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Every Monday, March - May, 2022. All readings at 7 pm. FREE (donations accepted).
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Monday, March 7 (BIWOC+)
Nevermind
by Ai Aida
directed by Keiko Shimosato Carreiro
Stuck with a crazy monk. Haunted by grandpa's ghost... This is not what she signed up for!
Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th Street, SF
Monday, March 14 (CW)
Witchcraft (1836)
by Joanna Baillie
directed by Lesley Currier
Scotland appears to be replete with witches, but when a “good” woman ends up accused, her friends search their souls to understand what happened and figure out what can be done.
Presented by Marin Shakespeare Company This reading is online only at the baWTF YouTube Channel
Monday, March 21 (BIWOC+)
Nevermind
by Ai Aida
directed by Keiko Shimosato Carreiro
Stuck with a crazy monk. Haunted by grandpa's ghost... This is not what she signed up for!
Aurora Theater 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley
Monday, March 28 (CW)
The Innocent Mistress (1697)
by Mary Pix
directed by Heather Ondersma
Lovers who cannot touch must depend on adventurous friends who cannot keep their hands off each other in this lusty, cross dressing romp through 17th century London.
Presented by Access Classics This reading is online only at the baWTF YouTube Channel
Monday, April 4 (BIWOC+)
La Paloma
by Alejandra Maria Rivas
directed by April Ballesteros
Tallulah Beltran is a clinical psychologist with an uncanny ability to gain the trust of notorious inmates and uncover valuable information about their crimes. Her world changes when she is asked to interrogate a genderless shapeshifter who is responsible for the mysterious disappearance of at least a dozen other inmates. Will Tallulah uncover the truth, or will she fall prey to a high-stakes game that will result in nothing less than her own erasure?
Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street, San Francisco
Monday, April 11 (CW)
The Busy Body (1709)
by Susanna Centlivre
directed by Kirsten Brandt
Young lovers, bent on outwitting their tyrannical fathers and guardians, find their plans repeatedly overturned by a well-intentioned young man who can not stay out of everyone's business. One of the most popular comedies of the early 17th century, The Busy Body explores the legalities of what constitutes a marriage.
Presented by Santa Cruz Shakespeare
Santa Cruz Locaton TBD
Monday, April 18 (BIWOC+)
La Paloma
by Alejandra Maria Rivas
directed by April Ballesteros
Tallulah Beltran is a clinical psychologist with an uncanny ability to gain the trust of notorious inmates and uncover valuable information about their crimes. Her world changes when she is asked to interrogate a genderless shapeshifter who is responsible for the mysterious disappearance of at least a dozen other inmates. Will Tallulah uncover the truth, or will she fall prey to a high-stakes game that will result in nothing less than her own erasure?
Aurora Theater 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley
Monday, April 25 (CW)
Winter's Passage
by Jennifer Le Blanc
directed by Jennifer Le Blanc
A companion piece to Shakespeare’s Winter’s Tale (circa 1609 – 1611), Winter’s Passage imagines a history for the women characters before Shakespeare’s story began and explores what happens during the play’s lost 16 years. What is the nature of love, friendship, forgiveness, knowledge, and hope? What happens after death, in the undiscovered countryand what if some travelers could return? Presented by SPARC (Shakespeare and Performing Arts Regional Company, formerly Livermore Shakespeare Festival) SPARC Studio 2172 Railroad Avenue, Livermore
Monday, May 2 (BIWOC+)
Kudzu 2012
by Tracy Baxter
directed by Cat Brooks
All the spades-playing, weed-smoking, fish-fry-having Warfield family wants is to live out their ordinary lives in the working-class community they've always called home. But an energy drinkchugging tech "visionary" is determined to reinvent their neighborhood using a people-curation app he built—and the powers that be are on his side. Who'll be left standing? And just what the hell is in that smoothie?
Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street, San Francisco
Monday, May 9 (CW)
Imogen Says Nothing
by Aditi Brennan Kapil
directed by Maryssa Wanlass
Presented by San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
953 De Haro Street, San Francisco
Monday, May 16 (BIWOC+)
Kudzu 2012
by Tracy Baxter
directed by Cat Brooks
All the spades-playing, weed-smoking, fish-fry-having Warfield family wants is to live out their ordinary lives in the working-class community they've always called home. But an energy drinkchugging tech "visionary" is determined to reinvent their neighborhood using a people-curation app he built—and the powers that be are on his side. Who'll be left standing? And just what the hell is in that smoothie?
Aurora Theater 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley
Monday, May 23 (CW)
The Emperor of the Moon (1687)
by Aphra Behn
presented/directed by Erin Merritt
(of the former all-female Shakespeare company Woman’s Will)
When a gullible father stands in the way of four thwarted lovers, they devise a visit from a magical moon delegation to change his mind, in this irresistible, commedia-inspired, sci-fi farce. How can a dad say no to an Emperor, especially one whose sex-life he’s been trying so hard to watch?
California Shakespeare Theater 100 California Theater Way, Orinda
Bonus 5th week reading:
Monday, May 30 (CW)
Courage to Right a Woman's Wrongs (Valor, agravio y mujer) (circa 1630s)
by Ana Caro de Mallén
directed by Dawn Monique Williams
When Leonor’s womanizing lover Don Juan lets her down, she sets out to put him in his place. Dressed as the dashing “Leonardo,” our heroine tosses bon mots like bombs and manages more masterful maneuvers than a “real man” can handle, leaving “gender” and “honor” in the dust in this wild, witty, twist-filled comedy of intrigue.
Presented by Aurora Theater 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley
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