B Street Theatre Kicks Off B3 Series with NEAT, 9/5-10/2

B Street Theatre presents Neat written by playwright/actress Charlayne Woodard. At B Street Theatre B3 Series, 2711 B Street, Sacramento, CA 95816. Peformances run September 4, 2010 through October 2, 2010. Previews are Saturday September 4 at 4:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.  For tickets, call 916.443.5300 or visit www.bstreettheatre.org.

     Neat is a magical and beautiful one-woman show that illustrates the profound impact Auntie Neat has upon playwright Charlayne over the course of her life.  Performed by B Street Company member Danielle Truitt, Neat is the first show of the 2010-2011 B-3 Series.

     Neat marks the first B Street production of a Charlayne Woodward play.  Her first solo play, Pretty Fire, was produced at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, Manhattan Theatre Club, Seattle Repertory Theatre and LaJolla Playhouse.  It received LA Drama Critics and NAACP awards for best play and best playwright.

     Her second solo play, Neat, was developed at Seattle Repertory Theatre.  Neat was produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, where it received the Irving and Blanche Laurie Theatre Vision Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination. It has also been produced at Seattle Repertory Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.

     Her third solo play, In Real Life, was commissioned by Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles and Seattle Repertory Theatre, and was developed at the Sundance Theatre Lab.  In Real Life was produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, where Ms. Woodard was nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for best solo performance. The play also received an Audelco award, BackStage West Garland award, and NAACP awards for best playwright and actor.

     Flight, her first multi-character play, was commissioned by P.L.A.Y. at Center Theatre Group.  It was produced by Center Theatre Group in the inaugural season of the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, and by A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) in Seattle.

 

Play:  Neat     
Author:  Charlayne Woodard
Director: Buck Busfield
Cast: Danielle Truitt as Charlayne, and everyone else.
Set Design: Catherine Frye
Lighting Design: Ron Madonia

Costume Design: TBD
Sound Design:  B Street Staff
Stage Manager: Jerry Montoya

 

  

 

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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