The Strand Theater Company presents The Baltimore Playwrights Festival selection
“Saving Myself for Steve Martin” by Ann V. Wixon
BALTIMORE – July 22, 2015. The Strand Theater Company takes part in the renown Baltimore Playwrights Festival, currently in its 34th season, to present a premiere production of I Am Saving Myself for Steve Martin, by Ann V. Wixon. Divorced, forty-five, and facing an uncertain future, Eve attends her first SWASS (Single Women Actively Seeking Sex) meeting. After all, how hard can it be for a divorced woman to get laid by a guy that’s not a schmuck? It turns out not so easy. Will our hero get lucky? Or will she have to save herself for Steve Martin? Directed by Miriam Bazensky. Performed by Karin Rosnizeck.
The production will run Thursdays through Saturdays, July 23 through August 8 at 8pm (no show on August 1st), and Sundays July 26th and August 2nd at 2pm. Location - Church & Company - 3647 Falls Road Baltimore, MD 21211. Tickets are $15, $12 for Seniors, $10 for Students and Artists, and can be purchased at www.strand-theater.org.
About the Playwright
Ann V. Wixon is a native Washingtonian. She is a copywriter and playwright. "Saving Myself for Steve Martin" was selected by Kitchen Dog Theater in association with The National New Play Network as 'one of the newest, most exciting voices and visions of the American theater,' and received a staged reading as part of the Festival. She was Playwright in Residence for American Ensemble Theater (July 2010-July 2011) where the play also received a staged reading. Ann is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America.
About the Baltimore Playwrights Festival
The Baltimore Playwrights Festival is in its 34th season of showcasing plays by Maryland and Washington, DC authors, and has presented over 250 productions by 160 playwrights at 20 different theaters. Each fall there are public readings of plays that have been reviewed by a group of independent readers, and a select few are chosen for the next summer’s Baltimore Playwrights Festival. Local theaters host these productions in their final form, after authors have fine tuned the plays in a collaborative process with directors and actors. Further information can be found at www.baltplayfest.org.
About the Strand
The Strand Theater Company champions challenging and provocative theater that especially celebrates women’s diverse voices and perspectives while bringing together the creative talents of both women and men as artists, technicians, and administrators. We invite patrons to experience some of the region’s best contemporary and reinterpreted works for the stage in our intimate midtown theater.
Since launching in 2008, the Strand has presented 24 full-length plays, including ten World Premieres; offered 75% of the artistic positions on its productions—as playwrights, directors, designers, stage managers, and actors—to women; provided affordable theater space to many organizations and independent artists; and played an integral role in the revitalization of the Station North Arts & Entertainment District.
In August 2011, the Strand was honored as one of Baltimore magazine’s “Top 5 Baltimore Theaters,” along with CENTERSTAGE, Everyman, the Hippodrome, and Single Carrot. To learn more about the Strand Theater Company, visit www.strand-theater.org.
SHOW DETAILS
Saving Myself for Steve Martin
By Ann V. Wixon
Directed by Miriam Bazensky. Performed by Karin Rosnizeck.
July 23 – August 8, 2015
Thursdays - Saturdays at 8pm (no show on August 1st)
Sundays, July 26, August 2nd at 2pm
Church & Company - 3647 Falls Road Baltimore, MD 21211
Tickets are $15 for Adults, $10 for Seniors, Students and Artists, and can be purchased online through www.strand-theater.org
Press Packets:
Complimentary press passes are available for the opening weekend performances on July 23-26. Please contact Elena Kostakis at [email protected] to reserve your tickets and press packets. Thank you!
