Pigeons in Love
by Jeff Carter

has been selected for Shelterbelt with Love 11, a festival of new short-plays.

When:  January 19-February 12, 2012

Where:  Shelterbelt Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska

An Evening of Off Kilter Christmas One Act Plays

Produced and Directed by Robin Schild

When:  Doors open 7:30pm, Mon, Dec 19, 2011

Cost:  $10 (includes drink ticket for Ale, Wine or Apple Cider)

Where:
EBGB ~ The Underground Wine Bar
1203 Pine Street – Pacific Cannery, Oakland, CA 94607

The Plays:

Tree, By Jeff Carter
When a large, beautiful tree from Josephine “Jo” Dudley’s farm is chosen to be the official Christmas tree for the White House lawn of 1959 she is at first pleased. She soon comes to regret the decision, becoming angry with herself for letting her son Donnie talk her into giving it up to President Eisenhower. Finally, she decides something must be done. With her adopted son Rollie, she devises a plan to right the mistake she has made.

Christmas in Carrolton, By Lee Brady
The style is 40′s film noir, with all the elements of that smoky genre. We meet Sharla w a famous film beauty who is allowed one last Christmas sit home before being electrocuted, and the three men who can’t stop loving her even though they know she can be deadly.

4 plays by John Robinson

• The Wine Cellar
• Nora Prentice is holding a Christmas Party for clients at the mansion of her friend and venture capitalist backer, Spencer Gaines. Without asking him, she ordered the wine and the choice turns out to be a disastrous one. He promises to rectify the mistake by offering his wide selection of the finest wines. She must only accompany him to his wine cellar for a tasting adventure. It turns out to be more of a journey than she had anticipated. 
  
• Saint George and the Dragon
• The story of Saint George and his battle with The Dragon has been a part of Christmas festivities since the Tenth Century. In order to spare the town, a princess is offered to The Dragon as her bride. Saint George happens along and rescues her. The legend?s holiday symbolism casts The Dragon is the darkness of the winter, and Saint George as the promise of the renewal of light. About 15 years ago, I was cast in the play as the quack doctor charged with healing the ailing Saint George in the Christmas Revels celebrated in Oakland. In this piece, I couldn?t resist doing a little tweaking of the tale, (no pun intended).
  
• Bells and Whistles
• The Carol of Bells, wafts from a new store in the mall. How charming it is, especially during the holidays to find a shop devoted to bells of all sorts. Whistles nicely compliment the cheery tones. A young couple soon to be married is drawn by the allure of the sounds to purchase something there. However, behind the pleasant notes, something secret lies in wait. 
  
• Wenseslas 
• One evening during the holiday season, a man is found walking barefoot in the snow. He has frostbite and amnesia. After being treated for frostbite, Dr. Judith Prober, the hospitals resident hypnotherapist, tackles his amnesia. He apparently believes he is King Wenceslas of the Christmas Carol by that name. Total delusion or a supernatural possession? 
  

Southern Exposure: Two plays of love, murder, sex and religion
Written by Lee Brady
Directed by Katie Burmaster

Love Child
In this stunning monologue, a man finds being a love child can be dangerous especially after puberty. Read by Michael Lojkovic

and

A Short Way Down Mount Olympus
Five mythic women have been moved from Ancient Greece to the Contemporary South, but their problems are still about love—how to hold on to it without dying for it. The move, however, has made their situation more comic than tragic. Performed by Carol Daly, Jill Jackson, Annie Evans, Rayna Jansen and Linda Dale

Presented by 3Girls Theatre and The Carl Cherry Arts Center

Opens: Friday, November 18, 2011
Closes: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Performances: Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 and Sundays at 2:00
Ticket prices: $20.00, $15.00

Reservations:

Call 831-647-1208 or email 3girlstheatre

Online at TicketGuys 

Afield
by Linda Ayres-Frederick

Directed by Joe Weatherby
Cast: Carolyn Doyle, Bruno Kanter, and Heidi Wolff.

Performances at the Exit Theatre

When:
THURSDAY SEPT 8 7:00 PM
SATURDAY SEPT 10 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY SEPT 14 9:00 PM
SUNDAY SEPT 18 1:00 PM

Please visit the SF Fringe website for tickets and more information.

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Some fine acting also distinguishes Linda Ayres-Frederick’s wry, futuristic “Afield.” Directed by Joe Weatherby, it’s an intriguing, offbeat showdown for two ragged, suspicious survivors (Bruno Kanter and Carolyn Doyle) in a toxic, oft-flooded wasteland and one very alert pig (Heidi Wolff). At issue is who might survive the land mines and the next deluge, and whether pigs can fly – or float.

A Piece of Work
by John Robinson

Cliff Latham’s settled aesthetic gets shattered when a young and talented woman, his neighbor, pays a visit to his studio looking for guidance and mentoring.

Directed by Robin Schild
with Joey Hoeber, Jude Haukom, and Claudia Rosa.

EXIT Studio
156 Eddy Street (near Taylor)
Two Blocks from Powell Street Bart

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH at 10:30 PM
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH at 7:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14tTH at 9:00 PM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH at 8:30 PM

For tickets visit the SF Fringe website. 

WHO?   ELLEN BROOKS, JIM COLGAN, AMBER CRANE, SAIGE HILTON, KENNA HUNT and KATE WHITE play out complicated relationships in an unusually troubled family.

WHAT?
Janice & Shelley & Jo
by Lee Brady

A family comedy directed by Andrea Gordon, presented by 3Girls Theatre.  Janice and Shelley meet for the first time and discover they have the same mother (Jo). Both saint and sinner, Jo’s worlds collide when she flees the Absolute Truth commune to find her daughters and runs into the past she left behind, her ex-lover, Keenan, a wild Irish Fiddler who changed all of their lives.

WHERE?
The 2011 San Francisco Fringe Festival at the Exit Theatre, 156 Eddy St, San Francisco  (www.sffringe.org)

WHEN?
Thursday, Sept 8th @ 9:00 PM
Sunday, Sept 11th @ 1:00 PM

Saturday, Sept 17th @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, Sept 18th @ 4:00 PM

WHY?
Because at 8 bucks a pop this is the best theatre bargain in the Bay Area!

For tickets visit the SF Fringe website.

Nancy Cooper Frank’s short play, Otherwise, What?
(part of the Toby and Alfred cycle)

will be produced by The Secret Room Theatre
as part of a program of Lickety Skits
at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, September 5-17 2011.

Ticketing Information here

Nancy Cooper Frank’s short play, Garbage Day
(part of the Toby and Alfred Cycle)

will be produced as part of Fire Rose Productions’ 10-minute Play Festival

Secret Rose Theatre, North Hollywood, CA. in August, 2011.

Check the exact dates and details at Fire Rose Productions.

Nancy Cooper Frank’s short play, Otherwise, What?
(part of the Toby and Alfred cycle) will be presented

as part of San Francisco Theatre Pub’s Pint-Sized Play Festival.

Free! Donations accepted.

WHEN: August  15, 16, 22,  29 and 30, 2011  8:00 pm.
(Come early, if you don’t want to stand!)

WHERE: Cafe Royale, 800 Post St. @ Leavenworth, San Francisco.

More information at SF Theatre Pub.

City Lights Theater Company of San Jose presents a staged reading of

Pastoral Paranoia
By Jeff Carter

Directed by Jenny Hollingworth

When: August 9, 2011 at 8pm
Where: City Lights Theater Company, 529 South Second St., San Jose, CA
Tickets: $10 general; $5 City Lights Subscriber
Call: 408-295-4200

Pastoral Paranoia
In America where farm life has collapsed and drugs have filled the void, Dickie McDonald’s rural drug empire is threatened when his older brother is forced out of a likewise collapsing California and returns home to vie for power in the family. Soon all except the dotty mother and father are aligned against Dickie, but Dickie who may seem somewhat “slow” is no fool. Conflict ensues.