B Street Theatre Announces Holiday Line-Up

The B Street Theatre, Sacramento's Professional New Works Theatre, is pleased to present the following titles as its fall line-up.

Information

Northport Cottage, by Buck Busfield

WHAT: A World Premiere comedy for the Holidays. A young woman careens towards her past to better understand her present.

RUN DATES: November 14, 2010 through January 2, 2011.

SHOW TIMES: 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 2 and 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 8p.m. Thursdays/Fridays, 5 and 9 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays

PREVIEWS: 5 p.m. Saturday November 13, 2 p.m. Sunday, November 14; Preview tickets $12

OPENING: 7 p.m. Sunday, November 14

WHERE: B Street Theatre Mainstage, 2711 B St., Sacramento

TIME: Approximately two hours, including intermission

COST: $18-$30, $5 Student Rush, $12 Preview tickets

INFORMATION & TICKETS: (916) 443-5300, www.bstreettheatre.org

MAINSTAGE:
Northport Cottage by Buck Busfield

For the 15th time in B Street's 19-year history, an original play will be presented for the holidays. This year's offering is entitled Northport Cottage, written by B Street Producing Artistic Director, Buck Busfield.  Northport Cottage follows the journey of desperate Kellin Delahanty as she careens towards her past to better understand her present.  Her literal destination is the small Lake Michigan cottage she visited summers and winters as a child. Her figurative destination stretches beyond the confines of time.
 
Northport Cottage will feature three B Street Acting Company members; all familiar to B Street audiences.  Dana Brooke will play the role of Kellin Delahanty.  Kurt Johnson as her travel mate, QD, and venerable Mitch Agruss will appear as numerous characters throughout the play. Buck Busfield will direct.

Play:  Northport Cottage       
Author:  Buck Busfield
Director: Buck Busfield
Cast: Dana Brooke, Kurt Johnson, Mitch Agruss
Set Design: Catherine Frye
Lighting Design: B Street Staff

Costume Design: B Street Staff
Sound Design:  B Street Staff
Stage Manager: B Street Staff

 
A String of New Plays

In 2010, B Street Theatre has met with success in its efforts to bring new plays to the Sacramento region.  Northport Cottage and A Different Kind of Cool stand as world premieres; Becky Shaw and Love Child as West Coast premieres, and Becky's New Car and Old Love as regional premieres.  At the time of their production, none of the past eight plays seen on the Mainstage had been published.
 
B3 SERIES

Well by Lisa Kron, will be featured as the second show of the fifth B3 Series season.  Well is a metatheatrical exploration of health and illness, both in the individual and in a community. The play is driven forward by the narrator, "Lisa", whose plan to present a performance piece about sickness and healing instead goes off the rails as the other performers question her version of events.  And the more things fall apart, the more they come together.

Well will feature B Street company member Elisabeth Nunziato as the storyteller Lisa, and New York-based actress Polly Adams as Lisa's mother, Ann.  Well will be directed by B Street Associate Producer, Jerry Montoya.
 
Play:  Well
Author:  Lisa Kron
Director: Jerry Montoya
Cast: Elisabeth Nunziato, Polly Adams, other casting TBD
Set Design: Catherine Frye
Lighting Design: Ronald Madonia

Costume Design: TBD
Sound Design:  B Street Staff
Stage Manager: Tony Poston

FAMILY SERIES

B Street Theatre's Family Series will open its seventh season with Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, based on the popular children's book series Junie B. Jones, by Barbara Park.  In this adventure, the precocious and persistent Junie, in her efforts to create a perfect holiday celebration, is challenged by her nemesis:  the equally mischievous and willful Tattletale May.  Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! is adapted for the stage by veteran children's playwright Allison Gregory, whose adaptation of Dr. Seuss's Go Dog Go! was produced as part of B Street's 2008-2009 Family Series Season. The B Street Family Series previously produced Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business to overwhelming box office success in 2007. Student matinee performances (field trips) have been sold out for the current production since late September of this year. Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! will feature Stephanie Altoltz Megan O'Neill, and company member David Pierini. Michael Stevenson directs.

Play: Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!
Author: Adapted by Allison Gregory, based on the Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Director: Michael Stevenson
Cast: Stephanie Altoltz, Megan O'Neill, David Pierini, other casting TBD
Set Design: TBD
Lighting Design: B Street Staff
Costume Design: TBD
Sound Design:  B Street Staff
Stage Manager: B Street Staff

Family Series Background

The B Street Theatre's Family Series is one of only three fully professional, resident theaters for children in the state of California.  Operating under a Theatre for Young Audience agreement with Actors Equity Association, the Family Series' mission is to introduce children to the wonder of professional theater through the production of original plays, and original adaptations of contemporary novels, and classic works of literature.  Since its premiere season in 2003, the Family Series has presented 27 professional plays for approximately 240,000 children and families of the Sacramento region.

More about B Street Theatre: B Street Theatre is a non-profit, professional theatre company producing primarily new work for adults, families and children. The two-theatre playhouse on B Street in Midtown Sacramento is home to the Mainstage Series, B3 Series and Family Series, each created to feature intimate, quality theatre for audiences year-round. Recognized as one of Northern California's top professional theatres, B Street Theatre has produced more than 100 new plays, 60 of which are world, national, West Coast, or regional premieres.

B Street Theatre was originally founded in 1986 for the purpose of bringing the excitement of live performance to children through a program known as Fantasy Theatre, which is now called the B Street Theatre School Tour. This educational outreach program serves over 200,000 students in Northern California annually.

Other B Street Theatre programs include the B Street Theatre Family Series and Family Series Student Matinees (for school field trips), the B3 Series, B Street Acting Conservatory and Studio for Young People, and the B Street Theatre Internship program for pre-professional/post-college training.

More information at www.bstreettheatre.org.

The mission of B Street Theatre is to promote education and literacy, social interaction, and cultural enrichment by engaging children and adults in the highest quality theatre arts and playwriting.

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