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? 
  

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 

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.

JUNE 12, 2011, AT 7 P.M.
General Admission $5.00 / Free to season ticket holders & Masquers Members!
No reservations required.

Janice & Shelley & Jo
by Lee Brady
directed by Andrea Gordon

featuring Sally Dana, Shirley Nielsen Hall
and Bridget O’Keefe

Sisters Janice and Shelley meet for the first time ever and get a fresh look at their mother, Jo. To Janice, Jo was a high-spirited slut who abandoned her, while Shelley only knows her mother as a pious member of a religious commune in Absolute Truth, Colorado. As the two women unlock the mystery of their past and uncover the bloody violence that changed all their lives, Jo and her own mother show up and the emotional explosions come thick and fast.

Short plays about love by Lee Brady

Tuesday, January 8th 2008 @ 7:30 pm
965 Mission Street Room 212 @ Off Market
Developmental Reading: Admission is Free

It’s 1934 in a small Oklahoma town as
young Henrietta English loses both parents
within a week and comes home to find her
mother may have committed suicide, her
banker father died bankrupt, his best friend
wants to make her his mistress, and her
past lovers (a lesbian teacher and a black
musician) are hot on her trail. In a fit of
desperation, Henrietta marries local college
instructor, George Sherman. Besides being
the most boring man in town, George brings
his two old aunts to live in Henrietta’s
heavily mortgaged family home.

This summer, we’ll be saying au revoir to J.D. Eames. She says she’s moving, but we’ll believe it when we see it. She’ll miss us. Yes, indeed. You can keep up with her whereabouts via her website.

Next up for our Tuesday series on April 10, 8pm will be an evening with Margery Kreitman. Stay tuned for more details!

And don’t forget to check out Fresh New Works Sunday, March 11. Lee Brady is always present in some form or another. This month as director and writer. Also directing, are Jeff Carter and Margery Kreitman.

By
Lee Brady, Jeff Carter, J.D. Eames,
Margery Kreitman, John Robinson
and
Stanley Rutherford

Directed by
Jeff Carter, John Robinson and Fred Hartman

Read by:
Priscilla Alden*, Susan Allen, Jeff Carter, Don Cross*, Russ Davison,
Marion Dunham, Paul Gerrior, Dana Kelly*,
Carole Landes, Deborah Lynne Lombardo, and Robin Schild.
*Courtesy of Actors Equity

Tues, Dec. 12th, 8:00PM
The Marsh
1062 Valencia Street (between 21st and 22nd)
San Francisco

Five dollar donation requested – no reservations.

Tues, Oct 17, 2006, 8pm:
John Robinson

Tues, Nov 14, 2006, 8pm:
Jeff Carter

Tues, Dec 12, 2006 8pm:
An evening of shorts by Brady, Carter, Eames, Kreitman, Robinson and Rutherford

Tues, Jan 9, 2007, 8pm:
Stanley Rutherford

Tues, Feb 20, 2007, 8pm:
Lee Brady

Tues, Mar 13, 2007, 8pm:
CANCELED

Tues, Apr 10, 2007, 8pm:
Margery Kreitman