Performance Tour
 
2008
January 18-19
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Patti Pace Performance Festival
I'll be attending the festival as a respondent

February 17
Boston
Traniwreck
Bitches With Barrettes are special guests at Traniwreck!
The Milky Way in Jamaica Plain.
9:30 pm $8

March 15
Seattle
Femmetasia!
Bitches With Barrettes at the Ranier Valley Cultural Center
featuring The Von Foxies, Tamara the Trapeze Lady, The Naked Folksinger, and more amazing femme performers... 8 pm

March 16
Seattle
Lea and I are teaching a workshop on touring performance at Bent: A Writing Institute
11 am-1 pm

March 16
Seattle
Wonder Woman The Musical! at The Rebar
comedian Carol Maki is opening
7 pm

March 23
Boston
Bitches With Barrettes are performing at the Boston Burlesque Expo
8 pm
see website for tickets & info on the entire weekend

March 30
Boston
The Theater Offensive
SUPERQUEEROS!
The next installation of the WIP (Works in Progress) Series. Hosted by the lovely Bitches With Barettes
8 pm (doors open at 7:30)
551 Tremont St., Studio 414, 4th floor
tickets @ 7:30 show starts at 8 pm
only 25 seats available so be on time!
bring your personal kryptonite!

April 3
Boston
The Femme Show
at Emerson College.

April 6
Boston
Traniwreck
Bitches With Barrettes are back for more Traniwreck!
The Milky Way in Jamaica Plain.
9:30 pm $8

April 18-22
Northridge
The Miscegenations Project
workshop & performance at California State University, Northridge
with the wonderful Performance Studies folks in the Department of Communication Studies

May 10
New Orleans
Saints & Sinners Queer Literary Festival
A Day Without Sunshine.
6 pm
Marigny Theatre, 1030 Marigny St.
$15

May 18
New York City
Emerging Artists Theatre
One Woman Standing solo festival
A Day Without Sunshine
shared bill with Mcneely Myers Q & A
4 pm $10
advance tickets at Theater Mania

May 24
Montreal
Bitches With Barrettes at Meow Mix Cabaret
Don't miss our Montreal debut. AND we'll be there with other awesome Boston performers Big Moves.
8 pm

June 20-21
Tallahassee
I'm heading home to do a weekend of benefit performances for Mickee Faust Club's exciting new space in Railroad Square
623 McDonnell Drive
Friday, June 20: Faust Cabaret
Saturday, June 21: A Day Without Sunshine
both shows 8 pm
$15 general; $10 seniors, students, persons with disabilities
tickets available at The Clubhouse 6/16-6/19 4-6 pm & on the day of the show starting at 6:30

June 22-27
NYC
Sarah Lawrence College
Playwriting Intensive

June 29
Boston
The Theater Offensive
The next installation of the WIP (Works in Progress) Series
Hosted by the lovely Bitches With Barettes
8 pm (doors open at 7:30)
551 Tremont St., Studio 414, 4th floor
tickets @ 7:30 show starts at 8 pm
only 25 seats available so be on time!

July 9
New York City
Rufflebutt! A Femme Extravaganza at Dixon Place's July HOT! Festival
Featuring Bitches With Barrettes, Maggie Crowley, Ariel Federow, Erin Markey, & Rachel Pecan.
8 pm

July 30-August 10
Waterford, CT
I'm a fellow at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Cabaret Conference.
Check out the program for ten days of amazing performances!

September 25-28
Laramie
University of Wyoming
The Miscegenations Project

October 10-12
Boston
The Femme Show
Cambridge YMCA
details TBA


2007
November 15-18
Chicago
National Communication Association
This year NCA will be rocked by a series of performance-installations on the subject of academic freedom.
Installations are happening throughout the conference weekend
Discussion panel is Friday, November 16. 12:30-1:45 pm

November 10
New York City
Great Small Works' Spaghetti Dinner
Bitches With Barrettes is performing our new hoop routine "Glamorous Life!"
Judson Memorial Church (Washington Square South)
8 p.m.

November 8-11
New York City
Performance Studies International
I'm chairing a panel on "The Place of the Artist-Scholar in Performance Studies" at the annual Performance Studies International Conference.
Don't miss this scintillating discussion with notable artist-scholars John Bell, Jenny Romaine, David Terry, and Mark Sussman.
Friday, November 9. 5-6:30 pm.

November 4
Boston
The Theater Offensive
The second ever WIP (Works in Progress) at The Theater Offensive is happening during the 2007 Out On The Edge Festival. This time the event is hosted by the lovely Bitches With Barettes.
8 pm (doors open at 7:30)
551 Tremont St., Studio 414, 4th floor
tickets @ 7:30 show starts at 8 pm
only 25 seats available so be on time!
admission is an old t-shirt

November 1
New York City
Dixon Place
A Day Without Sunshine
I am THRILLED to have this workshop production of my new solo show at Dixon Place.
8 pm
258 Bowery, 2nd floor
$10/12.
212.219.0736

October 26-28
Portland, OR
Public Memory and Ethnicity
Lea and I are presenting from Miscegenations at this important conference at the York Center for Public Memory Studies at Lewis and Clark College.

October 12 & 13
Boston (JP)
The Femme Show
Bitches With Barettes will be performing at this excellent evening of performance for femmes & friends.
8 pm (doors open at 7:30)
The Capen Auditorium at the Jamaica Plain Congregational Church

October 5-7
Somerville, MA
Honkfest 2007
Hooray! It's the 2007 Honk Parade: Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes, and Feet!
Don't miss the Honk Symposium at Tufts, or the discussions and live performances throughout the weekend (see the full schedule on the Honk site for details).
Honk Symposium @ Tufts University
Thursday October 5, 3-5 pm
&
Honk Parade at Davis Square
Sunday October 7, noon

September 6-8
Syracuse, NY
Imagining America Annual Symposium
Lea and I will be presenting our Miscegenations project at this annual meeting that is "committed to public scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design."

August 6-12
Umbria, Italy
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club's International Playwright Retreat
I'll have six glorious days to spend in the Italian countryside, working with playwright Lisa Kron to develop my new solo show, Dear Anita.

June 1-June 30
Toronto, Ontario
Artscape's International 2007 Artist Residency at Gibraltar Point
Miscegenations has been accepted for development as part of a one month residency through Artscape in Toronto. Fantastic!

May 23-June 17
New Bedford, MA
Q@X2 show at Gallery X
Miscegenations has its first (of hopefully many more) opportunity to exhibit as a multimedia installation in this month-long show of queer-themed work. Gallery X is a funky and innovative gallery in a former church with two spaces for performance work. And New Bedford is an ideal place for Miscegenations, with rich history as an ethnically diverse community.
Gallery hours are Wed-Sun 11 am-3 pm.
Opening reception is June 2, 7-10 pm.

Thursday, May 17 @ 8 pm
Boston
Queer Gymnastics!!!
First WIP at The Theater Offensive brought to you by your hosts:
Lea Robinson & Elizabeth Whitney
551 Tremont St., Studio 414 on the fourth floor
tickets @ 7:30 show starts at 8 pm
only 25 seats available so be on time or coach won't let you in!
admission is one piece of sports paraphernalia
This event features new work by Desiree Burch, Ben McCoy, and Blue Steel

Saturday, May 13 @ 4 pm
New Orleans
Saints and Sinners Literary Festival
Wonder Woman The Musical
This is maybe going to be the best venue for the Magic Lasso Comeback Tour, ever!
Wonder Woman performs upstairs at the Bourbon Pub Parade
so you can have a drink while you enjoy the show.
Admission is free to those with festival passes and $10 for the public.

Saturday, April 20 @ 5 pm
Milwaukee, WI
Broad Vocabulary Bookstore
Miscegenations
Lea and I are going to be talking about and performing from the Miscegenations project.
This bookstore is amazing! Every city needs one.
This event is free and open to the public

Friday, April 20 @ 7 pm
Milwaukee, WI
Center For 21st Century Studies.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Wonder Woman The Musical
Princess Diana is thrilled to bring her act to this annual academic series.
This year it focuses on Autonomy, Gender, and Performance.
This event is free and open to the public

Saturday, April 14 @ 8:30 pm
New Orleans
DramaRama 14
At theContemporary Arts Center
Miscegenations: the 30 minute performance-installation premiere!
It's my fifth year at DramaRama, and my fabulous partner, Lea Robinson, and I are exploring the historical obstacles that have kept same sex and interracial (and both) couples from legally uniting.
We are getting married and you are invited...
DramaRama tickets are $15 general, $12 for CAC members

2006
Sauk Valley Community College
National Coming Out Day!—panel discussion, Wed Oct 12 @ noon
Wonder Woman The Musical, Wed October 12 @ 8 pm

Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival
Wonder Woman The Musical, Sept 15, 15, and 16 @ the Columbus Performance Arts Center (Columbus, OH)

DramaRama 13
w/The Inertia Confessional, May 20, Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans, LA)

Williams College
ConvoGAYtion, April 9, Goodrich Hall, Williams College (Williamstown, MA)

Tulane University
Wonder Woman The Musical, March 18, Lab Theatre, McWilliams Hall 104 (New Orleans, LA)

The Kitchen Theatre
Wonder Woman The Musical, February 23-25, Historic Clinton House (Ithaca, New York)
read press here

Ohio State University
Wonder Woman The Musical, February 21, Drake Union (Columbus, OH)

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (The Alteractive Series)
Pop Culture Princess, February 20 (Cincinnati, OH)

2005
The Hysteria Festival w/Bitches With Barettes (Toronto, ON)
University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
InterActors Cabaret (Portland, ME)
Inertia30 (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
Provincetown Fringe Festival w/The Famous Lesbian Comedy Road Show (MA)
The Tank at Chashama (NYC)
July HOT! Fest @ Dixon Place (NYC)
Drunken! Careening! Writers! @ KGB Bar (NYC)
DramaRama 12 w/The Urban Cowdykes (New Orleans)
The University of Maine
Cheryl B's Atomic Reading Series (NYC)
The Duplex Cabaret Produced by Tosos II (NYC)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Galapagos Art Space (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

2004
Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival (Columbus, OH)
Single File Chicago Solo Performance Festival(Chicago)
Strange Sisters Cabaret @ The Hysteria Festival; Buddies in Bad Times Theatre  (Toronto, ON)
Fort Hays State University (Hays, Kansas)
WOW Cafe (New York City)
Marshall Salon Services Annual Convention (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)
The Girlie Q Variety Hour @ HotHouse Gallery (Chicago)
Ladylike: Not Very @ Hotcakes Gallery (Milwaukee)
Feast of Fools (Chicago)
Homolatte performance & music series (Chicago)
Bailiwick Repertory 2004 Lesbian Initiative (Chicago)
Mae West Fest (Seattle)
Fresh Fruit Festival (New York City)
Queer @ HERE (New York City)
National Women's Studies Conference (Milwaukee)
Third Wave Feminist Conference @ Beloit College (Beloit, WI)
Spareroom (Chicago)
Woodland Pattern Books (Chicago)
The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Utah (Salt Lake City)
Returning Artist Program (Southern Illinois University's Department of Speech Communication)
Pinque Magazine Kickoff Party at SchoolHouse ROXX! (P.S. 122, New York City)
DramaRama 11 (New Orleans)
The Country Club w/Girlgang Productions (New Orleans)
2003
Summerworks Theatre Festival (Toronto)
Mae West Fest 8 (Seattle)
Fuse Festival @ HERE (New York City)
Provincetown Fringe Festival
Urban Sideshow, "The Beauty Benefit" (Milwaukee)
St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN)
Athica Art Institute’s “Lesbian Emergences” series (Athens, GA) [read press review]
Grinder—a weekly performance event (Chicago)
DramaRama 10 (New Orleans) [read press review]

2002
The Stockyard Theatre Company’s Third Annual Women’s Performance Art Festival (Chicago)
The National Women’s Studies Association’s conference (Las Vegas)
Bryant Lake Bowl Theatre (Minneapolis)

2001
Minneapolis Fringe Festival [read press review]
The New Genre Festival at Living Art Space (Tulsa, OK)
The Real Time Performance Festival at the Salina Art Center (Salina, KS)
The Greylight Theatre’s Annual Dada Party (Murphysboro, IL)
The Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference (Omaha, NE)
Southern Illinois University's Kleinau Theatre (Carbondale, IL)
WSIU-Illinois Public Television’s Studio A Series (Carbondale, IL)
2000
Gustavus Adolphus College’s coming-out week (St. Peter, MN)
Southern Illinois University’s Kleinau Theatre (Carbondale, IL)