Cakewalk

Presented by Main Street Theater at Main Street Theater - Rice Village

October 29-November 27, 2011

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Main Street Theater launches its 2nd world premiere of the season with Cakewalk, a funny, poignant tour-de-force for two actresses that charts the mother/daughter experience with great humor and dignity (and the proper amount of disrespect!). With previews Oct. 29, 30 and Nov. 2, Cakewalk opens Nov. 3 and runs through Nov. 27 at Main Street Theater – Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd.

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Main Street Theater launches its 2nd world premiere of the season with Cakewalk, a funny, poignant tour-de-force for two actresses that charts the mother/daughter experience with great humor and dignity (and the proper amount of disrespect!). With previews Oct. 29, 30 and Nov. 2, Cakewalk opens Nov. 3 and runs through Nov. 27 at Main Street Theater – Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd.

American-born Bershala (Barrie) wants to tell the story of her relationship with her mother, Sprintze, a Holocaust survivor, but Sprintze has her own ideas about how the story should unfold. Inveterate storytellers both, these two strong, passionate women take us on a ten-year journey of transformation – from refugee to homemaker, from Believer to skeptic (and back again), from daughter to mother, from care-giver to care-receiver.

About Playwright Nalsey Tinberg
Nalsey Tinberg has written four full length plays, a one-act play, and various ten minute plays. Christmas Babies was produced at Laurelgrove Theater in Studio City, California in 2002 and was also read as part of The NY Chapter of the National Television Academy play reading series, NYC, in 2004. Renamed Cakewalk, this play was read at the Manhattan Theatre in 2005. Cakewalk was also named a second place winner in the Eighth National Readers Theatre Playwrighting Competition of The Open Book in 2006.

Other works include Bearing Witness (produced at Stella Adler Theatre in Los Angeles, 1998), Musical Chairs (produced at the Stella Adler Theatre in LA, 2004), and A Teachable Moment (New Play Reading Series, 2010; New Works Festival, Theatre West, 2011; Three Roses Players Reading, 2011).

Ms. Tinberg is a member of Dramatists Guild of America, Association of Los Angeles Playwrights, Women in Theater (Los Angeles), Theatre West, and a Playwright Member of the Association for Jewish Theatre (AJT). Ms. Tinberg is a professor at Occidental College in Los Angeles.

Steve Garfinkel directs Cakewalk. Mr. Garfinkel has directed numerous productions for MST including last season’s regional premiere of This and both productions of The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Lisa Thomas Morrison returns to play Barrie after playing Ruth in last season’s production of Blithe Spirit. Luisa Amaral-Smith has been in multiple MST productions including A Catered Affair, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Awake and Sing!, and more.

The design team includes Adam Thornton (set design), Carrie Cavins (lighting design), Janel J. Badrina (sound design), Rebecca Greene Udden (costume design), and Pamela Miltenberger (properties design and set dressing). Rob Babbitt is the production stage manager.

Post-show Discussion with the Playwright
Following the performance on Saturday, November 5 there will be a discussion with playwright Nalsey Tinberg about the play and her work.

Recommended for mature audiences. Children under the age of 5 are not allowed in the theater.

Photo credit: Lisa Thomas Morrison as Barrie and Luisa Amaral-Smith as Ma. Photo by RicOrnelProductions.com.

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Main Street Theater - Rice Village

2540 Times Blvd.
Houston, TX 77005

Full map and directions

Tickets:

Tickets range from $26 - $40 (Previews are $10), depending on date and section, and are on sale in person at the Main Street Theater Box Office, 2540 Times Blvd., via phone at 713.524.6706, or online at MainStreetTheater.com.

Times:

Previews
October 29 at 8:00pm
October 30 at 3:00pm
November 2 at 7:30pm

Performances
November 3 - 27, 2011

Wednesday (preview) - 7:30pm
Thursdays - 7:30pm
Fridays and Saturdays - 8:00pm
Sundays - 3:00pm

Post-show Discussion with the Playwright
Following the performance on Saturday, November 5 there will be a discussion with playwright Nalsey Tinberg about the play and her work.

Phone: (713) 524-6706

Parking: Parking in the Village can be difficult, especially for Sunday Matinees. MST recommends that you arrive at least 20 minutes early to allow time to park and get to the theater. Remember, there is no late seating once the show starts.

Limited off street parking is available directly in front of the Rice Village Theater, and there is street parking all through out the village. Parallel parking can also be found on the east side of Kirby.

When the weather is nice, you might chose to park in the Village parking garage. The closest entrance can be found at Kelvin and Amherst, one block east and one block south of the Theater. There may be a nominal fee, but parking is free should you choose to dine at one of the Village Arcade eateries before the show.

We do ask that you be respectful of our neighbors and not park in any off street parking that is in front of open businesses. What's more, because of the nature of Village parking, many businesses will enforce towing.

The best way to beat the parking blues is to come early, find a convenient place near the theater and walk to a Village eatery for dinner or brunch!

From Southwest Houston (Sugar Land Area)
Take 59 North, pass the 610 Loop, and exit Kirby (just after The Compaq Center). Turn right onto Kirby. Cross Bissonnet and Sunset. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).

From North Houston (The Woodlands/Downtown)
Take 45 South to 59 South and exit Kirby (if you see The Compaq Center, you've gone too far). Turn left onto Kirby. Cross Bissonnet and Sunset. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).

From Southeast Houston (Clear Lake/Galveston)
Take 45 North to 59 South and exit Kirby (if you see The Compaq Center, you've gone too far). Turn left onto Kirby. Cross Bissonnet and Sunset. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).

From I-10 coming from the West (Katy)
Take 610 Loop South to 59 North and exit Kirby (just after The Compaq Center). Turn right onto Kirby. Cross Bissonnet and Sunset. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).

From I-10 coming from the East (Beaumont)
Take 59 South and exit Kirby (if you see The Compaq Center, you've gone too far). Turn left onto Kirby. Cross Bissonnet and Sunset. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).

From Main Street Theater at Chelsea Market
Turn left onto Montrose. Make a right on Bissonnet. Pass Shepard and Greenbriar. Turn left onto Kirby. Pass Sunset Blvd. When you reach Rice Blvd., go one more block to Times Blvd. (there's no traffic light). Turn left onto Times. MST is the third business on the left (next to Ovations).