JULY 15-AUGUST 7, 2004 FIT some THEATER into your summer!!

AUDACITY
FOR THE LOVE OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

by Brad McEntire.
Directed by Brad McEntire.

Starring Trista Wyly, Jeff Swearingen, Maura Murphy, and Julie
Reinagel.
WORLD-PREMIERE

For the Love of an Anesthesiologist concerns Alfred, an everyman driven to an extremely unpleasant spontaneous act by his devotion to Claudia, an anesthesiologist. This, in turn, leads to a life on the run, outside society and the law. Now, facing final judgment, Alfred's dual past lives converge. Or rather collide!
The past always catches up...

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES
: Fri. July 16, 8 p.m.; Sun. July 18, 5 p.m.; Thurs. July 22, 8 p.m.; Sun. July 25, 2 p.m.; Sat. July 31, 8 p.m.; Sat. Aug. 7, 2 p.m.


BEARDSLEY LIVING THEATER
GRACELAND
by Ellen Byron.
Directed by Michael Galgan
Starring Brenda Galgan and Samantha Chancellor

Desperation, a sign from heaven, Mallomars, things more powerful than death, strawberry-marshmallow covered Snoballs, love & gratitude, dedication, nutty talk and hard boiled eggs all collide as two hard headed women square off to be the first to set foot in the most sacred place of all.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES:
Fri. July 16, 8 p.m.; Sun. July 18, 5 p.m.; Sat. July 24, 5 p.m.; Sat. July 31, 8 p.m.; Wed. Aug. 4, 8 p.m.; Sat. Aug. 7, 2 p.m.


BOAZ UNLOCKED PRODUCTIONS
TIES
by Becca Finley.
Directed by Becca Finley.

Starring Stephen Tickner, Rebecca Pense
WORLD-PREMIERE

What happens when fantasy and reality collide? Meg contstantly rejects real life in favor of herown version of the truth. But as her
confidant, friend, and lover, Ben lives with both feet on the ground. TIES features the music of Hurricane Jane, in a touching and funny look at life, love and the fantasy of reality.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES
: Fri. July 16, 8 p.m.; Sun. July 18, 2 p.m.; Sat. July 24, 8 p.m.; Thurs. July 29, 8 p.m.; Sat. July 31, 2 p.m.; Thurs. Aug. 5, 8 p.m.


BOOTSTRAPS COMEDY THEATER
BREAST MEN

by Bill Bozzone and Joe Dipietro.
Directed by Matt Lyle.

Starring: Jeremy Whiteker, Brian Witkowicz and Brian Hathaway

A scorned man, Lloyd, seeks solace with a guy's weekend in a Poconos love shack. Simultaneously, his buddy Stuart conceals two perky secrets. Is a pal with a pair the perfect remedy for Lloyd's ruined romance? A charming comedy about the indescribable, glorious power of the Breast, preceded by Bootstraps's own Ricardo Ricardo and their Neo-Vaudevillle
opener.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES: Wed. July 21, 8 p.m.; Sat. July 24, 2 p.m.; Fri. July 30, 8 p.m.; Sun. Aug. 1, 2 p.m.; Wed. Aug. 4, 8 p.m.; Sat. Aug. 7, 5 p.m.



CORE PERFORMANCE MANUFACTORY
DAISY CUTTER

by Kim Corbet.
Directed by Kim Corbet.
Starring Kim Corbet.

A bird remains in its nest until it is fledged or it invites misfortune. For the impatient man, self-confidence is delusion. Dangers lurk for which he is unprepared. The times demand special attention to small and insignificant things. A multi-media performance inspired by the I Ching and modern America.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES: Thurs. July 15, 8 p.m.; Sat. July 17, 5 p.m.; Sun. July 25, 2 p.m.; Fri. July 30, 8 p.m.; Sun. Aug. 1, 5 p.m.; Sat. Aug. 7, 8 p.m.

 

DE FACTO THEATRE GROUP
AND CROWN THY GOOD: The 9/11 Project

by Mark Oristano.
Directed by René Moreno
.
Starring Mark Oristano.

This documentary style theatrical piece chronicles a pilgrimage to New York City one month following the events of September 11th, 2001, as one man travels home to try and make sense of the tragedy. During an ardent search for answers, he unknowingly finds connection to these calamitous events through one that was lost.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES:
Wed. July 21, 8 p.m.; Sat. July 24, 2 p.m.; Sun. July 25, 5 p.m.; Thurs. July 29, 8 p.m.; Sat. July 31, 5 p.m.; Fri. Aug. 6, 8 p.m.


ECHO THEATRE
THE SIX THAT FELL

by Laura Henry.
Directed by Terri Ferguson
.

Starring Kateri Cale, Linda Marie Ford, LaMechia LaChelle, Gina Pierce, and Elizabeth Rothan.
PREMIERE

Babies or Bust! Six very different women with six very different
reasons forwanting a child gather to exchange home remedies. Eat chocolate. Drink Robitussin. Lubricate with egg whites. Self help and support groups only go so far with this kind of problem.
You thought you knew where babies come from? Think again!

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES
: Thurs. July 15, 8 p.m.; Sun. July 18, 2 p.m.; Sat. July 24, 5 p.m.; Fri. July 30, 8 p.m.; Sat. July 31, 5 p.m.; Sat. Aug. 7, 8 p.m.


GROUND ZERO THEATER COMPANY
LEONARD'S CAR

by Isabella Russell Ides.
Directed by Robin Armstrong

Starring Cindy Beall, Catherine Holmes and Elizabeth Ware.
PREMIERE

Oil and water sisters reveal to their artistic mother the destructive
reality of her continued mourning over the loss of her lover. Molly's daughters strip away the facade of her life like two emotional sculptors, chipping away at a marble exterior to reveal a vulnerable interior.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES: Thurs. July 15, 8 p.m.; Sat. July 17, 5 p.m.; Sat. July 24, 8 p.m.; Wed. July 28, 8 p.m.; Sun. Aug. 1, 5 p.m.; Fri. Aug. 6, 8 p.m.


THEATRE QUORUM
BEDBOUND

by Enda Walsh.
Directed by Marianne Galloway

Starring Christie Beckham and Carl Savering.
TEXAS PREMIERE

A gothic, nightmarish rant, in which a homicidal furniture salesman in Cork, Ireland and his bedridden daughter search for peace and quiet after cascading down the sewer pipe of life. If you hate getting out of bed in the morning, it is a pleasure to remind you...life could be worse.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES:
Sat. July 17, 8 p.m.; Fri. July 23, 8 p.m.; Sun. July 25, 5 p.m.; Thurs. July 29, 8 p.m.; Sat. July 31, 2 p.m.; Thurs. Aug. 5, 8 p.m.


WINGSPAN THEATRE
WiLDWOOD PARK

by Doug Wright.
Directed by Cynthia Heston.

Starring: Beverly Jacob Daniel and Scott Latham.

Ms. Haviland, a neurotic real-estate agent, prides herself in matching the perfect house to the perfect client. However, in a buyer's market things can be even tougher, especially with a listing with a blemished history. Enter "the perfect potential buyer" who harbors an insatiable curiosity for the property with a past.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES:
Sat. July 17, 8 p.m., Thurs. July 22, 8 p.m.; Fri. July 23, 8 p.m.; Wed. July 28, 8 p.m.; Sun. Aug. 1, 2 p.m.; Sat. Aug. 7, 5 p.m.


CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT

ECHO THEATRE COMPANY and
GROUND ZERO THEATER COMPANY

ROUND AS A BISCUIT
by Pam and Bob Myers-Morgan.
Directed by Wm. Paul Williams.

Starring: Nadir Akram, Chris M. Hauge, Tonyamas Moore, Kris Schroyer, Marilyn Setu, and Chad Tiller.

Join us around the campfire as six talented storytellers enact classic American folk tales. Solve riddles, sing songs, and help the ripsnorting Pinette Crockett escape from the mightiest flood in frontier history. This audience participation play is aimed at young audiences, but will delight anyone who loves a good yarn!

For ages 3 and up.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES: Sat. July 24, noon; Sun. July 25, noon; Sat. July 31, noon; Sun. Aug. 1, noon, Sat. Aug. 7 noon.
$5 suggested donation.


STATE OF THE ARTS II:
THEATRE--DEAD OR ALIVE?

Live theatre has been around for 3000 years...but is it still viable as an art form? With movies, T.V. and the internet, do we still even need it? Come hear local and national experts including TCG (Theatre Communications Guild) Executive Director Ben Cameron (New York City) discuss how FIT, HBO and Steven Spielberg can co-exist, and just why live theatre needs to be a vital voice in our culture. Other speakers include leaders from the Dallas Theatre scene: Richard Hamburger (Dallas
Theater Center), Robyn Flatt (Dallas Children's Theater), Raphael Parry (Shakespeare Festival of Dallas) and Jac Alder (Theatre Three)
TIMES AND DATES: Tues. Aug. 3rd, 7:30 p.m.

 

SALON DU FIT

CABARET
Three shows, three perspectives. How many times have you and two of your friends witnessed the same thing and upon comparing notes, you all saw it very differently?
TAGLine Music presents 'Perspectives [1][2][3]', 3 shows that explore the intricacies of viewpoint - the same three players, the same one event, three very different stories..

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES: Sat. July 24, 10 p.m.; Sat. July 31, 10 p.m.; Fri. Aug. 6, 10 p.m.

COMMEDIA DELL'CARTE
A wild, improvisational (and irreverent) romp through Shakespeare's greatest works byCommedia dell'Carte, the longest running professional commedia troupe in the U.S. that has been entertaining audiences in the DFW area with their inter-active, visually stunning and improvisational style for the last 11 years, while continually developing new material.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES: Sat. July 24, 7 p.m.; Thurs. July 29, 7 p.m.; Thurs. Aug. 5, 7 p.m.

AUDACITY:
MILD DEMENTIA CONTINUOUS-PLAY VARIETY HOUR

Starring Brad McEntire, Jeff Swearingen, Justin Jones, Kristin
Colaneri, and William Harper.

Somewhere beyond traditional sketch comedy or improvisation, Mild Dementia has been described as a "variety show for metaphysicians." A small performance troupe of anachro-theatricalists with highly subversive ideas and a uniquely theatrical aesthetic, Mild Dementia has a decidedly wicked, silly, surreal sensibility, fracturing linguistic, social and conceptual assumptions...their approach lies somewhere between the Marx Brothers and high art.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES: Thurs. July 22, 7 p.m., Sat. July 31, 7 p.m., and Wed. Aug. 4, 7 p.m.

PLAYWRIGHT WORKSHOP
Playwright's Theatre and Cyrano Players will
present a workshop for a maximum of 12 students. $20 for entire
workshop. Call 972-709-6728 for reservations. Observers are welcome at all workshops. The series will culminate with a reading of the scripts on Sat., Aug. 7, 5 p.m.

TIMES AND DATES: Sat. July 17, 5 p.m.; Sat. July 24, 5 p.m.; Sat. July 31, 5 p.m.; Sat. Aug. 7, 5 p.m.

FIT CHAT I: Playwrights
RAW MATERIALS: The stuff of good theater -- Playwrights.
Meet the living playwrights of the 6th Annual Festival of Independent Theatres as they discuss their work and their process.

TIMES AND DATES: Fri., July 23, 7p.m.

FIT CHAT II: Issue-oriented theatre
2 X 4 Theater: Hitting the audience on the head with an issue.
Join in a discussion about the prevalence of issue oriented theater. Why is it important? When is enough enough already?

TIMES AND DATES: Fri., July 30, 7 p.m.

FIT CHAT III: Directors
MASTER BUILDERS: Putting the pieces together, the Director.
Meet the Directors from the 6th Annual Festival of Independent
Theatres as they answer questions about this year's shows, discuss their visions, and talk about the process of putting a show together for FIT.

TIMES AND DATES: Fri., Aug 6, 7 p.m.

BATH HOUSE SALON EXHIBITION
Curated by Rita Barnard and Greg Stinson. This Salon Style art exhibition is presented in connection with FIT and features the artwork of over 40 local visual artists.

TIMES AND DATES: July 15-August 7, 2004. Reception with the artists on Sun., July 18, 7 p.m.