BACKYARD RENAISSANCE UNLEASHED
Cut loose with us throughout the year at our one-night-only Backyard Renaissance UNLEASHED events. Just remember to leave the leash at home. You won’t need it where you’ll be going…
Backyard Renaissance Unleashed presents…
ONE NIGHT ONLY: An All Star Staged Reading of
THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
Adapted & Directed by Tom Zohar
Featuring
Megan Carmitchel
Lauren King Thompson
Wendy Maples
Amanda Sitton
Shana Wride
Bryan Banville
Andrew Oswald
Brian Mackey
Monday, July 1st @ 7PM
at Tenth Avenue Arts Center
930 Tenth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
(where the 163 South turns into Tenth Avenue)
Tickets $15 – $30
Past UNLEASHED Events
Cut loose with us throughout the year at our one-night-only Backyard Renaissance UNLEASHED events. Just remember to leave the leash at home. You won’t need it where you’ll be going…
Backyard Renaissance Unleashed presents…
ONE NIGHT ONLY: An All Star Staged Reading of
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
Adapted & Directed by Tom Zohar
Starring
Bryan & Katie Banville
Featuring
John DeCarlo, Jessica John,Wendy Maples & Omri Schein
Monday, Mar. 4th @ 7PM
at Tenth Avenue Arts Center
930 Tenth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
(where the 163 South turns into Tenth Avenue)
Tickets $15 – $30
Cut loose with us throughout the year at our one-night-only Backyard Renaissance UNLEASHED events. Just remember to leave the leash at home. You won’t need it where you’ll be going…
A Staged Reading of
THE DARK HEART OF DOOLEY STEVENS by Francis Gercke
Directed by Hannah Meade
Featuring JESSICA JOHN & MJ SIEBER
Monday November 27th at 7:00pm
A Second Story from the Mind of Francis Gercke
In a barren desert in the spooky Southwest, Dooley Stevens sets out on a quest to rescue his long-time love – Cindy Blank – from a lifetime of poor decisions. There’s only one problem. Cindy isn’t in distress, she isn’t in need of rescue, and the only poor decision she ever made was Dooley.
“Gercke has said he based The October Night of Johnny Zero on an incident from his own childhood. If so, it’s hard to imagine what other wildly imaginative stories he’ll plumb from his past for his future plays.” — Pam Kragen, The San Diego Union Tribune
at Tenth Avenue Arts Center
930 Tenth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
(where the 163 South turns into Tenth Avenue)
Cut loose with us throughout the year at our one-night-only Backyard Renaissance UNLEASHED events. Just remember to leave the leash at home. You won’t need it where you’ll be going…
A Staged Reading of MISERY by William Goldman
Based on the Novel by Stephen King
Directed by Kate Rose Reynolds
Featuring Francis Gercke & Shana Wride and Featuring Anthony Hamm and Tom Zohar
Sunday September 10th at 8:00pm
at Tenth Avenue Arts Center
930 Tenth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
(where the 163 South turns into Tenth Avenue)
Cut loose with us throughout the year at our one-night-only Backyard Renaissance UNLEASHED events. Just remember to leave the leash at home. You won’t need it where you’ll be going…
Performing LIVE November 18 — December 11, 2021
WITCHLAND by Tim Mulligan
Directed by Andrew Oswald
WHAT’S WITCHLAND ABOUT?
Equal parts horror, comedy, and cautionary fable.
Leave your troubles behind and laugh in terror as you enter the immersive world of…WITCHLAND.
When gay couple Jared and Van pull up stakes in Seattle, WA, and move with their daughter to the small town of Richland, WA, it’s difficult to know what’s real and what’s illusion. Is it a nagging cough or radiation poisoning? Is it small town charm or the local lore come to life? Is it an alcohol-induced delusion or is the neighbor next door really a sorceress of the dark arts?
Pssst!….What if we told you that elements of this story are true?
The story of Witchland is based upon the author’s experiences growing up in Richland, a small town in Eastern Washington — deemed “the most toxic place in the Western Hemisphere.” A witch, a mysterious reappearing pile of sticks, a baby graveyard, and an illness plaguing the entire town are only a few of the eerie truths revealed in this one-of-a-kind world premiere.
Fright Coordinator & Haunt Specialist Jeffrey Neitzel
Lighting Designer Lorrena Harvey
Scene/Prop Designer Tony Cucuzzella
Costume Designer Faith A. James
Sound Designer George Ye
Stage Manager Anna Younce
Assistant Stage Manager Dylan Napieralski
at Tenth Avenue Arts Center
930 Tenth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
(where the 163 South turns into Tenth Avenue)
TOXIC AVENGER CHRISTMAS CHAOS
November 25, 2019 at Tenth Avenue Arts Center
@ 7:30pm
LIVE LIP SYNC FACE-OFF 3
April 1, 2019 at Moxie Theatre
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
Camp B-Movie Staged Reading
Wednesday September 12th @ 7:30pm
ONE NIGHT ONLY
Featuring Melinda Gilb & Shana Wride
Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre
2910 La Jolla Village Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? was a smash hit when it was released in 1962. It earned five Academy Award nominations and was responsible for revitalizing the careers of two of Hollywood’s most famous and accomplished actresses, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Both Academy Award winners, the movie work for Davis and Crawford had dried up since they had reached a certain age. The success of the film led each to a busy second phase of their careers in mostly B movies which kept them working and in the public eye until their deaths.
The pairing of legendary actresses Bette Davis and Joan Crawford captured the public’s imagination before the film was even released. Rumor had it that they had always been bitter competitive rivals, much like the Hudson sisters in the story, and everyone wanted to see how much fur would fly in the completed film.
The success of the film inspired a new sub-genre of horror some have referred to as the grand dame horror film.
(Based on the overwhelming popularity of the staged readings
of the BYR’s Camp B-Movie SHOWGIRLS, MOMMIE DEAREST, and TROLL 2)
STARRING:
MELINDA GILB as former child star Baby Jane & SHANA WRIDE as her sister Blanche
ALSO FEATURING:
PHIL JOHNSON as eccentric and cash-strapped Edwin Flagg
(Adapted by Anthony Methvin & Tom Zohar)
HOSTED BY: Anthony Methvin
THE SAVOYARD MURDERS
by OMRI SCHEIN
Tuesday September 4th @ 8:00pm
ONE NIGHT ONLY
Featuring Richard Baird, Francis Gercke, Jessica John, Phil Johnson, Brian Mackey, David McBean, and Shana Wride
Tuesday September 4, 2018 @8pm
Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre
2910 La Jolla Village Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
Savoyard (n. Sa·voy·ard \ sə-ˈvȯi-ˌärd \)
a devotee of the comic operas of W. S. Gilbert and A. S. Sullivan
Murders (n. mur·ders \ ˈmər-dərs \)
the crimes of unlawfully killing people especially with malice aforethought
It’s time for fans of Gilbert & Sullivan to face the bloody music!
Tiberius Spriggs, Gilbert and Sullivan historian and aficionado, throws the most delightful tea parties. Muffins! Salmon sandwiches!
And murder.
Which one of his motley guests is ruthlessly bumping off random British subjects in the style of England’s most notorious creators of comic operas? And will the punishment fit the crime?
Put on your savoyard caps and find out!
LIVE LIP SYNC FACE-OFF 2
HOSTED by ANTHONY METHVIN
Monday June 11th @ 7pm
We can’t stand the antisyncopation….
Our favorite San Diego theatre artists compete head to head and sync or sink as they present live lip sync performances.
Your applause determines the winner.
Passion, music, and creativity collide in one of the most unpredictable and entertaining nights you’ll ever spend in an audience. Don’t miss your opportunity to help crown San Diego’s next Lip Sync Face-Off Champion!
BACKYARD RENAISSANCE UNLEASHED EVENT INCLUDES:
Live LipSync 2 Performances!
Available food and adult beverages!
Opportunity Drawings!
Surprises!
MERRY MUSICAL MAD LIBS: CHRISTMAS UNBLEEPED!
Monday, December 4th, 2017 – 7pm
(Your Favorite Childhood Fill-In-The-Blank Game, All Grown Up!)
BACKYARD RENAISSANCE THEATRE wants to ______ you to some of San Diego’s most _____ musical-theatre _____s, performing Broadway tunes with a _______ twist!
(Go on. Fill in the blanks. We’re all friends here.)
RATED: R (for strong language)
A night of great laughs, great singing and a few words you may have to look up later.
Featuring a top-notch list of San Diego favorite musical theatre actors, performing the songs you love…in a way we guarantee you’ve never heard them before!
STARRING:
HOSTED BY: Anthony Methvin
MUSIC DIRECTOR: Derrick James
MOMMIE DEAREST – BAD MOVIE NIGHT STAGED READING
Monday, September 18th, 2017 – 7pm
See MOMMIE DEAREST like you’ve never seen it before while supporting one of San Diego’s newest theatre companies!
Backyard Renaissance Theatre Company’s LIVE Staged-Reading features a top-notch list of San Diego’s favorite theatre actors!
RATED: R (for strong language and situations)
STARRING:
David McBean,
Jacque Wilke,
and Shana Wride
ADAPTED & DIRECTED BY: Anthony Methvin
INCLUDES:
Staged Reading of MOMMIE DEAREST!
Available food and adult beverages!
Opportunity Drawings!
Surprises!
LIVE LIP SYNC FACE-OFF
Monday, August 14th, 2017 – 7pm
(Watch your favorite performers sing their faces off.)
The Battle Begins..
Only one person can take home the trophy and how they win it, is up to them… Costumes, lip sync skills, song choice and creativity all take part in making one the FACE OFF CHAMP!
Featuring a top-notch list of San Diego theatre artists, performing the songs you love…in a way we guarantee you’ve never heard them before!
SHOWGIRLS
February 27th, 2017 at 7pm
Paul Verhoeven’s 1995 stripper fiasco, SHOWGIRLS, is almost equally reviled as an over-the-top, camp, trash-film as it is celebrated as a legitimate, cult-following masterpiece.
Satire or not, sharp social critique or campy exploitation film (and who’s to say it can’t be both?), SHOWGIRLS is a kitschy onslaught of full-blown mayhem and a bizarro spectacle to behold.
