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"Chicago
Breezing"
SAT
Playwrights PlayFest 2010
January
8-31, 2010
at
the
San
Pedro Playhouse in The Cellar Theater
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"Doctor's
Secret Remedy "
by
Antoinette F. Winstead
What happens when the person most trusted
in the community turns out to be the most dangerous?
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"Love
is Like Chicago "
by
JC
Alvarez
Can deep dish pizza coexist with regular? Can
the Cubs survive within the same area code as the Soxs? Can a
sassy American artist and a reserved British accountant make a
relationship work? Dancing talk show queen, Doctor Fannie
Faux helps them figure out if
their “Love is Like Chicago.”
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"Shopping"
by
Mellissa
Marlowe"
Saree, a wealthy small-town Texan, is visiting
Chicago to move her only daugter into her college dorm. One morning,
she finds herself at odds
with one of Chicago's elite residents while shopping on the
Magnificent Mile.
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"Bread
and Roses "
by
Rebecca
Burroughs
Based on a true story about Jane Addams, founder
of Chicago's Hull House and first American woman to win the Nobel
Peace Prize.
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"The
Phone Call "
by
Lindsey
Van de Kirk
Two strangers share an emotional connection through an
unintended phone conversation,
in which heart-breaking news is delivered in a callous fashion.
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"I
Did Not Sign on for That!"
by
Sheila
Rinear
Can the wives of the Wall Street economic downturn
embrace the challenges their new life-styles offer, or will they
fight like hell to get the credit cards back they feel entitled
to?
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"Masquerade"
by
James
Venhaus
A drag queen mistakenly wanders into the costumed
environs
of the Comic-Con-esque event.
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"The
Right Thing "
by
Mary
Ellen Rainwater
On the worst night of his life, Roger Bowman
is thrown a life-line in the form of a beautiful and alluring
young woman. He really should have paid attention to the fortune
cookie he received at dinner, which read: Confucius
says: Beware of lead-lined life vests when wallowing
in a sea of self-pity.
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Photos by Modrea Mitchell-Reichert
Salon
postponed until February 14, 2010
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Sunday,
February 14, 2010
Salon
(6:00
p.m.)
San
Pedro Playhouse in the Cellar Theatre
"Women
of a Certain Age"
Read by local actors -
Magda Porter, Annella Keys, Ayn Phillips,
Laurie Fitzpatrick, Lindsey Van de Kirk, and Hayley Burnside.
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Sunday,
May 16, 2010
Salon
(6:00
p.m.)
San
Pedro Playhouse
"A
Divine Fire"
In the honored tradition of Clara Barton and Florence
Nightingale
comes the real-life drama of social reformer and winner of the Nobel Peace
Prize,
Miss Jane Addams, founder in 1889 of Chicago ’s Hull House for the improvement
of immigrant lives.
by
Rebecca Burroughs
Read by local actors-
Theresa
Bishop, Angela Hoeffler, Sal Valadez,
Magda Porter, Evie Armstrong, and Krystal Kohler
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Sunday,
June 13, 2010
Salon
(4:00
p.m.****)
San
Pedro Playhouse
Ten
minute scripts:
"Infi
Della Ties"
by
Rebecca Burroughs
Adulterers face their crime, punishment and new possibilities.
Script
by
Lindsey Van de Kirk
A closeted young man attempts to come out to his uptight
parents
at Christmas time, with less than merry results.
"Bringing
Sons to Glory"
by
Sheila Rinear
When the Christmas season lights fires in your heart you'd
rather put out,
it's time to bring sons to Glory.
Read by local actors-
Angela Hoeffler, Sal Valadez, Cynthia Davila, Don Frame,
Laure Fitzpatrick, Rick Sanchez, and Robby Vance.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Salon
(6:00
p.m.)
San
Pedro Playhouse
Ten
minute scripts:
"Lift
Me Up"
by
Mary Ellen Rainwater
Cupid's arrow jams the gears of an elevator in this romantic
comedy.
"The
Widow's Club"
by
Antoinette Winstead
Who gets left behind when a soldier dies, and how do they
survive?
Read by local actors-
Denise Stallins, Stephanie Hicks, Charlie Williams,
Lucy Briggs, and Paul Berman.
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