QUIET PARTY

FRIDAY July 16th @ 8pm

Verbal Assault has been sentenced to “Silentary Confinement”! What are we to do?!? Well, we are going to have a QUIET PARTY of course. Use movement,  body language, facial expressions, chalk, paper and the GIANT Whiteboard to express yourself and a party we will have. Once you cross the threshold of silence, not a sound you will make, but you will be heard. Most creatively communicative will be awarded an awesome prize.

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What happens when a steel-fisted and muddy-mouthed former cabaret singer is forced to take her deplorable husband and their no-good relatives on a summer vacation? She puts them to work!! Coming to your city soon, the Schlapentickle Family presents theatrical cabaret-burlesque that’s so over the top you’ll want to take yours off! Mixing drool-inducing, smart strip-tease, stinging comedy, the magic of sideshow, and live ragtime music, the Schlapentickle Family promises an evening that will make you swear your family’s normal.

Whiskey Soaked Cabaret will include the hottest acts straight from the East Coast’s most respected burlesque and sideshow houses, including the raunchy ragtime revivalist Sabrina Chap, sideshow girl and comic genius- Mab just Mab, the devilish undulations of burlesque star Paco Fish and the hot new cherry-bomb burlesque siren, Scarlett Let-Her.

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SUNDAYS

11AM-2PM

5/23-6/13

In preparation for June 18th’s “Act Up People!”, the one act play competition at Verbal Assault, we are holding group writing sessions for people interested in writing and producing their own one act plays.

Players can pair up, work in small groups or solo to come up with a one act play worthy of a Tony!

NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: This is DIY-style. We are working  from scratch and figuring it out as we go along because that’s how we do it.

BRING PEN, PAPER & IDEAS!

SATURDAYS 11AM-1PM!!

All levels of experience are welcome to join us for two hours of improv practice, exercises and fun. Timothy Trueheart is our leader each week as we develop skills and make new friends. This group is working towards performances for those imps who are interested.

This is an adult improv group that will not shy away from “mature” subject matter so you must be at least 18 yrs. old unless accompanied by your very liberal parent.

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THURSDAY MAY 20th  7pm-10pm

We are thrilled to announce the Second Annual Cocktail PARTY & Fundraiser to benefit The Starving Artist Theatre’s upcoming “Future Artist”–a unique children’s playwriting and directing camp.

Come enjoy signature cocktails along with great food from M&S Grill and yummy desserts courtesy of Topless Bakery.

With bellies full and warm you will be entertained with theatre antics, live music and a silent auction featuring original art, jewelry, food, gift certificates and more.

Tickets: $20 in advance ($25 at the door) and can be purchased online through Brown paper Tickets or over the phone using Visa/MC/Discover by calling 703-698-0088.

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@ 9PM

It’s no trick to say Eric is, hands down, one of the hardest working tour players out there today, taking every opportunity to make friends, make music and make a difference. His creative and recording output is significant musically, but add that to the stories, poems, observations and sketches he is constantly posting and publishing and you can get a sense of what drives this unique artist and the message he is trying to communicate.

His most recent collection of prose is called “Red Chairs” and is available at http://www.ericsommer.com/d.sales.html. Sadly, the 40 songs he had recorded last year were all lost in a studio fire, and the 50 or so he had recorded the previous year vanished when the studio closed one night and the engineer and janitor made off with all the gear, all the studio recordings and the office plants.

Since 1995 Eric has been touring and playing all over the US and plays an average of 200 – 270 shows a year. He has been a regular performer at The Bayfront Blues Festival in Duluth, MN, The Carrboro Festival in Carrboro, NC and the Festival for the ENO in Raleigh, NC. Recent shows have included bills with Mates of State, OLD 97ʼs, Austin Guitar wiz Monte Montgomery and Jerry Douglas of Union Station, Sarah Watkins of Nickel Creek and Built to Spill…

Jim Reed of Savannah Connect said “Anyone whoʼs been in need of a fix of spectacular, percussive and virtuosic guitar work can rest easily. Eric Sommerʼs coming to town; One of the finest American guitar players on the road today Eric is an American original … a poet, songwriter and showman… and the master of all things Americana”

Amen.

$10 Cover

BUY TICKETS AT THE DOOR OR BY CALLING 703-698-0088  (VISA/MC/DISCOVER)

A student run reading series for first-year MFA students.

A brand new addition to Mason’s creative writing program.

Readings are free and open to the public.

We encourage you to encourage these young writers!

Schedule of Readings:

Sunday March 28th: 7-9

Friday April 16th: 6-8pm

**please stay for Verbal Assault, immediately  following!**

George Mason University’s Graduate Reading Program for the MFA in Creative Writing

Come enjoy original works of different genres read by GMU’s  fresh writers.

Free & Open to the public!

Sunday April 25th: 2-4pm

Hear  Third Years Read at Loud Fire!

Kirsten Clodfelter (fiction)
Megan Ronan (poetry)
Norah Vawter (fiction)

with guest emcee Moriah Purdy!

Plus, we’ll have an open mic, so please bring about 5 minutes of material to share.

Also, save the date for the following Sunday, May 2, for the last Loud Fire of the school year. Invite to follow!

Love,

Loud Fire
Aubrey & Nicole
Sarah, Elizabeth, Jack & Leslie

Sunday May 2nd: 6-8pm