|
Season Subscriptions now
available for 2008
5 evenings of great entertainment, listening to fabulous
actors performing wonderful stories.
Some faces will be familiar, and some will be an exciting surprise,
reading authors who range from familiar favorites to fascinating new
discoveries. The stories will make you laugh, they might make you cry,
they’ll absolutely make you think -- but we promise they will never bore
you!
Take a full season subscription for
all 5 shows, or select a 4-show or
3-show
subscription for performances that you would like to attend.
All
performances are on Monday nights at 7:30 at the Lobero Theater.
Nothing But Laughs
featuring a reading by T.C. Boyle
Monday January 21, 2008
a night of humorous stories, including an appearance by
T.C. Boyle reading one of his uniquely amusing tales
Longing & Infidelity
love stories that fall
outside and beyond “happily ever after.”
Monday March 3, 2008
unrequited love, lost loves, cheating loves --
romance is not always perfect, but it is infinitely fascinating. This evening of stories both
amusing and bittersweet will include Santa Barbara author Linda Stewart-Oaten's
award-winning Myrttie by Moonlight.
This performance will run without intermission.
Speaking of Tobias Wolff
Monday March 31, 2008
featuring a reading by Tobias Wolff
We celebrate the writing of Tobias
Wolff, one of our great contemporary masters of the short story, best known
for his dazzling memoirs This Boy’s Life and In Pharaoh’s Army.
We will be performing stories from his newest collection Our
Story Begins, including Mr. Wolff reading Her Dog.
Copies of Our Story Begins will be on sale at the event with
Mr. Tobias available for book signing. Following the performance meet the
author and all the performers at a post-show reception. Tickets for the
reception are $20 (in addition to the performance ticket.)
Adventures On The Road
Monday April 28, 2008
featuring a reading by Emmy winner Jay Thomas
The celebration of cars and travel is an American pastime
that offers reflections on our feelings about togetherness, escape, pride,
obsession and family. These literary adventures include tales by Santa Barbara
authors Susan Gulbransen & David Starkey.
This performance will run without intermission.
Beastly Fiction
Monday May 19, 2008
featuring a reading by Linda Purl
Linda
Purl will headline our journey into the animal kingdom.
Whether it’s man’s best friend or the call of the wild these fun and
poignant stories will keep you on the edge of your seat. Santa Barbara
authors will be represented by Saral Burdette & James
Alexander.
|
