Stage Left Studio Inc. presents
Left Out Festival
Friday, April 04, 2008 through Monday, April 14, 2008
A celebration of GLBT performance!
Length: 1 hr 30 mins
Intermission(s): Unknown
Seating: General Admission
You choose your seats when you get to the theater.
The First Annual Left Out Festival
The festival features 17 performances, including solo shows, stand-up comedy, spoken word, monologues, song, dance, female impersonators, drag kings, and one two-person show about single gay men on a speed date. There will also be a -Gay-la event, a party with Victoria (featuring both faux and genuine drag queens), a fashion show, dancing, drink, and DJ's Shaka23 and celebrity DJ Aiden Turner, who plays Aidan Devane on ABC's All My Children.
A portion of the entire box office proceeds from the festival, as well as the entire ticket sales for the Gay-la on April 13 will be donated to Bailey House and GMHC. Sponsors of the Left Out Festival include The Village Voice and Andrew Christian, Inc.
Tickets for shows are $15. Gay-la tickets are $25, and include complimentary drink and food.
-Friday, April 4
7:30 pm
- Drae Campbell - comedian, dancer, funny person
- Jane Stroll – standup comedy
- Steve, the Chameleon – "Just A Girl, by No Doubt" – a Gwen Stefani impersonation
- Michelle Ramoni – "The Misadventures of Julia Child" A wacky look at the imaginary lesbian inner life of Julia Child, and her near-brush with Broadway
9:00 pm
- Cornelius Jones – "Flagboy" - A coming of age story: Jones explores the stepping stone of his burgeoning sexuality, as a talented gifted transplant from the new world of urban Washington, DC and his eventual HIV diagnosis. Raw, comic, heartbreaking, and breathlessly empowering!
Saturday, April 5
-3:00 pm-
- Danielle McClelland – "The Girl Stories" A one-person, full-length performance piece exploring gender and sexuality, The Girl Stories is a tightly-woven set of five monologues performed by writer Danielle McClelland. These distinct and intriguing voices query the intersecting constructions of male and female, play with sexuality in all its forms, and ultimately reveal the specific power in our common humanity.
-7:00 pm-
- Margaret Baker (with Clint J Borzoni, Accompanist, Gina Bonati, Adam Brock, Jane Pejtersen and the voices of Sabina Maschi, and Melanie Minichino)– selections from her solo show "My Life as a Bald Soprano" - My Life as a Bald Soprano is a full-length musical tracking the tumultuous journey of a young girl (Margaret) desperately wanting to fit in despite a physical condition rendering her appearance "different." In turn, she is forced to revisit her roots (literally) on a musical quest that introduces her to the grandmother she never knew and the musical passion that she was born to pursue!
- The Lovely and Talented Miss Toni Silver in "Shame Lips" Shame Lips is the premier of a new series of performances by The Lovely and Talented Miss Toni Silver, the best middle aged, Jewish, gay feminist tap-dancing performance artist in America. In Shame Lips, Miss Toni bends the classic structures of vaudeville and TV variety shows to her will, juxtaposing satire, pirated text, memoir and musical numbers to skewer culture, religion, hormonal imbalance and whatever the hell else she wants to. Times being what they are, join Miss Toni for a wild ride as we all go to hell in a handbasket. Pucker up for safety.
-9:00 pm-
- BAIT Tom Gualtieri and David Sisco in "Bait" - a fresh and fast-paced play about two friends, Justin and Charlie, who attend a speed dating event and the litany of desperate men they meet over the course of the evening. Two actors play fourteen characters each, changing on a dime every three minutes or less, fearlessly inhabiting all those horrible blind dates you've tried to forget. Directed by Laura Josepher. Winner of 6 awards including Best Comedy at the 2006 Columbus National Gay & Lesbian Theater Festival.
-Sunday, April 6-
-3:00 pm-
- Joe Hutcheson – "Miss Magnolia Beaumont Goes to Provincetown." A southern girl's guide to the gayest little seaside town on the east coast.
-5:00 pm-
- Anthony Carter – "Knucklebones" – "What kind of world would we have if every type of love had worth?" Anthony Carter explores that question in this play about hope, disappointment and love.
- BAIT Tom Gualtieri and David Sisco in "Bait" - a fresh and fast-paced play about two friends, Justin and Charlie, who attend a speed dating event and the litany of desperate men they meet over the course of the evening. Two actors play fourteen characters each, changing on a dime every three minutes or less, fearlessly inhabiting all those horrible blind dates you've tried to forget. Directed by Laura Josepher. Winner of 6 awards including Best Comedy at the 2006 Columbus National Gay & Lesbian Theater Festival.
-8:00 pm-
- Anthony Johnston – "Art's Heart" - written and performed by Anthony Johnston, "Art's Heart" is the story of a child-like, emotionally scarred, young gay man who lives alone with his pet fish, a ladder, and a pair of binoculars he uses to spy on the handsome Frenchman who lives across the street. Reminiscent of Pee Wee's Playhouse at its best; an aching portrayal of childish buoyancy battered and bruised by the dark crashing waves of emotion, pain, loneliness, and naturally, heart-ache. "Bizarre, funny and unexpectedly touching!"
-Monday, April 7-
-7:00 pm-
- Frank Blocker – "Southern Gothic Novel" - One actor performs eighteen citizens (insects and animals, too) of Aberdeen, Mississippi, a Twin Peaks-ish town of secrets and mystery. When Viola Haygood is kidnapped, everyone's got motive, opportunity, but who's the culprit? Journey into small-town psyches and big-time dreams!
-Friday, April 11-
-7:30 pm-
Amazing women present spoken word and poetry.
- JEN/ed, a.k.a. Jennifer Edwards, performs "Truth Telling," an exploration of the artist's 'tenure' as an out lesbian/mom through spoken word and monologue. Material is based on excerpts for her forthcoming memoir.
- Pandora Scooter - Pandora is a spoken-word dynamo whose passionate rhymes and rants thrill and inspire audiences. She's been put into categories including everything from stand-up comedy to hip-hop to folk poet to performance artist. Her work defies conventional labels, just as she does herself. A self-identified QUEERMAMASAPIEN, Pandora is pro-people, in all their glorious individualizations. She is an unyielding advocate on behalf of misfits and 'fits,' of all walks and talks.
- Erin Markey - Solo performance artist, most recently toured part of her show 'Puppy Love, a Strippers Tail' with the Sex Workers Art Show. View her work at: www.myspace.com/erinmarkey
- Mahina Movement - three performers of spoken word and music. www.mahinamovement.net
-9:30 pm-
- Chad Callaghan (writer/performer) - "Leviticus, a Love Story" Father Bob tells all in this raucous romp through the ins and outs of the queer clergy. He promises to answer your questions, question your answers, and undress you with his eyes.
-Saturday, April 12-
-3:00 pm-
- ENVY. LUST. GLUTTONY.
- Three monologues written by Peter Mercurio:
The MFA BS Cartel (Becoming Petra) performed by Bekka Lindstrom. On her way to "emerging" as Petra, the playwright formerly known as Pat Smith takes aim at the aggrandized value of MFA degrees, the insular world of academia, and the pimping-ways of Paula Vogel.
Grits With Brown Sugar performed by Tony Hamilton.
Jamie, a weekly regular at the usually quiet Blue Saucer Cafe, daydreams lustfully about the waiter until a boisterous "possé" enters forcing Jamie to confront his prejudices.
The Cattle Hymn of the Republic performed by Melanie Bean.
While on vacation with her partner and their 7-year-old son, Alex discovers that there's much more to Walt Disney World than she thought, including the number of fat patrons riding motorized scooters.
- Five monologues written by Richard Ballon
Desert Storm and Overtime, performed by Erik Sisco
Brief Encounter and Hungry, Kevin Sweeney
His Name was Doug, performed by Cheryl King
These short, pithy monologues are rich with imagery, and explore powerful forces in the characters portrayed
- Michael Jackson – "Letters and Journals" excerpts from the abundance of letters and journals written by gay people before Stonewall and the turning point for gay liberation in 1969
-7 pm-
- Anthony Johnston – "Art's Heart" - written and performed by Anthony Johnston, "Art's Heart" is the story of a child-like, emotionally scarred, young gay man who lives alone with his pet fish, a ladder, and a pair of binoculars he uses to spy on the handsome Frenchman who lives across the street. Reminiscent of Pee Wee's Playhouse at its best; an aching portrayal of childish buoyancy battered and bruised by the dark crashing waves of emotion, pain, loneliness, and naturally, heart-ache. "Bizarre, funny and unexpectedly touching!"
-9 pm-
- Joe Hutcheson – "Miss Magnolia Beaumont Goes to Provincetown." A southern girl's guide to the gayest little seaside town on the east coast.
-Sunday, April 13-
-3:00 pm-
- Marjorie Conn (with guests Charlita Williams, Sharon Lucas)– "Deviant Women" - Come see strong, independent women choosing to live life on their own terms. They deviate from their times and live according to their own rules. These are depictions of women at their highest and lowest moments in history, both as triumphant trailblazers and dejected victims. We know that Deviant Women are everywhere, so who knows who might show up at the Left Out Festival.
-8 pm-
- The Left Out Gay-la
Victoria faux drag queens (Queens Marie, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Sequinette, John Joseph and Legs Malone, Switch N'Play, Glen Marla and Bebe, Alexia Tate & Miss Coco Lareau)with DJ's Shaka23 and Aiden Turner make appearances at this extra-fancy party. Hours are 8:00 pm to 1 am, and tickets are $25. Complimentary beverages, including cocktails and wine, will be served by handsome bartenders. Proceeds from this event go to Bailey House and GMHC. THIS IS A PARTY, SO WE ARE PUTTING 90 TICKETS UP FOR SALE - SO NO MATTER WHAT HOUR YOU BUY YOUR TICKET FOR, YOU MAY ARRIVE OR LEAVE AT ANY TIME.
-Monday, April 14-
-8:00 pm-
- BAIT Tom Gualtieri and David Sisco in "Bait" - a fresh and fast-paced play about two friends, Justin and Charlie, who attend a speed dating event and the litany of desperate men they meet over the course of the evening. Two actors play fourteen characters each, changing on a dime every three minutes or less, fearlessly inhabiting all those horrible blind dates you've tried to forget. Directed by Laura Josepher. Winner of 6 awards including Best Comedy at the 2006 Columbus National Gay & Lesbian Theater Festival. |