Second Annual "'What's the Story?' Festival of New Solo Plays" March 27, 2008

The Powerhouse Theatre presents the second annual Festival of New Solo Plays from Stacie Chaiken's "What's the Story?" workshop. These fifteen writer-performers promise an eclectic array of new work that is deeply moving, hilariously brave, bawdy, brazen and bold.

New plays from Christina Johnson ("Hunger Strike"), Tamara Krinsky ("Egg Child"), Mary DeTienne ("Hell, No! We Won’t Go, or How To Avoid Getting Pushed Off the Edge of a Cliff in a Hang-glider Glued Together by Stoners"), Trey Burnette (Rim of the World"), Jake Arnette ("My Neck is Crumbling"), Stephanie Stephenson ("Husband Fatigue: Kettlecorn & the Antichrist"), Joseph Valdez (" A Chat with Death"), Amber Willat ("The Lucy House"), Chrystee Pharris ("In Search of O"), Gabby Friedenthal ("Motherhood Unplugged"), Lisa Sandoval ("The Yowling: What We Don't Talk About").

The " 'What's the Story?' Festival of New Solo Plays" takes place March 27 through April 6 at The Powerhouse Theatre, 3116 2nd Street in Santa Monica, 90405 (one block east of Main, between Rose and Marine).

Performances during the two-week Festival are Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm; Saturdays at 6pm & 8:30pm; and Sundays at 3pm and 6pm. Tickets are $15 for a single performance, $20 for a Saturday or Sunday double header, or $40 for a Festival Pass. Students and seniors get a $5.00 discount.

The Powerhouse Theatre patio opens for a drink and a nosh one hour before each performance.

For more information and to purchase tickets, call (310) 450-1312 or go to www.whatsthestoryla.com.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
(the patio opens for a drink and a nosh one hour before each performance)

Thursday and Friday, March 27 & 28 at 8:00 pm
Christina Johnson: "Hunger Strike: You can make me be quiet, but you can't make me eat"
Gabby Friedenthal: "Cowboys and Hurricanes" from the collection, "Motherhood Unplugged"

Saturday, March 29 at 6:00 pm
Mary DeTienne: "Hell, No! We Won't Go! or How to avoid getting pushed off a cliff in a hang-glider glued together by stoners.
Amber Willat: "The Lucy House: Disaster in the Desert"

Saturday, March 29 at 8:30 pm
Tamara Krinsky: "Egg Child"
Necar Zadegan: "The Women Within My Skin"
Lisa Marie Sandoval: "Secrets, Silence & the Yowling"

Sunday, March 30 at 3:00 pm
Tamara Krinsky: "Egg Child"
Necar Zadegan: "The Women Within My Skin"
Lisa Marie Sandoval: "Secrets, Silence & the Yowling"

Sunday, March 30 at 6:00 pm
Mary DeTienne: "Hell, No! We Won't Go! or How to avoid getting pushed off a cliff in a hang-glider glued together by stoners.
Marc Goldstein: "Meyer Percheck & the Stream of Consciousness"
Amber Willat: "The Lucy House: Disaster in the Desert"

Thursday and Friday, April 3 & 4 at 8:00 pm
Jake Arnette: "Good Quiet"
Kane Phelps: "Little Buddha"
Stephen Grynberg: "Grace in the Closet"

Saturday, April 5 at 6:00 pm
Trey Burnette: "Rim of the World"
Stephanie Stephenson: "Husband Fatigue, Kettle Korn & the Antichrist"

Saturday, April 5 at 8:30 pm
Joseph Valdez: "Swimming to China in My Birthday Suit"
Chrystee Pharris: "In Search of O"

Sunday, April 6 at 3:00 pm
Trey Burnette: "Rim of the World"
Stephanie Stephenson: "Husband Fatigue, Kettle Korn & the Antichrist"

Sunday, April 6 at 6:00 pm
Joseph Valdez: "Swimming to China in My Birthday Suit"
Chrystee Pharris: "In Search of O"
Marc Goldstein: "Meyer Percheck & the Stream of Consciousness"

Official Website: http://www.whatsthestoryla.com