the Festival of Shows by and/or about Women

All Showtimes 8 pm

Tickets $18

 

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All performances at Stage Left Studio, 438 W 37th Street 5A, NYC

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.

Net proceeds from the Women at Work Festival go to Friends of Niger to send girls in Niger to school.

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.

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”

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.

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 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

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