Playreadings
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Contact Wendi for details and directions to the readings in Berkeley.
ANNA, EMMA, EDNA, ETCETERA
Cast of Characters
THE SUICIDES
- Anna : Sylvia
- Emma
- Edna : Lorrie
THE STALKED
- Isabel : Laura Joakimson
- Hester : Caroline Morrell
- Charlotte : Darcy Crosman
THE EXPERTS
- Carl : Forest Rouse
- Cady : Emily Steelhammer
- Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell : Laramie Crocker
THE MONSTERS
- Bertha
- Lucy
- Cathy
- Alice
AND EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE TOMBOY
- Jo March : Karen Blanpied
Bonita Hollow Writers Salon
like the Bloomsbury Group, but more Berkeley
First Person Superhero Workshop
- Bring, in mind or in writing, a past event that still inspires shame or horror
- Prepare to try an exercise to reshape your reality
- Check out http://wendiolson.com/superhero/AdultSuperhero.html
- And, as usual, bring some original work, in any phase, and food or drink
Salon Season Archives
March 3, 2010
Fireside readings
February 17, 2010
A Reading of Mamet's The Cryptogram
February 3, 2010
Writers-in-Residence Reading
- Clint Marsh, author of "The Mentalist's Handbook"
- Laramie Crocker, songwriter, double-album "Crazy"
- Wend Elsen, playwright, screenplay "Gina H. Price"
Upcoming Salons
- April 21
Future Themes
- Read Don Quijote?
- Literary Game Night
- Playreading with Ignacio Zulega
- Moby-Dick discussion
- Sister Tongue Spanish Salon
Nature vs. Merger
Last Summer
An outdoor fairy tale time-travel romp for all ages...a slapstick sci-fi of greed & gluttony in America
- It's Double-0-2, and all's awry in Calicorpia. Where are the trees? The kids are obese. And now, an outbreak of Repetidigititus.
- Silicon Sally the spinstress discovers a sinister plot by Mr. Squishy and Mr. Zoney to implant a chip in every thumb.
- But they hadn't reckoned on a time-traveling dinosaur or a band of resisting free spriits...
- Join the Wired Piper, Wax & Wayne, P.C. Green, J.R. the Velociraptor, and the fetching droids Version One and Version Two in a battle of virtual reality versus the natural environment.
- An original play by Wend Elsen
Past Performances
- No Exit by Jean-Paul Satre
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut
- A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner
- Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz
- Butterflies are Free by Leonard Gershe
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- Nature vs. Merger by Wend Elsen
- Bodas de Sangre by Federico Garcia Lorca (in Spanish)
Upcoming Performances at the Bonita Playhouse
See the Calendar
Contact Wendi if you are interested in reading or attending the readings in Berkeley.
Upcoming Hit Indie Film!
- Gina H. Price! by Wendi Olson
Hippie. Beat. Messiah?
- An anti-war, be-here-now, foot-rubbin', free-lovin', poetry-slammin', pain-healin', walkin' tour of the Promised Land.
- A first-time read-through to workshop a new screenplay. It will be filmed for a demo.
- Characters include such Biblical figures as John the Pacifist, Judith Mariot, and Marty Mandolin.
Our Performance Style
We are amateur actors, but we read with passion! We create sets with sound and lighting that enable us to perform live and act with realism. BYO costumes and props!
We read the scripts, but forget we have 'em. A very small audience is welcome by invitation of the cast only. We expect you to read through the script and be familiar with your character and actions. Practice any unusual pronunciations, dramatic monologues, or foreign phrases. If you are new to us, an audition shall be arranged.
Casting
Click on the name of the play. It will take you to a page that has a listing of the Cast. You are responsible to purchase or download a copy of the play.
You can contact us at WendiOlson.com/contact.html to sign up for parts.
