September 2014
Southern Railroad Theatre Company
Presents
We are so proud! This month we performed
A RAZING IN MISSOURI
by Susan Jackson
at the
A RAZING IN MISSOURI
by Susan Jackson
at the
Eugene O'Neill Festival
as part of the sold out
as part of the sold out
Truth Lies and Illusions Showcase.
We performed along with many other
wonderful companies from the San Francisco Bay Area.
Including The Eugene O'Neill Foundation's
Studio Writer's workshop, Ragged Wing Ensemble
and Black Box Theater.
We performed along with many other
wonderful companies from the San Francisco Bay Area.
Including The Eugene O'Neill Foundation's
Studio Writer's workshop, Ragged Wing Ensemble
and Black Box Theater.
Many thanks to Eric Hayes and Barbara Kuklewicz
and the Eugene O'Neill Foundation
for kindly inviting us to be a part
of this wonderful day of theatre.
June 2014
"FABULOUS ACTING, INTIMATE SETTING,
DOWN HOME HOSPITALITY"
4.5 OUT OF 5 STARS
4.5 OUT OF 5 STARS
-SF GATE
An evening of staged reading of new works
about Independence and Freedom
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 with representatives from
Wily West, Expressions Productions,
Pacifica Table Readers, Playwrights Center of San Francisco,
Pear Avenue Writers Guild!
We've got thwarted love (is there any other kind?),
those awful machines at the airport, conspiracies,
book clubs, fireworks, and of course mid-life crisis,
something just a little French....it is Bastille Day, after all!
Performed by members of the Southern Railroad Theatre Company.
The plays:
STUCK ON LOVE by Ann Thomas
Directed by Jackie Peters
Featuring: Diana Brown, Robert Cooper, Susan Jackson
& Eric Nelson
INDEPENDENCE DAY by Rhea MacCallum
Directed by Ann Thomas
Featuring: Diana Brown & Susan Jackson
INCOMING by Earl Roske
Directed by Laylah Muran de Assereto
Featuring: Diana Brown and Eric Nelson
A LIPSTICK CALLED PROTAGONIST by JP Snodgress
Directed by Diana Brown
Featuring: Ann Thomas
SWING SET by Susan Jackson
Directed by Jackie Peters
Featuring: Diana Brown, Robert Cooper, Susan Jackson,
Eric Nelson & Ann Thomas
TENDING TO OTHER THINGS by Susan Jackson
Featuring: Diana Brown and Susan Jackson
TENDING TO OTHER THINGS was the play we took to New York City in 2013. It will be
performed as part of our thanks to those who contributed to our campaign.
When: Monday, July 14 @ 8:00 PM
(Doors open and 7:30)
Where: Royce Gallery
December 2013
Southern Railroad Theatre Company
returns this December with the World Premiere
of Susan Jackson's new holiday play
It's just six weeks till Christmas and
It's just six weeks till Christmas and
the presentation of the annual Beaver Dam living nativity.
Usually the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary
goes to the Pastor's daughter but she's run off to California!
Now, the much coveted role is up for grabs
and for Peaches Nasterson, Amanda Haley Lynn Hollister,
and Crazy Lacy---the competition is fierce.
Join Peaches, Nandy, Lacy, Salacious Peterman,
Billy Barnett Wilmington the Third, and The Tulita,
as they face the challenges at hand.
Choices must be made:
Who will be the Virgin Mary?
Who will be the Baby Jesus? And will the fly metaphors
be enough to secure life-long friendships?
The Company:
Diana Brown, Robert Cooper,
Susan Jackson, Adrienne Krug,
Stacy Marshall, Eric Nelson,
Margo Sims and
Ann Thomas
When:
December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13,14
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM
Where:
Royce Gallery
2901 Mariposa Street
(between Harrison and Alabama streets)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Complimentary coffee, wine, snacks provided by Royce GalleryTickets:
April 2013
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!
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
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
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| Pre-show in NYC. Co-producer's Diana Brown and Susan Jackson on their way to the Producer's Club |
January 2013
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!
September 2012
September 2011
4 MERCY: Friendly Fires
FOUR NEW SHORT PLAYS
WRITTEN BY SUSAN JACKSON**
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| Photo by Eric Nelson Pictured: (l to r) Diana Brown as Rhonda, Susan Jackson as Bethand Adrienne Krug as Sylvie in ADOPT A HIGHWAY from 4 MERCY: Friendly Fires |
Directed by Diana Brown, Stephen Drewes*,
Susan Jackson and Ann Thomas
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
ADOPT A HIGHWAY:
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 BrownADOPT 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
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)
June 2011
4GIVENESS: In a Family Way
Four new short plays
written by Susan Jackson**
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| Photo by Stacy Marshall Pictured: Diana Brown as Nandy, "Rocky", Susan Jackson as Peaches in ROCKETS RED GLARE part one |
Directed by
Stephen Drewes*, Susan Jackson and
Ann Thomas
Featuring:
Diana Brown, Susan Jackson, Adrienne Krug, Eric Nelson and Margo Sims
Diana Brown, Susan Jackson, Adrienne Krug, Eric Nelson and Margo Sims
"Playwright Jackson zooms in on the perfect moment in a life
to pinpoint and flesh out.”
to pinpoint and flesh out.”
-Tom W. Kelly, San Francisco Bay Times
The Southern Railroad Theatre Company returns to the Royce Gallery this June to present award winning playwright, Susan Jackson's latest additions to her Southern Universe. Four new short plays united under the title and theme of forgiveness.
*BATCC award--Director; **BATCC award-- Playwright
4GIVENESS: In a Family Way-- is a Good ol' Southern soap opera, where everyone is related by blood or marriage, where dogs rule, where the Sonic Drive-In is the place to be----and where forgiveness can be found.
4GIVENESS: In a Family Way-- is a Good ol' Southern soap opera, where everyone is related by blood or marriage, where dogs rule, where the Sonic Drive-In is the place to be----
and where forgiveness can be found.
ROCKETS RED GLARE (Parts 1.0, 1.5 & 2.0):
Southern gothic meets healthy cuisine as Nandy (Diana Brown), Peaches (Susan Jackson), Crazy Lacy (Adrienne Krug) and Salacious P. (Eric Nelson) negotiate the course of love at the Sonic Drive-In, with red trucks, tofu, the truth behind what's in a name and How to Become a Lord and Lady over the internet.
Part 1.0 directed by Stephen Drewes, Parts 1.5 and 2.0 directed by Susan Jackson
HEATHEN:
1864, General Sherman is burning down the South, and Posey (Margo Sims)--the slave of Dr. John Camaan (Eric Nelson)-- offers to fight off "the devil hisself" to help her master. What she doesn't know is that things have changed in the South, and nobody bothered to tell her. Jump to 1929: Posey confesses the truth, just as Wall Street crumbles.
Directed by Susan Jackson
FOR I AM NOT BREAKING (Part One):
Two Southern matrons (Susan Jackson and Adrienne Krug), with opposing political views, share their weekly coffee; they discover one of them has been withholding information that just might end their lifelong friendship.
Directed by Ann Thomas
FOR I AM NOT BREAKING (Part Two):
Marion Peallin (Susan Jackson) receives a phone call where she can finally speak her mind and her heart to her adulterous husband. (Mrs. Peallin was considered “too controversial” in the 2009 SF FRINGE.)
Directed by Stephen Drewes
EYE TOOTH:
(Diana Brown, Adrienne Krug, Susan Jackson) Revenge might be behind Jenny's serendipitous visit to a Diner; but who will be the victim of her anger; the waitress, the vegan, or the ex?
Directed by Ann Thomas
WHERE:
ROYCE GALLERY
2901 Mariposa Street @ Harrison
WHEN: (6 Performances Only, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
June 16, 17*, and 18**
23, 24 and 25
June 16, 17*, and 18**
23, 24 and 25
(All shows at 8:00 PM,
doors open @ 7:30 PM)
doors open @ 7:30 PM)
*Friday June 17th performance,
all proceeds to benefitted tornado relief
through the MCC in Joplin,MO.
(See Tornado Relief page)
all proceeds to benefitted tornado relief
through the MCC in Joplin,MO.
(See Tornado Relief page)
**Saturday June 18 performance included
A post show set with the
Country, Rockabilly and Bluegrass band
BACK40
June 2010
BLESSINGS
by Susan Jackson
Three solos: Blessing Her Heart, Blessed Ruby and Biss Ya!
One duet: Blest Be The Tie That Binds
One duet: Blest Be The Tie That Binds
The South will rise again! Southern Belles rise to the occasion with humor, self-deprecation, insight and delight as only women raised in the South can. Racially charged character studies challenge perceptions yet evoke sympathy for even the Southern-most renegade; exposing the heart of these women as they face cataclysmic moments with compassion, and inevitably, honor. With our legacy of the confederacy, not everything is black and white amidst the shades of gray.
Winner of the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for best original play, BLESSSING HER HEART finds Red (Diana Brown, nominated for best actress-BATCC), visiting her mother’s gravesite to speak the inevitable truth that a daughter, whose time has come, must reveal to a parent.
BLESSED RUBY Ruby (Adrienne Krug) is an ancient survivor from a more civilized time. A bit of a rebel, her Southern gentility does not camouflage her progressive opinions about Marion Anderson, or her slightly risqué memories of a life-long love affair with her concert pianist.
Deemed politically incorrect at the 2009 San Francisco Fringe Festival,
BISS YA! exposes Mrs. Peallin’s (Susan Jackson) take on Asian recyclers at just the beginning of her comprehension of how the world around her has changed.
Finally, BLEST BE THE TIE THAT BINDS, (Margo Sims as Basil, Diana Brown as Sarah) finds an African American caregiver (Basil) with conflicting religious and political views going to battle with a Bay Area professional (Sarah) facing sexual and racial identity issues—debating over the best care for Sarah’s aging mother. (Adrienne Krug)
September 2009
BLESSING HER HEART:
Blessing Her Heart
Blessed Ruby and Biss Ya!
Three solos
by Susan Jackson
at the 2009 San Francisco Fringe
"Voted among top ten favorites shows at the Fringe"
November 2008
BLESSING HER HEART
A solo
by Susan Jackson
at Fringe of Marin, fall 2008
This was the world premiere of Jackson's solo piece BLESSING HER HEART. BLESSING HER HEART received Best Play, Best Director and Best Actress nominations at the Festival winning Best Director and Best Actress awards and going on to receive Bay Area Theatre Critic Circle Award* nominations for Best Director, Best Solo Performance and Best New Work, winning Jackson the BATCC* award for Best New Work.
