THEATRE + COMEDY

Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company and Obsidian Art Space present Museum of Dysfunction IV: a SHOWCASE OF SHORTS written by new writers from all over the world and directed and produced by the talented members of Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company!

This year’s shorts focus on the agony of love, and the roller coaster that is the human relationship. We have chosen the best of the best from over 200 submissions this year!

Playwrights include writers from Milwauke, Oregon, Texas, New York, California, Ohio, Illinois,Arizona and Michigan. There are two alternating groups of plays, so you can come twice and see two different shows!

WHEN: Dec 1,3,9 (Group 1) and Dec 2,8 10 (Group 2) with a mixture of both groups on Monday, Dec 5, 2011. All shows at 8pm.

WHERE: Obsidian Art Space, 3522 White Oak Drive, 77009 (in the Heights)

COST: Pay as you can!

TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SHOWS! SEE THEM BOTH!

GROUP 1: (Dec 1,3,9)

“The Boy” (Peter Wittenberg), “Letter to an Ex” (Joe Wozny), “Us and Them” (Gregory Bonsignore), “You are My Sunshine” (Kolean Gudalj), “Cycles of the Moon” (Jae Kramisen), “Rent a Man” (Alvaro Rios), “All Fall Down” (Lily Mercer), “Stoned Apples” (James McLindon), “Obsession” (Eric James)

GROUP 2: (Dec 2,8,10)

“Golden Mareena” (Asher Wyndham), “Cloud Cover” (Alexander Maggio), “What’s Wrong With Me” (Francesca Sanders); “The Sum of Your Experience” (Trace Crawford), “Nice Girls” (Brian Daniel Oglesby), “Unendurable Story” (Gabriela Maya), “Little Things” (Audra Lord), “The Fine Game of Nil” (Julian Brashears), “Oedipus: The Prequel” (Matt Fotis), “Crap” (Elizabeth Seabolt-Esparza)

SPECIAL COMBO OF THE PLAYS ON DECEMBER 5 (Monday)

(“The Boy”, “All Fall Down”, “Rent a Man”, “Little Things”, “Oedipus”, “Stoned Apples”, “ Nice Girls”, “Unedurable Story” and maybe “You are My Sunshine”

Some adult situations and language. PG 13.