the PLAYWRITING FIRM is pleased to announce

the TWENTY-FIVE CENT OPERA
of SAN FRANCISCO
theater – performance – entertainments

last SUNDAY
every MONTH
7:00 pm  ~   $7 suggested donation
BARBES
376 9th St., Bkln

this month FEB 28
plays & texts from BROOKLYN & TOKYO
by landscape artist ERIN COURTNEY
theater architect YELENA GLUZMAN
& word construction worker KRISTEN KOSMAS

Please join us for this FIRST INSTALLMENT of new works
on one of Brooklyn’s tiniest & loveliest stages.

Erin Courtney Ms. Courtney’s plays have been produced by Clubbed Thumb (ALICE THE MAGNET, DEMON BABY), New York Stage and Film (QUIVER AND TWITCH), and The Flea (KASPAR HAUSER which she co-wrote with Elzabeth Swados). Her play BLACK CAT LOST was commissioned by Soho Rep. Ms. Courtney teaches playwriting at Brooklyn College and is a member of 13P.

Yelena Gluzman Since 1999, under the initiative called Science Project, Yelena Gluzman has created numerous performances and events, most recently, Worman (2009), Character Pieces (2008), and Steal Life (2008), all in Tokyo. Previous works (in NYC and elsewhere) have been performed at The Performing Garage, Theater for a New City, and the Old American Can Factory. Among others.

Kristen Kosmas is an American playwright and performer. Her plays and solo performances have been produced at theaters in Seattle, Austin, Boston, and Chicago, and in New York City at venues including PS 122, Prelude, Dixon Place, and the Ontological/Hysteric Downstairs Series. Her play Hello Failure was recently published by Ugly Duckling Presse. She is currently touring her multi-voice performance text, This From Cloudland, which appears in the current issue of PLAY A JOURNAL OF PLAYS.

The PLAYWRITING FIRM is Misha Shulman, LaShea Delaney, Benjamin Gassman, Kristen Kosmas, and Corina Copp.

All proceeds from the Twenty-Five Cent Opera of San Francisco go directly to artists.