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Actors
Alliance Festival 2003!
What:
Actors Alliance Festival 2003 When:
Tuesday May 13th- Sunday May 25th Runs Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat at 8pm, Sundays
at 7pm Where:
ARK
Center for the Performing Arts
3554 Kettner Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101-1139 Reservations:
Call (619) 640-3900, email info@actorsalliance.com Tickets:
$12 General Admission $10
for Actors Alliance Members, Students, Seniors, and Military
Festival Passes: $50 ($240 value)
Group rates available Contact:
Actors Alliance of San Diego
Office: (619) 640-3900
Email: info@actorsalliance.com In
it’s 13th year of featuring and supporting San Diego actors,
directors, playwrights and producers, the Actors Alliance Festival 2003 promises
to be an artistic adventure unrivaled by any other show of its kind in Southern
California. Featuring over 100 local actors, 26 local directors, 20 local
playwrights, and countless Actors Alliance volunteers, this production boasts 26
plays in 6 performance programs over 2 weeks. Each program consists of three to
six 10, 20, and 30 minute pieces getting the opportunity to perform twice. The
programs are: “Bizarro Night”- Tues 13th & Fri 16th,
“A World in Flux Night”- Sat 17th & Thurs 22nd,
“Relationship Night”- Wed May 14th & Tues May 20th,
“Kids Night Out”- Sun 18th & Sat 24th, “Musical
Night”- Wed 21st, Fri 23rd and “Local Playwrights
Night”- Thurs 15th, Sun 25th. The
opening program, “Bizarro Night” pushes the boundaries of conventional
theatre by offering an array of cutting edge theatre.
“The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower” by Jean Cocteau features local
Equity actors Priscilla Allen and Ron Choularton in this avant-garde, surrealist
farce. “Mandingo Interuptus,” the second play of the evening by Los Angeles
playwright L.L. Wong tells the story of an African American male who courts
disaster as he seeks to exact revenge against his estranged wife through dating
white women. These are just two examples of the wonderful theatre you can expect
to see at this year’s Festival. The
Festival Pass allows the audience the flexibility to see all six scintillating
programs of theatre during the twelve evenings of performance. Produced
by: Actors Alliance of San Diego Artistic
Direction by: Pam Benjamin Lighting
Design: Mitchell Simkovsky Marketing
Materials: B to Z Marketing
AASD
Managing Director: Sue Oswald AASD
Membership & Marketing Director: Erin Cronican AASD
Program Director: Jennifer Austin
"Bizarro Night"- Tues 13th, Fri 16th
1. "The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower" "C'est L'Absurd! Technology, war, bourgoise society and the nature of reality itself are subjected to the scruitiny of Coceau's unique and poetic vision in thes avante-guarde, surrealist farce." Produced/ Directed by: Robert Salerno* Written by: Jean Cocteau Cast: Priscilla Allen*+, Ron Choularton*+, Sandra Little, Michael Barnett, Terence Burke, Wendy Savage*. 2. "Mandingo Interruptus" "An African American male courts disaster as he seeks to exact revenge against his estranged wife through dating white women. His struggles are manifest by discussions with his alter ego, a hipper, wiser, grounded person, whom he in some ways wishes to be like. A study in identity, racial, sexual and interpersonal politics." (note: this is an all Los Angeles production) Produced/ Written by: LL Wong Directed by: Thomas-Whit Ellis Starring: Stevie Johnson, Benjamin Brown+ 3. "Open Your Sinful Blue Eyes" "Songs and poems that German playwright Bertolt Brecht wrote in the 1920s have an uncanny relevance to the United States today. " Produced by: Kurt Reichert* Directed by: John Kroll* Written by: Bertolt Brecht Starring: Kurt Reichert* 4."Zeitgeist Redux" "A German couple reunites for a romantic dinner and avante-guarde serenading." Produced , Written and Directed by: Nick Olney* Starring: Lisa Rodriguez, Jim McKinley, Eamonn Dooley, Ryan Higgins, Michael Crowe, Lauren Beck, Nick Olney* "A World in Flux Night"- Sat 17th, Thus 22nd 1. "Us and Them" "If you could step outside of time and observe the whole of human history, what would you learn?" Produced by: San Diego Junior Theatre and Crystal Verdon* Directed by: Crystal Verdon* Written by: David Campton Starring: Ashley Fox, Ryan Wagner, Lauren Brazell, Christopher Lange, Jennifer Abundez, Katie Wachsman, Chelsey Clair, Price Wooding, Daniel Nichols, Megan Cox, Likeida Williams 2. "After" "A young couple living near Ground Zero must face the changes Sept 11th has brought about in their lives, their values and ultimately their relationship. This piece was developed from interviews with volunteers and neighborhood residents." Produced and written by: Ed Stevens* Starring: Shalico Sain*, Phil Dunbrook. 3. "The Prophet" Produced by: Hugh Demand Productions (JD Meier*) Directed by: Hugh Demand Starring: Jenni Prisk*, Phillip Salazar, JD Meier* "Relationship Night"- Wed 14th, Tues 20th 1. "The Date" Produced and Written by: Richard Markgraf* Directed by: Tyler Hewes* Starring: Rachel Carey*, Lori Gundershaug*, Matthew Demeritt 2. " Proposals" "Lissy doesn't know why after receiving over 30 marriage proposals she has yet to actually get married." Produced by and starring: Elissa Massen Desani*
Directed by: George Ye*
Starring:Diep Huynh, Grandison Phelps IV, Landon Vaughn*, Elissa Desani* 3. "Chocolate Covered Love" "Gordon Mullen buys the perfect Valentine's Day gift for his wife, but she doesn't think it's so sweet. Gordon tries to figure out the woman he loves, as well as her new figure." Produced and written by: Leslie Ridgeway* Directed by: Julie Clemmons* Starring: Isaac Riddle*+, Cynthia Furer 4. "The Tree of Life" "'The Tree of Life' is the love-affirming story of the two genders discovering the tragedy and triumph within their long-term relationship." Produced and written by: James Anthony Ellis* Directed by: Bob Korbett* Starring: Erin Cronican*+, Lance Rogers*, Amir Khastoo, Lesley Gurule*
5. "Andre's Mother"
"At Andre's memorial, his lover tries one last time to get through to Andre's mother, an imposing figure in Andre's life. Not realizing her hidden emotions, he tells her everything he can before leaving her alone to deal with her own sense of grief and loneliness." Produced and Directed by: Kathleen McNally* Written by: Terence McNally Starring: Landon Vaughn*, Robert DeLillo*, Dawn Madison*, Kathleen McNally* 6." The Cemetary Club" "Three widows from a club in which they visit their husband's graves once a month. Friendships are tested when one of them uses this opportunity to pick up strange men dring their visits to the cemetary." Produced and Directed by: Tony Gorodeckas* Written by: Ivan Menchell Starring:Toni Perkins*, June Gottleib*, Elaine Litton*
"Kids Night Out"- Sun 18th, Sat 24th
Kids
Night Out features plays whose casts are made up entirely of children. All
student ticket proceeds from Kids Night Out will be donated to Young Audiences
of San Diego. Before the show on May 24 from 4-5:30pm, we will be hosting
a family playwriting workshop, taught by local playwright and AASD member
Erika Perez-Gamboa. For only $5 per family, participants will get the
opportunity to collaborate and create a piece of live theatre. After the
performance of "Bang, Bang, You're Dead" on the 17th & 24th,
there will be a discussion about gun violence in schools that we encourage
everyone to attend.
1." Cartwheels" "A little girl in Mexico city learns how to find the quiet." Produced by Actors Alliance Directed by: Pam Benjamin* Written by: Cuauhtemoc Q. Kish Starring: " The Balboa Park Academy of Arts and Sciences" 2. "I Wanna be a Talk Show Host!" "A little boy who can't stop talking learns to focus his energy." Produced by Actors Alliance Directed by: Pam Benjamin* Written by: Cuauhtemoc Q. Kish Starring: " The Balboa Park Academy of Arts and Sciences" 3. "Bang Bang, You're Dead"
"A young man who shoots his classmates
reflects on the horrors he has created for his family, friends and the
community at large"
Produced by AASD
Directed by: Punit Ron Auerbacher
Written by: William Mastrosimone
Starring: Kit Miguel Medina*, Sidney Franklin*, Meryn Beckett*, Matthew Bohrer*, Kara Tsukashima*, Emily Ratajkowski*
"Musical Night"- Wed 21st, Fri 23rd
1."Luthur's Tonic"
"Luthur's Tonic is about love, decision, growing old, grasping to your dreams, and quite simply the power of people to change their destinies." Produced and playwright, composer, and assistant musical directon: Jason Connors* Directed by: Desha Crownover* Starring: Isaac Riddle*+, Allie Blaylock, Eric von Metzke, Jen Meyer*, Adrian Alita*, Tony Cucazella, Robert Dilillo*, Michael Frost*, and Charles Hand*. 2. "My Nights with George, Kurt and Cole" "Join New York socialite Mitzi St. Clair in her Central Park West penthouse as she rings in 1938 with some hilarious stories and some of the most stirring melodies ever written." Produced by: Cabaretworks Entertainment (Phil Johnson*+ & Debra Wanger*+) Written by: Debra Wanger*+ and Phil Johnson*+ Directed by: Phil Johnson*+ Musical Direction: Jasper Grant Starring: Debra Wanger*+
3. "We Have to do What? "
" 'Brush your teeth ...and floss!' your mother told you. Allright! Now let's hear George's song and dance about what's equally important to brush etc. because your happiness and romantic experiences depend on it!" Produced and written by: Werner Rolf Hashagen* Directed by: Bob Korbett* Starring: Lori Gundershaug* and Jeff Lockway 4."Apres Opera " "An ego maniac, a mediocre magician and a narcoleptic walk into a bar. Throw in a wise cracking waitress, a dash of Pagliacci and a flaming cocktail; you've got Apres Opera." Produced and directed by: Erin Lucas* Written by: Michael Bigalow Dixon and Valerie Smith Starring:Juan Manzo, Jen Meyer*, Derick Loafmann*, Tanya Buffalo, Charles Hand*, Nanci Harrington*, Jeffrey Krebs*, Joshua Everett Johnson* "Local Playwrights Night"- Thus 15th, Sun 25th 1. " Kingdom of the Shadows " "A historical drama about 'Parallel Revolutions'. Russia's first filmmaker embraces a new technology called 'cinema' and conmfronts Bolshevik revolutionaries determined to manipulate the masses with it's power." Produced, Written and directed by: Barbara Chronowski* Starring:Daniel Heath*, Michael Grant Hall*, Kelly Potts*, Tony Gorodeckas*, Jeremiah Maestas* 2."F.I.S.H.(Filipino Islander Seeking Husband )" "F.I.S.H. is the story of a young woman from the Philippines who travels to the Uited States in search of her long lost love and a better way of life. She finds that things aren't exactly as she envisioned." Produced and Written by: James Shelledy* Directed by: Jason Hwang* Starring: Anna Navida Dolopo, Jovi Olivas, James Shelledy*
3." Late Night Conversation"
"A comic and philosophical fantasy where an angel brings some surprising revelations about life, death and the internet." Produced and Written by: Al Myers* Directed by: René Peña*+ Starring: Annie Evans*+ and Len Irving* 4. "The Body Shop" "A poignant story of two women, two generations and rites of passage." Produced ans written by: James Caputo* Directed by: Robert Dahey*+ Starring: Amy Scholl*+, Pat Di Meo* 5. "The # 5" "Four strangers meet at the number 5 bus stop at 5 in the morning." Produced and Directed by: Skyler Dennon* Written by: Tony Kuhn Starring: Skyler Dennon*, Jeff McCue, Amity Dawn Caffarella, Kayton Tomazyk* 6. "The Wannabes: Episode I" "An Epic Saga about a time of relationships, Jedi Knights and drug dealers. Based on a true story. No, Really, it's based on a true story." Produced and directed by: Kayton Tomazyk* Written by: Ary Hernandez Starring:Kayton Tomaszyk*, Jeff McCue, Chaz Chilcote*, Marija Rvzic*, Sandra Little
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