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Great discussion with Anne Galjour, playwright and actor, whose new play “Get Gandhi – A Seriously Radical Feminist Comedy”, preiveiws tonigt at Z Below in San Francisco. All information is below.

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Inspired by the writings of radical feminist philosopher and theologian Mary Daly, #GetGandhi – A Seriously Radical Feminist Comedy Is a world premiere, multi-character play written by award-winning playwright and actor Anne Galjour focusing on Mahatma Gandhi’s infamous experiments in brahmacharya, or celibacy. Gandhi would have a young woman disrobe and sleep with him completely naked as a test to prove his seminal continence and his purity of spirit. Gandhi never saw anything wrong with this practice, but a small coven of old school
bra-burning San Francisco feminists do. They plot to avenge these sex crimes. They set out for the Gandhi memorial statue, located on the Embarcadero in San Francisco, to rip it from its base, and drag it up Market Street in the middle of the night.

The play focuses on the women, their families, the backlash from their Generation X children as well as the conflict that is fueled from opposing responses to the revered hero’s celibacy experiments. To Bob, the male character who is a longtime practitioner of Gandhi’s principles of nonviolence, his hero is flawed. To his female counterparts, this flawed prince of peace is an imposter and sexual abuser. #GetGandhi explores the themes of sexual assault and the removal of statues of historical figures once deemed heroic.

#GetGandhi is extremely timely as it extends critical conversation on these issues. It is meant to be a forum that opens up dialogue in the Bay Area and beyond. As each character in the play views Gandhi’s actions through a different lens it is hoped that diverse audiences will engage in the debate.

#GetGandhi bring together some of the finest Bay Area theatrical writing and acting talent on one stage. SF favorite monologist and playwright & professor Anne Galjour (Alligator Tales, Hurricane) returns with this timely World Premiere, joined with gifted actors: Jeri Lynn Cohen (Word for Word, Magic), Patricia Silver (Word for Word, Z Collective), and Howard Swain (Aurora, ACT), Miranda Swain (ACT) and Lyndsy Kail* (Center Rep). (Miranda Swain is the daughter of Howard Swain and Nancy Carlin.) To top it off #GetGandhi is directed by renown director, actor and teacher Nancy Carlin (Shotgun, Marin Theatre Co.) We are all in for a treat with this playwright, director and stellar cast.

* The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Z Below – 470 Florida St. (17th & Mariposa Sts.) in SF 94110

Tickets $25; $15 for Student with valid ID;

– Fri. Aug. 10 – 8:00 pm (Low Priced Preview ($15); Wed. Aug. 15 – (pay what you can.)
http://www.zspace.org/getgandhi?spektrix_bounce=true or 415- 218-5223

CAST

– #GetGandhi – A Seriously Radical Feminist Comedy features Bay Area actors:

Jeri Lynn Cohen* (Helen); Patricia Silver* (Miriam); Lyndsy Kail* (Rebecca);
Howard Swain* (Bob); Miranda Swain (Maya). #GetGandhi is directed by Nancy Carlin**.

* The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers USA.

** The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

TECH CREDITS:
Toni Guidry (Stage Manager); John Mayne (Set Design); Kate Boyd (Lighting Design);
Cliff Caruthers (Sound Design); Michelle Mulholland (Costumer);

August 10 – 28, 2018 – Limited Engagement — 13 Performances Only!

Preview (1) Friday August 10 – 8:00 pm (No Press at Previews Please)

Opening Night: Sat. Aug. 11, 2018 – 8:00 pm

Performance Dates: August 10 – 26, 2018

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Today I spoke with John Fisher, the Executive Director of Theatre Rhinoceros, the longest running queer theatre in the world. John directed the award-winning musical  – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

After last year’s (2017) sold-out run, and the most successful show in the 40-year history of Theatre Rhinoceros is thrilled to be presenting – BY POPULAR DEMAND – an encore production for 2017/2018 Season of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – The Musical. Priscilla has a book by Australian film director/writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score. Adapted from Elliott’s 1994 Oscar-winning film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical is the heart-warming, uplifting adventure of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they could have ever dreamed of.

With a dazzling array of over-the-top costumes, extraordinary headdresses, A FULL SIZE BUS – ON STAGE, and a hit parade of dance floor favorites, this wildly fresh and funny musical is a journey to the heart of FABULOUS. SYNOPSIS: The Musical follows two drag queens and a transsexual (Tick, Adam, and Bernadette), who buy a run-down old bus (they call Priscilla) and set out on a road trip across the Australian Outback when one of them, Tick, is invited by his ex-wife to perform his drag show at her faraway resort. However, Tick is hesitant to tell his friends, Bernadette (a former performing icon whose best days are behind her) and Adam (a rambunctious young troublemaker), his own personal reasons for taking the trip. During their journey, the trio encounters an array of Australian citizens, some of who aren’t receptive to their lifestyle, including incidents of homo and transphobia, while widening comfort zones, finding new horizons, and strengthening their own friendship. 

Performances: Extended run to July 7, 2018

Location: Gateway Theatre – 215 Jackson St., (at Battery St.) SF, CA 94111 

Tickets: Available online from Brown Paper Tickets (http://bit.ly/priscilla_tix)or call the box office at 1-800-838-3006.

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Pride San Francisco – Parade and Celebration – June 23-24 2018. http://www.sfpride.org/

Opening Music by Carly Ozard – carlyozard.com

Ray’s Web Site: rayrenati.com

Green Room Radio Web Site: raysgreenroom.com

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Kelli Colaco’s writing credits include the plays Underbelly, The Meeting, You Are My Sunshine (O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist) and the web series “The Meek Shall Inherit.” She is a founding member of The Independent Shakespeare Company. She is currently a Teaching Artist at Marin Theatre Company in Mill Valley, CA. She received an M.F.A from the P.T.T.P. (The Professional Theatre Training Program) at the University of Delaware following the actor training program at P.C.P.A (The Pacific Coast Conservatory for The Performing Arts) in Santa Maria, CA. She is a member of the 72nd Street Gang, a collective of dramatists who meet and share work in New York City.

Colaco spent the better part of 2016-17 as a writer of the documentary “The Mad Hannans,” directed and co-written by Martin Shore, now circulating film festivals throughout the country. She recently finished a two-and-a-half year periodic Teaching Residency on Acting and Playwriting at Madrone Continuation High School in San Rafael CA. Her senior class writers of the short play The Break made it into the Finals of The Bay Area Young Playwrights Competition produced by The Marin Theatre Company.

Colaco and her Alma Theatre Company will produce her play You Are My Sunshine at The Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco in April 2018.

Kelli is a member of Equity and British Equity.

“You Are My Sunshine” 

by Kelli Colaco

at the

Eureka Theatre in San Francisco, CA

http://www.phoenixtheatresf.org/

Preview 4-19-18

the show runs through 4-29-18

Possible extension