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.

Tell it on Tuesday celebrates the expression of individual storytelling and solo performance. Coming together as a community to share works crafted by theater artists and storytellers, we provide an East Bay home to the solo performer. The last Tuesday of almost every month!

Next Up! Tues June 28, 2011
Musical opening at 7pm / Stories start at 7:30

STORIES

• Ron Jones, “3 short stories about a gift, a talking bra, and being a grandfather”
• Paul Sussman, “Shelfspace” (excerpt)
• Margery Kreitman, “Payday at Pukalani”
• Judi Le, “So, What Are You?” (excerpt)

MUSIC: Perry Dexter and Richard Rosen, Poems and songs from “Alphabetizoo”

Where: The Marsh Arts Center
2120 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA
Call 510-704-8291.

For more info on this event:
http://www.tellitontuesday.org

When: Musical opening at 7pm / Stories start at 7:30
TIckets : $10- $18  at the door. There are no reservations.

The Marsh is one block from Downtown Berkeley BART station!

Don’t miss the reading of Lee Brady’s play at the Masquers Playhouse in Pt. Richmond:

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.

300 Miles by Jeff Carter

will be produced winter 2011 (February?)

by Los Angeles’ Neo Ensemble Theatre.

Follow the Neo Ensemble on Twitter (@neoensemble) or Facebook for up-to-date information about their production of Jeff’s play.

Jeff Carter’s one-act play, LAST WORDS, will be part of this year’s Turtle Shell Productions’ 8-Minute Madness Festival.

The festival runs January 22 – February 6, 2011. See Turtle Shell Productions website for time, place and ticket information.