B Street Theatre Announces Winter Line Up

The B Street Theatre, Sacramento's Resident Professional, New Works Theatre, has announced its winter play selections for the Mainstage, B-3, & Family Series.

MAINSTAGE:
Aliens with Extraordinary Skills by Saviana Stanescu

Aliens with Extraordinary Skills follows the immigration of Nadia, the beautiful and naive clown. Coming from the "unhappiest country in the world" to the bright lights of New York City, we follow Nadia as she attempts to adjust to her new surroundings while fleeing from suspecting immigration agents and imminent deportation. But, Nadia is not alone in her journey, and is often given aid by Borat, her cab-driving, wild and crazy clowning partner, her Latina roommate, Lupita, an exotic dancer and aspiring actress, and Bob, an all-American musician trying to find himself. Based on true tales of immigration, Aliens with Extraordinary Skills explores the idea that –regardless of our passports and native languages - we are all "aliens" in search for love, understanding and a place called home.

Aliens With Extraordinary Skills is the fifth show of B Street's 2011-2012 Mainstage Season.

Play: Aliens With Extraordinary Skills ?Author: Saviana Stanescu?Director: Buck Busfield?Cast: Stephanie Altholz, John Lamb, Rinabeth Apostel, others TBD?Set Design: Steven Schmidt?Lighting Design: Ron Madonia
Costume Design: B Street Staff?Sound Design: B Street Staff?Stage Manager: Anthony Poston

B3 SERIES:
Water Falling Down by Mark Swivel?American Premiere
Water Falling Down explores the great gulf that can exist between family generations. The father in this touching journey is grieving his recently-lost wife and slowly sliding into aphasia, an affliction which causes him to forget words. His son, a divorced, middle-aged man, struggles to relate to both his father and his own teenage boy.
To retrace the steps of the father and his late wife, the father and son escape to Europe. Among the landmarks and the reminders of the past, they find a way of reconnecting while remembering their wife and mother and learning how to take care of one another.
This delightful new play is written by Australian playwright Mark Swivel and will have its American Premiere at B Street Theatre. Based on Swivel's own life experiences, it explores the love between father and son as deeply as it does a love for language, and the fear of losing our words.

Play: Water Falling Down?Author: Mark Swivel?Director: TBA?Cast: TBA?Set Design: Ian Wallace?Lighting Design: Ron Madonia
Costume Design: TBA?Sound Design: B Street Staff?Stage Manager: Lynnae Vana

FAMILY SERIES:
The Giver based on the Newbery Award Winning Novel by Lois Lowry; adapted by Eric Coble
The Giver is set in a future "utopian" society and follows the journey of Jonas through his twelfth year of life. During this year, Jonas is selected to be the "Receiver"; he stores all the memories of the time before "Sameness", a plan for society which has also eradicated pain, strife and HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" o "Emotion" emotional depth from their lives. When Jonas meets the previous receiver-the "Giver"-he discovers the power of knowledge. The people in his community blissfully live without the knowledge of joy or pain, love or hate, safety or danger. Could this knowledge crumble society into chaos? Jonas must face living a shallow life without love, color, music and knowledge or running away where he can live a full life, but on his own.
The Giver is the second show of B Street's 2011-12 Family Series.

Play: The Giver based on the novel by Lois Lowry?Adapted By: Eric Coble?Director: Laura Baker
Cast: TBD?Set Design: Ian Wallace?Lighting Design: Ron Madonia
Costume Design: Nancy Pipkin?Sound Design: B Street Staff?Stage Manager: Tracy Prybyla

More about B Street Theatre: B Street Theatre is a non-profit, professional theatre company producing primarily new work for adults, families and children. The two-theatre playhouse on B Street in Midtown Sacramento is home to the HYPERLINK "http://www.bstreettheatre.org/mainstage"Mainstage Series, HYPERLINK "http://www.bstreettheatre.org/b3-series"B3 Series and HYPERLINK "http://www.bstreettheatre.org/family-series"Family Series, each created to feature intimate, quality theatre for audiences year-round. Recognized as one of Northern California's top professional theatres, B Street Theatre has produced more than 100 new plays, 60 of which are world, national, West Coast or regional premieres.
B Street Theatre was originally founded in 1986 for the purpose of bringing the excitement of live performance to children through a program known as Fantasy Theatre, which is now called the B Street Theatre School Tour. This educational outreach program serves over 200,000 students in Northern California annually.

Other B Street Theatre programs include the B Street Theatre Family Series and Family Series Student Matinees (for school field trips), the B3 Series, B Street Acting Conservatory and Studio for Young People, and the B Street Theatre Internship program for pre-professional/post-college training.

B Street Theatre has produced over 250 professional productions since 1986.
More information at www.bstreettheatre.org.
The mission of B Street Theatre is to promote education and literacy, social interaction, and cultural enrichment by engaging children a