SATCO Playbill

SAT Playwrights PlayFest – “New Orleans Beat”
San Pedro Playhouse Cellar Theater (website)
The members' scripts to be produced for the 2009 SAT Playwrights PlayFest are:
Rebecca Burroughs ~ The Naked Dance
Mellissa Marlowe ~ Voodoo
Modrea Mitchell-Reichert ~ The Out-of-Towners
Sheila Rinear ~ For Mal to Hide
Lindsey Van de Kirk ~ Ten Minutes Later
James Venhaus ~ Concourse ‘E’
Antoinette Winstead ~ A Lifetime of Lifetimes
Guest Directors: Matthew Cassi, Kathleen Lovejoy, David Rinear, and Chelsea Fry.
Location: Cellar Theater, 800 W. Ashby Pl., San Pedro Park at Ashby (Map)
Dates: January 9 - 17, 2009
~Contact: (210) 733-7258

Cinderella
Steven Stoli Playhouse and BackYard Theatre (website)
A favorite at The Backyard Theatre, this classic tale of getting what’s coming to you brings Playhouse favorites to the Backyard Stage. The children in the audience get a chance to dance with Cinderella at the Royal Ball and everything comes to its satisfying and familiar ending that is sure to please both children and adults alike.
Cast: Directed by Paula Jo Peterson
Location: 11838 Wurzbach at Lockhill Selma (Map)
Dates: January 10 - February 21, 2009
Times: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:00 a.m.; Saturday at 10 am and 12:30 pm
Tickets: Kids/Adults - $5.75 Groups (10+ kids) - $5.50; Day Care - $4.75 Tax Exempt - $4.50 - 3.50
~Contact: For more information, call (210) 408-0116 ext 6
~E-mail: boxoffice@stolientertainment.com

The Unexpected Guest Mystery by Agatha Christie
Harlequin Dinner Theatre (website)
A thriller as well as a puzzler set in a foggy estate in Wales; this mystery opens as a stranger walks into a house to find a man murdered and his wife standing over him with a gun. But the woman is dazed and her confession unconvincing. So the unexpected guest decides to help her and blame the murder on an intruder. Later, the police discover clues that point to a man who died two years previously, and a Pandora’s box of loves and hates, suspicions and intrigues is opened to the night air. Handicapped accessible.
Cast: William C. Champlin directing.
Location: Bldg. 2652 Harney Road (Map)
Dates: January 14 - February 21, 2009
Times: The house opens for salad bar and cocktails at 6:15 p.m., the buffet is open from 6:30 to 7:30, and the show begins at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $31.00 on Fridays and Saturdays and $28.00 on Wednesdays and Thursdays. There are discounts for military and students.
~Contact: Make reservations by calling the Harlequin Dinner Theatre at (210) 222-9694. The box office is open from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. weekdays and 1:00 to 5:00 on Saturdays.

Frankenstein's Creature in Love Scott McDowell
The Overtime Theater (website)
"Frankenstein's Creature in Love" is an original comedy by San Antonio playwright Scott McDowell. At Transylvania High, a teenage Frankenstein fights for the love of the beautiful Mary, while the villainous Victor tries to take her as the perfect trophy girlfriend. Join us for this monstrous mash of comedy and heart! Please call or email for reservations.
Location: 1216 West Ave (Map)
Further details here
Dates: January 16 - February 1, 2009
Times: 8 pm Thursdays and Saturdays, 9:30 pm Fridays, and 2:30 pm Sundays.
Tickets: $12 for general admission, and $9 for teachers, students with ID, and seniors 65+. Thursdays are dice nights – roll the dice and pay the amount shown!
~Contact: (210) 380-0326
~E-mail: theovertimetheater@gmail.com

Altar Boyz
San Pedro Playhouse, Russell Hill Rogers Theaters (website)
Altar Boyz, the acclaimed musical comedy winner of the coveted Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Off-Broadway and the longest running new musical comedy to open in New York in years, is coming to San Antonio. The San Pedro Playhouse production, a San Antonio premier, will open January 23. Full of sharp parody, sinfully spectacular dancing, and irreverent humor, this spoof about a heavenly guy-group is adored by audiences and critics alike. With an extraordinary mix of side-splitting songs convincing enough to be played on MTV, uncontrollable laughs and lighthearted fun, this award-winning and totally original new musical is 90 minutes of pure delight that's suitable for all ages and will have the whole family laughing and singing along.
Cast: Miguel Ochoa as Matthew, Rick Sanchez as Mark, Walter Songer as Luke, Micahel J. Gonzalez as Juan and Ryan Ramirez as Abraham. The “Voice of God” voiceover will be done by Steven Bull. Direction and choreography are by Christopher Rodriguez. Andrew Hendley is Music Director.
Location: 800 W. Ashby Pl., San Pedro Park at Ashby (Map)
Dates: January 23 – February 22, 2009 (except Jan 25)
Times: Performances will be every Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 2:30 PM (except for Sunday, January 25 when there is no performance.)
Tickets: Adults - $23 with a $3 discount for seniors 60 plus and active military; Students to age 22 with valid ID - $13. A $2 service fee applies to each ticket.
Purchase online: https://www.choicesecure01.net/mainapp/eventschedule.aspx?clientid
~Contact: Call 210-733-7258 or visit the website for tickets.
~E-mail: boxoffice@sanpedroplayhouse.com

Irish / Chicano Max Parrilla
Jump-Start Performance Co. (website)
What do you know about the Mexican-American War? Do you know what the San Patricio Battalion is? Irish/Chicano is a re-telling of a history that is not taught in schools. See what really happened when two cultures met in a time of war. This production will be presented as a staged reading and is part of the Electric Performance Lab.
Location: Blue Star Arts Complex at 108 Blue Star, South Alamo and Probandt (Map)
Dates: January 23 – 25, 2009
~Contact: 210-227-JUMP (5867)

My Fair Lady
Circle Arts Theatre in New Braunfels (website)
Don't miss the classic tale of stiff and serious Henry Higgins as he takes on a bet to educate soft and sweet Eliza Doolittle. Not only will the whole family enjoy this Lerner and Lowe favorite, but you will leave the theatre singing, too. Champagne opening on January 29 at 8pm. Circle Arts Theatre 2009 Season Flex Pass on sale now! $55.00
Location: In Landa Park at 124 Elizabeth Avenue, New Braunfels, Texas (Map)
Dates: January 29-March 1, 2009
Times: Friday through Saturday at 8:00pm, Sunday at 2:00pm
Tickets: Box office prices are $18.00 for adults and $16.00 for children and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at The Crossing, at Gruene Onion Grill, OR online through Circle Arts website. There is a discount for prepayment!
~Contact: (830) 609-3092

Disney's High School Musical 2 Based On Disney's Channel Original Movie
Woodlawn Theatre (website)
Cast: Casting Directors: Jonathan Pennington, Sonya Roemish, Melissa Banning, Elisabeth Anne Wenzle, Mary Bowlin-Brand, Kenny Patterson, and Rene Ochoa
Location: 1920 Fredericksburg Road, (Map)
Dates: January 30 - March 1, 2009
Times: Friday and Saturday Nights @ 7:30pm and Sunday afternoon @ 3:00pm
Purchase online: http://www.woodlawntheatre.com
~Contact: Info: (210) 738-1117; Tickets: (210) 363-5994

Anne Frank: A History for Today
The Barshop Jewish Community Center (website)
This exhibit, from the Anne Frank Center, USA (New York City) is coming to San Antonio and will be hosted by the Barshop Jewish Community Center of San Antonio; it will run through the month of February with an opening day presentation to include a Reader’s Theatre performance on January 31st.
Location: 12500 N.W. Military Highway (Map)
Dates: January 31-February 28, 2009
~Contact: Call Allison Newsom @ the box office 302-6835 for questions or to make reservations
~E-mail: newsoma@jcc-sa.org

Sylvia
The Company Theatre (website)
What if your dog could talk to you? Celebrate Valentines day with this is an unusual love story between a man, & his dog…and his wife has a bone to pick!
Dates: February 2009
Times: Fridays & Saturdays at Little Italy, Sundays at Orderup
Purchase online: http://www.thecompanytheatre.org
~Contact: Please call for reservations - 800-838-3006
~E-mail: info@thecompanytheatre.org

Noises Off by Michael Frayn
Sheldon Vexler Theatre and Sheldon Vexler Children's Theatre (website)
Called the funniest farce ever written, Noises Off is a play within a play. It is simultaneously a traditional sex farce, Nothing On, and the backstage farce that the company develops trying to produce it. There is a catastrophic rehearsal, then a disastrous performance! The characters make their exits from the stage into an even worse nightmare backstage. Then back out again! In the end, the two farces coalesce into one single collective nervous breakdown.
Cast: Hayley Burnside, Roy Bumgarner, Moni Zarate, Kimberly Stephenson, George Spelvin, Kailyr Frazier, Rick Lukens, Jo Grabow, Scott Liebowitz; Directed by Tammy Frazier, Asst. Dir. Allison Newsom
Location: The Vexler Theatre, Weinberg Campus JCC, 12500 N.W. Military Highway (Map)
Dates: February 5 to March 1, 2009
Tickets: Thursdays @ 7:30pm, Saturdays @ 8pm, Sundays @ 2:30pm. Tickets on sale beginning Monday, January 5th; Season Pass can reserve now
~Contact: Call Allison Newsom @ the box office 302-6835 for questions or to make reservations
~E-mail: newsoma@jcc-sa.org

Proof by David Auburn
Boerne Community Theatre (website)
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father's madness—or genius—will she inherit? Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play.
Cast: Directed by Andrew Denny
Location: 907 E. Blanco Rd., Boerne, Texas (Map)
Dates: February 6 - 21, 2009
Times: Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2:30pm
~Contact: Please make reservations at 830-249-9166 or through the website
~E-mail: reservations@boernetheatre.org

Sob, Choke…LOVE II: Electric Boogaloo
The Overtime Theater (website)
February is the month of love, both shared and unrequited. The Overtime crew will celebrate that tingly feeling with "Sob Choke…LOVE II: Electric Boogaloo," the sequel to the most talked-about show of 2007! Stories from the classic era of Romance comics will be staged verbatim. The no-holds-barred stereotype action will shock your senses and warm your heart. With five brand-new stories (including two from the 1950's), "Sob Choke Love 2" promises to be just as weird and hilarious as the first time around. Plus, the February 14 show will have a High School Prom Night theme! Please call or email for reservations.
Location: 1216 West Ave (Map)
Further details here
Dates: February 6 - March 7, 2009
Times: 8 pm Thursdays and Saturdays, 9:30 pm Fridays, and 2:30 pm Sundays.
Tickets: $12 for general admission, and $9 for teachers, students with ID, and seniors 65+. Thursdays are dice nights – roll the dice and pay the amount shown!
~Contact: (210) 380-0326
~E-mail: theovertimetheater@gmail.com

Married Alive (from Niagara to Viagra) (from Niagara to Viagra)
Cameo Center, The Cameo Theatre (website)
Married Alive! is a new musical that celebrates marital bliss and blisters. The show focuses on two couples, Erin and Paul, a pair of wide-eyed newlyweds, and Ron and Diane, a more experienced pair of “oldyweds.” From wedding day to empty nest and everything in between, it’s a zany new musical that affectionately applauds and pokes fun at marriage. Ever wonder why it’s called an “Institution”…?
Location: 1123 East Commerce (Map)
Dates: Feb 7-Mar 1, 2009
Times: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8p, Sunday at 2. Extra matinee at 2 pm for Valentines Day, Saturday Feb 14
~Contact: Info: (210) 472-2636; Tickets: (210) 212-5454
~E-mail: info@cameocenter.com

Fabulation or, the Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage
Renaissance Guild, The (website)
Cast: Undine ~ Jenelva Carter, Flow ~ Charles Riley, Mother ~ Stephanie Hicks, Accountant ~ Jeff McDaniel, Understudy ~ John Martin Fitzhugh, Guy ~ Anthony Snell, Stephie ~ Charlita Williams, Father ~ Clifford Ross and Grandmother ~ Angela Bennett, Herve ~ TBA. Directed by Antoinette F. Winstead.
Dates: Feb. 13 to March 1, 2009
~Contact: (210) 805-9603

No. 5
San Pedro Playhouse Cellar Theater
Dates: February 13 – March 15, 2009
Purchase online: https://www.choicesecure01.net/mainapp/eventschedule.aspx?clientid
~Contact: (210) 733-7258

The Vagina Monologues
Jump-Start Performance Co. (website)
Location: Blue Star Arts Complex at 108 Blue Star, South Alamo and Probandt (Map)
Dates: February 16 and 17, 2009
~Contact: 210-227-JUMP (5867)

Icarus’s Mother and Action Two One-Act Plays by Sam Shepard
Trinity University Theatre (website)
Sam Shepard is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of more than forty-five plays. Trinity Theater presents two of his earlier, and most thought provoking works. Icarus's Mother, containing some of his best writing and most memorable characters, takes a seemingly very simple, realistic situation (people at a holiday picnic) and transforms it into a tremendously complex, mysterious, and frightening scenario. In Action, Shepard contrasts ordinary domestic routine with debilitating self-doubt, to surreal effect.
Cast: Directed by Kyle Gillette
Location: The Stieren Theater, Trinity University Campus, One Trinity Place (Map)
Dates: February 20-22 and 25-28, 2009
Times: Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm; Sunday at 2:30 pm and Wednesday and Thursday at 7:00 pm
Tickets: Adults: $8.00; Seniors/Faculty/Alumni: $6.00; Students/SATCO: $4.00
~Contact: (210) 999-8515
~E-mail: tutheater@trinity.edu

Dearly Beloved A Comedy by JESSIE JONES, NICHOLAS HOPE, JAMIE WOOTEN
S.T.A.G.E.-Spotlight Theatre Arts Group, Etc., Inc. (website)
Cast: Director Julia Cammack
Location: 1300 Bulverde Road (Map)
Dates: February 26 - March 15, 2009
~Contact: Zada Jahnsen/Charlane Meyer (830) 438-2339
For Information Only please: E-mail: stage@gvtc.com

Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
Classic Theatre of San Antonio (website)
Cast: Viola ~ Chelsea Fry | Olivia ~ Asia Ciaravino | Maria ~ Anna Gangai | Orsino ~ Jeremy Beer | Sebastian ~ Alan Utley | Sir Toby Belch ~ Carl Rush | Malvolio ~ Donald Bayne | Feste ~ Rick Sanchez | Sir Andrew Aguecheek ~ Joel Crabtree | Antonio ~ Jimmy Moore | Valentine/First Officer ~ Forrest Cobb | Sea Captain/ 2nd Officer/Priest ~ Rick Clyde. Diane Malone is directing, assisted by Terri Pena Ross and Jay Bell.
Dates: Feb 26 - March 29, 2009

Rapunzarella White: A Dysfunctional Off-Broadway Fairytale Musical
Woodlawn Theatre (website)
Cast: Casting Directors: Jonathan Pennington, Sonya Roemish, and Melissa Banning
Location: 1920 Fredericksburg Road, (Map)
Dates: March 2009
Times: Friday and Saturday Nights @ 7:30pm and Sunday afternoon @ 3:00pm
Purchase online: http://www.woodlawntheatre.com
~Contact: Info: (210) 738-1117; Tickets: (210) 363-5994

Pump Boys and Dinettes A Musical Revue
Harlequin Dinner Theatre (website)
Cast: Missy Miller directing
Location: Bldg. 2652 Harney Road (Map)
Dates: March 4 - April 11, 2009
Times: The house opens for salad bar and cocktails at 6:15 p.m., the buffet is open from 6:30 to 7:30, and the show begins at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $31.00 on Fridays and Saturdays and $28.00 on Wednesdays and Thursdays. There are discounts for military and students.
~Contact: Make reservations by calling the Harlequin Dinner Theatre at (210) 222-9694. The box office is open from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. weekdays and 1:00 to 5:00 on Saturdays.

Brilliant Traces (BCT Spring Special)
Boerne Community Theatre (website)
Cast: Directed by Larry Beauchamp
Location: 907 E. Blanco Rd., Boerne, Texas (Map)
Dates: March 6 - 14, 2009
Times: Thursdays - 7:30pm, Fridays & Saturdays - 8pm, Sundays - 2:30pm
~Contact: Please make reservations at 830-249-9166 or through the website
~E-mail: reservations@boernetheatre.org

A Ranch Home in Manhattan ~and~ M.E. Paul Bonin-Rodriguez / Monessa Esquivel
Jump-Start Performance Co. (website)
   A Ranch Home in Manhattan is the last of 6 solo works known as the “Johnny” stories, a story-telling tour de force project that began in 1992 and has included The Bible Belt & Other Accessories and Higher Planes.
   M.E. is an experimental movement piece based on Esquivel’s (As Filthy As It Gets) life and interests, including ‘50s & ‘60s vintage and ancestral histories. The work will be influenced by Michael Gondry videos and filled with a weird sense of perspective and playful fun. These productions is part of the Electric Performance Lab.
Location: Blue Star Arts Complex at 108 Blue Star, South Alamo and Probandt (Map)
Dates: March 7 - 15, 2009
~Contact: 210-227-JUMP (5867)

Borders and Walls (Forum Theatre Project 2009)
AtticRep: Attic Repertory in Residence at Trinity University (website)
This play is an original work exploring border relations in Texas. The play will be created by a group of San Antonio theatre artists, Trinity University students and community members. The piece will be formed and presented in the style of Augusto Boal's community-based theatre and audience discussion is part of the production. It is to be directed by Roberto Prestigiacomo.
Location: AtticRep performs in the Attic Theater of the Ruth Taylor Theater Building on the Trinity Campus, One Trinity Place (Map)
Dates: March 12 - 14, 2009
~Contact: For more information on the season or to reserve tickets call 999-8524 or visit the website
~E-mail: admin@atticrep.org

The Kitchen Witches by Caroline Smith
Boerne Community Theatre (website)
Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two "mature" cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years, ever since Stephen Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food! Dolly's long-suffering TV-producer son Stephen tries to keep them on track, but as long as Dolly's dressing room is one inch closer to the set than Isobel's, it's a losing battle, and the show becomes a rating smash as Dolly and Isobel top both Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer! Winner of the 2005 Samuel French Canadian Play Contest.
Cast: Directed by Keisha McFerrin
Location: 907 E. Blanco Rd., Boerne, Texas (Map)
Dates: May 15 - 30, 2009
~Contact: Please make reservations at 830-249-9166 or through the website
~E-mail: reservations@boernetheatre.org

Lear
The Overtime Theater (website)
Based on Shakespeare's tragedy of an old, mad king and his three daughters, "Lear" is an experimental piece conceived by director David Robb. This new look at "King Lear" will bend the rules of what is Classic and what is Modern.
Location: 1216 West Ave (Map)
Further details here
Dates: March 20 through April 4, 2009
Times: 8 pm Thursdays & Saturdays, 9:30 pm Fridays, 2:30 pm Sundays.)
~Contact: (210) 380-0326
~E-mail: theovertimetheater@gmail.com

The Pajama Game
San Pedro Playhouse, Russell Hill Rogers Theaters (website)
Location: 800 W. Ashby Pl., San Pedro Park at Ashby (Map)
Dates: March 20 to April 26, 2009
Purchase online: https://www.choicesecure01.net/mainapp/eventschedule.aspx?clientid
~Contact: Call 210-733-7258 or visit the website for tickets.
~E-mail: boxoffice@sanpedroplayhouse.com

A Place to Stand by Vincent Hardy
St. Philip's College; Watson Fine Arts Center Theatre (website)
"A Place to Stand” is a compelling story of a contemporary, urban, African-American family told in music, dance and dialogue. It explores the journey of several characters as they have to deal with the consequences of their choices. We all search for something to believe in, something bigger than ourselves. Sometimes these beliefs lead to self-destruction and sometimes to growth and understanding. Join us in this St. Philips College Theatre’s spring production of this original musical play by faculty member, Vincent Hardy. The score is by Jake Owen with choreography by Georgina Morgan.
Cast: Directed by Vincent Hardy Score by Jacob Owen Choreography by Georgina Morgan
Location: 1801 Martin Luther King Drive (Map)
Dates: March 27th – 29th and April 3rd -5th, 2009
Times: Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2:30pm
~Contact: (210) 531-4704

Diagnosis: Desire Divadlo z Pasaze
Jump-Start Performance Co. (website)
As part of their first-ever U.S. tour, Divadlo z Pasaze (Theatre from the Passage) from the Slovak Republic will bring their original performance Diagnosis: Desire to San Antonio. Ensemble members of the theatre are individuals with mental challenges and profound learning disabilities recruited from Slovak state mental institutions. In addition to performances, the company will conduct residency activities with community groups.
   Diagnosis: Desire presents five seemingly unrelated stories in which adults confront not only the world around them but also their childhoods. The central character is a child (played by a ten-year-old girl with Down’s Syndrome) who literally pulls memories and images from her backpack. The play is nonverbal, using music and movement as the main communication channels.
Location: Blue Star Arts Complex at 108 Blue Star, South Alamo and Probandt (Map)
Dates: May 28 - 31, 2009
~Contact: 210-227-JUMP (5867)

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