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NEUROTIQUE
Films by Nara Denning
6 Neo-Silent Fantasies...and I'm in #1!



Journey with our Fearless Explorer into the carnivorous depths of the Feminine Mind! Here is where fantasy becomes reality -and women come easy. But BEWARE! Keeping them is another story. For within the womb of desire lurk MADNESS and the seeds of DREADFUL FOLLIES!

Fetish, Fear, & Folly! - all with an undercurrent of unsettled neurosis. These are the themes of the six-vignette feature "Neurotique". This is New Silent Film at its most dubious.

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Great review for Hold Me Closer Tiny Dionysus here in the San Francisco Bay Times!
There's only three shows left: tonight, tomorrow, and Sat!

Hurray! AND What's Next!

The Unbearable Lightness of Raya won the SF Fringe Festival Best Musical award!
Closing afternoon was September 19th, and I immediately started rehearsing for the next play...HOLD ME CLOSER, TINY DIONYSUS, written by Trixxie Carr and directed by Ben Randle!! More info on that soon! But I can tell you it runs from October 15 - 24th at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory San Francisco.

In the meantime...come on down to Annie's Social Club for Bombshell Betty Burlesque Bailout Show THIS Thursday, October 1 at 8pm. A night of comedic skits and dancing to benefit our local recently-laid-off/under-employed/out-of-work actors, dancers, comedians, musicians and performers of all kinds! With Fromagique Odessa Lil, your Mistress of Ceremonies, and special guest star Chalupa X! To know him is to love him.

IN OTHER NEWS: I'm also working on an article for a new print magazine, coming soon to a newspaper stand near you (if you live in the Bay Area). I'm writing about people who chose to live in non-traditional living spaces in the Bay Area. I've got some fascinating interviews underway. It reminds me of how lucky I am to know so many talented and determined people. One day I will live on that space ship.

The Unbearable Lightness of Raya ...The Raya Light Story



World Premieres at the San Francisco Fringe Festival!!

Starring:
Raya Light
Steven Satyricon
Trixxie Carr
Audra Wolfmann

Further Info: http://www.sffringe.org/fringe09/09plays/unbearable.html

SATURDAY Sept 12 10:00 PM
MONDAY Sept 14 7:00 PM
THURSDAY Sept 17 7:00 PM
SATURDAY Sept 19 4:00 PM
Length: 50 mins.
NOTE: These are not drag times. Shows start on time!!
The nature of the Fringe Festival is acts get 15 minutes to load in, an hour to perform, and 15 minutes to get out!!
So SHOWS START ON TIME, there is NO LATE SEATING and NO REFUNDS for late arrivals.

EXIT Stage Left
156 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Ph: 415-931-1094

Tickets: $10 ($12 online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/76236 )
NOTE: 50 Seat House...50% of the tickets (25 seats) are available on a first-come, first-served basis starting 30 minutes before the show. CASH ONLY, limit 4 tickets per person.

Synopsis:
At a very young age, Raya Light was destined to be the greatest star that ever was. Well, at least in her mind! See Raya as a precocious 10 year old girl at her very first audition, foaming at the mouth for her first morsel of fame! Marvel at her meteoric rise from Tween Queen to Oscar winner! Fasten your seatbelts for a wild ride of coke lines, sex tapes, collagen lips and worst dressed lists ...Hooray for Hollywood indeed!
Leave your panties at home!
MUSICAL THEATER, MATURE CONTENT, COARSE LANGUAGE, NUDITY, NOT FOR CHILDREN

Written by:
Raya Light/Todd Alan Pickering

Directed by:
Todd Alan Pickering

Piano:
Todd Alan Pickering

Drums:
Dante Tolomei

Stage Manager:
L Ron Hubby

Sound:
Jason Hannan

Costumes:
Mr. David
Jose A Guzman Colon
Wigs:
Edie Modular
Jose A Guzman Colon

Poster Art:
Matthew Phipps Hines

Press Photo:
Jose A Guzman Colon

The East Bay Express Best of the East Bay Party was gargantufun!

So word on the street is that there was about 20,000 people at the Best of the East Bay Party at the Oakland Museum! It's amazing what a massive dose of art, performance, food, civic pride, and free admission can do!

I had an amazing experience being the main stage's "late nite" Mistress of Ceremonies...it was by far the nicest crowd of drunk folks I've ever encountered. Thank you to everyone who came out...especially those who couldn't get in! Yikes!

Amoeba's Kaitlin took some great pictures. View them here! And here's what I remember: