SANTA BARBARA CONFIDENTIAL

DRAMATIC WOMEN PRESENTS

SANTA BARBARA CONFIDENTIAL

AN EVENING OF NEW SHORT PLAYS

BY SANTA BARBARA WRITERS

What really goes on behind the scenes in paradise? These nine new short works by Santa Barbara writers answer that question from a variety of angles, from the comic and fantastic to the documentary. Beware: The life that turns up on stage may be your own!

NINE ORIGINAL PLAYS:

Street Dreams by Linda Stewart-Oaten, directed by Michelle Osborne

Street kids looking for spare change and spare hope.

Women Who Poeticize Too Much by Terre Ouwehand, directed by Gretchen Icenogle

A therapy session in search of ineffable answers - five visionary women perplex a male therapist.

Rex by Gib Johnson, directed by Corrine Mugley

The computer revolution claims a victim on the SB Riviera.

The Pathfinder by Stephan Lackner, directed by Erica Kylander-Clark

SB history comes to live as a brave woman makes a crucial decision not to pass a message.

Newcomers by Barbara Sachs, directed by John Robert Kocur

Santa Barbara is a great place for a fresh start - or is it?

Fast Forward by Michael Smith, directed by Maurice Lord

I never intended to end up in this town, but somehow that's what happened.

Omega Night by Sojourner Kincaid-Rolle, directed by Joshua Kashinsky

A thrift shop full of old memories and fresh possibilities.

Screaming in the Dark by Kinsey Packard, directed by John Morrison

We spend minutes, hours, days, trying to connect to each other, but the reality is...

Bedtime in Montecito by Ellen K. Anderson, directed by Donna Stone

...And when the day is over, we dream our fantasies together - no matter how bizarre.

TIMES: February 18, 19, 24, 25, and 26, all shows at 8:00 P.M.

TICKETS: $12.50 general; $10.00 students and seniors.