Sacramento, CA (1888PressRelease)
March 27, 2009 - When Women’s Wit opens on April 3rd at the 3 Penny Playhouse, 1715 25th St. (behind the gray fence at 25th & R Streets) one of the playwrights will be celebrating a West Coast as well as a Midwest premiere of her new play. Does this Show Make my Butt Look Fat by Rocklin playwright Joni Hilton is not only being produced by Beyond the Proscenium Productions but also by Theatre on the Square in Indianapolis, IN. BPP’s production opens Friday, April 3rd and plays Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm until May 3rd. It is being paired with Reasonable Doubt by Sacramento playwright Katie Chapman, another play that explores female archetypes and conflicting expectations thrust on us - men and women - from a very young age. Tickets are $15 general admission and $12 students, seniors and SARTA members. Seating is extremely limited so reservations are advised. Please email contact ( @ ) beyond-pro dot org or call 916-456-1600 dot
BPP founder and artistic associate Ann Tracy directs Does this Show Make my Butt Look Fat while artistic director Nick Avdienko shares directing duties with Chapman on Reasonable Doubt.
Hilton, an award-winning playwright and the author of 16 books, holds a MFA in writing from USC, and is frequently published in major magazines. Not only is she a former TV talk show host in Los Angeles, but she has her own slot, the Joni Hilton Show, which deals with life and relationship advice, streaming live, weekdays from 9-10 a.m., on www.KAHI.com. She also writes a humor blog at KAHI.com. In Bed with Chuck and Lois was produced to rave reviews by BPP in 2004.
Chapman, who graduated with a BA from Sac State in 2006, began working on Reasonable Doubt for a class project. Along with other students, she came up with the idea of four conflicting images of the ideal woman with men acting as a sociological mirror in the play. Although the production was successful at Sac State, she did another rewrite for this production. But don’t expect a neat ending as Chapman finds open doors much more appealing and that reality always interferes with perfection.
The season ends for BPP with “My Name is Rachel Corrie” edited by Katherine Viner and Alan Rickman. This play based on the journal entries of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer while working in Gaza as a “human shield” protesting the razing of Palestinian homes, opens May 15th at the Three Penny Theatre. It is directed by Karen Nylund, who last staged “9 Parts of Desire” last season.
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