festival, and was performed last fall in the barn outside of the Tao House in northern California where Hughie was written. MORE Two-play subscriptions are now available for Hughie and String of Pearls (April 21 through May 7). Subscriber benefits include reserved seating in the center section of the theatre, ticket discounts and exchange privileges. Please call 963-7282 for more information. TIMES: April 7 through 15,
preview April 6. Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 P.M.,
Sunday April 9 at 2:00 P.M.  April 21 through May 7, 2006
SANTA BARBARA THEATRE PRESENTS The Santa Barbara Theatre, the city's new professional theatre company, completes its inaugural season at Center Stage Theater with Michele Lowe's new play String of Pearls, directed by SBT Co-Artistic Director Stephen Sachs. String of Pearls features four superb actresses in a funny and touching play that follows the title jewelry as it passes through the hands and hearts of 27 unforgettable women. This production of String of Pearls originated at the Road Theatre Company in North Hollywood in January 2006 and has been named Critic's Choice in the Los Angeles Times. TIMES: April 21 through May
7, preview April 20. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 P.M.;
Sundays at 2:00 & 7:00 P.M. (No Sunday at 7 P.M. on April 23).
MAYA SHAW GALE PRESENTS A gala evening of music, wine and hot hors d'oeuvres followed by a dramatic reading of Maya Shaw Gale's (work-in-progress) movement/theater piece about three women at mid-life re-inventing themselves in parallel with the Earth's own evolutionary shifts. After the performance, there will be a brief "talk-back" discussion and dessert. Maya Shaw Gale has been a somatic therapist, personal coach, poet, writer and performance artist for the past 21 years of her residence in Santa Barbara, and only recently has taken to playwrighting after studying the craft with local playwrights Ellen Anderson and Kimberly Snow. Last year, her first one act play, Resurrection Salon, delighted audiences at Center Stage Theater in a production by Dramatic Women. Maya has also performed in Five Foot Feat by Catherine Cole and, in the 90s, the Coastal Dance Project, CAF's Poetry Festival Performance Night, and the evening Solstice events. TIME: Friday, May 19: catered
party at Contemporary Arts Forum at 6:00 P.M., performance
at CST at 8:00 P.M.
IRIDIAN
ARTS PRESENTS Lowenstern brings not only his unparalleled skill and finesse to the stage, but also his sense of humor, a deep appreciation for pop culture, and enthusiasm which can only be called infectious.
Visit the web sites: www.iridianarts.com | www.earspasm.com TIME: Sunday, May 21, at 8:00
P.M.
SPEAKING
OF STORIES PRESENTS In the intimate setting of Center Stage Theater we present a series of
afternoon chats with talented writers. Each afternoon includes an interview
by David Starkey (host of The Creative Community), brief readings from their
work, and audience questions. TIME: Sunday June 25 at 4:00
P.M.
SPEAKING
OF STORIES PRESENTS Directed by Maggie Mixsell and Ron Smith. TIME: Sunday June 25 at 6:30
P.M. (NOTE EARLY TIME)
IRIDIAN
ARTS PRESENTS ...if a sring quartet was a cartoon dreamt up by Charles
Ives starring Tom Waits "Oscillating between reflective and giddy stuff, with dollops of improvisatory anarchy ... Connolly never forgets musicality, however light-headed things might get." --Santa Barbara Independent Visit the web sites: www.pfmentum.com/jimconnolly | www.iridianarts.com TIME: Sunday July 2 at 8:00
P.M.
STEVE SHELTON Steve Shelton and the unofficial Jack Ball Trio: Wayne Peet, keyboards; Tom Lackner, drums. Special guests Jim Connolly, bass; Josh Shelton, trumpet. Complimentary beer, wine, and soft drinks before show and during break. Steve Shelton web site: www.oakleighsongs.com For samples and more CD information, visit www.angryvegan.com TIME: Saturdy July 8 at 8:00
P.M. July 12 through 28, 2006
SPEAKING
OF STORIES PRESENTS Crime/suspense novelist whose work includes Don't Say A Word and True Crime In the intimate setting of Center Stage Theater we present a series of
afternoon chats with talented writers. Each afternoon includes an interview
by David Starkey (host of The Creative Community), brief readings from their
work, and audience questions. TIME: Sunday July 30 at 4:00
P.M.
IRIDIAN
ARTS PRESENTS Hot out of the oven! Stephanie Nugent curates this performance of works-in-progress
by Southern California's most exciting contemporary choreographers...a low
key, highly creative night with the audience invited to share in the inspirations
and investigations. Reception to follow. Choreographers will include Carmela
Hermann, Keith Johnson, Stephanie Nugent, Taisha Paggett, Stephanie Powell,
and Kristen Smiarowski. MORE Visit the web site: www.iridianarts.com TIME: Sunday July 30 at 8:00
P.M.  Saturday August
12
LOOK AT ME VAUDEVILLE 18 actors ranging in age 8 to16 perform in a full-length extravaganza
including numbers varying from Broadway to popular music to Saturday Night
Live with a little improve thrown in. Full of show stopping numbers the
actors perform to their strengths showing everyone exactly what they are
capable of. The cast includes Jessica Dodson, Zeke Dascomb, and Christina
Means from Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre, Merckx Dascomb and Alec Hanna from
PCPA, and Jennifer Curriden, Blue Dascomb, Jimmy Gongola, Matthew Honeyman,
Chase LaMarche, Eli McKeone, Kitty McQueeny, Kelsey Nichols, Megan Schumer,
Mikayla Timmons, Dane Underwood, Charlotte Will, and Natalie Wilkins from
Valley Players. Some of our favorite numbers include "I'm Not Dead
Yet." "Time Warp," "Cellblock Tango," "Monologist,"
and "Teeny Todd". TIME: Saturday August 12 at
8:00 P.M.  Sunday August 13
THE JOSHUA SETH COMEDY HYPNOSIS & MINDREADING SHOW A fast paced, high-energy event that combines side-splittingly funny interactive-comedy with the mysteries of the human mind. Joshua's show is unscripted and stars the audience, so every performance is unique. It's really two shows in one. Before anyone comes onstage to be hypnotized, Joshua demonstrates the untapped powers of the mind by telling spectators thought of names, the amount of money in their pockets, and the images in their heads. Nothing is prearranged. He uses no stooges or hidden assistants and has a standing offer of $10,000 (payable to charity) if anyone can prove otherwise. Comedy hypnosis shows are one of the most popular forms of entertainment in Las Vegas, on college campuses, and at corporate events across the country. Mentalism is also becoming increasingly popular due to the TV exposure of David Blaine and Criss Angel. The newest performer set to break-out in this field, with his own television series currently in preproduction, is Santa Barbara resident Joshua Seth. "I hope to do for hypnosis what David Copperfield has done for magic," says Mr. Seth. And with his extensive Hollywood connections, he looks to be the perfect person to do it too. Joshua's been around the Hollywood entertainment field for over a decade, lending his hypnotic voice and comedic sensibilities to such movies as "Akira", "Digimon", and "Spongebob Squarepants" as well as cracking people up in dozens of animated TV shows. But it's performing on stage that remains his passion. "The thing that makes this show so great is that it's the volunteers from the audience who are being so incredibly funny and amazing," insists Joshua. "Everyone knows the people up on stage, so it's truly shocking when they go into hypnosis and begin to act out these hilarious routines." And when they're directed by Master Hypnotist Joshua Seth, it 's like having a dozen comedians onstage at once! Joshua Seth is a certified member of the National Guild of Hypnotists has been featured on Discovery Channel, Kids WB, ABC Family, Fox Kids, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Internationally on TV specials in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. In 2003 he won the prestigious Magic Castle Olympics for the close-up mentalism set he'll be using to open his Santa Barbara show. Visit the web sites: www.joshuaseth.com | www.SantaBarbaraHypnotist.com TIMES: Sunday August 13 at
7:30 P.M. (NOTE EARLY TIME)  August 17
through 20
WE WEAR PANTS PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS A Day in the Life of Crazy is a fun social parody that comments on the craziness of normal neurotics by highlighting the interactions they have with each other, and providing a voyeuristic view of their therapy sessions at the communal shrink's office. The show centers on a day in the life of a young woman dealing with an overbearing roommate in the dorms, a long distance lover, a very short distance admirer, and a set of parents who aren't all there-how she makes it through the day is anybody's guess. We Wear Pants Productions was recognized last year in the Santa Barbara Independent's annual readers' poll as finalist for best production company in Santa Barbara. TIMES: Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, August 17, 18, and 19 at 8:00 P.M.; Sunday
August 20 at 2:00 P.M.
SPEAKING
OF STORIES PRESENTS Playwright, screenwriter, novelist & short story author, currently Supervising Producer and writer on hit CBS series The Unit with her brother David Mamet In the intimate setting of Center Stage Theater we present a series of
afternoon chats with talented writers. Each afternoon includes an interview
by David Starkey (host of The Creative Community), brief readings from their
work, and audience questions. TIME: Sunday August 27 at 4:00
P.M.
FUTURE TRADITIONS PRESENTS Paul Z. Livingstone will perform some of the romantic, heroic, and healing ragas transmitted to him by his legendary teachers: Pandits Ravi Shankar, Rajeev Taranath, and Amiya Dasgupta. Livingstone, who has been featured on many recordings, including those of Alanis Morisette as well as Ozomatli, is an artist who work goes beyond the concert stage. Check out his website www.tanpura.com to get an idea of his work for peace, both in the neighborhood and across the globe. Gregg A. Johnson has toured India as both a soloist and accompanist to great Indian artists. His tours of Europe have been equalled by appearances at Lincoln Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In India, he is recognized as one of the important exemplars of the legendary Farukabhad Gharana - one of the most ancient and powerful lineages of traditional tabla and pakhawaj drumming and Sanskrit poetic recitation. For more information, visit the web site: www.futuretraditionsfoundation.us/GetInspired.htm The first in what we hope will be an ongoing series featuring great performances
of Eastern Classical music. Your support will enable us to continue
to invite leading artists and present them in prestigious public venues.
Come celebrate the vitality and genius of two master musicians and their
inspirational contributions to our community. "Get Inspired" is
a Future Traditions Foundation production The Future Traditions Foundation
is a 501 (C) (3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation. We merge traditions
of the past with innovations of the present to develop a future of peaceful,
compassionate lifestyles; liberating the passionate artist in all humans
to heal hearts, free minds, and release the light of inspiration. TIME: Saturday, September 2
at 8:00 P.M. September 7 through 9, 2006 A BENEFIT FOR LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY Alas, Poor Fred: If you're going to die, it's better to die laughing!
Starring Marilyn Gilbert and Nathan Rundlett. TIMES: September 7, 8 and 9
at 8:00 P.M.
BEN MONDER TRIO PLUS OPENING SET BY For the first time, New York City guitarist Ben Monder brings his trio to California for a series of concerts and workshops this September. Monder is one of the most distinguished and cutting-edge guitarists today, creating mind-bending harmonic passages never before heard on six strings. He improvises fluid melodic lines on par with the most skilled woodwind players' melodies, and his compositions are mesmerizing, introspective, and harmonically adventurous. "Ben Monder has played nearly unsurpassable jazz guitar with any number of actual jazz groups. But what he plays with his own group comes from another planet." --Ben Ratliff, New York Times. For more information, visit www.BenMonder.com TIMES: Wednesday, September
20, at 8:00 P.M. September 22 and 23, 2006 SPEAKING
OF STORIES PRESENTS Short stories by local Santa Barbara authors exploring issues of sexuality, crime and accountability, and the darker side of the human experience. The honest, original and astute storytelling voices of Joe Treasure, Susan Chiavelli, John Luca and Saral Burdette offer stirring and thought-provoking tales of a complicated world. The program is an edgy, exciting and insightful night of storytelling intended for mature audiences.
For more information, visit www.speakingofstories.org TIMES: Friday, September 22,
and Saturday, September 23, at 8:00 P.M.
THE LOOSE AFFILIATION OF ARTISTS PRESENTS How far would you go for love? For art? What concessions would you make? What price would you be willing to pay? Such are the painful questions explored in The Shape of Things: A young student drifts into an ever-changing relationship with an art major while his best friends' engagement crumbles, unleashing a drama that peels back the skin of two modern-day relationships, exposing the raw meat and gristle that lie beneath.
The Loose Affiliation of Artists, formed in April of 2006, were born out of a desire and a need to contribute to the next generation of American Theatre. These young professionals, taught by our local colleges and universities, trained under rich and diverse theatre community of Santa Barbara, including: Ensemble Theatre Company, Lit Moon Theatre Company, Santa Barbara Theatre, Opera Santa Barbara, and Music Academy of the West. TIMES: September 28, 29, 30,
October 5, 6, 7 at 8:00 P.M. October 12-22, 2006 LIT MOON THEATRE PRESENTS The inaugural Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival takes place October 12 through 22, 2006, at the Lobero Theatre, Center Stage Theater, and other area venues in Santa Barbara. The eleven-day festival features seven companies from five countries mounting nine plays, including three world premieres. There are also related panel discussions, addresses, an art exhibit, music and performance art, and social events. Inspired by the Shakespearean Festival in Gdansk, Poland, this is the only international Shakespeare Festival in the United States. Subscriptions are priced at $190 for all nine shows ($110 for students). Multi-show packages are available, offering significant discounts against single ticket prices. For series subscription information, contact the Lobero Theatre Box Office: (805) 963-0761 or at 33 East Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101, or visit www.lobero.com
Saturday October 28, 2006 THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS The California Branch of the American Irish Historical Society presents a dramatic reading of Spreading the News, a one-act comedy by Lady Gregory. The reading is directed by Robert Grande Weiss with a cast of 10 equity actors and actresses. Lady Gregory's play Spreading the News premiered on December 27, 1904 as part of a quadruple bill to celebrate the opening of the Abbey Theatre, the new and permanent home of the Irish National Theatre Company. Critics that attended the evening's productions paid very little attention to this play. But it quickly became one of the most popular and most frequently revived plays in the National Theatre's repertoire. A close examination of the play reveals a more complex and subversive analysis of Ireland under late colonial rule than the reviewers initially indicated. The play is set at a village fair in Cloon, a fictional township modeled after Lady Gregory's town of Gort in County Galway on the western coast of Ireland. The primary action of the play revolves around a single misheard remark that spirals out of control. The "news" is passed on from neighbor to neighbor, and as the story gets told and retold, it quickly grows into a tale of murder, adultery and emigration. TIMES: Saturday, October 28,
at 8:00 P.M.
GENESIS WEST PRESENTS Winner of the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play. With Robert Lesser, Leslie Gangl Howe, Tom Hinshaw, and Adam Trent. Chris Turner, Set Design; Paul Marceau, Costume Design; Michael Smith, Lighting Design; Parry Gripp, Sound Design; Cecilia Martini-Muth, Graphic Designer; Kevin McDonald, Stage Manager. Sponsored by the Santa Barbara Independent and the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance. EXTREME LANGUAGE AND MATURE CONTENT.
TIMES: November 3 (preview),
4 (opening), 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 at 8:00 P.M.
KASPER HAUSER COMEDY GROUP PRESENTS Let San Francisco's award-winning comedy group Kasper Hauser transport you into the sublime universe that is SkyMaul. Based on their just-published catalog parody of the same name, this smart, edgy multimedia satire explodes with razor-sharp wit, boundless creativity, and a keen eye for the absurd.
HOUSEHOLD
INK PRESENTS Santa Barbara's "band that won't go away" (Independent) forges and forages in the far fields of post-polka and semiurban eclecticism--and yet they're still hanging around here. This year's concert features nearly a dozen surprise regular, irregular, and special guest artists. MORE For more information, visit www.householdink.com
ARTS
FOR HUMANITY! (AH!) PRESENTS Zabella's Circle presents imaginative vignettes and tells the story of discovering the creative magic waiting in us all. Filled with exquisite visuals and creativity, this production beautifully integrates art, music, dance and theater, with a unique feature of projected art by artists with disabilities. Performed by the innovative Blue Moon Players, a troupe of actors and dancers with and without disabilities, Zabella's Circle will open your eyes and heart to the astounding artistic synthesis of people of mixed abilities. This is AH!'s seventh production in Santa Barbara--you won't want to miss it! "With style, beauty and magic...[this ensemble] transcends the ordinary and stretches the boundaries of our expectations." --The Independent For more information, visit www.artsforhumanity.com TIMES: Saturday, December 2,
at 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 12, 2006 BAMBOO-MESSENGER-WOMAN PRESENTS Featuring the magical artistry of Woody DeMarco (keyboards), Jon Crosse (sax, flute, clarinet, trumpet), Stephen Geyer (guitar), Hank Allen (bass), Rex Harte (drums, percussion), Bob Sedivy (bamboo shakuhachi flute), and Beverly Messenger (koto), TIME: Tuesday, December 12,
at 8:00 P.M.
ARTSPACE, INC. PRESENTS Join us for music, wine, foolishness, mulled cider, carolers, and holiday
storytelling by some of Santa Barbara's choicest performers. Reception and
merriment begins at 6:30 P.M. and continues throughout
the evening. Performers include George Backman in Dylan Thomas's
A Child's Christmas in Wales, Christina Allison in Loved
Ones and her bring-down-the-house rendition of The Twelve Days After
Christmas, John Knox-Johnston in The Gift of the Magi,
carolers from the Santa Barbara Unitarian Society, incidental music
by Leo Fishman, and more. MORE TIME: Sunday, December 10,
from 6:30 P.M. This project is funded in part by the Organizational Development Grant Program using funds provided by the City of Santa Barbara in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission. |
January 12 through 14, 2006
January 27 through 29, 2006
January 31 & February 1,
2006
February 17 through 25, 2006
March 2 through 4, 2006
March 17 through April 1, 2006
April 7 through 15, 2006
Friday, May 19, 2006
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Sunday, July 2, 2006
Saturday, July 8, 2006
Wednesday,
July 12
Wednesday
and Thursday, July 26 and 27
Friday, July 28
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Sunday, July 30
Saturday, September 2
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Joe Treasure, originally
from England and a teacher of English and drama, will be reading his story
The Male Gaze, a story of an English couple who are out of their element
when invited to a party involving the Los Angeles intellectual community.
E. Bonnie
Lewis, co-founder and co-artistic director of DramaDogs, will present
a story by Susan Chiavelli, whose fiction and poetry have appeared
in various journals and anthologies including Potpourri, World
Wide Writers, and Community of Voices. Maybe it Happened This Way
is a dark and eerily personal story of loss of innocence through a sexual
crime and the haunting affect our most foolish and courageous choices have
on our lives.
John Luca,
a Santa Barbara writer and actor will share his short story A
Taste of Brandy, a tale exploring the complicated and secretive world
of sexuality and attraction and its affect on whom we are and who we love.
This is John's second appearance with Speaking of Stories. His performance
in 2004 of his memorable story The Impala, was a highlight of the
season.
Saral Burdette,
a local inter-faith celebrant, writer and actress, and Speaking of Stories
favorite returns with another one of her original stories, My Pride
and Prejudice, a true story of a surprise situation when a woman attends
a "Women's Camping Weekend." Latent prides and prejudices reveal
themselves as the author navigates an unknown world.
September 28, 29, 30, October
5, 6, 7, 2006
October 13, 15,
and 17, 2006
October 18, 19,
and 21, 2006
October 20, 21, and 22,
2006
November 4 through 18, 2006
Friday, November 24, 2006
Monday, December 4, 2006
December 2 through 9, 2006
Sunday, December 10, 2006