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Richard Reineccius <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:30:57 -0800
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IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY AREA, HERE'S SOMETHING TO TAKE IN FOR FREE, AFTER YOU ENJOY THE PARADES ON FRI,SAT:

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Shoestring West presents 
THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS BY MARK TWAIN

    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2011

    OAKLAND MAIN LIBRARY, DOWNTOWN

    Celebrating Mark Twain’s
    little-known gender-bending feminist fiction, Shoestring West
    Theatre Productions brings three of his controversial short stories
    to the stage! 
 
On the program will be Twain’s
    “1002nd Arabian Night” (c. 1883).  Colorful
    costumes, Middle Eastern music, and belly dancers bring Twain’s
    fanciful tale to life, exploring what happens when a wicked witch
    switches the gender of the two babes, so a boy is raised as a girl
    and a girl is raised as a boy.
 
In addition to this tale, Scherezade narrates two other Twain yarns - 
“Wapping Alice,”(1898) showing what ensues when a male transvestite traps a
reluctant beau into marriage, and 
“How Nancy Jackson Married Kate Wilson,” (1902) a tale probing what happens after a murderess disguises herself as a man and is forced into marrying a farmer’s daughter.
 
Oakland audiences of all ages will be entertained by Twain’s wit and provocative story-telling! 

Performance in the Bradley C. Walters Community Room of the Library.    

Location: Main Library, 125 14th St.
OAKLAND, NORTH CALIFORNIA
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Passed along verbatim from EVENTS at OAKLANDLIBRARY.ORG 
The Main Library is just a block and a quarter from City Hall and 
OCCUPY OAKLAND'S ENCAMPMENT in Frank Ogawa Plaza, downtown Oakland.

Richard Reineccius - I'm not affiliated with Shoestring West, but librarians have said good things about their work.
See you there! (will send my comment to the list after the show)







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