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 22, 2008

THEATRE UNBOUND GETS THE LINGO
7th Annual 24-Hour Play Project and Benefit Gala
Hosted by Fringe Superstar Allegra Lingo

Theatre Unbound is thrilled to announce Allegra Lingo as special guest host of this year's event. Allegra's one-woman shows have consistently drawn sold-out houses at the Minnesota Fringe; her most recent, "I Hate Kenny G," combined her fearsome storytelling chops with some mean saxophone solos. "I can't wait to see what Allegra will choose to bestow upon us," says Unbound Artistic Director Stacey Poirier. "We're not sure, but we think we see a saxophone case in her back seat."

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 six new short plays written, rehearsed, and propelled onto the stage in just 24 hours! The Gala includes silent and live auctions with "Dinner & A Show" packages, Pottery, Jewelry, Vikings cooler filled with beer, TU Tea Party, and complimentary cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.

DATE/TIME/TICKETS
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Doors open at 7:00 pm for cocktail hour and silent auction bidding
Performance begins at 8:00 pm

$35/single, $50/couple (couple defined as two attendees)
Reservations: 612-721-1186 or order online at www.theatreunbound.com

LOCATION
The Neighborhood House at the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center
179 Robie Street East
St. Paul, MN 55107

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 9:00 pm, 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 7:00 pm. Performances begin at 8:00 pm.

2008 PLAYWRIGHTS
Brenda Bell Brown, Mariah Christensen, Eli Effinger-Weintraub, Toni Halleen, Gemma Irish, Christopher O. Kidder, David Lind, Elissa Mautner, Ben Tallen, Ruth Virkus, Mic Weinblatt

DIRECTORS
Cherie Anderson, Jenna Lory, Miriam Monasch, Gretchen Weinrich, Laura Wilhelm

ACTORS
Craig Anderson, Lauren Briggeman, Dana Buchwald, Mikel Clifford, Shad Cooper, Chenea Love Green, Kara Greshwalk, Kari Kelly, Billie Jo Konze, Kirstin Kuchler, Megan Lee-Erickson, Angela Marsh, Paul McGuire, Tamara Philbrick, Lacey Poitter, Kristin Richardson, Mikael Rudolf, Amber Swenson, Noë Tallen, Peter Wagenius, Renee Werbowski, Anne Zander and more

COMING UP IN 2007-08 FROM THEATRE UNBOUND

Directors' Gym Project
Folktales with a Fresh Perspective
February 29 at 7:30 pm and March 1 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Theatre Unbound asks eight Twin Cities directors to put their own unique twist on traditional folktales from across the globe. This program supports Theatre Unbound's goal of fostering the development of new and emerging women directors, offering them a chance to create work that showcases their own individual style. This year's directors: Brenda Bell Brown (MN Black Storytellers Alliance), Kristin Kenning (Doctorate of Musical Arts – U of MN), Dionne Laviolette (Guthrie Theatre Internship), Heather Meyer (National Theatre for Children), Jenna Papke (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Internship), Rebecca Rizzio (Theatre Unbound Company Member), Anika Taylor (Macalester College), and Cheryl Willis (Jungle Theatre, Theatre de la Jeune Lune).

This activity is made possible in part by funds provided by Target.

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Written by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Directed by Genevieve Bennett
April 11 - May 3, 2008
A coded manuscript (lost source material for Shakespeare's Othello and Romeo and Juliet?) hurls Constance Ledbelly head over heels into the two plays, turning tragedy to comedy - twists, fights, dances, seductions and surprises. Winner of the Canadian Governor General's Literary Award for Drama, 1990.

ABOUT OUR NEW HOME
The venue for all our 2007-08 productions, the Neighborhood House features a brand new, state-of-the-art auditorium, FREE off street parking, handicapped accessibility, and walking distance to restaurants in the Westside neighborhood of St. Paul.

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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