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“Gutless & Grateful is not a story about a victim, but one of a survivor. Amy has channeled the pain of her experiences into something far greater.” – Michelle Alerte (Woman Around Town)
Buy tickets here. Use discount code AMY35!
Lost a Stomach, Gained a Story. ("My stomach exploded, but see my TEDx Talk for more on that…")

• On NBC’s Today Show, HuffPost, TEDx, Winner of 7 National Awards, and toured to 150+ venues since it’s the BroadwayWorld Best Theatre Debut-nomination in 2012.
• Now touring as a sexual assault and mental health program, and is also listed in the official directory for the National Arts & Health in the Military Initiative. 
• Discount is only available if you make reservations online…so do that! (AMY35)

Following sold-out runs at The Triad NYC, The Bijou, United Solo Fest, Barrington Stage Company (Tony-Award winning William Finn’s Cabaret Series) and a nationwide tour from Washington D.C. to Hawaii, global speaker/survivor Amy Oestreicher will bring her hit one-woman musical Gutless & Grateful back to NYC at the famed Feinstein’s/54 Below  on June 30th, 2017, 9:30pm.  Through interwoven song and dialogue, Oestreicher shares a primal piece of live-storytelling, weaving near death experience and inspiring perspective with an eclectic set of songs, comedically highlighting struggles, triumphs and “beautiful detours” in her life.
“One part moving testament to human indomitability, the other a thoroughly satisfying evening of song. While each element is strong enough to stand on its own, combined they illuminate and enhance each other. Rarely have I seen narration and song so artfully meshed, and Oestreicher’s likeability, good humor, interpretive skill, and manifest commitment to what she is saying and singing make us not only understand her story, but also feel it on a very deep level.” -Roy Sander (critic for BistroAwards.com)
Nominated for “Best Theatre Debut” in 2012 (Broadway World), and Bistro Awards Top Pick, and featured in Huffington Post, Gutless & Grateful, takes audiences on a musical journey of determination, grit and “guts” as Oestreicher shares her humor, her strength, and her soaring vocals with the world. Oestreicher’s script was inspired by the thousands of  journal entries she kept over the six years she endured unable to eat a morsel of food or drink a drop of liquid.  Co-conceived by Oestreicher and musical director David Brunetti, the show is directed by Broadway-veteran Jerold Goldstein, also on piano.  “Gutless” also features the song “Still Alive” which was written for Amy by acclaimed composer David Friedman with lyrics by TV personality and lyricist Kathie Lee Gifford, after she appeared on NBC’s TODAY Show in 2011.
Amy had ambitious plans for Broadway, until she abruptly developed a blood clot the week before her high school senior prom. After being rushed to the hospital, her stomach exploded in the operating room, and after both her lungs collapsed, she nearly died. After waking up from a coma several months later, she was told she no longer had a stomach, and it was unknown whether she would ever be able to eat or drink again . After 27 surgeries and six of the past ten years unable to drink a drop of fluid, Amy’s digestive system was miraculously reconstructed and she learned that the human spirit heals through “gutsiness”, gratitude, and an overabundance of humor.

“Oestreicher’s story is always inspirational and surprisingly funny.” – Paulanne Simmons (Times Square Chronicles)
Come for a moving night of song, stories and possibilities, all in a 70-minute musical comedy. Gutless & Grateful is no ordinary one-woman show, but a powerhouse production that leaves the audience in tears, laughing hysterically, and savoring every last bite as though it were their very first.
Buy tickets at https://54below.com/events/amy-oestreicher-gutless-grateful/
Tickets on the day of performance after 4:00 are only available by calling (646) 476-3551.

• Fri, Jun 30th, 9:30 pm 

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Nonna and the Dressmaker will be performed at the Altarena Playhouse on these dates: -June 29,30 July 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9.  the theater is located in Alameda, California at 1409 High Street (between Central Ave. and  Santa Clara Ave.) Tickets are 30 per adult and 27 for seniors and students.

       Three strong women face incredible challenges during World War II in Rome, Italy. The sages have taught: “Whoever saves a single life, the Torah considers it as if he had saved an entire world.” (Sanhedrin 4:5) Granted many people have never had to face making a life or death decision, but we’ve all had to make decisions that had serious consequences. Two of Nonna and the Dressmaker’s main characters are Jews in Italy during the eight months of the German occupation in 1943-1944.  One Jewish character is fighting with the partisans and his wife is in hiding with a Catholic family. The plot centers on the question, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”  It also illustrates the humanity of the Italians who saved over 80% of the Jews.  The play also explores the possibility that different cultures and religions can co-exist.

"IN THE REST ROOM AT ROSENBLOOMS" "hilarious and heartfelt comedy"  by Ludmilla Bollow will be presented at the Mosely Arts Center, 300 Silver Street, Lake City. CO.  81235, on Fridays in July (July 7,14,21,28).  Ticket prices $8-$16  

Only 2 more shows left of my sold out one-woman-show "Love in the Time of Taksim" premiering at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Check out the reviews & come see the show! It would be great to have you in the audience!

http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4406

https://better-lemons.com/production/love-in-the-time-of-taksim/

"T.V. BRIDES" will be presented by Scottish Rites Masons Valley of Danville, Il on Saturday, June 17, 7 p.m.  Address is Danville Masonic Temple, 2400 Denmark Rd., Danville, IL  61832.  Dinner is at 6, play at 7.  This a fund raising evening for Children's Dyslexia Center of East Central Illinois.  Ticket: $17.50.  Phone: (217) 474-6689.

Inspired by the life of Mary Edwards Walker, MD (1832-1919), "I'm Wearing My Own Clothes!" will be produced by Looking for Lilith Theatre Company in Louisville, KY, during its UNHEARD [outloud] festival celebrating its 15th anniversary. Dr. Walker was a surgeon for the Union during the Civil War. She was also a dress-reformer who wore trousers in surgery, at her wedding, and everywhere else though her garb often resulted in arrests. Equally important, she was an abolitionist; a suffragist; and an ardent advocate for equality of every kind. Lilith commissioned the play and presents it with 5 other productions, 2 staged readings and various workshops. Tickets are $5/$20. More info at http://lookingforlilith.org/unheard-outloud-tabbed-3/.

Elana Gartner's new play "Before Lesbians" will be receiving a staged reading at her 20th reunion at Oberlin College. Directed by Zoe Kushlefsky, class of 2018. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Warner Building.

When Charlotte and Vivian meet, they are about to marry their fiancés who are leaving to fight for President Lincoln. Through letters and visits, Charlotte and Vivian nurture their friendship, sharing books and projects to support the troops and their husbands. In an era where women were not recognized as sexual beings and when words did not exist for women falling in love, Charlotte and Vivian struggle to understand the confusing feelings they are developing for each other while the Civil War rages on.

“The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible.” It’s judgement day, and John, who is 34, finds himself buried beside an old woman who claims she’s his wife, Mary. But she’s nothing like the woman he knew. Can they navigate the minefields of memory in time? A tragicomedy of errors.

REVELATION is one half of TWO PLAYS AND A TART at Mariposa Arts Theatre, MAT Centre, 12 Brammer Dr., Orillia, May 26-28 and Jun 2-4.  $20 including tart and coffee at intermission.  www.mariposaartstheatre.com

Mom! The Musical is back for its second return engagement at The Chamaleon Theatre Circle in Burnsville, Minnesota. This original musical celebrates the twists and turns, delights and dilemmas, rewards and regrets of parenting. Book by Judy Freed, music and additional lyrics by Sari Miller, lyrics by Randi Wolfe.