"BRINGING THE SOUTHERN EXPERIENCE
TO THE BAY AREA,
ONE HUSH PUPPY AT A TIME." 

                    

"FABULOUS ACTING, INTIMATE SETTING, DOWN HOME HOSPITALITY"

 

 

 

 

 

4.5 OUT OF 5 stars

 

 

-SF GATE 

 

 

 

 Pre-show in NYC. 
Co-producer's Diana Brown and Susan Jackson
 on their way to the Producer's Club

We're pleased that our play was so well received in New York City. While we did not win the competition, we are thrilled to have been invited and for the Southern Railroad Theatre Company to have had such a solid NYC, debut!!

To be among the 5 finalist was an honor, indeed!!

 

The wonderful team of the Altruistic Theatre Company welcomed us and the audience roared with applause and approval for the acting and the writing in Jackson’s

 TENDING TO OTHER THINGS!

We met many other wonderful theatre makers and hope to bring the

Altruistic Company to San Francisco for a collaboration.

 

We plan to have a celebration for this wonderful experience in the late summer. A party to thank all those who helped us get to NYC this weekend. We will present TENDING TO OTHER THINGS featuring Co-producers Diana Brown and Susan Jackson, direction by Ann Thomas. We’ll also as we’ll also present a preview from our upcoming San Francisco show ROCKET’S RED GLARE: The Holiday Story, scheduled for December 2013.

 

New York City, we love you and have plans to submit for more festivals next year!

 

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all of our

Collaborators, Supporters, Family and Friends.

 

 

 "BRINGING THE SOUTHERN EXPERIENCE
TO THE BAY AREA,
ONE HUSH PUPPY AT A TIME."

 

                    

"FABULOUS ACTING, INTIMATE SETTING, DOWN HOME HOSPITALITY"

 

 

 

 

 

4.5 OUT OF 5 stars

 

 

-SF GATE 

 

News!!! News!!! News!!!:

 

Headin' up North!

We've been invited to New York City

to represent Southern Railroad Theatre Company

and the Bay Area in a high-stakes, theatrical Cage Match!

Altruistic Theatre Company's

BARE KNUCKLE THEATRE FESTIVAL! 

 

TICKETS

 

 

Under the direction of Ann Thomas, co-producers

Susan Jackson and Diana Brown will present

the world premiere of Susan Jackson's new short play

 

TENDING TO OTHER THINGS

 

in

 

Altruistic Theatre Company's

 

BARE KNUCKLE THEATRE FESTIVAL!

 

Friday, April 26, 2013 

@ 10 PM

5 Companies go in

One Emerges the Victor!!!

PRODUCER'S CLUB
358 West 44th St New York, NY 10036 at 9th Ave

212-315-4743

TICKETS:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/370300

Open 7 days a week

 

"BRINGING THE SOUTHERN EXPERIENCE
TO THE BAY AREA,
ONE HUSH PUPPY AT A TIME."

"FABULOUS ACTING, INTIMATE SETTING, 

DOWN HOME HOSPITALITY"

 
4.5 OUT OF 5 STARS

     -SF GATE 

News!!! News!!! News!!! News!!!:

 

Southern Railroad

Theatre Company

is proud to announce: 
 

Co-producer,

Susan Jackson's

new short play

TWO TO FIVE WITH

THREE SECONDS TO GO,

will receive it's

world premiere as one of nine
short plays featured in

SHEHEREZADE 13
 

 

Directed by

Laylah Muran

 In TWO TO FIVE WITH
THREE SECONDS TO GO,
the missed chance to ride a
heroic-win on the basketball-court
out of small town poverty twenty years ago 
brings old friends to the Stinky Raccoon Saloon.

April 12-27
Thur., Fri. & Sat.
@ 8 PM
Exit Theater
156 Eddy Street
San Francisco
 

BUY TICKETS HERE

 

SHEHEREZADE is produced by

Wily West Productions,

one of San Francisco's leading

independent theatre companies.
SHEHEREZADE is produced in association
with the Playwrights Center of
San Francisco.

HERE for more information

Enjoy this preview video from Wily West
HERE

"BRINGING THE SOUTHERN EXPERIENCE

TO THE BAY AREA,

ONE HUSH PUPPY AT A TIME."

"FABULOUS ACTING, INTIMATE SETTING, 

DOWN HOME HOSPITALITY"

4.5 OUT OF 5 STARS

     -SF GATE

You are invited to the Southern Railroad Theatre Company’s 

2013 New Year’s Open House.

Join us

for a night of New Year's Resolutions, 

with just a little taste-of-the-South. 

We are proud to present staged readings 

of new short plays from some 

of our favorite fellow theatre companies, 

performed by members of the Southern Railroad Theatre Company 

and invited guests!

The Plays:

RAZING IN MISSOURI
By Susan Jackson

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SANTA; 

A MINOR HORROR STORY 

By Douglass Rees 

FAMILY BUSINESS 

By Lee Brady 

RE-RESOLUTE 

By Ann Thomas 

BILL ROLL 

By Patricia Milton 

ONWARD AND OUTWARD 

By Laylah Muran deAssereto 

COAT OF GOLD 

by Susan Jackson 

HOLD PLEASE 

by Mercedes Segesvary

Our Directors: 

Wesley Cayabyab, Susan Jackson, Ann Kuchins, Jackie Peters, 

Mercedes Segesvary, Ann Thomas,

The Cast:

Diana Brown, Wesley Cayabyab, Robert Cooper, Susan Jackson,
Adrienne Krug, Ann Kuchins, Eric Nelson, Margo Sims, Ann Thomas

Production Manager: Stacy Marshall

When:

Monday, January 21, 2013 

8 PM 

Doors open at 7:30 

Where: 

Royce Gallery 

2901 Mariposa Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94110

Complimentary coffee, wine, snacks provided by Royce Gallery

TICKETS:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/316413

"BRINGING THE SOUTHERN EXPERIENCE

TO THE BAY AREA,

ONE HUSH PUPPY AT A TIME."

 

 

"Fabulous acting, intimate setting, down home hospitality"

4.5 OUT OF 5 STARS

     -SF GATE

 

In 2BEHOLDEN: Or Not 2B!, The Southern saga continues with the emancipation proclamation, ghosts, murder, bigamy, camouflage, and the wedding of the century.  As always, everyone's related by blood or marriage.

Directed by Stephen Drewes*, ***Ann Kuchins

Susan Jackson** and Ann Thomas

"Playwright Jackson zooms in on the perfect moment in a life to pinpoint and flesh out.”

-Tom W. Kelly, San Francisco Bay Times

*BATCC award--Director; **BATCC award-- Playwright; ***BATCC Award--Costumer

Individual 300 dpi images below, please scroll down.  For high resolution version of composite, please write to us at southernrailroadtheatrecompany@gmail.com 
Thank you!

2BEHOLDEN: Or Not 2B!

Featuring:

Diana Brown, Robert Cooper, Susan Jackson, 
Adrienne Krug, Ann Kuchins, 
Eric Nelson and Margo Sims

Production Manager: Stacy Marshall

Sound Design: Eric Nelson

Lighting Design: Brendan Aanes

Click here for tickets

The plays:

HEATHEN, part two

Margo Sims as Posey and Ann Kuchins as Bess
Photo by Stacy Marshall

In 1865, General Sherman's destructive march on the South bypassed the Camaan plantation. The courageous slave girl Posey wants to know why she wasn't freed. Her master, Doctor John Camaan, has arranged for her to have this meeting with his wife, Bess. 
Then, in 1929 a mature Posey relates the story to her grandson Malachi.

Featuring Ann Kuchins as Bess & Margo Sims as Posey

Directed by Susan Jackson

EYE TOOTH, part two

In part one, Jenny Safrit tracked down and murdered the waitress girlfriend of her ex-husband. Now, declared unfit to stand trail, she finds herself in a California State Mental Facility where she's haunted by the ghost of the woman whose life she took while forced to "share" in group. 

Featuring Diana Brown as Jenny, Susan Jackson as Jesse 

& Robert Cooper as Dr. Phillip Brevard

Directed by Ann Thomas

Diana Brown as Jenny and Robert Cooper as Dr. Brevard
Photo by Stacy Marshall

Susan Jackson as Jessie and Diana Brown as Jenny
Photo by Stacy Marshall

FOR I AM NOT BREAKING, part four

The setting, the airport lounge at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Marion Peallin, soon to be ex-wife of bigamist Judge Peallin, meets a stranger while waiting for the flight for her first trip to New York City.

Featuring Susan Jackson as Marion and Eric Nelson as Williams

Directed by Stephen Drewes

Susan Jackson as Marion and Eric Nelson as Williams 
Photo by Stacy Marshall

Susan Jackson as Marion and Eric Nelson as Williams 
Photo by Stacy Marshall

ROCKETS RED GLARE: Lacy's story

Lacy's survival journey from an abandoned three year old to a few days before the "wedding of the century".

Featuring Adrienne Krug as Lacy

Directed by Ann Thomas

Adrienne Krug as Lacy with PeterOtterMarryMe
Photo by Susan Jackson

ROCKETS RED GLARE: The Wedding

Talk around the Sonic Drive-In is all about the 

"Wedding of the Century". 

Eric Nelson as Salacious P. and Robert Cooper as Billy Barnett Wilmington, III
Photo by Susan Jackson

The folks in the town of Beaver Dam in Severinsville County, North Carolina, never thought they'd see the day that Salacious and Nandy would stop fighting long enough to actually get married, yet it seems that day has finally arrived.

Eric Nelson as Salacious P. and Diana Brown as Nandy Hollister
Photo by Susan Jackson

ROCKETS RED GLARE: THE WEDDING

Features Diana Brown as Nandy, Bob Cooper as Billy Barnett Wilmington,III, Susan Jackson as Peaches, Adrienne Krug as Lacy, Ann Kuchins as Reverend Rainbow, Eric Nelson as Salacious, Margo Sims as Tulita

Directed by Ann Kuchins

Margo Sims as "The" Tulita and Ann Kuchins as Reverend Rainbow
Photo by Susan Jackson

Adrienne Krug as Lacy with PeterOtterMarryMe and Eric Nelson as Salacious
Photo by Susan Jackson

Eric Nelson as Salacious P. and Diana Brown as Nandy Hollister
Photo by Susan Jackson

Adrienne Krug as Lacy with PleaseOtterMarryMe and Robert Cooper as Billy Barnett Wilmington, III
Photo by Susan Jackson

WHERE:

ROYCE GALLERY

2901 Mariposa Street between Alabama & Harrison

WHEN: (9 Performances Only) Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays

Thursday, September 13 (Preview), 20 & 27

Friday, September 14 (Preview), 21 & 28

Saturday, September 15 (Opening), 22 & 29

All shows at 8 PM (doors open @ 7:30 PM)

  Complimentary wine, coffee, water and snacks provided by Royce Gallery

 For tickets and information:

General Admission: $22.00

Students and Seniors: $15.00

Brown Paper Tickets:

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For more information call: 415-505-2151 or

write:  SouthernRailroadTheatreCompany@gmail.com

"Bringing the Southern experience

to the Bay Area,

one hush puppy at a time."

 

 

"Fabulous acting, intimate setting,
down home hospitality"

4.5 out of 5 Stars

     -SF Gate

 

 

4 MERCY: Friendly Fires

 

Four new short plays

written by Susan Jackson**  

Photo by Eric Nelson
Pictured: (l to r) Diana Brown as Rhonda, Susan Jackson as Beth and Adrienne Krug as Sylvie in ADOPT A HIGHWAY from 4 MERCY: Friendly Fires

Directed by Diana Brown, Stephen Drewes*,
Susan Jackson and Ann Thomas

"Playwright Jackson zooms in on the perfect moment in a life to pinpoint and flesh out.”

-Tom W. Kelly, San Francisco Bay Times

*BATCC award--Director; **BATCC award-- Playwright

After our sold-out run of 4GIVENESS: In a Family Way, the Southern Railroad Theatre Company returns to the Royce Gallery this September to present award winning playwright, Susan Jackson's latest additions to her Southern Universe, four new short plays united under the theme of Mercy.

             

 4 MERCY: Friendly Fires presents a new installment to our good ol' Southern soap opera, where everyone is related by blood or marriage, where dogs rule, where road trips and backyards reveal more than just weeds----and where mercy can be found.

The plays:

ROCKETS RED GLARE 2.5:

Crazy Lacy, Nandy, Peaches, and Salacious come together in a "cometojesusmercymeeting" to determine just who ends up with whom.

Directed by Stephen Drewes

ROCKETS RED GLARE 2.75

Salacious's soft side contrasts with his ambition as he prepares to pick up his bigamist Daddy.

Directed by Diana Brown

ADOPT A HIGHWAY:

 Three friends traveling three hours learn more than just three secrets; some are better left unspoken, especially when facing the law.

Directed by Ann Thomas

IN SITU:

Presents a different perspective on terminal illness, seen through the eyes of two friends; what price, friendship?
Directed by Ann Thomas

FOR I AM NOT BREAKING, part 3 (Mercy/Merci):

Socialite Marion Peallin, against her lawyer's advice, writes a letter to her soon-to-be-ex, bigamist husband; will he let her keep the one thing she wants?

Directed by Stephen Drewes

ROCKET’S RED GLARE 3.0

Nandy and Salacious, FORMER LOVERS, face-off with which opponent (Peaches or Salacious) deserves to be the next Mayor of Beaver Dam.

Directed by Susan Jackson

WHERE:

ROYCE GALLERY

2901 Mariposa Street @ Harrison

WHEN: (6 Performances Only) Thursday, Friday and Saturday

Thursday, September 8 & 15

Friday, September 9 & 16

Saturday, September 10 & 17

All shows at 8 PM (doors open @ 7:30 PM)

 

Complimentary wine, coffee, water and snacks provided by Royce Gallery

 For tickets and information:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/189417

Brown Paper Tickets 24/7 hotline: 1-800-838-3006          

 For more information call: 415-505-2151 or

write:  SouthernRailroadTheatreCompany@gmail.com

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