B Street Theatre Announces Holiday Season Lineup

The B Street Theatre, Sacramento's Resident Professional, New Works Theatre, has announced its winter play selections for the Mainstage, B-3, & Family Series.

MAINSTAGE:

Watching Wynter a new comedy by Buck Busfield

This is a World Premiere
Life in the city can be overwhelming. Lonny lives with his mom, struggles with employment and gets lost playing videos games to pass the time. But when his mom invites over the girl next door, everything changes. Will Lonny be able to overcome his anxiety to show Wynter who he really is? Or will they continue to be two social misfits who share a sidewalk? Oddities are explored, mysteries are solved and personalities run amok in this offbeat romantic comedy for the holidays. Never underestimate the power of a mother who meddles...

Watching Wynter is the fourth play of B Street's 2011-2012 Mainstage Season

Play: Watching Wynter
Author: Buck Busfield
Director: Buck Busfield
Cast: Jayne Taini, David Pierini, Dana Brooke, Jamie Jones & Kurt Johnson
Set Design: Steven Schmidt
Lighting Design: B Street Staff

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

B3 SERIES

The Walworth Farce by Edna Walsh

Every family has a place they call home. Enda Walsh's The Walworth Farce is set in the interior of a cramped, shabby flat on the Walworth Road in South London, the home of Dinny, and his two sons. There, they routinely play out the story of Dinny's last day in Ireland, complete with wigs, costumes and cross-dressing.
When Sean accidently entices the check-out girl back to the flat, the story takes a sharp turn. Hayley is forced to portray herself in a new play and finally is overpowered when they need to tie up loose ends and bring their story to its inevitable conclusion.
Walsh's script is a whirlwind tour through Ireland's past. Amid the mayhem, there are poignant moments when we start to see the cracks of a family at a crossroad.

The Walworth Farce is the second show of B Street's 2011-12 B3 Series, entering its fifth year.

Play: The Walworth Farce
Author: Enda Walsh
Director: Buck Busfield
Cast: Greg Alexander, John Lamb,

Jason Kuykendall, Kimberly Lowe
Set Design: Jerry R. Montoya
Lighting Design: Ron Madonia

Costume Design: Paulette Sand-Gilbert
Sound Design: B Street Staff
Stage Manager: Lynnae Vana 

FAMILY SERIES

The Snow Queen adapted by David Pierini; based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen.

Music by Noah Agruss

The Snow Queen wants to bring coldness to the world. She creates a magic mirror that distorts people to show only the ugly, mean spirited sides of their nature. When some slivers of the mirror make their way into Kay's eyes and heart, he leaves home for the Snow Queen's palace. Gerda, his sister, sets off to rescue him and along the way encounters a Princess, a talking crow, a group of robbers and a mysterious woman from the north. When Gerda finally reaches the Snow Palace, it is a battle of good versus evil as she and the Snow Queen square off for the soul of Kay. Will the cold win out or will Gerda learn that the best defense against the frigid winter is the warmth of love in her heart?

The Snow Queen is the first show of B Street's 2011-12 Family Series.

David Pierini is a member of the B Street Acting Company and was last seen onstage in God of Carnage, and ‘B on K': B Street's Sketch Comedy Night. This will be David's forth original adaptation for the Family Series; previous adaptations include Pinocchio, The Princess and the Pauper and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He also co-wrote an adaptation of A Christmas Carol with Buck Busfield.

Play: The Snow Queen
Adapted By: David Pierini

Music By: Noah Agruss

Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen
Director: TBD

Cast: Amy Kelly, Stephanie Alholtz, Ed Claudio, others TBD
Set Design: TBD
Lighting Design: B Street Staff

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

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.

B Street Theatre has produced over 250 professional productions since 1986.

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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