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Don't miss Th (sic) Sense Comedy Troupe - Friday, May 2nd, & Saturday, May 3rd - Soul Invictus Gallery & Cabaret
"Not for the easily offended"  -  Scroll down for more information
Actors Theatre’s WORLD
PREMIERE
April 25—May 11 at the Herberger Theater Center
Speak Spanish to Me By Bernardo Solano
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      PHOENIX—Boy meets girl and they live ____ ever after.
Speak Spanish to Me is a multicultural love story about
Frank Lopez, a wealthy business major from the
Southwest, and Liz Trumbel, a liberal arts major from
Maine. As they learn to grow together, their family
conflicts and cultural misunderstanding threaten to tear
them apart. Only the soothing sound of Spanish spoken
over a pillow offers them comfort and hope.
Actors Theatre has proudly commissioned this World
Premiere romantic comedy by award–winning playwright
Bernardo Solano. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama,
Solano’s productions include Nuevo California (winner of
San Diego Critics Circle’s Outstanding New Play of 2003)
and The Upper Room (nominated for Los Angeles Ovation
Award Best New Play of 2001-02) plus many others. He
has also worked in television and radio.
When asked for the meaning behind this play, Solano said:
“It’s about learning to let go of what stops us from loving
each other. What stops us from being able to love “The
Other”...the one we know little about but have many
preconceptions about.”
Solano is a recipient of many prestigious grants such as
AT&T OnStage and two Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest
grants. He is an associate artist of Cornerstone Theater
and on the faculty at California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona.
“It’s important for us to add to the bookshelf of theatrical
literature, not just consume it!” said Matthew Wiener,
Producing Artistic Director about world premieres.
Directed by Matthew Wiener, the cast includes: Marcelino
Quiñones – Frank, Brittany Schoenborn – Liz, Richard
Trujillo – Rick, Cathan Bordyn – Nate, and Jenn Banda –
Firstinliner. The production team includes: Peter Beudert –
Set Design, Paul A. Black – Light Design, Christian Miller –
Sound Design, Connie Furr-Soloman – Costume Design,
and April S. Smith – Stage Manager.
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Showtimes:
Friday, April 25 @ 8pm
Saturday, April 26 @ 8pm
Sunday, April 27 @ 2pm
Thursday, May 1 @ 7pm*
*Post-show discussion following the
performance
Friday, May 2 @ 8pm
Saturday, May 3 @ 8pm
Sunday, May 4 @ 2pm*
*Post-show discussion following the
performance
Wednesday, May 7 @ 7pm
Thursday, May 8 @ 7pm
Friday, May 9 @ 8pm
Saturday, May 10 @ 8pm
Sunday, May 11 @ 2pm
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Tickets are on sale now. Visit www.actorstheatrePHX.org to purchase tickets online or
call the Herberger Box Office, 602-252-8497 Mon-Fri, 10 am - 5 pm.
   Actors Theatre, a 23-year old not-for-profit professional theatre company, presents
progressive and provocative plays celebrating the unique power of live performances to engage
and inspire our audiences. Actors Theatre is a resident company of the Herberger Theater Center
in downtown Phoenix. Actors Theatre. Off Broadway – Just Downtown.
www.actorstheatrePHX.org.
Pandora 2008

21 Plays in 5 Days

Presented by the Arizona
Women's Theatre Company
at the Scottsdale Center for
the Performing Arts

May 15th - June 1st
The Pandora of the Arizona Women’s Theatre Company will host the
world premiere of a concert/reading of a new musical about world-
class, bisexual athlete Babe Didrikson. There will be performances on
Friday, May 16 and Friday, May 30 at 7PM at the Scottsdale Center for
the Performing Arts, 7380 East Second Street. Tickets are $12 in
advance at www.azwtc.org, and $13 at the door, and $40 for a Pandora
Pass. For more information, call 480-607-7107.  
     Babe: An Olympic Musical is the result of a two-year collaboration
between playwright Carolyn Gage and composer Andrea Jill Higgins.  
Higgins, a Scottsdale resident, has been involved in over 200 musical
theatre/opera productions, as either composer, arranger, musical
director, conductor, coach, or accompanist. She is also an
internationally known composer of liturgical choral music.  “I have
always loved the challenge of composing show tunes,” says Higgins,
“because of the element of drama.”  
     Carolyn Gage is the author of fifty-five plays and six books. Her work
is associated with strong, non-traditional roles for women, and
especially roles featuring lesbian or bisexual historical figures.  “Babe
Didrikson was fascinating to me, because she broke all the rules for
women,” says Gage. “As a masculine woman, she had to face down a
lot of discrimination, but in the end, she changed the world of women’s
sports forever.”  
     The Arizona Women’s Theatre Company (AZWTC) was founded in
2003, with the mission of producing work focused on women’s lives
and providing an innovative forum for women’s voices.  The 2008
Pandora Festival, running from May 16 to June 1, highlights the work of
twenty different women playwrights from Arizona. With funding from
the Scottsdale Cultural Commission, the Arizona Commission on the
Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts, the company has
continued to grow.  
     The cast includes Lynn Timmons, Jin Cha, Christy Welty, and
Bethany Giff, and the show traces Babe’s journey from her high school
in Beaumont, Texas, to her triumph in the 1932 Olympics, her crushing
loss of amateur status, and remarkable come-back as a world-class
golfer. It also tracks a woman’s struggle for self-acceptance and
recognition in a homophobic world. The numbers include a high school
beauty pageant, the Olympic track warm-up, a women’s basketball
game, and a golfers’ tango.  
     The Arizona premiere of Babe is the first in a series of
developmental performances for a musical headed for first-class
production. The play is scheduled for a second concert/reading in
Minneapolis later this fall.  “We could not have asked for a more
exciting, protective, and supportive producer for our world premiere
than AZWTC,” according to Gage. “This is a company that believes in
women and is willing to take risks.  And that is what Babe Didrikson
was all about.”
Th [sic] Sense Sketch Comedy Troupe
      Th* [sic] Sense is a live sketch comedy group in downtown Phoenix .  A new original show is
performed every “First Friday” weekend at Soul Invictus Gallery & Cabaret, each month.  With
minimal costume, props & set pieces, some of the best comedic actors in town give life to
original material that is created for each month’s show.  Adults only and definitely not for the
easily offended!  We’ve already generated a lot of word of mouth in the community with our March
and April shows, come and see what the buzz is about.
     Th [sic] Sense’s next show is on May 2nd at 10pm and May 3rd at 8pm and 10pm at Soul
Invictus Gallery and Cabaret, 1022 NW Grand Ave , Phoenix , AZ.  Tickets are $8.00 per show and
it is a “first come, first seated” event.  Language, some nudity and adult situations are prevalent.
     Born from the idea of Executive Producer, Franc Gaxiola, the rotating cast includes Joe
Kremer, Johanna Carlisle, Courtney Weir, Amanda Schaar, Franc Gaxiola, Courtney Lato, Danette
D’Anjou, Slade Hall, Brandon Boone, Pat Russel, Robert Topping and Stacie Stocker.  Original
sketches are written by the cast as well as Kevin Frei, Kane Anderson, Tracy Payne, Greg Hynes,
Andi Watson and Mark Turvin.  Shows are directed by the twisted legend, Greg Hynes.
     For more information call 602-214-4344, email at phxsicsense@yahoo.com, visit the myspace
page at http://myspace.com/phxsicsense, or visit the website www.soulinvictus.com.