Subversive Theatre

"I think anybody who takes the trouble to write what we refer to as a serious play is holding a mirror up to people, saying: 'Look, this is the way you behave, this is who you are. If you don't like it, why don't you change?'"
-Edward Albee
1979

June 17 - July 11, 2010
at the Manny Fried Playhouse

It's baaaaaack!!!

sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2010
10 provocative shorts
9 different directors
Over 30 different actors

PERFORMANCES:
June 17 - July 11
Thurs, Fris, & Sats @ 8pm
Suns @ 4pm
(no performances July 3 & 4)

Feminist bees re-writing the Bible?
Egyptian gods clashing with Al Gore?
Post-apocalyptic prostitutes stealing icicles?
IT COULD ONLY BE THE SHORTS!!!

sUBVERsIVE sHORTs -- one of the only showcases for new short American political plays -- is back and stronger than ever with a whole new batch of brand spankin' new shorts by radical playwrights from all across the Country!
This year's showcase features eleven powerful shorts taking on every controversial subject you could ask for. With ten different directors and over thirty different actors, we couldn't fit it all into one night. So this year's sHORTs features two separate line-ups of amazing new works playing on alternating nights.

HERE ARE THE LINE-UPS
(click on the titles below to find out more about that particular project including plot synopses and bios and headshots of all the actors, directors and playwrights):

ARTAUD NIGHTS
playing June 17, 20, 26, 27
July 1, 8, 10, 11

THE EAGLE AND THE DRAGON
by Matt Hanf, Elk Grove, CA
Directed by Kelly Beuth*
Starring Pandora Kew, Randi Langdon, and Daniel Henderson*

DO/DON'T DO
by Craig Abernethy, San Diego, CA
Directed by Tamara S. Hopersberger*
Starring Mary Mazur, Scot Kaitanowski, Sara Ball, and Frank Perkowski

GOD'S TEETH
by Michael O'Donohoe, Rochester, NY
Directed by Lara Haberberger*
Starring Heather Fangsrud*

IN THE BEGINNING
by Joan Broadman, Champaign, IL
Directed by Megan Callahan*
Starring Sarah Brown & Diane Gaidry

HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME
Diane Sampson, San Francisco, CA
Directed by Bob Van Valin
Starring Hasheen DeBerry*,
Michael Renna, and Scot Kaitanowski

BRECHT NIGHTS
playing June 18, 19, 24, 25
July 2, 9, 11

IN GODS WE TRUST
by Diane Sampson, San Fracisco, CA
Directed by Tilke Hill
Starring John Jacoby, Jane Cudmore*,
Devan Corcoran, Nathaniel Hill,
and Erik Kosobucki

CLIMATE CHANGE
AND THE COURTESAN
Written & Directed by Michael Fanelli
Starring Hasheen DeBerry*
and Jessica Stuber*

MEDALS
by Mark Cornell, Chapel Hill, NC
Directed by Virginia Brannon*
Starring Jack Agugliaro*,
Rebecca Ward, & Maura Pellettieri

HONEY-COATED HAM
by Joan Broadman, Champaign, IL
Directed by Michael Fanelli*
Starring Robert Bozek, James Steiner,
and Laura Mooney

STRONG SISTAHS
by B.M. Brown, Sherman Oaks, CA
Directed by Kurt Schneiderman*
Starring Pete Johnson, Jessica Stuber*,
Colleen Neumann, Brenda Bridges,
Sara Ball, Cindy Miller,
and Lawrence Rowswell*

    It's an extraordinary line-up of plays -- come to both evenings and see 'em all! The final performance (Sunday, July 11th) will be a marathon performance featuring BOTH line-ups back-to-back. This evening's presentation is also an actors' benefit night with all proceeds going to the actors.
    sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2010 is brought together by our sHORTs Curator Lara Haberberger* with Set Design by Ashley Bobbett, Sound Design by John Shotwell*, Lighting Design by Mike Lodick, and Illustrations by Matthew Clabeaux* with Technical Direction by Rachel Zeller*.
    Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 4pm from June 17th through July 11th. PLEASE NOTE: no performances Saturday, July 3rd or Sunday, July 4th. All shows are at Subversive Theatre's regular performance venue The Manny Fried Playhouse at 255 Great Arrow Avenue on the third floor of the Great Arrow Building in North Buffalo.
    Tickets are $15 general admission or $10 for students, seniors, and Subversive Theatre members. For all Thursday performances admission is pay-what-you-can. Reservations are not available -- instead seating is offered on a first-come-first-served basis with doors opening one half hour before each performance.
    For more information, give us a call at 716-408-0499.

June 17 - July 11, 2010 at the Manny Fried Playhouse

June 17 - July 11, 2010
at the Manny Fried Playhouse