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June/July 2005
Theater Brava
for Women in the Arts! Presents KATE CLINTON (The Lesbian Jon
Stewart) in Talking a Blue Streak Friday, June 10 thru Sunday, June 12, 2005
Friday & Saturday @ 8pm • Sunday @ 3pm Kate Clinton is a faith-based, tax-paying, America-loving
political humorist. She has worked through economic booms and busts, Disneyfication
and Walmartization, gay movements and markets, lesbian chic and queer
eyes, and ten presidential inaugurals. She still believes that humor gets us
through peacetime, wartime and scoundrel time. Kate has performed nationally
for the past 25 years from Joe's Pub in New York City to The Herbst Theater in
San Francisco, and back to New York for several off-Broadway runs, with
hundreds of comedy club dates in between. She has been featured at Just for
Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, The Toyota Comedy Festival in
New York, and Marshall's Women in Comedy Festival. She has come a long
way from her first performances in Unitarian Church basements. In her new show Talking
A Blue Streak, Kate riffs from the trenches of her U.S.O. (Utah Seems Odd)
Tour from the tiny island nation of New York City to her favorite blue and red
states, including the permanent vegetative state of Florida. She encounters
blue state folks with such a level of post-traumatic-stress they could use a
pill the size of a hubcap. Meanwhile, red state folks celebrate the return of
the original girlie-man to the White House - Mr. Karen Hughes - who's all set
to co-produce Extreme Makeover: International Edition with Condi Rice
and a measly $86 billion. On the Pope front, Clinton was shocked to find she
wasn’t even mentioned in the will – given her role as Irreverend of a
Queer Nation that has proven to be the quintessential wedgie issue.
That's right - queers are the butt thong between the cheek of the church and
the cheek of the state. With Kate Clinton, you’ll laugh so hard, all of your
cheeks will hurt! Kate’s two decades plus of material are on record in her
seven comedy collections including Comedy You Can Dance To, Read These Lips and
the recently released The Marrying Kind. In June, the former high school
English teacher will celebrate the publication of her second book, What the
L?, a laugh-out-loud collection of essays chronicling what happened to a
lot of L’s: lesbians, liberals, leftists, lawyers, Ellen, lifestylists,
leaders, lords, liars, lapsed Catholics… in the reign of W. Her first book, Don't
Get Me Started, was based on past and present monologues; its audio
companion was named One of 1998’s Best Audiobooks by Publishers Weekly.
A sought after member of the Commentariat, Kate has appeared on Good
Morning America, Nightline, Entertainment Tonight, The Rosie
O'Donnell Show, The Roseanne Show, Comedy Central, Lifetime,
MSNBC, CNN, and C-Span. She hosted the PBS TV series In
The Life and The World According To Us, appeared in the film The
Secret Lives of Dentists, and is one of four lesbian comics featured in the
documentary Laughing And Again We Meet Emerging choreographer, Brittany Brown Ceres presents her
world premiere, full-evening of dance with her newly-established modern dance company,
Dance Ceres. With the support of the Zellerbach Family Foundation and Theater
Bay Area in association with Dancers' Group's CA$H grant, Ms. Ceres will
present, "And Again, We Meet", a collection of historical
game-playing and love-making, told through the awareness of movement and sound.
Historic lesbian reference, twisted social-leisure activities, intricate dance
and honest risk fuse to create a performance story to speak for all love
affairs. Stateless by Dan Wolf In the Mancuso Theatre Company Chaddick presents June 10th -12th and 17th-19th, 2005 (Friday-Sunday) “We are frequently
surprised and delighted while being given insight into what it really means to
be a creative choreographer who grapples with her art." Company Chaddick presents Company Chaddick’s 20th Anniversary Season - The performance will include company repertory and a premiere of an intriguing new work. June 10 th –12 th and 17 th -19 th, 2005 Friday - Sunday, at Project Artaud Theatre - 450 Florida St. (17th & Alabama Sts.) in San Francisco. Fri. & Sat. shows are at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 7:00 pm. Special events include: June 10 (Fri) - Post-performance talk with Cheryl Chaddick and dancers; June 11 (Sat.) - Gala benefit reception post-performance $40 (includes performance). Tickets are $20 - general seating. Tickets are available through City Box Office. To order tix call 415-392-4400 or online at http://www.cityboxoffice.com. Tickets also available at tickets.com. ********* Cheryl Chaddick believes in being fully open to the creative process and constantly exploring movement with a fresh eye. Her works tackle a variety of themes, often with a feminist perspective and playful sense of humor that allows the audience to laugh at itself and society. The 20th Anniversary Season will reflect this exploration in an eclectic repertoire that showcases Chaddick’s lyricism, elegant phrasing, and a sense of humor. The season will include nine works from past seasons, including: Inner Springs (1986); A View from Paradise (1992); In the Drawer (2000); Scattering of Light (2000); Hard Drive (2001); Ask No More (2001); Bread and Water (2003); Interiors (2003); and Brother to Brother (2004). It will also feature The Calling (2005) a new solo work danced by artistic director Cheryl Chaddick. Appearing with the company are dancers Jennifer Wright (20th year with the company!), Lorevic Rivera, Pete Litwinowicz, Orcun Malkoclar, Jason Torres Hancock, Jose Ivan Ibarra, Kimberly Brooks Mata, Melanie King, Blane Ashby, Lise Worthen and Cheryl Chaddick. Cheryl Chaddick, artistic director and choreographer, has been presenting work in the Bay Area for 20 years. Her style, technique, and personal training have been strongly influenced by 15 years of Graham, 12 years of Limon and 10 years of classical ballet. She has danced professionally with Repertory Dance Company of the Southwest, Eugene Ballet, San Francisco Moving Company (currently known as Della Davidson Company) and Zaccho Dance Theater (with whom she toured Europe). After moving to the Bay Area in 1979, Ms. Chaddick performed in works by Anna Sokolow, Bertram Ross, Jennifer Muller, Della Davidson, Joanna Haigood, Deborah Slater, Lory Wilson and Rhonda Martin. She founded her own company in 1985, and has continued to create original and engaging work since that time. Deeply committed to the local dance community, Ms. Chaddick has also been one of the leading contemporary dance teachers in San Francisco for over 20 years. She has taught at many Bay Area studios including Footwork, Brady Street, ODC and is currently on the faculty of SF Dance Center. She has taught for the Dance and Theater Department at UC Berkeley, Lines Ballet's Pre-Professional Summer program and for more than 7 years she has been commissioned as a teacher and choreographer for SF’s School of the Arts, helping to educated and prepare the next generation of young artists. As a choreographer, Ms. Chaddick is committed to a diverse repertoire that consistently excites audiences with fresh movement and themes that explore our everyday lives. Through her work she invites us to reflect on our common humanity and intrinsic connection. The Matchbox Series: Second Sight written and performed by Lea Bender 6/17, 6/18 and 6/24, 6/25 2005 There are some experiences that leave us changed
forever. In this season's second Matchbox Workshop Production, join Crowded
Fire Associate Lea Bender on her return journey to a small mountaintop village
in Ghana where she finds herself participating in possession rituals with a
group of African spirit mediums. Second Sight weaves live solo performance with
video and soundscape to tell this incredible true story. Through characters
from her time in Ghana (including the lively and often comical spirits
themselves), Lea promises to open the door to questions about belief,
spirituality and the unknown for both herself and her audiences.
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