now playing
 Subversive Theatre's
original new play showcase is back
with a whole new batch of a provocative political short works by
playwrights from all across America who
hate George W. Bush!
Thurs, Fris, and Sats
@ 8:00pm
June 14th - June 30th
at Rust Belt Books
(202 Allen Street)
Admission Free
Donations Welcome!
COME SEE IT QUICK
BEFORE HOMELAND SECURITY SHUTS US DOWN!!!
Each night you'll have the chance to see the following
terrific line-up of rabble-rousing new American political plays
(click on each title for more
detailed information about that particular project):
 LINDSAY
by Monica Raymond of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Directed by Lara Haberberger*
Starring Heather Fangsrud* as "Tammy Lee"
DON'T HATE THE MESSENGER
Written & Directed by Bill Schmidt* of Buffalo, New York
Starring:
Daniel Sterlace as "Dell"
Kelly Beuth as "Flo"
A RANDOM ACT
by Matt Casarino of Wilmington, Delaware
Directed by Katie White*
Starring:
Mary Loftus* as "Terry"
Hasheen DeBerry* as "Dan"
THE DEATH OF SOCRATES IN AMERICA
by Thomas Pierce of Seattle, Washington
Directed by Diane Cammarata*
Starring:
Tom Izard as "Anytos"
Kevin Dennis as "Meletos"
Bill Schmidt* as "Socrates"
 EFF YOU
by Hank Kimmel of Atlanta, Georgia
Directed by Kurt "Vile" Schneiderman*
Starring Keith Elkins as "Theater Artist"
PLEASE REMOVE THIS STUFFED ANIMAL FROM MY HEAD
by Crystal Jackson of Houston, Texas
Directed by Virginia Brannon*
Starring:
Jack Agugliaro as "Phil"
Joey Bucheker as "Jerry"
Sara Kovacsi as "The Woman"
Dan Seijak as "The Man"
CAPITALIZATION
by Mark Nowak of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Directed by John Reich
Starring:
M. Joseph Fratello as "Air Traffic
Controller"
Sean Z. Polen as "English Student"
Dana Fiore as "Margaret"
THE SORT OF HAPPY ENDING TO THE SAD TALE OF MR. ALI
ALI
or
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF "OUTSOURCING" TORTURE
by Craig Abernethy of San Diego, California
Directed by Kurt "Vile" Schneiderman*
Starring:
Kevin Cain as "The Ringmaster"
Joey Bucheker as "Player #1"
Lawrence Rowswell as "Player #2"
Dinash Lal as "Mr. Ali Ali"
Anne Kurtis as "Maryam" & others
After years of lying dormant, the
proud tradition of protest theatre has quite suddenly awakened from its long
slumber. Outrage at the Iraq War and at the Bush Administration in
general has inspired a whole new generation of American playwrights to pick up
their pens and speak out on the issues of the day.
We at Subversive Theatre were eager to help foster
this exciting new movement and -- at the same time -- give our audiences here
in Buffalo a taste of the wide spectrum of political plays that are popping up
all over the Nation. And so we created "sUBVERsIVE sHORTs"
-- a showcase of short new political plays by playwrights from all over the
U.S.A.
Our first "sUBVERsIVE sHORTs" Showcase
was held in November of 2005 in the bohemian confines of Allentown's Rust Belt
Books. This program featured five different radical shorts by
playwrights from Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City, Boston, and one from
a playwright right here in Buffalo. The styles of work featured
everything from spoof to docudrama, from the realistic to the absurd, and from
the poetic to the profane.
This project was such a success that we've decided to
make it one of Subversive Theatre's regular offerings. So earlier this
year we put together a team of seven different
subversive directors and -- when we sent out the call for submissions -- we
were honored to receive over fifty different entries from every corner of
America! It was no small task to comb through all the wild and
fascinating material, but -- after much debate -- our seven-person directorial
team finally settled on a line-up of shorts that we think makes for an
excellent evening of political theatre.
And so we've returned to the
cramped back room of Rust Belt Books to present "sUBVERsIVE sHORTs
2007". Let the renaissance in American political theatre begin!
* = indicates members of the Subversive Theatre
Collective
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