Kitchen Counter Culture 2009-10

Four guest artists share their stories, humor, and extraordinary performances. This season, three of the artists are here for extended runs.

McGODDESS: BIG MACS, KARMA, and the AMERICAN DREAM
written & performed by Vijai Nathan
September 23-27, 2009
The newest show by comedian Vijai Nathan (creator of GOOD GIRLS DON'T, BUT INDIAN GIRLS DO) is a scavenger hunt for faith, hope, and the meaning of life in America. With a father who's obsessed with McDonald's and Marx, a sister who's a born again Christian, and a mother who warns her of the legend of the "cat baby," what's a good Indian girl to believe? Vijai Nathan takes you on a poignant and hilarious journey in this one-woman play about understanding faith in America. For ages 16 & up

ENTERTAINER'S EULOGY
written and performed by Darian Dauchan
November 4-8, 2009
In 1918, a street performer mesmerizes the crowd and a minstrel act is born. In 1976, a soul singer signs a three album record contract that will make him a star. In 1989, a boxer fights the bout that will determine his destiny as champ or contender. Entertainer's Eulogy is a theatrical requiem chronicling the rise and fall of African American entertainers. Extraordinary writer/actor Darian Dauchan tells a cautionary tale about the price of fame and the people whose lives are forever changed by it. 16 & up

OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR (are closer than they seem)
written & performed by Lee Chamberlin
February 10-14, 2010
Accomplished actress Lee Chamberlin, an original cast member of the popular PBS program "The Electric Company," has worked on stage, television and film, and for eight years played Pat Baxter on daytime's "All My Children." Objects in the Mirror… is Chamberlin’s semi-autobiographical play about family ties and family secrets. A montage of beginnings, middles, and ends interconnected by 6 degrees of separation or less, it tells the stories of mothers and daughters who gaze into the mirror of the self and find a universal truth. For 16 & up

LAY OF THE LAND
written & performed by Tim Miller
April 1-3, 2010
LAY OF THE LAND is Tim Miller's saucy, sharp-knifed look at the State of the Queer Union during a time of trial. It friskily gets at that feeling of gay folks being perpetually on trial, on the ballot, and on the menu. Appropriate for ages 16& up.