New shows for Martha Patterson - Barrington Stage Co. & Spokane Radio Theatre

My short apocalyptic comedy CHRISTMAS EVE, MANY YEARS FROM NOW will be produced in February at Barrington Stage Company in the Berkshires (Mass.) in their 10X10 Festival. Picture a caveman and cavewomen after the apocalypse talking about what life must have been like in the two-thousand-oughts. Also: two short plays being produced this coming Sunday (Dec. 23rd) by Spokane Radio Theatre (Washington state), KYRS-FM, on the "Seasoned Players" show airing from 10am-11am Pacific Time, 1pm-2pm Eastern Time. You can listen to it on your computer! http://www.kyrs.org/programming.cfm?mode=day&id=7

Production of A DEPARTURE in NYC, mid-November

If you're free in New York in mid-November, here is the schedule for an evening of fun one-act plays opening in Manhattan on Friday, November 16th, produced by Love Creek Prods. Synopsis of my play, A DEPARTURE: Middle-aged George doesn’t want his wife Anna to “discover” herself when she leaves on a voyage to England. *** INFO: Brief Acts Company, A Division of Love Creek Productions Network, presents Cranberry Sauce and Pumpkin Pie, Autumn One-Acts. Friday, November 16th and Saturday, November 17th at 8pm, and Sunday, November 18th at 7pm. *** AT: The Producers’ Club 358 West 44th Street (btw. 8th and 9th) Reservations 212.769.7973 Tickets $15

Invitation to a reading in Maine, Oct. 21, 2012

Over the Edge, at the Edge A reading of three plays by Martha Patterson Please join us to go “OVERBOARD” for “OLIVES”, a “PIECE OF CHEESE” and a BUFFET SUPPER Sunday, October 21, 2012 5:00 PM prompt for 5:30 PM reading The Edge Restaurant, Lincolnville, Maine RSVP by October 15 jgbassistant@gmail.com (203) 637-0380

A DOLL'S LIFE to be produced at the Mirror Theatre in Los Angeles

In an evening of Halloween one-acts, Martha Patterson's short thriller A DOLL'S LIFE will be produced in Los Angeles. The production will run one weekend, opening Oct. 26, 2012, at The Mirror Theater, 4934 Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91601. Directed by Trace Oakley, produced by Joanne Mosconi.

Two new radio plays in Spokane, Washington by Martha Patterson

My short romantic comedy A CHRISTMAS KISS will be produced this winter at Spokane Radio Theatre (Washington state), and they will also produce my short comic futuristic play CHRISTMAS EVE, MANY YEARS FROM NOW next year, end of 2013. (It's about cave people celebrating Christmas Eve after the Apocalypse).

AMARILIS produced in New York City, August 25, 2012

Monologue AMARILIS, about the Haitian massacre of 1937, produced by Cafe New York at Judson Memorial Church, Greenwich Village, NYC, August 25, 2012. This monologue will be translated along with other related pieces and performed in the Borderlands of the Dominican Republic / Haiti in October, 2012 to commemorate the Haitian "Parsley Massacre" of 1937, in which nearly 20,000 Haitians were slaughtered upon the orders of Dictator Trujillo of the DR.

Haitian Monologues, New York City, Aug. 25th

A celebration of theatre commemorating the Haitian Massacre of 1937. $10 donation requested (all proceeds go to charity.) This October 5 & 6 Border of Lights is going to Haitian and Dominican border to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Haitian Massacre. These monologues will come with us. Hear them first this Saturday, August 25 at Bailout Theater at Judson Memorial Church. Judson Memorial Church - New York City 55 Washington Square South, New York, New York 10012 View Map · Get Directions.

Play for Five Actors (2W, 3M), THE MAID'S DAY OFF, by Martha Patterson, published by JAC Publishing

THE MAID'S DAY OFF, A full-length comedy. SYNOPSIS: Present-day, full-length comedy about Sophia, a young, struggling American actress who is shacking up with Nick, an aging, semi-retired English rock star in London. With booze flowing freely, their talk ranges from Shakespeare to interracial marriages, snooty shopkeepers, and Sophia’s career as an actress. Impatient with Sophia, Nick sends her packing. When they meet five years later in New York, Sophia is now a successful but troubled film star. Will they connect this time, or will their conversation revolve mostly around Nick’s obsession with losing his current maid? Available on Amazon and by phone from JAC Publishing: 781-272-2066. Paperback.

THE GHOST OF CLAUDE RAINS - New Short Play

A New Short Play By Martha Patterson SYNOPSIS: The ghost of old-time movie star Claude Rains appears in a bar, alarming the bartender and a patron.

WHISKERS LEARNS A LESSON to be produced in North Dakota

Youth Education On Stage - "Animal Antics" in Williston, North Dakota, June 19-20-21. Includes WHISKERS LEARNS A LESSON, by Martha Patterson, a short children's fable about a cat, a mouse, and a bear.

New Short Play for Theatre for Youth audiences...THE HORSE, THE RABBIT, THE FOX, AND THE ROOSTER

Short Play for TYA crowds:
THE HORSE, THE RABBIT, THE FOX, & THE ROOSTER
By Martha Patterson

SYNOPSIS: Horsey the Horse defends Itty Bitty Rabbit and Chanticleer the Rooster from Foxy the Fox.

TAXES, SCHMAXES produced as a reading at FACT Theatre's "Words & Wine," NYC

F.A.C.T. (Friends Always Creating Theatre) will read

TAXES, SCHMAXES
By Martha Patterson

this Sunday, April 15th, at their "Words & Wine " reading series. lf you'd like to attend, the location is: ARTny - 520 8th Ave. (between 36 & 37th St.), 3rd Fl., New York City. Show starts 3:30 pm.

SYNOPSIS: Married couple Layla and Romulus argue over taxes.

THE FLAMINGO RED TEA ROOM, and LIES to be read at Geneva Theatre Guild

THE FLAMINGO RED TEA ROOM
and
LIES
Two one-acts by Martha Patterson

To be given readings at the Geneva Theatre Guild, upstate New York, in late April.

SYNOPSES:
THE FLAMINGO RED TEA ROOM - Young Dora and Charles visit a New York tea room and meet an array of provoking characters, only to discover a playwright is using the two of them for “material.”

LIES - Lourdes and Simon, a young married couple, are lying to each other. But how much – and why?