A full production of a short play in Benchwarmers IX at Santa Fe Playhouse; February 4-26, 2010.  Tickets are $15 each, with discounts for seniors and students.  Thursdays are Pay-What-You-Wish.

A chance encounter between cabaret artists Charles Trenet and Maurice Chevalier in postwar Paris leads to the revelation of a rivalry between two men who are both haunted by their own wartime demons.

 

A queen and her fool discover all sorts of secrets in iambic pentameter and doggerel. Part of the Santa Fe Playhouse (NM) Benchwarmers IX readings festival February 27 and 28.

2010 Heideman Award finalist!

The Godmother a new full-length drama is the story of Tomboy McCorkle and her rise to power as boss of her crime family. Along the way, she falls in love with her sister-in-law, is shot by her rival Chee Chee di Mayo as they maneuver for bootlegging territory during prohibition, and mentors her 16 year-old brother. All this is set to a back drop of Kansas City in the roaring 20's with authentic KC jazz. Place: Portland Center Stage, Mezzanine level, during Fertile Ground New Works Festival. Tickets $10 or free with Festival Pass. Discounts available. Portland, Oregon  

“Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty” comes to the Strand Theater Company in Baltimore, January 2010!

WASHINGTON, DC -The Saartjie Project has garnered international attention for its boundary-stretching stage presentations that explores the mysticism, paradoxes and complexities surrounding the black female body. “Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty” is no exception. Voted a “Most Intriguing Pick” at the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival “Deconstructing the Myth” uses performance art to explore contemporary perceptions of gender, race, and power amidst the backdrop of the tumultuous life of 19th-century Saartjie Baartman, the company’s namesake.

Saartjie (pronounced Sar-kay) Baartman – was the South African woman paraded around Europe under the showname,“Hottentot Venus”. She was caged to show off her large buttocks, dissected upon her death and placed in a museum.

This January the Saartjie Project comes to Baltimore to bring her story to life. Founding Producer and Baltimore native Jessica Solomon said, “We are extremely excited about the production and are committed to using art as a catalyst of self-expression, self-definition and healing. This is not a performance to miss!” “Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty” will be at the Strand Theater Company, 1823 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201 Saturday, January 16th, 7:30pm and Sunday, January 17th, 3pm. $10 Students, $15 General admission. Tickets go on sale at www.thesaartjieproject.org on December 14th, 2009.

NONE OF THE ABOVE by Jenny Lyn Bader is now published in an acting edition from Dramatists Play Service. A sophisticated New York City private school student answers the door expecting her drug dealer and finds her S.A.T. tutor. And things just degenerate from there... "A snappy new comedy" —The New Yorker. "A small masterpiece." —NY Metro. "Tart social comedy." —NY Newsday. "A creatively original plot line" —BackStage. "Sparkling performances, given by two actors and an author"—John Simon, Bloomberg. You can find it at the Drama Bookshop, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

SAVING AMERICA and OTHER PLAYS by Ludmilla Bollow, published by Samuel French Dec. 2009 - Four award winning plays, depicting scenes across America.  1. Saving America  2. Flickering Fireflies 3. The Beach Club 4. Shelter Skelter  Link: http://www.SamuelFrench.com/storeproduct_info.php/products_id8489?osCsid

THE CHILDREN OF SIN (A One Woman Monologue) by Ludmilla Bollow - Quay Journal of the Arts - Spring 2009 Issue   Link: http://quayjournal.org/3_1/bollows.htm

WHEN I WAS A POPPY (One Woman Monologue) by Ludmilla Bollow - ICWP Mother/Daughter Monologues

 

 

 

 

My ANNIERELLA & the (VERY AWESOME) GOOD QUEEN FAIRY COWMOTHER play is a modern, feminist, Texas-style comedy adaption of Cinderella.  The 10-minute version and the longer, one-act version of the plays will be published by Brooklyn Publishing.  Details:  http://bobbichukran.blogspot.com

Rebecca Nesvet - Ensemble Studio Theatre / Alfred. P. Sloan Foundation Initiative 2009 - commission competition for new science-themed plays. For this, I am writing The Seer of Little Worlds, in which a Renaissance girl finds a lens in the street: an escape route to the microscopic universe discovered by her neighbour, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.

SEARCHING FOR A NEW SUN, a dramatic play that takes a look at how the Holocaust has affected young Jewish women in the United States today, will receive its premiere production in Berlin in August-September, 2010. OneHeart Productions. Details: www.dramamama.net.