MISF Shorts: Saturday, October 10, 2020
1:30 – 2:45pm PT
California Dreamin’
Written and Performed by Roberta D’Alois
Directed by Amanda Lee
San Francisco, CA, USA
California Dreamin’ is a solo show, a standalone excerpt from a longer work. Roberta chronicles her escape to California from a dreary East Coast winter, and her involvement with another “outsider,” Colin. They bond over their love of Prince and their shared fashion sense. But their Halloween party goes awry and Roberta finds herself without her favorite pair of shoes. Suitable for Mature Audiences.
About the Artist
Roberta D’Alois is a writer and performer and is the Artistic Director of Jump! Theatre, whose mission is to present theater based on authentic stories of mental illness. Roberta has a B.A. with honors in Theatre from Brandeis and an M.F.A in Playwriting from San Francisco State, where she also teaches. Her work has been featured at the Exit, Impact Theatre, and at the Kennedy Center in DC. As an artist-activist, Roberta was chosen as a Yerba Buena Center Fellow, where she worked with 30 other artists and change makers to investigate the concept of citizenship. www.robertadalois.com
As recommended by the performer
Age recommendation: 18+
Trigger Warnings: Some mentions of sex
Run time: 12 minutes