WingSpan’s New Play reading series provides a venue
for development of emerging works that fit our mission statement.

March 13 & 14, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bath House Cultural Center,
WingSpan will present a staged reading of:

10:10
a new screenplay by Dallas Playwright, Vicki Caroline Cheatwood.

10:10, a dark comedy in which a mild-mannered vocal teacher meets her
cowboy-dream-come-true at a wedding – her wedding!
10:10, the relationship you’ll never go back to; the sex you’ll never forget.

Directed by Gail Cronauer

PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Post show talk back with the playwright, actors and director

If you would like reservations or more informationm please call: (214) 675-6573 or email: wingspan@wingspantheatre.com
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Dixie’s Tupperware Party
Watertower Theatre
15650 Addison Rd
Addison, TX 75001
(972) 450-6232
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Dixie Longate, the fast-talking Tupperware Lady, has packed up her catalogues and left her children in an Alabama trailer park to journey to Big D. Join Dixie as she throws a good ol’ fashioned Tupperware Party filled with outrageous tales, free giveaways, and the most fabulous assortment of Tupperware ever sold on a Texas stage. See for yourself how Ms. Longate became the number one Tupperware seller in the world as she educates her guests on the many alternative uses she has discovered for her plastic products!

PS – Bring your pocketbook! You can enjoy a great show and buy tupperware at this one!

To see a profile of Dixie from NBC’s Today Show, click here.

Reviews & Special Features

“A potty-mouthed, whisky-swilling saleswoman conducts a Tupperware party for the audience.”
- Daily News Entertainment

“Dixie is the rare Tupperware Lady eager to tell you how to use Tupperware products in the kitchen and the bedroom.”
- Orange County Register

“belching bowls of laughter with every burp of her lids.”
- pogueGo

Click here to visit Dixie Longate online.

Dixie’s Tupperware Party will have performances Thursday March 6 at 7:30 PM, Friday March 7 at 8:00 PM, Saturday March 8 at 5:00 PM, and Sunday March 9 at 5:00 PM on the Festival Main Stage. Tickets are $15 each and will go on sale February 19. Festival passes are available for $50 each and include one admission to each performance. For more information or to purchase a festival pass, call the WTT Box Office at 972.450.6232.

Family Music Theatre At Cedar Valley College Announces its Spring 2008 Production:

Little Women
The Broadway Musical
Directed by Dr. Sam Germany

Book by Allan Knee
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott

Cedar Valley College
Performance Hall
3030 North Dallas Avenue
Lancaster, TX 75134
972-860-2994

Performances:
Feb. 29, Mar. 1, 7-8, 14-15, Friday & Saturday Evenings 7:30 p.m. · Saturday Matinees 1:30 p.m.

Ticket Prices:
$5 Children (Ages 4-12) · $6 Seniors (55+) · $10 Adults

Tickets may be purchased in advance at the CVC Business Office, Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., or by calling 972-860-2994. For more information, please call 972-860-7444, ext. 9302.

Based on Louisa May Alcott’s own family experiences (and novel), LITTLE WOMEN, follows the adventures of Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March as they grow up in Civil War America. The beloved story of the March sisters is timeless and deals with issues as relevant today as when they were written. Now, this wonderful narrative has been brought to life as an exhilarating new musical filled with glorious music, dancing and heart. LITTLE WOMEN embodies the complete theatrical experience, guaranteeing a night filled with laughter, tears, and a lifting of the spirit. This powerful score soars with the sounds of personal discovery, heartache and hope — the sounds of a young America finding its voice. In years to come, we are sure that hundreds of productions by schools and theatres throughout the world will make this stage adaptation of the American classic novel a classic musical theatre treasure in its own right.

Click here for more information about Cedar Valley Theatre.

Click here for more information about the play.

This weekend only, The Black Academy Of Arts & Letters Presents:

A Song For You… The Civil Rights Journey Of a Negro Woman: Lena Calhoun Horne
Friday, 2/22/2008 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, 2/23/2008 at 8:00 PM
Clarence Muse Café Theatre
650 S Griffin St
Dallas, TX 75202
Phone: (214) 743-2449
$15
Website

Set in Atlanta, Georgia at an NAACP Youth Conference, this dramatic play with music depicts the journey of a woman’s inner struggle for self-identify and racial equality. This piece follows Ms. Horne from her childhood in the 1920’s Jim Crow South, through her early career in Hollywood, to her triumphant civil rights stand at the 1963 March on Washington. This powerful one woman show, performed by Wendi Joy Franklin, is a must see! Hosted by Board Member Charlie Mae Smith.

Producer and actor Mark-Brian Sonna has written a new review of Lyric Stage’s production of They’re Playing Our Song for Pegasus News.

Why would any theatre company want to revive such a period piece?… The answers are simple: The script is fantastic, the music is wonderful, and the characters are so vivid they still speak to us today. Curiously enough, the eponymous song of the show that is the most famous now sounds the most dated. Lyric Stage has opted to keep the 1979 era to validate the Disco beats in the score.

To read the entire review, visit Pegasus News.

They’re Playing Our Song plays at the Irving Arts Center, 3333 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, TX on Thursday, February 21st at 8:00 PM.

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Lawson Taitte, one of the preeminent theatre critics in Dallas, has written a new review of Theatre 3’s Crimes of the Heart for the Dallas Morning News. Here’s an excerpt:

How appropriate that Theatre Three, which gave Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley her professional start while she was still a student at Southern Methodist University, should give her best play, Crimes of the Heart, a perfect production.

Read the entire review at the Dallas Morning News.

Crimes Of the Heart by runs at Theatre 3 from Feb 14, 2008 to Mar 16, 2008.

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The 2007 Award winner for OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY bt the Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum.

Award-winning hit Heaven Forbid(s), a brand new comedy, returns by for its final four performances in the DFW area at Watertower’s Out Of The Loop Festival, March 7th, 9th, 12th, and March 14th at the Stone Cottage Theater in Addison. This is the last chance to catch the show in the DFW area!

The Dead Can Speak! Are You Listening?

Purgatory is defined in the dictionary as: A place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven. Imagine going through life shunned by society, enduring drug addiction, homelessness, or prostitution, just hoping the afterlife turns out better than this one. In life, many saints were forgiving of and welcomed with open arms, street people and even tax collectors! Even Jesus told a crucified thief he’d go to heaven, so surely heaven will accept you right? Then you die and find you’re a reject in purgatory as well. Heaven Forbid (s)! is an award winning series of comic monologues and sketches examining multiculturalism, identity, and the similarities between outcasts and those who try to ignore them. It’s comedy from beyond!

Heaven Forbid(s)! is written by and performed by Marco Rodriguez and Rhianna Mack. Heaven Forbid(s)! will perform its final four performances in the DFW area Friday March 7 at 8:00 PM, Sunday March 9 at 5:00 PM, Wednesday March 12 at 7:30 PM and Friday March 14 at 8:00 PM in the Stone Cottage Theater in Addison. Tickets are $15 each. They will go on-sale February 19. Festival passes are available for $50 each and include one admission to each performance. For more information or to purchase a festival pass, call the WTT Box Office at 972.450.6232 or visit www.watertowertheatre.org/outoftheloop.asp.

For more information, you can also visit Martice Comedy’s MySpace page or the Martice Enterprises website.

NOTE: THIS SHOW CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS!

Our sister site, If Dallas Were a Podcast, has an exclusive interview with Kerry Cole, stage manager for Theatre 3’s current production of I Love You, You’re, Perfect, Now Change and director of their upcoming mystery play titled Whodunnit. The comedy-thriller by the author of Sleuth, Anthony Shaffer, will run from Thursday, April 3rd through Sunday, May 4th, 2008.

Listen to the podcast:

[audio:http://blog.ifdallaswereapodcast.com/if-dallas-were-a-podcast-4-kerry-cole/]

MBS Productions announces auditions for:

Dante: Inferno

Adapted to the stage by Alejandro de la Costa*
With a new translation by Mark-Brian Sonna*

“Abandon all Hope, ye who enter here.”

The classic book by Dante Alighieri is considered one of the greatest pieces of literature. Dante tells the story of his guided journey into the deep recesses of hell. As he voyages through each circle, going deeper into the earth, he encounters a myriad of damned souls; and as he witnesses their ghastly punishments he learns the cause of their torment. As he travels further he also encounters obstacles that might trap him for an eternity. This adaptation for the stage presents this classic story in a new light, with extensive choreography, and with modernized language, making it accessible to those who have only heard of the book. Alejandro de la Costa’s adaptation captures the raw intensity, violence, sexuality, etc. that has stunned readers for hundreds of years. The actors in this production through the use of their bodies become the beasts, the devils, the sinners, and the towering bodies and rivers of flesh that Dante encounters. Because of the graphic nature of the play you must be 18 or older to attend.

This is very much an ensemble piece: the actors seldom ever leaving the stage. Outside of the roles of Virgil and Dante, the other 6 performers must be able to play at least 10 different characters each be it, devils, spirits, historical figures, etc. These 6 performers must be physically fit and be able to do extensive movement:

Virgil: 51+ year old man.
Dante: 35 year old man.
Man 1: Lion, Arch, lost soul, Horace, Paolo, etc.
Man 2: Arch, lost soul, Charon, Tristan, Francesca’s husband, etc.
Man 3: Arch, lost soul, Homer. Minos, etc.
Woman 1: Leopard, arch, lost soul, Electra, Francesca, etc.
Woman 2: She-wolf, arch, lost soul, Camilla, Helen of Troy, etc.
Woman 3: arch, lost soul, Lavinia, Cleopatra, etc.

The auditions will consist of a 2 minute monologue of your choice and readings from the script which will be emailed to the actors a week prior to the audition.

Auditions will be:

Sunday February 24 from noon to 4 PM
Monday, February 25, from 7 to 10 PM
Tuesday, February 26 from at 7 to 8:30 PM with callback immediately following.

Auditions will be held at our rehearsal space located at 8204 Elmbrook #305M, Dallas, TX 75247.

To schedule an appointment time please email info@Mark-BrianSonna.com or call 214-477-4942. More information about this show can be found at www.MBSProductions.net.

Because of the adult nature of the subject matter, you must be 18 years or older. It is advised you are familiar with Dante’s Inferno; information on this book and subject can be found extensively on line and at www.Wikipedia.org

All actors will receive our company’s standard stipend and profit share.

*Column Award Nominee

An announcement from Kyla Welch and Julie Brinker of the Denton Community Theatre:

Due to street construction which has completely blocked access to the alley behind the Scene Shop, the Shop Strike workday this Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 will have to be rescheduled. Thanks to everyone who made plans to come–we’ll hope we can catch you after the concrete has been poured!