These themes should go over well in San Francisco.. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 1:14 PM Subject: TWAIN TALES - GENDER-BENDING ON STAGE IN OAKLAND > Here's an addition to Richard's announcement about the Shoestring West > Theatre Productions one-act plays. The company is also performing tonight, > 11 November, at 8 p.m., and tomorrow, 12 November, at 2 p.m. at the > Humanist Theater in Oakland (390 27th Street is the main entrance; the > building is between 27th and 28th streets with entrances on both sides, > but the 411 28th street entrance may be closed). > > A very enjoyable and very funny production. > > Vic Fischer > > 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: > > ======================== > 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?Ts > 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?Ts > ?o1002nd Arabian Night? (c. 1883). Colorful > costumes, Middle Eastern music, and belly dancers bring Twain?Ts > 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 - > ?oWapping Alice,?(1898) showing what ensues when a male transvestite > traps a > reluctant beau into marriage, and > ?oHow 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?Ts daughter. > > Oakland audiences of all ages will be entertained by Twain?Ts 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 > =================================== > > > 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)