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Speaking of Stories transforming
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APRIL 26, 2004 - Press Release
Monday, April 26 at 7:30
at the Lobero Theatre Speaking of Stories will take you on a French
adventure, with an evening of stories in and about this magic city.
Mavis
Gallant’s
In Transit describes a young French
newlyweds encounter with an elderly American couple and how this in turn prompts
the exploration of the foibles of human relationships. Accomplished performer of
both straight and musical theatre and recipient of four Indie Awards, native
Santa Barbaran, Richard Hoag, lends his considerable skill to this story. Making her debut with Speaking of Stories, Actress,
Director and teacher, Meredith McMinn most recently seen at Center Stage
in the title role of The House of Bernada
Alba relays Lesley Quinn’s amusing At A Loss For Words. In her haste to escape all things French whilst
awaiting departure from a Paris airport, a mother loses sight of her better
judgment in her frantic scramble to attain ‘English’ reading material.
However, ‘all’s well that end’s well.’ David
Sedaris
adopts his usual comic style describing his frustration with learning how to
speak French, and the curious assignation of gender type to nouns. The
association of things feminine or masculine is not an obvious one and is
expounded to hilarious effect in Make That
A Double . UCSB undergraduate, Will McFadden joins our stage to
convey Sedaris’ witty anecdote. A Sophomore in the BFA acting program at UCSB,
Will was recently seen in Much Ado About
Nothing at the Hatlen Theatre. Renowned French Author, Honré de Balzac’s A
Passion in the Desert tells the
amazing adventure of a young French soldier who discovers the most unlikely of
companions while stranded in the Egyptian desert. Multi-talented, Jeff Mills,
best known for his involvement with the critically acclaimed company Boxtales, brings this tale to life. Jeff’s career has spanned the
country and his love of Shakespeare sees him working as both performer and
Director with Shakespeare Santa Barbara. A graduate of SBCC & UCLA’s Theatre, Film and
Television program, Eric Davison’s objective is to make storytelling
his career, so it is fitting then that he makes his first appearance with
Speaking of Stories to deliver Adam Gopnik’s autobiographical The
Rules of the Sport; an entertaining account of the contrasts between the
American and French attitudes toward ‘the gym culture’.
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