The New Conservatory Theatre Center is pleased to announce auditions for their 2009-2010 Pride Season production and the San Francisco Premiere of The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane and directed by Artistic Director, Ed Decker. The New Conservatory Theatre Center’s (NCTC) YouthAware Educational Theatre program has been entertaining and educating young people for over two decades with innovative & age-appropriate theater-in-education programs. Topics covered include HIV prevention, diversity, homophobia, body image, bullying and school safety. YouthAware is seeking actor/educators for our educational/social issue plays for grades K-12 that are produced throughout the school year. Several programs go on tour to Northern California schools, and some are performed at our theater facility at NCTC. There is some pay and transportation is provided for touring. Most programs only require day trips to local schools. There is the potential for overnight travel or community performances usually on Monday or Tuesday evenings. Actors must read as high school age or younger and be available to rehearse and perform weekdays during the day. Auditions are by appointment only. YouthAware cast members will also be trained to facilitate post-show discussions with students audiences. For consideration, please submit your headshot & resume to sara@nctcsf.org. For more information on our current season or to preview YouthAware scripts, you may visit us on the web at www.nctcsf.org/YouthAware Grant Resources: http://www.womenarts.org/fund/TheatreENews50.htm#FundingThe Fund for Women Artists is a community of artists and allies dedicated to celebrating and supporting art that tells the truth about women's lives. For an overview of our programs and services, please see the About Us section of our web site at www.WomenArts.org/share. ACCI Gallery 2009 NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION July 10 - August 23, 2009 $2500 Cash Awards Open to All Media 2-D & 3-D Download Prospectus/Application JURORS SUZANNE TAN Executive Director, Berkeley Art Center JOHN TOKI Adjunct Professor, California College of Arts Owner, Leslie Ceramics, Berkeley EmcArts Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts
(9-12 month program, including a 5-day retreat October 25-30, 2009,
Warrenton, VA) - Program designed to help performing arts organizations
in the fields of presenting, theater, dance, and jazz incubate and test
innovative strategies to address major challenges. The lab provides
organizations with space, time, and resources to explore and accelerate
the design and testing of new organizational change strategies and
address specific challenges. Lab includes individual coaching, group
facilitation, a 5-day intensive retreat with specialized faculty, and a
variety of extended support systems tailored to organizations' specific
needs. Program provides accommodation and meals for all participants in
the retreat, and $400 per person toward travel costs. It also provides
up to $2,000 per organization toward the expense of bringing a
consultant to the retreat, and up to $2,000 per organization to provide
stipends for unsalaried artists on the program team to attend the
retreat. In addition, program teams are eligible for grants of $25,000
each following the retreat to maintain organizational momentum and
assist with follow-up activities. The Lab is open to all American
producing and presenting organizations in theater, dance, and jazz,
including college-based presenters. Partnership applications are also
encouraged. Partnerships may include other organizations in or outside
of the arts (including international partners), but an eligible
organization must be the lead partner. Four organizations will be
chosen to participate. Applications must include application cover
sheet (available on website), a proposal narrative (no longer than 8
pages), and organizational information. For more details about the
program, eligibility requirements, and proposal guidelines, see
website. NO FEE. Janis Auster, Innovation Programs Manager, EmcArts Inc., 127 West 122nd St., New York, NY 10027, T; The San Francisco Arts Commission in partnership with the Arts Providers Alliance of San Francisco is currently offering a series of free professional development and workshops, called Conversations in Community Arts and Education, for teaching artists and the community around arts education. Performance and Cultural Competencies David Maier talks about Berkeley Repertory, School of Theater's education programs, focusing on the development of its cultural competency training. Thursday, April 16 5:30-7PM Southern Exposure Registration required: http://www.culturalcompetencies.eventbrite.com Exploring the Elephant This workshop for teaching artists is centered on techniques for recognizing and overcoming personal bias in the classroom. David Maier, Berkeley Repertory, School of Theater San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch April 14 & April 159:30-11AM Registration required: http://exploringelephant.eventbrite.com Sacramento Gorve of the Oak's 5th Annual Celtic Midsummer Faerie Festival HONORED BARD COMPETITION Display your bardic talents (singing, poetry, storytelling) and compete for the designation of the Northern California Honored Bard. Competition will be held on Saturday June 13th and the winner will be announced on Sunday June 14th. This competition will be held at the Sacramento Celtic Midsummer Faerie Festival in Fair Oaks, California. More information about the festival can be found at www.groveoftheoak. org COMPETITION GUIDELINES: * There will be two categories. * Honored Bard: ages 18 and over, and * Apprentice Bard: under 18 years old. (judging for the Apprentice will take into consideration the age of contestant along with the artistry submitted. There isno minimum age.) * Max of 3 original pieces, singing or poetry... May be accompanied by dance or music performed by you in a live setting (no recordings) * Lyrics or words must be submitted by May 25th * If you need your submissions during the contest be sure to bring them. Copies will NOT be provided * Contestants who fail to do so can recite by memory or forfeit Submit a maximum of 3 original pieces (words/lyrics) for review to Deb at grannynighthawk@.... Please put "fairy festival submission" in the subjectine. Apprentice Bard submissions, please include your age as of June 13th, 2009.Questions email or call Costume-Con 27 http://www.costume-con.com/cc27/INDEX.HTM May 1st - 4th, 2009 The Crowne Plaza Baltimore North Timonium Maryland As various other details (side trips, program items, workshops etc.) become firm, we will be posting them on our web site and adding them here. Please check back often, and we hope to see you in May 2009. SF Theater Festival Applications Available The San Francisco Theater Festival is on July 26, and all sorts of performance groups are invited to apply to be a part of it. The Festival is a large-scale event that has evolved into a popular showcase for theatre groups and performers. The program spans eight indoor and six outdoor stages with a range of productions, including one-acts, scenes, readings and full-length performances. The application deadline is May 1. Early applications receive priority, and there is no fee for applying or performing. To download an application, visit sftheaterfestival.org, or call (415) 291-8655. The Fountain the 23rd and final Oracle Gathering of the Tarot Series an outdoor festival adventure in Washington State... June 12 - 14, 2009 The Oracle has awoken from a slumber remembering lucid dreams of prophecy and rainbows. Filled with a building sense of attainment, she overflows with creativity with eyes to the sky and roots within the earth. An infinite continuum of above and below pour through the center and are released in all directions, forming into rivers of memories flowing ever downward to meet the ocean. You are this ocean, and the sun has come to warm your face and invite you to rise one more time to gather as a community creating *Sacred Space*, *Transformational Experiences*, and *Art with Intention*. Your presence is requested to celebrate this reunion and the completion of the Oracle Gatherings Tarot Deck! All 23 cards are now revealed. Our decks are complete, and now we can learn from the final piece how the whole picture fits together. To honor those of you who have been regular participants on the path the Oracle has woven, we are offering a limited number of... DISCOUNT ONLINE PRESALE TICKETS for $55.00* PASSWORD: "SOURCE"(all capital letters!) Use the password for $55 tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/61281 and get the lowest priced presale tickets while supplies last. 2nd Tier Online Presale Tickets: $65 (limited number, no password) 3rd Tier Presale: $80 Door Sales will be determined closer to the event based on space available. MORE INFO: www.oraclegatherings.com BUY TICKETS: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/61281 Performances: Theatregoer tix.: http://www.tixbayarea.com/ Wreckage drama by Caridad Svich produced by Crowded Fire at Boxcar Playhouse, San Francisco Two boys emerge from the sea and become engulfed in a world of savage longing. Full price: $15-$20 TIX price: $7.50- Thom Pain (based on nothing) musical/opera by Will Eno produced by Cutting Ball Theater at Exit on Taylor, San Francisco The tale of one man's search through the wreckage of his life to uncover the remains of his childhood. Full price: $25-$30 TIX price: $12.50-$15 Miss Julie drama by August Strindberg produced by Aurora Theatre Company at Aurora Theatre, East Bay The celebrated Mark Jackson (Salome) returns to bring his unforgettable style to Strindberg's classic and controversial chamber play. Miss Julie is the volatile daughter of a count. During the intoxication of a midsummer's eve celebration, she flirts shamelessly with one of her servants and seduces him, thus beginning an erotic dance of sexual politics and class warfare. Full price: $40-$42 TIX price: $20-$21 cabaret by Ben Vereen produced by Rrazz Productions at the Rrazz Room,San Francisco A consummate entertainer, Ben Vereen has left a bright and enduring mark on the Broadway stage-from his Tony®-winning role in Pippin to Fosse, Chicago and Jesus Christ Superstar-as well as film (Funny Lady, All That Jazz), television ("Roots") and live concerts. Full price: $50-$55 TIX price: $25-$27.50 what's available this week: great half-price ticket deals all across the Bay Area! All tickets subject to a small processing fee. TIX prices and dates subject to availability - visit www.tixbayarea.com for latest available dates and prices. A List Stand Up Comedy Showcase Our Little Comedy Club 287 Ellis btwn Mason/Taylor SF San Francisco's favorite comedy host Tony Sparks brings you a showcase of the Bay's stand-up comedy, music and variety arts. Each week we present four to five comics, and our regulars include Kaseem Bentley, Jabari Davis, Nic Leonard, Lynn Ruth Miller, Joe King, Sketch Group 5 by 5, Kurt Weitzmann, Howard Stone, Fred Anderson and special surprises. When: 14 performances between Jun 13, 2009 and Jul 29, 2009 Original Price: $15.00 TIX Price: $7.50 buy now! All Star Comedy & More! SF Playhouse Stage 2 533 Sutter @ Powell, Second Floor SF San Francisco's favorite comedy host Tony Sparks brings you a showcase of the Bay's stand-up comedy, music and variety arts. Each week we present four to five comics, and our regulars include, Kaseem Bentley, Jabari Davis, Nic Leonard, Lynn Ruth Miller, Joe King, Sketch Group 5 by 5, Kurt Weitzmann, Howard Stone, Fred Anderson and special surprises. When: 7 performances between Jun 14, 2009 and Jul 26, 2009 Original Price: $20.00 TIX Price: $10.00 All Star Magic & More! SF Playhouse Stage 2 533 Sutter @ Powell, Second Floor SF A show for the entire family with close-up magicians and variety performers. Each week features three to four guests and our regular performers that have performed at the Magic Castle, on cruise ships worldwide and internationally in Europe, the Far East and in Australia include Adam Sachs, Fred Anderson, RJ Owens, Charlie Martin and Sebastian Boswell III. When: 7 performances between Jun 14, 2009 and Jul 26, 2009 Original Price: $20.00 TIX Price: $10.00 Bats Improv Bayfront Theatre Fort Mason Center, Building B, 3rd Floor SF June 19/20: Double Feature: Four actors portray numerous characters in two concurrent "films." June 26/27: Big Broadway, Baby! An over-the-top, classic Hollywood-esque musical overflowing with song, dance and romance! When: 6 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jun 27, 2009 Original Price: $18.00 TIX Price: $9.00 Betrayal Actor's Theatre of San Francisco 855 Bush btw Mason & Taylor, SF CA 94108 In Betrayal, Nobel Prize winning dramatist Harold Pinter explores the themes of marital infidelity, duplicity and self-deception through the classic story of the love triangle. Betrayal is a richly textured drama that exposes social pretense and unmitigated emotions, while making us believe in the endurance and the transience of relationships, and in the ecstasy and pain of intimacy. When: 13 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jul 10, 2009 Original Price: $34.00 TIX Price: $17.00 Big City Improv Shelton Theatre 533 Sutter @ Powell SF Big City Improv has been making things up for four years. With a cast of 10, the troupe performs to audiences all over the Bay Area including Comedy on the Square in San Francisco. Big City Improv shows are unscripted, unedited and created on the spot, using audience suggestions, participation, and their dark and sordid lies. In 2002, Big City Improv was voted "Best of The Bay" for improv comedy by the SF Guardian. **Ages 16 & Up** When: 12 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Aug 28, 2009 Original Price: $20.00 TIX Price: $10.00 ! Carmen - Bizet Florence Gould Theatre California Palace of the Legion of Honor SF Don Jose catches a flower tossed by an hypnotically seductive but volatile gypsy girl named Carmen, and his fate is sealed. Despite the agonies and uncertainties, he surrenders to this all-compelling, all-consuming passion that will jeopardize his career and send him to prison. Abandoning all hope of self respect, including the girl he has long planned to marry, he joins Carmen's band of smugglers, only to be abandoned in turn when she seeks new excitement in the arms of a dashing bullfighter. Permeated with the exotic flavor of Spain and the underworld of crime, it is a story of danger on all levels, from run-ins with police to the clash of elemental passions. When: 3 performances between Jul 12, 2009 and Jul 19, 2009 Original Price: $34.00 TIX Price: $17.00 Liz Grant's Deja Wince The Clubhouse 414 Mason St btw Geary & Post #512 Liz Grant's original stand-up comedy show about how she survived two marriages, three couple's therapists, online dating, trying to kiss a gay man and then makes it all funny without bashing men or marriage. Liz was a 2008 winner of The Brian Regan Impression contest and a writer for George Carlin's Laugh.com. She's been a stand-up comic for nine years and has been heard on many radio stations. When: 12 performances between Jun 13, 2009 and Aug 29, 2009 Original Price: $25.00 TIX Price: $12.50 Eccentrics of San Francisco's Barbary Coast San Francisco Magic Parlor Chancellor Hotel 433 Powell btw Post & Sutter SF Celebrate San Francisco's wild, wacky and romantic past in this rollicking journey through the city's colorful and notorious early days. This magical performance brings to life memorable portraits of wild-and-woolly characters with theatrical flair. When: 8 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jul 04, 2009 Original Price: $30.00 TIX Price: $15.00 Helluva Night! Double Bill: No Exit & Tape Royce Gallery 2901 Mariposa St Two critically acclaimed one acts: No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre and Tape by Stephen Belber. In No Exit three damned souls are brought to the same room in hell by a mysterious valet. As they expect medieval torture devices to punish them for eternity, they eventually realize that the punishment is going to be far more cruel and unusual, and they are forced to confront and interrogate each other in this hell of a game where at the end the main torture may be facing their own true selves. In Tape, the action is set entirely in Motel 6 room in Lansing, Michigan, rented by Vince, a ill-tempered, outgoing party animal/drug dealer who's visited by his old high school friend Jon, a documentary filmmaker. They pass the time reminiscing about the good old times, but things take a turn when Vince records their conversation with Jon admitting to a possible date-rape of Vince's old girlfriend Amy, who later shows up and opens up a new wave of talk and arguments about whose story is fact or fabricated. When: 21 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jul 30, 2009 Original Price: $40.00 TIX Price: $20.00 Jericho Road Improvement Association Phoenix Theatre 414 Mason St @ Geary 6th Fl., SF CA A play about race and law enforcement in contemporary Oakland. A veteran police officer is determined to change himself and the neighborhood where he fought the Black Panthers 30 years ago. As he attempts redemption, people from his past appear demanding justice for his abandonment of family and sworn duty. When: 8 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jun 27, 2009 Original Price: $10.00 TIX Price: $5.00 Connie Champagne Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko 222 Mason btw O'Farrell & Ellis SF Forty years ago in June 1969, Judy Garland's body lay in state at Frank Campbell's Funeral Home, New York City. After waiting in line all day--many in heels!--to pay their respects to Judy, a diverse group of queer folks retired to a favorite watering hole on Christopher Street to drink a toast to their fallen idol. The police in those days regularly raided gay bars. As they pulled their patrol cars up to the Stonewall Bar, they had no idea how bad their timing would be. The patrons channeled their grief and anger into a little event called the Stonewall Riots. Thus began the modern day LGBT freedom movement. Forty years later: After you march down Market Street in your ruby slippers, the Rrazz Room invites you to channel your joy and pride into a celebration of artistry by the incredible Connie Champagne. Champagne delivers the Garland classics such as "The Man That Got Away " and the "Trolley Song," in addition to assembling a delightful repertoire Garland herself might sing today. The performance includes show stoppers by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig) and even Amy Winehouse! Her show has been called "a subtle masterpiece of parody and homage" by the New York Times. Champagne has an uncanny way with the character Judy Garland. Quite simply, Connie has a unique gift to bring the Garland character and voice to life like no other, and although Judy is gone, Connie is here to rock the house in the spirit of Stonewall! KRON TV's Jan Wahl put it best, "Connie celebrates Judy Garland like no other." Don't miss this fabulous show! When: Jun 24, 2009 Original Price: $35.00 TIX Price: $17.50 Katya: What Becomes a Legend Most? New Conservatory Theatre 25 Van Ness Ave, Lower Lobby SF Join the Countess Katya Smirnoff-Skyy for cocktails, tall tales and tunes in this all-new musical spectacular. Relish in her memories as she recalls her 30-year career and madcap misadventures that made her the legend she believes she is today. Katya is the creation of Bay Area native, J. Conrad Frank, who received his vocal training at the University of Oregon. Frank is also a member of NCTC's Emerging Artists Program. When: 8 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jun 27, 2009 Original Price: $29.00 TIX Price: $14.50 Krapp's Last Tape Exit on Taylor 277 Taylor @ Ellis SF This funny and poignant one-person play tells the story of an older man listening to recordings he made when he was young and in love. It is an intimate look at the choices we make in our lives and the unexpected consequences that come from them. The production will feature two actors from our critically acclaimed production of Endgame, which was recently nominated by the Bay Area Critics Circle for Best Production of 2008. Paul Gerrior will play Krapp and David Sinaiko will play Krapp's recorded voice from 30 years ago. Gerrior also won the Dean Goodman award for his work in Cutting Ball's 2002 production of Roberto Zucco. When: 7 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jun 21, 2009 Original Price: $15.00 - $30.00 TIX Price: $12.50 - $15.00 Leslie Jordan Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko 222 Mason btw O'Farrell & Ellis SF Mr. Jordan's play "Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life Thus Far" ran to sold-out houses in Los Angeles and had a successful seven-month run Off-Broadway at the Playhouse on Van Dam in New York City. His screenplay "Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel" won the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival's Production Grant Award, winning the competition from over 600 other scripts. Subsequently, it was made into an independent feature film distributed by Northern Arts Entertainment. When: 4 performances between Jun 30, 2009 and Jul 03, 2009 Original Price: $45.00 TIX Price: $22.50 Kenny Yun's Lettucetown Lies The Marsh Studio Theater 1062 Valencia St. btw 21st & 22nd Ave., SF CA He's gay. He's Asian. He's coming of age in Lettuce Town, aka Salinas. If that's not bad enough, he's got a crush on a hick. If that's not bad enough, his friends think fun is blowing up a field of lettuce. If that's not bad enough, he has to sneak to the high school bathroom to buy drugs and Donna Summer records. Adolescence! It's fun, it's lies. In Lettucetown. When: 4 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jun 20, 2009 Original Price: $15.00 TIX Price: $7.50 Lips Together, Teeth Apart Theatre Q at Dragon Theatre 535 Alma St. Palo Alto, CA Two straight couples are confronted with their own homophobia and their personal regrets in this classic play from legendary playwright Terrence McNally. After inheriting a summer house on Fire Island from her recently deceased brother, a woman invites her husband, his sister and her husband to spend the 4th of July weekend in the midst of gay holiday revelry. Secrets are revealed and everything they think they know is challenged in this surprisingly funny and enormously moving work. When: 10 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jun 28, 2009 Original Price: $40.00 TIX Price: $20.00 Love, Humiliation & Karaoke Stage Werx 533 Sutter @ Powell, SF CA San Francisco's Sedaris weaves a quirky, cynical romantic comedy. Enzo Lombard plays 15 different characters dealing with hideous exes, psychic training and karaoke battles, all in six whirlwind episodes, each set in a different city. Show is set to move to NYC in July. When: 2 performances between Jun 18, 2009 and Jun 25, 2009 Original Price: $20.00 TIX Price: $10.00 Mairid's Bow, An Amazon Tale Stage Werx 533 Sutter St @ Powell, SF CA When Maidrid, an ambitious Amazon, befriends a young man from across the river she breaks a taboo that quickly unravels her society. A mythical island where men and women live strictly segregated lives. A realm where people seek advice from the animals and everyone worships the Goddess. An unlikely but extraordinary love story. When: 15 performances between Jul 09, 2009 and Aug 08, 2009 Original Price: $48.00 TIX Price: $24.00 Marga & Michele Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko 222 Mason btw O'Farrell & Ellis SF Marga was voted 2008 Best Comedian in SF Bay Guardian reader's poll. Winner of numerous honors including the GLAAD Award, Los Angeles "Ovation Award" and New York's Drama Desk Award. Michele Balan was one of the four finalists on NBC's Last Comic Standing and she is The Last Woman Comic Standing! Voted one of the Top 10 Comics by Backstage Magazine in 2004, Michele Balan is a brash, New York Stand-up comedian who has performed on Comedy Central as well as in top comedy clubs, theatres and festivals all over the country. When: 5 performances between Jul 08, 2009 and Jul 12, 2009 Original Price: $35.00 TIX Price: $17.50 Mary Cleere Haran Sings Doris Day Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko 222 Mason btw O'Farrell & Ellis SF Mary will be performing songs from such films as The Man Who Knew Too Much ("Que Sera Sera"), Love Me or Leave Me ("It All Depends On You" and "Shakin' The Blues Away"), Jumbo ("Why Can't I") and April in Paris ("That's What Makes Paris Paree"), in addition to selections from the albums "Day by Day" ("I Remember You") and "Latin For Lovers" ("Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps"). She will be joined by musical director Don Rebic. When: 6 performances between Jul 14, 2009 and Jul 19, 2009 Original Price: $35.00 - $50.00 TIX Price: $17.50 - $25.0 Mauritius Magic Theatre Fort Mason Center, Bldg. D, SF CA 94123 Who knew stamp collecting could be so dangerous? A young woman unknowingly discovers the rarest of stamps in her dead mother's inheritance. Can she maneuver her way past scheming collectors, greedy dealers, and her own sister all the way to the bank? You won't to miss this smart comedy that will keep your eyes on the prize! When: 15 performances between Jun 14, 2009 and Jun 28, 2009 Original Price: $45.00 TIX Price: $22.50 Motown Madness J'LaCHIC Theatre39 Pier 39 This hit-filled R&B revue traces a narrated musical journey from the early days of Motown to the classic soul sounds of today. The songs of Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and more are performed by Bay Area trio Top Shelf, accompanied by female vocalists and dancers. When: 2 performances between Jun 20, 2009 and Jun 27, 2009 Original Price: $25.00 TIX Price: $12.50 My Life on the Craigslist New Conservatory Theatre 25 Van Ness Ave, Lower Lobby SF, CA When you are sexually frustrated, terribly self-conscious and willing to do anything to spice up your life, the best place to turn is Craigslist.org. After finding the "Men 4 Men" section, Jeffery Self's sordid dreams become reality and he begins to live life 'On The Craigslist.' Dirty, sleazy, and funny - this is a one night stand you don't want to miss! When: 12 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jun 27, 2009 Original Price: $20.00 - $29.00 TIX Price: $10.00 - $14.50 Old First Concerts Old First Church 1751 Sacramento @ Van Ness Ave. SF Saturday 6/13 Mark Alburger. Sunday 6/14 Peter Wyrick, June Choi Oh. Sunday 6/21 Mike Greensill, John Wiitala, Brad Buethe. Friday 6/26 Makiko Ooka, Fumino Ando, Sarah Hong. Sunday 6/28 T.L, Hine, Darren Jones. When: 5 performances between Jun 13, 2009 and Jun 28, 2009 Original Price: $15.00 TIX Price: $7.50 Ottmar Liebert Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko 222 Mason btw O'Farrell & Ellis SF Grammy nominated Ottmar Liebert is undeniably one of the most talented, creative and influential guitarists of all time. His legendary debut release, Nouveau Flamenco, is the biggest selling guitar album in history! He has released over 20 albums and received more than 30 gold and platinum awards. Liebert thrills audiences worldwide as one of instrumental music's most popular and compelling live performers When: 5 performances between Jun 25, 2009 and Jun 28, 2009 Original Price: $45.00 - $47.50 TIX Price: $22.50 - $23.75 Sally Kellerman Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko 222 Mason btw O'Farrell & Ellis SF "I never saw such a casual, unrehearsed show that I absolutely loved as much as Sally Kellerman's comfortable show at the dazzling new Rrazz Room. No polish, no scripted patter, no long song intros - no problem. Ms. Kellerman, in her own natural style, buoyed by a phenomenally youthful radiance that belies her 72 years, gave a sexy, sensuous set of blues, swing and ballad in her signature raspy, languid drawl." - Steve Murray, Cabaret Scenes When: Jun 29, 2009 Original Price: $45.00 TIX Price: $22.50 SF Moving Men presents Dancing @ The Garage The Garage 975 Howard St @ 6th St., SF CA 94115 The Garage is proud to present an exciting new dance company, featuring athletic dancing, great music and really cute boys. This explosive show features testosterone-driven choreography that is compelling and provocative, creating a vibrant evening of contemporary dance. We're close to SF's downtown, so join us for a great evening of dance. When: 10 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jun 28, 2009 Original Price: $40.00 TIX Price: $20.00 Shirelles Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko 222 Mason btw O'Farrell & Ellis SF Members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the originators of the girl group sound that is so beloved by the baby boomer generation. Their long string of hits include "Soldier Boy," "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?", "Dedicated To The One I Love", "Mama Said" and more! If you were unable to get tickets for their last sold-out engagement at The Rrazz Room in 2008, now is your second chance! When: 6 performances between Jun 16, 2009 and Jun 21, 2009 Original Price: $47.50 - $55.00 TIX Price: $23.75 - $27.50 Shopping! The Musical Shelton Theatre 533 Sutter @ Powell SF A hilarious new musical revue about everyone's second-favorite (in some cases, favorite) activity - shopping! - by award-winning writer Morris Bobrow. Songs and sketches about subjects from how men and women shop to big box stores and sappy street fairs. The San Francisco Chronicle calls it "a cartful of laughs." When: 30 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Sep 25, 2009 Original Price: $29.00 TIX Price: $14.50 ShortLived 2.0 Studio 250 @ Off - Market 965 Mission btw 5th & 6th SF PianoFight's "ShortLived 2.0" is the Bay Area's first and only playwriting competition in which the audience decides the winner. The show consists of eight short plays, each judged by the audience, and a musical guest. Beyond PianoFight being named the Best Theater Company in San Francisco in SF Weekly's 2009 Readers' Poll, SF Weekly called ShortLived "Better than SNL ... It's like reality TV, only real, and better, and smarter, and concerned with a legitimate art form." The Chronicle called it "Playwright Survivor" and the East Bay Express said ShortLived was a "knock-out success" and "verges on brilliance." When: 4 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jun 20, 2009 Original Price: $20.00 TIX Price: $10.00 Some Men New Conservatory Theatre 25 Van Ness Ave, Lower Lobby SF Set in the modern framework of a gay wedding, the play examines the importance and necessity of gay culture in America from the 1920s to present day. From Harlem to Stonewall to the internet and a funeral for a U.S. soldier lost in Iraq, the play encompasses important eras in gay culture and ties the past to the present through common history. When: 21 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jul 12, 2009 Original Price: $22.00 - $34.00 TIX Price: $11.00 - $17.00 Three on a Party - EXTENDED! Theatre Rhinoceros 2926 16th St. btw Mission & S. Van Ness Three on a Party charts both a history of queerdom in the 20th-century and the slow coming out of this thing called "same-sex marriage." Armistead Maupin has called Gertrude Stein and Tennesse Williams "the king and the queen" of LGBT writing, and you can decide which is which. He is unarguably the third of America's great queer literary royal family. "Warm and funny, " from the "giddy. wild word play" and "decadent sensuality" of Gertrude Stein and "touching. very well performed. sexual tourism" of Tennessee Williams, to the "affecting slice of [San Francisco] life." of Armistead Maupin-San Francisco Chronicle. "Party trio brings out best in Word for Word, Rhino... there's nothing bettter."-Chad Jones Theaterdogs.net. When: 7 performances between Jun 12, 2009 and Jun 21, 2009 Original Price: $20.00 - $35.00 TIX Price: $10.00 - $17.50 Tony n' Tina's Wedding GA Castagnola's Restaurant 286 Jefferson btw Taylor & Jones SF Get yourself invited to the World's #1 Dinner Comedy where you don't just watch the show.you are the show. You'll be treated like family at this fun-filled event that includes a full Italian dinner, wedding cake, champagne toast, dancing and more. "Hilarious, Fun!" (UPI) "It's a HIT!" - People Magazine. When: 17 performances between Jun 13, 2009 and Aug 08, 2009 Original Price: $130.50 TIX Price: $65.25 What Mama Said About Down There Our Little Theatre 287 Ellis btw Mason & Taylor SF Hairy palms, blindness, trips to hell: Adults will tell children any number of messed-up lies to keep them in line, especially when it comes to sex. Liberian comedian Sia Amma's new play What Mama Said About "Down There" investigates the largely misguided tales mothers share with daughters. The one-woman show's many characters reveal that it's difficult for moms to talk to their girls about the facts of life no matter who (or where) they are. As much as daughters must think their mothers have trouble loosening up and telling the truth because they're African, British, Jewish, Latina, Asian, or of any other culture (Amma includes "Lesbian" and "Valley Girl" on the list), it turns out that everyone's doing it, as the kids say. When: 8 performances between Jun 14, 2009 and Aug 09, 2009 Original Price: $30.00 TIX Price: $15.00 |  PLAIN VIEW PRESS, a 30-year-old independent publishing house accepting book manuscripts—high literary standards, collaborative process, activist orientation, poetry, fiction, nonfiction—on environmental protection, peace, and gender, racial, and economic justice. E-mail sb@plainviewpress.net—put “Query” in subject line. Guidelines at our Web site and e-bookstore: www.plainviewpress.net. SWITCHGRASS Books, the fiction imprint of Northern Illinois University Press, seeks submissions of full-length literary novels set in or about the Midwest by authors with Midwestern ties. For submission guidelines, please visit www.switchgrassbooks.niu.edu. Mail manuscripts to Northern Illinois University Press, Switchgrass Books, 2280 Bethany Rd., DeKalb, IL 60115. Coreopsis: Journal of Myth and Theatre seeks submissions. Deadline: July 23. Published Quarterly. Peer reviewed journal of folk, mythic and ritual theatre. Theme: Folk Theatre of the Middle Ages and it's survivors. https://sites.google.com/site/mythandtheatre/ This is a new project, connected with the creation of a Ritual, Folk, and Mythic Theatre conference and festival. Coreopsis is under the editorship of Lezlie Kinyon, Ph.D. Over the next year, an editorial board will convene. "It is my hope that this site will host a peer reviewed journal concerning myth, folklore, and ritual within theater and performance. One essay has been posted - just as a "start the conversation" piece. For essays, article and column suggestions, please consult the submission guidelines. For all other questions, please contact me at: coreopsisjournalofmyththeatre@gmail.com. (About me: http://lezlie1.wordpress.com/)" Essays, articles, and events are being accepted now. Referees are needed. THE POETRY MARKET EZINE - PUBLISHED MONTHLY http://www.thepoetrymarket.com Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (Year-round, Amherst, VA) - Residencies open to playwrights, screenwriters, performance artists, and video artists. Average stay is 4 weeks. Residents receive housing, all meals, and studio. Residents responsible for travel, materials, suggested contribution ($30 per day), and deposit ($50). Occasional full funding available. See website for application. FEE: $25. Virginia Center for the Arts, 154, San Angelo Dr., Amherst, VA 24521, FAX: (434) 946-7239, vcca@vcca.com, www.vcca.com. Deadline: May 15, 2009 Caldera Artist Residency
(December, 2009-March, 2010, Sisters, OR) - Residencies of between 2-4
weeks (average) open to playwrights, actors, and directors, as well as
all other types of writers and performers. Caldera provides housing and
studio; artist must pay for travel, food, and materials. Artists who
stay longer than 2 weeks are encouraged to engage in outreach
activities, such as workshops, with the local community. Submit
Application form (available on website), one-page project description,
resume or CV, two letters of reference, and work sample (see website
for sample guidelines). FEE: $15. Caldera, 224 NW 13th Ave., Portland, OR 97209, T: Studies in Emergent Order: An Online Journal http://studiesinemergentorder.com/ Studiesinemergenterder.org is an open-access site dedicated to
fostering research, discussion and publication concerning the roles
played by and implications of emergent order phenomena, particularly in
society but not excluding other areas. Click here to see the current issue. Headlands Center for the Arts (1-6
month residencies, March 1-November 30, 2010, Fort Barry, Sausalito,
CA) - Open to artists working in all media (visual, literary,
performance, film and video, audio, music, digital media, and
interdisciplinary art), with the goal of providing a supportive working
environment for experimentation, reflection, and growth. All
residencies are fully sponsored, and some stipends of $500 per month
are available (artists may apply for stipend when applying for
residency; availability of stipends depends on funding and sponsorship
secured each year). Average stay is 3 months. Offers both live-in and
live-out residencies. Live-in artists are provided with a studio,
shared housing, and 5 meals a week. Live-out artists are provided with
a studio and dinner twice a week. Applicants must complete application
form (available on website) and submit along with 3 copies of a resume
or CV and a letter (no longer than two pages) indicating your interest
in working at Headlands, how the residency will affect your work, and
what you can contribute to the Headlands community. Also include one
copy of contact information for 3 references, a SASE for return of
materials, and documentation of recent work. Performers should submit
scripts, 30 minutes of video or DVD documentation with 10 minutes of
material for primary review, or any other material that adequately
describes your work. NOTE: Online applications (through website)
strongly encouraged. FEE: $35. Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, CA, T: Journal of Religion and Theatre seeks articles, book and performance reviews Deadline: 2009-05-15 Description: The Journal of Religion and Theatre is a peer-reviewed journal. The journal aims to provide descriptive and analytical articles examining the spirituality of world cultures in all disciplines of the theatre, performance studies in sacred rituals of all cultures, themes of transcendence in text, on stage, in theatre history, the analysis of dramatic literature, and other topics relating to the relationship between religion and theatre. The journal also aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge throughout the theatrical community concerning the relationship between theatre and religion and as an academic research resource for the benefit of all interested scholars and artists. Contact: Heather.Beasley@colorado.edu URL: www.rtjournal.org Call for Writers “ Womens Voices in Magic Email for inquiries and submissions: brandyeditor at gmail.com Megalithica Books, an imprint of Immanion Press (Stafford, U.K./ Portland, OR, U.S.A) is seeking submissions for an anthology on women working in the magical communities, particularly in communities where women have not been extensively published or in which women face stereotyping and misunderstanding within and without the community. These communities include (but are not limited to) groups and individuals working in the Golden Dawn, Thelemic, Aurum Solis, Alchemy, Chaos, and Experimental Fields. Women have been involved in traditional and ritual magic since the late Victorian era. However women are often viewed as tangential to these communities or as soror mysticae, assistants to the magician. Today women are actively involved in ceremonial magical groups and lodges, alchemy, chaos magic, and Experimental Magic, overcoming stereotypes and creating new visions of magic within the communities.The whole call for submissions can be found here: http://brandywilliams.livejournal.com/405899.html#cutid1 Compensation will be ($25) (paid via twice-yearly royalties from book sales) plus a free copy of the anthology when it is published and additional copies sold at 40% off the cover price to contributers. All contributors will be provided with a contract upon final acceptance of their essays, not when they are accepted for editing. If your essay is not accepted for the anthology, we will tell you after the first round of edits. The anthology will be edited by Brandy Williams. She is the author of author of several pagan/occult nonfiction books. She may be found online at http://www.brandywilliams.org and her email address for this anthology is brandyeditor at gmail.com. Immanion Press is a small independent press based in the United Kingdom. Founded by author Storm Constantine in 2003, it expanded into occult nonfiction in 2004 with the publication of Taylor Ellwood's Pop Culture Magick. Today, Immanion's nonfiction line, under the Megalithica Books imprint, has a growing reputation for edgy, experimental texts on primarily intermediate and advanced pagan and occult topics. Find out more at http://www.immanion-press.com. CFP: Tolkien Society Seminar: Journeys & Destinations Deadline: 2009-05-10 Description: The Tolkien Society invites submissions for papers to be given at the annual Seminar. Focus: The seminar provides academics, students and independent scholars with a venue for interdisciplinary dialogue. This year the theme is "Journeys and destinations" in Tolkien's works. Participants are free to draw on any part of Tolkien's oeuvre, or to follow a thematic line within one text, or one text in it's variant forms (draft ms, published work, amended edition). Format: The seminar will consist of a series of presentations over the day, presentations may be twenty minutes or forty-five minutes in length with a ten to fifteen minute question/discussion session. It is intended that there will be two morning sessions and one afternoon session. Contact: edsec@tolkiensociety.org Tolkien Society Seminar: Journeys & Destinations will take place at Sir John Soane's Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3BP Saturday, June 27, 2009 Submissions: Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words. Send your proposal, and a short biography/CV to edsec@tolkiensociety.org. Deadline: Abstracts must be received by May 10th, 2009. Cold War Essay Contest For the fifth year, the John A. Adams Center at the Virginia Military Institute is pleased to announce that it will award prizes for the best unpublished papers dealing with the United States military in the Cold War era (1945-1991). Any aspect of the Cold War is eligible, with papers on war planning ...First place will earn a plaque and a cash award of $2000; second place, $1000 and a plaque; and third place, $500 and a plaque.Procedures: Entries should be tendered to the Adams Center at VMI by 15 June 2009. Please make your submission by Microsoft Word and limit your entry to a maximum of twenty-five pages of double-spaced text, exclusive of documentation and bibliography. A panel of judges will, over the summer, examine all papers and the Adams Center will announce its top three rankings early in the fall of 2009. The Journal of Military History will be happy to consider those award winners for publication. Contact: muirm@vmi.edu Professor Malcolm Muir, Jr., Director John A. Adams ’71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis Department of History Virginia Military Institute; Lexington, VA 24450 540-464-7447/7338 Fax: 540-464-7246 The Michigan Historical Review 2009 Student Essay Prize Contest Description: The Michigan Historical Review announces competition for the 2009 Student Essay Prize. The Review will accept papers written by senior-level and graduate students relating to Michigan's political, economic, social, and cultural history.We also welcome essays on American, Canadian, and midwestern history Contact: MIHISREV@CMICH.EDU www.clarke.cmich.edu/michhistoricalreview/index.htm |
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