Robin Morgan:
The "otherizing" of women is the oldest oppression known to our species, and it's the model, the template, for all other oppressions.

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For more information, contact:
Stacey Poirier
612-207-3659
spoirier@theatreunbound.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 11, 2010

THEATRE UNBOUND 10 YEAR BIRTHDAY PARTY
24-Hour Play Project and Benefit Gala

(Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota) Theatre Unbound is putting on its 10-year party hat and taking another swing at the ever-festive piñata that is the 24 Hour Play Project. "Imagine a couple dozen people running around blindfolded, swinging bats at candy-filled horses," says Unbound Artistic Director Stacey Poirier. "That's the kind of adrenaline coursing through the mass bloodstream for 24 hours."

DATE/TIME
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Doors open at 7:00PM for cocktail hour and silent auction bidding
Performance begins at 8:00PM

TICKETS
$35/single, $50/pair
Reservations: 612-721-1186 or order online at www.theatreunbound.com

LOCATION
Lowry Lab Theater
350 St. Peter Street
St. Paul, MN 55107

"Everyone jumps in with both feet," says comedienne Ahna Brandvik, one of the 24HPP participants. "Everyone seems to make broader, braver choices. Sometimes it's brilliant. Sometimes - not so much. Luckily, the audience is in for the ride."

The 24-Hour Play Project and Benefit Gala continues Theatre Unbound's mission of providing opportunities to women artists. Playwrights, directors, and actors take on the challenge of writing, rehearsing and propelling new work onto the stage in just 24 hours! The Gala includes a silent auction and complimentary cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.

24 HOUR PLAY PROCESS
Through our website, we invite the general public to vote among 50 ingredients such as a line of dialog, an emotion, a prop, or a stage direction. On Friday evening at 9:00PM, we reveal the winning ingredients to 6 teams of 2 playwrights, who must include all the ingredients in their scripts. At 6:00 on Saturday morning, the newly written plays are assigned directors, a cast, and rehearsal time. Rehearsals are conducted throughout the day - technical rehearsals skid to a halt just in time for the doors to open at 7:00PM. Performances begin at 8:00PM.

COMING UP NEXT FROM THEATRE UNBOUND:
Medea: A Noh Cycle
Greek tragedy re-envisioned as a story of self-transformation, presented in the style of Japanese noh drama. Directed by Kathy Welch of Green T Productions (April 10-25, 2010).

ABOUT THEATRE UNBOUND
Theatre Unbound produces high quality, visionary theatre created by women - powerful stories that represent women in active pursuit of their goals and desires; female perspectives on universal struggles and achievements.

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