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MOXIE
THEATRE OPENS SEASON TWO AT THE
LYCEUM THEATRE NOVEMBER 18, 2006 WITH THE WORLD
PREMIERE OF WET,
or ISABELLA THE PIRATE QUEEN ENTERS
THE HORSE LATITUDES BY LIZ DUFFY
ADAMS DIRECTED BY
DELICIA TURNER SONNENBERG
MOXIE Theatre is a professional non-profit theatre founded by the critically acclaimed group of performers and directors; Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Jennifer Eve Thorn, Jo Anne Glover and Liv Kellgren, whose mission is to expand the idea of what is feminine by using the intimate art of theatre to explore and celebrate the complexity of ALL human relationships. Billing the theatre as “smart, sexy and surprising,” they are committed to producing provocative and entertaining plays, primarily those written by women that examine strong female themes and create more diverse and honest female images for our culture. WHO’S
WHO Liz Duffy Adams (Playwright)
New Dramatists Resident
Playwright. Plays include NEON MIRAGE, a 6-playwright anthology play
commissioned for Humana Festival 2006; WET, OR ISABELLA THE PIRATE QUEEN ENTERS
THE HORSE LATITUDES, work shopped in Summer Play Festival '04 on Theatre Row,
Humana Festival Finalist 2006; DOG ACT, produced by Shotgun Players in San
Francisco and Berkeley, and by MOXIE Theater in San Diego; work shopped at Bay
Area Playwrights Festival and Portland Stage Company's Little Festival of the
Unexpected, Humana Festival Finalist 2005; ONE BIG LIE, a music theater piece
co-commissioned/produced by Crowded Fire and Playwrights Foundation in San
Francisco; THE RECKLESS RUTHLESS BRUTAL CHARGE OF IT (THE TRAIN PLAY) produced
by Crowded Fire in San Francisco and Clubbed Thumb in New York; and A WRINKLE IN
TIME, commissioned and produced by Syracuse Stage. Publications include POODLE
WITH GUITAR AND DARK GLASSES in Applause Book's "Best American Short Plays
2000-2001" and GREEKS & CENTAURS in Smith & Kraus' "Rowing to
America and 16 Other Short Plays" and several plays with Playscripts, Inc;
profiled in American Theatre magazine December 2004. Women's Project &
Productions Playwright's Lab alumni; New Georges' affiliated artist; graduate of
NYU's Experimental Theater Lab and Yale School of Drama. Delicia
Turner Sonnenberg (Director) (Artistic Director MOXIE Theatre) Delicia is a director and
producer. She was twice a recipient of the Van Lier Directing Fellowship, which
offers fellowships to emerging minority directors, through Second Stage Theatre
in New York, an Off-Broadway institution dedicated to developing
plays, artists and audiences. As
a Van Lier fellow, she assisted Marshall Mason on the world premiere of Lanford
Wilson’s Sympathetic Magic. As a part of the New York Drama League’s
Directors Program, Delicia spent the summer in Ithaca, New York where she served
as co-artistic director of the Hangar Theater’s Lab Company.
She directed three plays, which included one original script by a
resident playwright and an adaptation of African folktales. Delicia has directed
for theatres in NY, TX and CA. Her
acclaimed productions in San Diego include MISS WITHERSPOON for San Diego Rep.
INTIMATE APPAREL for San Diego Rep. DOG ACT ( w/Jennifer Eve Kraus) for MOXIE
Theatre; GIBSON GIRL for MOXIE Theatre; PULP (w/Jason Southerland) for MOXIE
Theatre; Antigone for 6th
@ Penn; The Haunting of Jim Crow
for UCSD, Fit to Be Tied (Patte award) for Diversionary
Theatre; Kimberly
Akimbo (“Billie” award, Patte award, SD Critics Circle award)
and Children of Heracles for 6th
@ Penn; Othello
for Women’s REP (“Billie” award); Proof
(w/Sam Woodhouse) for San Diego REP; Taming
of the Shrew for Eveoke Dance Theatre; the Fritz Blitz of New Plays and
many productions for the Playwrights Project. Delicia worked as the Artistic
Associate of San Diego REPertory Theatre as a part of the Theatre Communications
Group’s New Generations Program: Mentoring Leaders of Tomorrow. The
Theatre Communications Group is an organization dedicated to the non-profit
sector of American theatre and started the competitive New Generation’s grant
to support future theatre leaders with substantial financial assistance.
Currently all of Delicia’s efforts are focused on the first MOXIE
Theatre season and raising her two beautiful children. WET FACT
SHEET WHAT:
MOXIE Theatre presents The
World Premiere of
wet,
or isabella the pirate queen
enters the horse latitudes WHERE:
The Lyceum Theatre in Horton Plaza
79 Horton Plaza San Diego Ca 92101-6144 WHO:
Written by Liz Duffy Adams
Directed by Delicia Turner
Sonnenberg
Featuring:
Laurence Brown, Thomas Deák, Jo Anne Glover, Liv Kellgren, Don Loper, Jennifer
Eve Thorn and Chris Walsh
DATES:
Preview: Saturday Nov 18 8pm
and Sunday Nov 19 2pm
Opens: Sunday Nov 19 7pm
Closes: Sunday Dec 10, 2006 2PM SCHEDULE:
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
PRICES:
Opening Night
$30.00
Fridays, Saturday, Sunday
$20.00
Thursdays
$15.00
Previews
$10.00
DISCOUNTS:
Seniors (65+), AASD
$15.00
Students
$10.00
HOW:
By phone: 619-544-1000
Online: www.moxietheatre.com
In person: The
Lyceum Theatre in Horton Plaza
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(San Diego CA) MOXIE Theatre is beginning its Second Smart, Sexy and Surprising Season on November 18, 2006 in true MOXIE fashion; female pirates, a drag queen, soldiers, knife fights and a slowly sinking ship. WET, or ISABELLA THE PIRATE QUEEN ENTERS THE HORSE LATITUDES by Liz Duffy Adams (the playwright of the award-winning MOXIE production DOG ACT). The production runs from Nov 18 - Dec 10, 2006 at The Lyceum Theatre in Horton Plaza. Opening Night is Sunday Nov 19 at 7pm. Members of the press are invited to join MOXIE and the playwright at the pre-show reception beginning at 6pm in the lobby followed by the World Premiere and a talk back with the playwright after the performance!