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WRY CRIPS IN 2017: SOME UPDATE

THIS BLOGSITE CONTAINS A LOG OF CHRONOLOGICAL HAPPENINGS FOR THE WRITERS & PERFORMERS OF WRY CRIPS DISABLED WOMEN'S READER'S THEATER WORKS.

WRY CRIPS WAS A BIT DORMANT BETWEEN 2012 to 2017 UNTIL A PERFORMANCE WAS ORGANIZED, REHEARSED AND PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC IN JUNE OF 2017.

BY LATE SUMMER OF 2017, THEATRICAL DIRECTOR MICHAELA GOLDHABER JOINED IN TO HELP DEVELOP AND DIRECT A PIECE CALLED, 'IRETONIA: A SCI FI FANTASY.'
FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING, 'IRETONIA' WAS PERFORMED IN BERKELEY, CA. ON THE STAGE OF LIVE OAK THEATER OPENING ON FRIDAY AUGUST 18th TO A SMALL BUT APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE.

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ON SATURDAY NIGHT AUGUST 19th, THE PERFORMANCE WAS VIDEOTAPED.
THE CLIPS RECORDED ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING EDITED AND WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON!

ANOTHER TWO PERFORMANCES WERE SET FOR FRIDAY AUGUST 25th and SATURDAY AUGUST 26th (SEE MARQUE BELOW) AND FOR ANYONE WHO WAS LOCAL & COULD MAKE IT, YOU EXPERIENCED SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL. LIVE OAK THEATER IS A WONDERFUL INTIMATE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE SPACE THAT IS ONE OF THOSE HIDDEN GEMS OF THE EAST BAY!

LIVE OAK THEATER
LOCATED AT 1301 SHATTUCK AVE., BERKELEY


MEANWHILE, PLEASE VISIT THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL  AND THANKS FOR VISITING!

YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND EMAIL TO wrycrips@gmail.com FOR INQUIRIES.




  THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE OF SOME OF THE CAST MEMBERS
NOTE: NEW PHOTOS WILL EMERGE ON THIS SITE IN A COUPLE WEEKS!

                                AFI TIOMBE KAMBON as CUNTINA WARRIOR WOMAN

    

                                       
                                           PATTY OVERLAND  as THUNDERWOMAN


                                         
                            GIOVANA GISCOME (GIGI) as JENNY, THE INTREPID REPORTER


                                                   
                                              CIARA LOVELACE as THE YOUNG ONE

PHOTOS OF OTHER WRY CRIPS MEMBERS TO COME:
MARIE JENKINS and MICHAELA GOLDHABER

MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS PERFORMANCE:

IRETONIA: A SCI FI FANTASY  was dedicated to          LESLIE GORDON. More on Leslie can be read HERE as well.

WRY CRIPS WAS FOUNDED BY PATTY OVERLAND, JUDITH SMITH and LAURA RIFKIN, and has been making theater with disabled women for over 30 years. This is the first time Wry Crips has written a play as an ensemble.

 RUNNING TIME: 75 minutes