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[Robi Polgar <pdomain@realtime.net>]

THE PUBLIC DOMAIN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

THEATRE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Events and Information Calendar for our email pen pals. Winter Edition.

Welcome to the PD semi-irregular update. Below please read on and
discover the various phenomena at The Public Domain this winter. For
even more information on PD, dial up our webpage at
www.publicdomain.org. (If you no longer wish to receive missives like
this, please send word to pdomain@realtime.net; but why would you want
to miss out on some of the best live entertainment Austin has to offer?
Not to mention our jaunty sense of humor.)

TANTALIZING TABLE OF CONTENTS. Within lengthy missive you will find
information about
Betrayal, by Harold Pinter, A PD Mainstage Production
The Speaker Speaks, An Evening With Sam Rayburn, by Clay Nichols, a PD
Late Nite/Off Nite Production
A Special Offer-free tickets, c'mon, you know you want them
The PD Act-A-Thon
A Call for Submissions for the PD Act-A-Thon
Volunteer Opportunities
Other Scheduled Events this Winter
Staged Readings Series Titles and Dates
A Glimpse of Spring’s Calendar


***BETRAYAL, by Harold Pinter***
January 21 – February 20

A modern classic, Betrayal is passionate, sophisticated, touching,
humorous, and cruel.  Pinter tells his story in an ingenious, thrilling
manner: The scenes work from present to past, going back through time:
Exposing details of an illicit romance and its effects on the lives of a
wife, a husband, and a best friend. Tantalizing questions of memory and
honesty surround this compelling drama.

The all-star cast includes Katherine Catmull (Raised in Captivity, and
the title character in PD’s The Duchess of Malfi), David Jones (The Food
Chain), Jim Elliot (O.T.) and Robert Fisher (Travels With My Aunt).
Costumes by Sylvia Tate (who also designed costumes for PD’s productions
of Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and Einstein’s Daughter) Lights by Deborah
Haynes (Salivation) and Set by James R. Barker (As Bees in Honey Drown,
Down Along the Brazos).  PD Artistic Director Robi Polgar directs.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, February 7 5:00
p.m.
Tickets $12/$10 (students, seniors); Thursdays all tickets $5; Sunday
Matinee Pay What You Wish
+ Champagne Gala, Saturday 1/23 $25 (Regular tickets will be available
on Gala night; but live a little and come to the party!)
+ALAA (Artists’ Legal and Accounting Assistance of Austin) fundraiser
Friday 1/22 $25. Help support the work of this crucial artist safety
net. Tickets to this special performance, call 407-8980.
+Audience TalkBack: Sunday, February 7, following the matinee
performance. Get the inside scoop from cast and crew!

For advance ticket sales (MC/Visa) please phone the PD box office
474-6202 x.1

Listen to our jaunty cast on KUT-FM's Eklektikos with our pal John
Aielli on Wednesday, January 20, around 1:15 p.m.


***THE SPEAKER SPEAKS, AN EVENING WITH SAM RAYBURN***, by Clay Nichols
January 31 – February 16

To some he was Mr. Speaker, to some Mr. Democrat, to many simply Mr.
Sam, but to all Sam Rayburn was one of the greatest statesmen in the
history of the U. S. Congress.  The Speaker Speaks is a one-man show
written by Clay Nichols (O.T.), directed by PD Artistic Director Robi
Polgar and starring local radio and theatre personality David R. Jarrott
(Majic-FM; Dracula and Sherlock Holmes at PD).

In Nichols’ award-winning script, raconteur Rayburn guides the audience
from his humble beginnings on a turn-of-the-century cotton farm in North
Texas to the height of his power behind the Speaker’s rostrum. The
Speaker Speaks evokes memories of this century’s great men and trying
times with a clever mixture of flashbacks, peppery rustic wit and
southern fried storytelling.

Sundays 2:00 p.m.; Monday and Tuesdays 7:00 p.m.
Tickets $12/$10 (students, seniors)

+Audience TalkBack: Sunday February 14, following the matinee
performance. Dave J. regales with tales of his ship-to-shore
conversation with LBJ; make Nichols pay for his subversive political
beliefs!


***UNBEATABLE SPECIAL OFFER***
If you’ve never been to PD bring a copy of this email to either Betrayal
or Speaker Speaks and we’ll give you a free ticket! (Go ahead. We trust
you. But … (you knew there was a catch, huh?) Only one freebie per email
addressee, pleeeze.  Not valid for Betrayal 1/22 or 1/23, sorry. Please
make reservations at least 24 hours in advance, and BRING PAGE 1 OF THIS
EMAIL WITH YOU FOR CONFIRMATION!)


***PD 28-HOUR ACTATHON***
Help Support The Public Domain Theatre Company and Venue

Starting at 8pm on Friday, March 19, 1999 and running for 28 hours
non-stop until midnight on Saturday, March 20 is the 1st Public Domain
Act-a-thon. The aim of this marathon of theatrical fervor is twofold: to
raise money for the Public Domain Theatre Company and Venue; & to boldly
go where no other theater company dares to go. The Act-a-thon will not
only financially bolster one of Austin’s most precious theatrical assets
but present to all and sundry a range of performances never before seen
in one place in such a short time – puppet shows, Refraction Arts
Project’s The Woman in the Window, by Cyndi Williams, music, staged
readings, youth theater, late night Jazz, radio plays LIVE on stage,
experimental theatre, butoh, spoken mime, underwater orchestras, old men
in their underwear, you name it we'll have it. And entry to the theatre
throughout the Act-a-thon, with some minor exceptions, is FREE!!!

“How can I help?” I hear you ask. Well, there are countless ways in
which you can actively become a part of or further the goals of Austin
Theater History. Prior to and during the Act-a-thon we need:

Sponsorship gatherers
Organisers - marketing, scheduling & support - pre, post and during
Performances - from 5 minutes to one hour long, of any style or genre
(sign up at PD!)
Stage managers and assistants
Door watchers
Refreshment Sellers
Street Barkers and Spruikers (ask Martin what this is!)
Sandwich Boarders
Audience members
Imaginative, devil may care, theatrical Wizzes

AND SPONSORS!

“How can I sponsor this earth-shaking event?” Glad you asked: Simply
sign up on a sponsorship sheet at the theatre (or send us an email).
You agree to contribute a $ amount for every hour of the Act-a-thon,
then we collect. For example, if you sponsor the theatre for a quarter
(yes, we’ll take that quarter!) per hour you'd be helping us to the tune
of … quick math … ummm… that's 25 cents x 28 hours … okay: $7. That's
right, a measly 7 buckeroos. (And it's Tax Deductible. Don't you just
LURV the system!) Course, if you want to you can pledge more. You can
pledge twice that amount, or thrice, or, what's 4 times? Quince?
Whatever you can give, in dollar terms or in-kind support, is always
gratefully accepted

Don't be shy, help theater and help yourself to a BETTER, more
FULFILLING life. It's not about money, it's not about ego, it's about
ART! (Well, maybe it's a little bit about money. And ego. But it’s gonna
be a good time.)

For more information talk to Martin Blacker (artyzen@aol.com)

8:00 p.m. Friday, March 19 until Midnight Saturday, March 20
Free: But we’ll be taking donations (as many as can fit in a pillowcase)



***CALL FOR SUBMISSION OF REVIEWS FOR THE ACT-A-THON***

We need your theatre reviews for the PD Act-a-thon: Submit your favorite
(i.e., worst) review from your under-appreciated theatrical career and a
celebrity guest will read it aloud to the masses.  Did Polgar pan your
thespian travails: Humiliate him by reading said revue TO HIS FACE. Same
applies to reviews by all those other note-taking curators of criticism.
We’ve got some gems: So do you. Let us air YOUR dirty laundry with a
live staged reading of your fave review!!!  (“Producing a play is a lot
like making a pizza …” NEED WE SAY MORE?)


***AUDITIONS FOR UPCOMING PD PRODUCTIONS***

BLOOD WEDDING, by Federico Garcìa Lorca. Directed by Chris Cortez
TORCH SONG TRILOGY, by Harvey Fierstein. Directed by Kevin Remington.
Combined open call Saturday January 30 and Sunday January 31. 12 noon –
6 p.m. All Saints Episcopal Church 209 West 27th Street.  BY APPOINTMENT
ONLY.
To make said appointment please call 474-2448 x.4 (leave a message for
Marshall).

ANTIGONE, by Sophocles. Directed by Marshall Maresca.
Open call Saturday, March 6, and Sunday March 7, at The Public Domain.
Time tba.
Information please call 474-2448 x.4


***VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES***

See shows for free! We need: ushers, house staff, cleaning and
construction crews and much much more. Contact Theresa at 474-6202 x.4

…but wait, there’s more…

***OTHER EVENTS COMING TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN THIS WINTER***

Theatre Sports
Late Nite Improv Comedy
Friday and Saturday Nights at 11:00 p.m. 2/5, 2/6 and 2/12, 2/13

Stillpoint Dance
The Texted Movement Project
Choreography by Nancy Hurd and Lisa Fehrman inspired by the written
word.  With music by Jane Kaufman and sets by Derek Brooks.
February 26, 27, 28
For information and reservations 474-2639 or 454-TIXS

Refraction Arts Project
Woman at the Window, by Cyndi Williams
World Permiere Play
March 4 – 20
Tickets phone 454-TIXS


***THE PD PLAY READING SERIES (MONTHLY) CONTINUES…***

Come hear some darned good actors reading some darned good theatre, and
stay afterwards for some constructive, illuminating chat.

R.U.R., by Karel Capek. Saturday, February 6, 1:00 p.m.
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, by Dario Fo. Saturday, March 20, 1:00
p.m.


***AND WATCH FOR THESE PD PRODUCTIONS COMING TO OUR FAB THEATRE SPACE
THIS SPRING***

Blood Wedding April 9 – May 1
Torch Song Trilogy June 2 – 13 (A special presentation marking the 30th
anniversary of Stonewall.)
Antigone June 18 – 26
End of Season shabang/party/carrying on—sometime in the goddoffal heat
of June, probably.

If you got all the way down here: Well Done! You must be at work! Now
come on up and play with us.

-PD-