The Robert Chesley / Jane Chambers Playwright Project

TOSOS II (The Other Side of Silence) in association with Out Professionals
presents The Robert Chesley / Jane Chambers Playwright Project

The Project is a forum for playwrights to have their work read to an invited audience. No staging. No Q and A. Just a opportunity for playwrights to be heard. It is named to honor Jane Chambers (1937-83) and Robert Chesley (1943-90) arguably two of the most original and impassioned voices to contribute to gay theater. Bob Cruz & Mary Louise Mooney, directors.

Readings include:

April 10, 2004 at 2:00 PM
Two plays by Chris Weikel, directed by Mark Finley
with Michael Hartney, Ellen Reilly & Justin Tyler

Making It Up As We Go Along: Two Lives Improvised in One Act
Ellen is Michael’s older sister… or is she? They have a great summer job babysitting… or do they? They’re mother is certifiable… that we’re pretty sure of.

Dansport
On-two-cha-cha-cha… Bob and Lisa just want to learn to dance for their wedding, but they get more than they bargain for when they decide to take ballroom lessons from World Champions Ivana and Cesare. Will they make it to the altar?

April 17
A Linda Eisenstein double bill
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Zombie Grrrlz from the Crypt
A monolog with guitar accompaniment. Zombies may be the underclass of the gothic, but they’re the objects of Magda’s undying affection not to mention the subject of this ode in their honor.

That Was No Lady from the Sea!
Love amidst the fjords. Can Dr. Wanker win out over a butch Stranger? Will Bulleta ever finish her sand sculpture? A disgruntled “”Bulleta”” and her delicate stepmother dabble in dysfunction in this gender-twisted Ibsen parody. Directed by Rebecca Longworth.

April 24
Doric Wilson’s Now She Dances!
A metaphor for the trial of Oscar Wilde, Now She Dances! blends characters from Wilde’s Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest with a Post-Modernist America. The denizens of Herod’s decayed and corrupt court discover themselves constrained in the lace and frippery of a polite Victorian comedy of manners where they sit in judgment on a contemporary stand-in for Wilde. In November, 2000, Steve Bottoms presented the world premiere of this major reversion of the play in Glasgow, Scotland. Directed by Mark Finley, with a cast including Gennaro Ferra, Kevin Held, Ellen Reilly, Garet Scott, Casey Weaver and Cris Weikel.