• • In the cast are: Lila Smith [MEREDITH], Susanne Nelson [AMELIA], and David A. Green [Mr. ZIMBATATTA].
• • Shela Xoregos directs.
• • In the play, MEREDITH exasperates her mother AMELIA by focusing on the Tarot deck and trying to predict how her scholastic exams will turn out — — instead of actually studying for them.
• • According to a recent article by Arifa Akbar, Arts correspondent, The Independent [UK]: It is a complaint common among actresses of a certain age: the dearth of meaty roles for women over 40. Even the elder statesman of the theatre, Sir Ian McKellen, joined the protesting chorus last year, to urge playwrights to start penning interesting roles for older actresses if they want to attract bigger audiences.
• • Tony-winner Mario Fratti, who has created many fascinating roles for women in his Broadway musical "Nine" and other works for the stage, is familiar with the writing of LindaAnn Loschiavo. Fratti enjoys the intricate parts the PEN-award-winning writer has fashioned for characters based on real life [such as Mae West and Texas Guinan in "Courting Mae West"]; or her purely fictional femmes such as Alison, the medievalist murderess in "A Worthie Woman All Hir Live" and Regina, the poignant she-male hostess, in "Cocktail" and also the electrifying voices at the center of her dramatic monologues such as "City of Angels," "Merchants of Venus," and the heart-breaking "Agnus Dei" — — First Place winner of the 3rd tnr Poetry Award. Fratti adds, "A poet at heart, she has the ability to write in several forms with grace and a refreshing intelligence."
• • Native New Yorker LindaAnn Loschiavo is a member of DG, TRU, and suspicious left-wing organizations. Last year she starred in a 90-minute TV documentary on the Prohibition Era in America; her Texas Guinan archive was featured in the footage. Friends often regale her with Mae West quips. Professional accomplishments include winning national playwrighting competitions, earning awards sponsored by PEN, and revising her Pulitzer acceptance speech since the last moonless night. She has dated John Malkovich but did not notify TMZ's photographers, which she regrets. Her tote bag holds a fistful of tattered press clips and a diary so she always has something sensational to read in the train.
• • Native New Yorker LindaAnn Loschiavo is a member of DG, TRU, and suspicious left-wing organizations. Last year she starred in a 90-minute TV documentary on the Prohibition Era in America; her Texas Guinan archive was featured in the footage. Friends often regale her with Mae West quips. Professional accomplishments include winning national playwrighting competitions, earning awards sponsored by PEN, and revising her Pulitzer acceptance speech since the last moonless night. She has dated John Malkovich but did not notify TMZ's photographers, which she regrets. Her tote bag holds a fistful of tattered press clips and a diary so she always has something sensational to read in the train.
• • This spirited three-character comedy — — that explores the boundaries between art and artifice — — will make its debut at the 2010 Harvest One-Act Play Festival. Variations Theatre Group will offer performances between November 10th — 20th, 2010 at the recently renovated LABA Theatre at the 14th Street Y.
— — — — — — WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE — — — — — —
• • First performance dates and times have been announced by Variations Theatre Group for the sprightly one-act comedy "Naked Came the Painting" by LindaAnn Loschiavo.
• • FIRST DATE: Wednesday, 10 November 2010 — — 7:00 PM
• • SECOND DATE: Saturday, 13 November 2010 — — 9:15 PM
• • POSSIBLE DATES: November 18th — 20th.
• • WHERE: LABA Theatre, 344 East 14th Street, NYC 10003.
• • WHAT: 2010 Harvest One-Act Play Festival
• • Subway: Union Square Station/ IRT Lexington, 4, 5, 6; First Avenue Station / L line
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• • PHONE: 646-400-3253 to get ticket information
• • TICKETS are $15; Buy Tix Online — — http://www.variationstheatregroup.com
