A reading series, two drag shows, and (omg!) a new solo

I wanted to let you all know about some upcoming events I am producing in Berkeley and San Francisco:

Thursday, February 8 at 5:30 pm (that's tomorrow!)

I am SO excited that Evan Sakuma and I are resurrecting the UC Berkeley New Play Reading Series this spring! Our three-part series kicks off this Thursday (yes, that's tomorrow) with the play Together Men Make Paradigms by Maxe Crandall! This is a free reading at 5:30 pm on UC Berkeley campus.

You can find more info about the play, as well as directions to 370 Dwinelle, here. This play is amazing, as is our cast of undergraduate actors, and I would love to see some friendly faces in the audience!

Next week, your Valentine's Day plans are covered with not one but two(!) drag shows to come see:

Tuesday, February 13 • Angels at Aunt Charlie's Lounge

featuring Barracuda, Hands, Misty Superdeluxe + KRIMM, Nicki Jizz, and Olivia Hart as well as guest DJ cuchari! Music from 9 pm to 12:30 am, drag show at 10:30 pm, $5 cash at the door, 21+. 133 Turk St, San Francisco, CA.

Thursday, February 15 • Juicy Fruit at Bar Part Time

featuring Lola Ren, Amyl Westwood, and guest DJ Umamifunk! Music from 8 pm to 12 am, drag show at 10 pm, no cover, 21+. 496 14th St, San Francisco, CA.

Last but not least, at the beginning of next month I am premiering a new full-length solo performance (omg what!) at CounterPulse. There will be four opportunities to see this new work, entitled Viewing Pleasure:

Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8 at 8 pm

Saturday, March 9 at 3 and 5 pm

There are only 40 spots for each show, so get your tickets soon! Tickets are NOTAFLOF so you can even reserve a place for $0 and decide how much you want to spend once you arrive to the venue.

This show will merit its own newsletter in a couple weeks but just to tempt you, here's the quick blurb about it:

Viewing Pleasure is a solo performance about chicken, television, sex changes, digestion, consumption, and transformation. How does looking—and being looked at—change who we are? Why did the chicken cross the road? Can subjectivity be reduced to a recipe? When the dumpster of your brain gets too full, who will help you take out the trash? At once humorous and sinister, the piece pairs Butoh- and drag-inspired choreography by Maria Silk with sound design by Jules Litman-Cleper.

Shout out to FACT/SF and the Zellerbach Family Foundation, as well as Theatre Bay Area, Jess Curtis/Gravity, and CounterPulse for making this show possible through providing me with funding, fiscal sponsorship, and co-production resources.