Summer Creature Double Feature of Comedy and Drama

Queer Soup and Another Country Productions are teaming up to present a theatrical fundraiser, “Summer Creature Double Feature - An Evening of both Comedy and Drama,” at Boston Playwrights’ Theater, located at 949 Commonwealth Ave. Performances are at 8:00 PM on July 29 and 30.

Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) 2005 Artist Grant Recipient, Jess Martin (Queer Soup), will be serving up her plays “Interview with a Fifty-Foot Woman” and “Revenge of the Fifty-Foot Woman: Journey to the Center of Canada!” -- where fifty-foot femmes, martian invaders, mad scientists, and coffee just don't mix.

MCC Artist Grant Finalist, Lyralen Kaye (Another Country), will premiere her play “My Mother and the Nun,” the story of a 70’s housewife who falls in love with her children’s Catholic School Principal. “My Mother and the Nun” won the 2002 Stanley and Eleanor Lipkin Prize in Playwriting.

“Queer Soup and Another Country are theater companies who are passionately committed to bringing a refreshing change of theater to the Boston area,” commented Lyralen Kaye of Another Country.

Jess Martin added, “We are proud to introduce these original plays in a fundraiser that provides our audiences with an opportunity to be entertained as well as support us as our companies continue to grow."

After the stage readings, audience members are invited to a reception where they will have an opportunity to meet actors, playwrights, directors and company members.

Queer Soup is a collaboration of Queer Artists who cultivate new works that introduce, unite and incite audiences by using laughter to smuggle ideas across society's borders. Previous productions include last summer’s racy and riotous hit “Invasion of Pleasure Valley,” the sold-out “Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s High School Reunion,” “Thursday Night Theory/Unbound,” and the jam-packed revue of Boston-queer talent in “Instant Queer Soup.”

“The ‘Fifty-foot Women’ pieces are a queer campy romp through a very bizarre world inhabited by all those sci-fi creatures of 1950’s B-movies. The two pieces will be presented in a radio-show format with a foley operator on the side providing live sound effects. The audience should come expecting the unexpected,” says Martin.

Known for their popular production, "SLAMBoston, Diverse Voices in Theater" (which brings the wild excitement and rowdy audience-participation of poetry slam to live theater), Another Country Production's mission is to create a new standard of excellence in theater and film through an absolute commitment to original, innovative and multicultural work.

For more information, check out:
www.queersoup.net
www.anothercountry.org
www.massculturalcouncil.org

			Creature Double Feature Of Summer Comedy and Drama Queer Soup and Another Country Productions are teaming up to present a theatrical fundraiser, “Summer Creature Double Feature - An Evening of both Comedy and Drama,” at Boston Playwrights’ Theater, located at 949 Commonwealth Ave. Performances are at 8:00 PM on July 29 and 30. Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) 2005 Artist Grant Recipient, Jess Martin (Queer Soup), will be serving up her plays “Interview with a Fifty-Foot Woman” and “Revenge of the Fifty-Foot Woman: Journey to the Center of Canada!” -- where fifty-foot femmes, martian invaders, mad scientists, and coffee just don't mix. MCC Artist Grant Finalist, Lyralen Kaye (Another Country), will premiere her play “My Mother and the Nun,” the story of a 70’s housewife who falls in love with her children’s Catholic School Principal. “My Mother and the Nun” won the 2002 Stanley and Eleanor Lipkin Prize in Playwriting. “Queer Soup and Another Country are theater companies who are passionately committed to bringing a refreshing change of theater to the Boston area,” commented Lyralen Kaye of Another Country. Jess Martin added, “We are proud to introduce these original plays in a fundraiser that provides our audiences with an opportunity to be entertained as well as support us as our companies continue to grow." After the stage readings, audience members are invited to a reception where they will have an opportunity to meet actors, playwrights, directors and company members. Queer Soup is a collaboration of Queer Artists who cultivate new works that introduce, unite and incite audiences by using laughter to smuggle ideas across society's borders. Previous productions include last summer’s racy and riotous hit “Invasion of Pleasure Valley,” the sold-out “Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s High School Reunion,” “Thursday Night Theory/Unbound,” and the jam-packed revue of Boston-queer talent in “Instant Queer Soup.” “The ‘Fifty-foot Women’ pieces are a queer campy romp through a very bizarre world inhabited by all those sci-fi creatures of 1950’s B-movies. The two pieces will be presented in a radio-show format with a foley operator on the side providing live sound effects. The audience should come expecting the unexpected,” says Martin. Known for their popular production, "SLAMBoston, Diverse Voices in Theater" (which brings the wild excitement and rowdy audience-participation of poetry slam to live theater), Another Country Production's mission is to create a new standard of excellence in theater and film through an absolute commitment to original, innovative and multicultural work. For more information, check out: www.queersoup.net www.anothercountry.org www.massculturalcouncil.org -- OnStage Boston 06/26/05

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