Can a homophone bring two strangers together? The answer is yes if they meet through the fictional website CheapskateDates.com. "The Estate Affair" is one of 6 comedies chosen for production at the Kentucky State Fair by the Kentucky New Play Series, now in its 5th year. Performance is in the Fair & Exposition Center North Wing, Performing Arts Stage. The program is free with fair admission. 

The Changing Scene Theatre Northwest has chosen "Wallaroo, the Goldfish" as part of its Summerplay 2016: A Festival of New Works. Performances are at the Tacoma Musical Playhouse in Tacoma, Washington, on August 20, 21, 27, and 28 (7:30 on Saturdays, and 2 pm on Sundays).

"Wallaroo, the Goldfish" is a comedy about a precocious 6-year-old whose mother is worried about the girl's obsession with her goldfish and her father's psychology magazines. Tickets are $18.

NYC Fringe Festival, Xoregos Performing Company, Teatro Sea, Venue #1, August 15-27, about April Savino, who lived in the tunnels under Grand Central Station in NY and was an angel of mercy to other homeless people. Tkts $18.

The Athena Cats present the World Premiere of Blueprint for Paradise, set in Los Angeles just before the US declares war on Japan in 1941. The play explores wealth, racial tensions, Nazis, the Mothers of America, and other pre-war political groups. 

PLAYING AT: Hudson Theatre Mainstage, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038

Fridays and Saturdays @ 8:00 pm, Sundays @ 3:00 pm

2 hours plus 15-minute intermission

Tickets: https://www.plays411.net/newsite/show/play_info.asp?show_id=4458

check Goldstar for last-minute and discounts.

WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYING:

"GO!...Most any play that sheds light on racism and the oppression of women gets my vote, and Blueprint for Paradise does both.” — Deborah Klugman, LA Weekly

“THIS IS YOUR TICKET!... reconfirms that L.A. is a magnificent town for great theatre… a highly satisfying experience [and] a cautionary tale about what, without vigilance, could happen again in the country we live in.” — Eric A, Gordon, People’s World

“ELECTRIFYING… evoke[s] an eerie sense of familiarity to the news we see in our world today… a thrilling denouement” — Ryan Luévano, Tin Pan L.A

“RIVETING… TOP-NOTCH…  imaginatively build[s] a what-if plot that combines fact and fiction… deserves to be seen not only on the boards of the Hudson Mainstage, but far beyond.” —Ed Rampell, Hollywood Progressive

“Ring[s] true today…should be required viewing for all” —Erin Fair, Discover Hollywood

“Takes the strings of legend and history, weaving a tapestry of events that highlight human drama… very high production values in many of the areas that matter most--acting especially.” — David MacDowell Blue, The World Through Night-Tinted Glasses

***Extended to August 21!***

Written by Patricia Milton, directed by Gary Graves.
At Central Works Theatre in residence at the Berkeley City Club,
2315 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704.

A satire about corporate colonialism, this play takes place on the small southeast Asian island of Marititu. Negotiations are underway to expand a palm oil plantation despite a local rebellion. Unrequited love meets unregulated capitalism in Hearts of Palm.

Thu - Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 5 pm. Audience talk-backs after the July 17 and August 7 performances. Pay-what-you-can at the door every Thursday! Get tickets here.

What could you say to the love of your love in ten minutes - just before his execution?

During the Easter Rising in 2016 - love, was also a casualty. After returning from a four-city tour in Ireland as part of the Easter Rising Centenary, A Rose Upon the Blood was performed in Toronto, and now Waterloo. This play was part of 365 Women a Year: A Playwriting Project.

Dates: August 3 - 6 2016 8pm

K-W Little Theatre

9 Princess St. E. Waterloo

Tickets $15 ($12 for Artists and COPA Members)

The Road Theatre Company, Summer Playwrights Festival 7, August 1 @ 8 PM at the Lankershim Arts Center, 5108 Lankershim Boulevard North Hollywood, CA 91601.  $15 donation or pay what you can.  

When a foreclosure loophole gives two couples rights to the same house, the cohabiting strangers struggle to take control of the contested space.

Playwrights First Award: Second Place, L. Arnold Weissberger Nominee, Leah Ryan's FFEWW Finalist, Kitchen Dog Theater New Works Festival Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist, Ronald Duncan Playwriting Competition Finalist, and Commissioned by Theater Masters Visionary Playwright Award.

"Blanche and Benny" PCSF playoffs #3, Shelton Theatre, San Fran, July 31,2016 at 7 PM

Staged reading on July 9 @ 8 pm at The TAI Group, 150 W. 30th Street, NYC produced by Turn to Flesh Productions. BIRDS OF A FEATHER (4w, 2m) is a madcap romp about a time-travelling geneticist who journeys a century into the past to save the passenger pigeon.  For tickets: ttfbirds.bpt.me.

Presented as POWERPLAYS at this month's Capital Fringe Festival, my play, Turtle, is one of five short plays about the struggle for power and truth.

For tickets go to https://www.capitalfringe.org/events/921-powerplays

Location: Social Hall at 6th & I, 600 I St, NW, Washington DC

Sunday, July 10 4:15-5.25pm

Tuesday, July 19 6.30-7.40pm

Wednesday, July 20 8.30-9.40pm

Thursday, July 21 6.45-7.55pm

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/fringeworthy/article/20827380/stage-of-life-novice-playwrights-make-their-debut-at-fringe

 http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2016/07/08/2016-capital-fringe-review-powerplays/

http://dctheatrescene.com/2016/07/09/powerplays/

Come if you can!  And/or tell your Metro DC friends about our show!

Hope to see you there...