Wily West New Play Festival

Believers 
By Patricia Milton

Sunday, May 1
Stage Werx Theatre
2:00pm

Directed by Lisa Giglio

Featuring: Jeffrey Hoffman, Gabi Patacsil, 
Jaimelee Roberts, and Garret Dailey.

Inside Tower Labs, drug researcher Rocky Wise hopes to create a love vaccine so he never again will feel the pain of a bad break-up. BELIEVERS takes place in a dystopian future at the intersection of pharmaceuticals, religion and romance...delivering a perscription-stength dose of whacked out comedy!

An Evening of One Acts

Monday, May 2
Stage Werx Theatre
7:30pm

Featuring: Matthew Bradley, Wes Cayabyab, China Crawford, Mary Egan, Casey Fern, Sylvia Kratins, 
Daniel Martinez, Kathleen Nolan, Scott Ragle, 
Farrah Sanders and Richard Wenzel.

WATCHDOGS AGAINST DOORSTEPS
By Susan Jackson
Directed by Kat Kneisel

A CAUTIONARY TALE
By Steve Koppman
Directed by Kat Kneisel

CENSUS AND SENSIBILITY 
By Rod McFadden
Directed by Colleen Egan

WHAT WE OWE AND TO WHOM WE OWE IT
By Diane Sampson
Directed by Colleen Egan

LONG ELECTION DAY'S JOURNEY INTO
PARADE NIGHT
By Ignacio Zulueta
Directed by Ken Sonkin

An evening of entertaining and illuminating short plays by local Bay Area writers.

Love in the Time of Zombies
By Kirk Shimano

Tuesday, May 3
Stage Werx Theatre

Directed by Brady Brophy-Hilton

Featuring: Wes Cayabyab, Stephen Chang, Michelle Jasso, Jason Jeremy, Shelley Johnson and Linda Wang.

In this hilarious new comedy two would-be couples find themselves stranded in an abandoned cabin, wrestling with trust issues, fears of commitment, and the occasional wayward zombie.  A mysterious woman who is unfazed by the walking dead arrives to claim ownership of the cabin.  She has a secret plan of course -- but even she cannot predict what these four people will teach her about the line between death and humanity.

Juno en Victoria
By Stuart Bousel

Sunday, May 1
Stage Werx Theatre
7:30pm

Directed by Claire Rice

Featuring: Kirsten Broadbear, Kat Bushnell, Bryce Duzan, Travis Howse, Michelle Jasso, and Celeste Russi.

In a beautiful country estate, a mother plans her youngest daughter's wedding while her sister tries to catch the woman she thinks is sleeping with the master. Taking its cue from the novels of Austen, Forster, Waugh and Thackery, JUNO EN VICTORIA is a new British tragicomedy about the secret lives of Victorian women.  Funny, sad, and ultimately haunting, this fast-paced, well-researched and meticulously crafted period piece subtly undermines its own source material even as it pays homage to the parlor dramas of a bygone era.

Ashtad and Dardanos
By JC Samuels

Tuesday, May 3
Stage Werx Theatre

Directed by Brady Brophy-Hilton

Featuring: Wes Cayabyab, Jason Jeremy, 
Michelle Jasso and Ben Ortega.

A brutal and haunting story about friendship and survival during malevolent times.  ASHTAD AND DARDANOS parallels the folk story of an unlikely bond between a bear and a squirrel with the setting of a country ravaged by war where two men desperately cling to survival and their difficult relationship with each other.  Master and slave.  Friends and enemies.  Fantasy and reality.
Poster Designed by Paul Springer
Photos by William Boice
Credits: Celeste Van Etten & Michelle Jasso
Linda Wang

"Bousel's witty dialogue shines, with clever nods to Austen and Wilde..."  
--Sam Hurwitt

"If it is still running, you MUST go see it.  The play is SUPERB, the actors are Oscar-worthy. Really."  
--Goldstar Member

"JUNO EN VICTORIA is a cleverly written and beautifully executed Victorian representation of Ancient Mythology focused on the Goddess Hera and her family."
 --Goldstar Member

"Bousel's depiction of Hera, and Jasso's realization of it, is a great triumph of the play."
 --Sam Hurwitt

"The women in this production are incredibly strong and talented actresses and I was deeply moved..." 
--Goldstar Member

Juno en Victoria
By Stuart Bousel

Laylah Muran
Executive Producer

Stage Werx
533 Sutter Street
San Francisco

June 9-July 2, 2011

Directed by Claire RIce

Sets & Lighting by Quinn Whitaker
Costumes by Miriam Lewis
Technical Director, Wes Cayabyab

-STARRING-

Michelle Jasso
Celeste Van Etten
Kat Bushnell
Bryce Duzan
Travis Howse
Linda Wang

An English country estate in the high Victorian era, the Goddesses Hera and Hestia are a pair of wealthy sisters semi-retired to pastoral bliss and boredom.  The story revolves around the imminent marriage of Hebe, daughter of Zeus and Hera, to Heracles.  Taking its cue from the novels of Austen, Forster, Waugh and Thackeray, JUNO EN VICTORIA is a new tragicomedy about the secret lives of Victorian women.  Funny, sad, and ultimately haunting this period piece pays homage to the parlor dramas of a bygone era.
Photo by Bill Boice
Credits:  Kat Bushnell as Hebe
and Michelle Jasso as Hera.
Poster Designed by Paul Springer
Photos by William Boice
Credits: Sara Moser as Peaches
Cooper Carlson as Syd

"The funniest play this season!"
Lee Hartgrave, BEYOND CHRON

"Lyons has a gift for stream-of-conciousness monologue and all of the characters get to play their own great scene...a wonderfully written and staged "time-lapse" sequence...that is priceless!"
Robert Sokol, SF EXAMINER

"Sharp performances crisply directed by Sara Staley...
the writing has several inspired flights of zaniness..."
--Robert Avila, SF BAY GUARDIAN

"The play is at its best in quirky little moments 
of revealing human behavior..."
--Richard Dodds, SF BAY AREA REPORTER

Peaches en Regalia
By Steve Lyons

Laylah Muran
Executive Producer

Stage Werx
533 Sutter Street
San Francisco

AUGUST 4-27

Directed by Sara Staley

Lighting & Sets Designed by Quinn Whitaker
Stage Manager, Casey Fern
Technical Director, Wes Cayabyab

-STARRING-

COOPER CARLSON
PHILIP GOLEMAN
NICOLE HAMMERSLA
SARAH MOSER

Peaches en Regalia is based upon the widely produced, critically  acclaimed one act of the same name, which KPBS radio praised as “cute and quirky.”   

In this delightful comedy Norman is in the men’s room, struggling with the lessons from his time management class, Peaches is waitressing at Doug’s Diner, struggling with her gas price theories, and Joanne is in the Chinese laundry, struggling with her flow charts.  They all meet at Doug’s Diner and find their angst-ridden lives turned upside down when straight-talking Syd sits down at their table.   Love blossoms.   Happiness reigns.  But the happiness may be short lived, as Norman’s time management skills are challenged by the ultimate nemesis of time management, a baby!

"A fast-paced experience, very funny, almost slap-stick 
but with a post-modern twist!"
--Jim Strope, SF EXAMINER.COM
Poster Designed by Paul Springer
Photos by William Boice
Credits: Keith Jefferds as Alfredo
Gabrielle Patacsil as Roma

"Stuffed with ultimatums and revelations and Jewish-Italian home cooking..."
--Amber Adrian, 7X7 Magazine

"We all left with huge smiles and repeating great lines from the show!  Another Wily West cavalcade of talent showcasing beautiful work from all ends."  
--Goldstar Member

"A wild and melodramatic send-up of the mafia genre."
 --Nirmala Nataraj, SF Chronicle

Photo by Bill Boice
Credits: Keith Jefferds, Christopher Morrell  & 
Wesley Cayabyab

Arrivederci Roma
By Morgan Ludlow

Laylah Muran
Executive Producer

Stage Werx
533 Sutter Street
San Francisco

October 6-29

Directed by David Stein

Costumes Designed by Elise Barley
Lighting & Sets Designed by Quinn Whitaker
Stage Manager, Wayne Roadie
Technical Director, Wes Cayabyab
Choreography by Alysia Hook


-STARRING-

WESLEY CAYABYAB
KEITH JEFFERDS
CHRISTOPHER MORRELL
GABRIELLE PATACSIL
BARBARA VAN DERMEER


The Godfather meets Trannyshack in this hilarious transgender mafia story.  When mafioso boss, Alfredo Reggiano, is invited to dinner by his competitor and rival, Roma Asiago, to talk "business" Alfredo knows he should be prepared for anything.  But nothing has prepared him for the shock he is about to face when Roma reveals her ultimate reason for meeting him. From the same creative team that brought you the critically acclaimed hit show, Nymph O' Mania, last summer comes this new outrageous comedy!

Photo by Bill Boice
Credits: Christopher Morrell as Grigio
Gabrielle Patacsil as Roma