the Festival of Shows by and/or about Women
The 2009 Women at Work Festival will take place over eight nights, Oct 7,8,14,21,22,28 &29. Each evening features 65-90 minutes of entertainment, with 1-3 performers presenting their shows in this intimate, luxurious salon theatre.
Cheryl King Productions presents the third annual Women at Work Festival, a festival of solo shows by and/or about women. Performances will be every Wednesday and Thursday in October at 8 pm, at Stage Left Studio, 438 W 37th Street, Suite 5A, NYC, between 9th and 10th Aves.
Each evening’s show will run from 60-90 minutes. Sixteen performers from all over the country will perform over the eight nights of the festival, in shows featuring comedy, drama, cabaret, monologues, and improvisation.
Net proceeds from the Women at Work Festival go to Friends of Niger to send girls in Niger to school.
Week Two
Week One
Oct 14
Hand-Me-Downs
written and performed by
Donna Barkman, directed by Kathline Carr, music by Peter Barkman.
Richard Ballon monologues
"Kanga" and "Slaves"
performed by Laurie McCants
Sarah/Heyoke
written and performed by
Dylan Guy
Oct 7
Jewish Girls Don't Kayak
written and performed by Robyn Israel
What’s in a name? For Robyn Israel, it’s everything. This one-woman show is a hysterical look into the life of this quirky Canadian and how she came to have her eponymous surname. From her Montreal roots to her California adventures, Robyn weaves an inspiring tale about the power of a name and its impact on three generations. www.robynisrael.com
“One of the best one-woman shows at London Fringe 2007” – London Free Press
“Winner of the 2007 Brickenden Award for Outstanding Comedy”
All Showtimes 8 pm
Tickets $18
Get $3 off your ticket price with advance purchase.
Use the discount code 3OFF
All performances at Stage Left Studio, 438 W 37th Street 5A, NYC
Oct 8
180 Days
written and performed by Taren Sterry
directed by Cheryl King
In 180 Days, comedian Taren Sterry takes the audience on an intensely personal and surprisingly funny journey through her first six months as a hospice volunteer. She hopes to help patients find meaning at the end of life, but through unexpected and humbling events, she instead discovers hidden qualities in herself that give purpose to her own.
Week Four
Oct 28
"Bitter Pills"
written and performed by Adrianne Frost
Katie Northlich in Mr. Pim's
written and performed by
Katie Northlich
Fences
written and performed by
Myles Goldin
Oct 29
Three Irish Widows vs. The Rest of the World
a darkly comic look at what it takes to be an Irish Catholic feminist in the modern world.
Written and performed by Ed Malone
Week Three
Oct 21
Waking Up in California
written and performed by
Alithea Howes
In Alithea Howes' new one woman show, a New York performance artist returns to her home town to face the person that she used to be and the expectations she failed to meet.
In scenes both real and imagined she confronts her highschool teachers, her ex-boyfriend, and her 17 year old self all of whom expected her to be famous by now.
Along the way she realizes that it's better to be happy than to be famous, better to be working than to be promising, and that it's not so bad being from California, as long as she doesn't have to stay there.
Sex Ed
written and performed by
Jill Melanie Wirth and David Wirth
Oct 22 NEW WORKS
Anelle
written and performed by
Jen Peterman
Reliving Beethoven - Reflection on choices and how our bodies never forget.
written and performed by
Renata Hinrichs
a segment from "Suicide on Pennsylvania Ave."
written and performed by
Susan Ferrara
