Benefit: Theatre Rhino Benefit Gala Starring Carol Channing September 6, 2008 Tony winner Carol Channing celebrates Theatre Rhino’s 31st anniversary as America’s longest-running gay theater with a set of her incomparable songs. Food, cocktails, silent auction, and a performance from the original Rhino cast of “Up Jumped Springtime.” September 23, 2008 - 6pm Levende Lounge, 1710 Mission St., San Francisco, California $100 Information: 415-861-5079

Donate: Lambda Players Seeks Support September 3, 2008 From the Lambda Players Board of Directors: As we begin our 20th season we find ourselves in a financial hardship. In order for Lambda Theater to survive, sponsors and donors are needed. Without continued monetary support the theater will have no alternative but to close our doors. Donations:     lambdaplayers.com/donations.htm Sponsors:     lambdaplayers.com/sponsors.htm Checks:     Lambda Players, 1028 R Street Sacramento, CA 95811 Tickets for the 20th Season shows:     www.ticketturtle.com/index.php?subscription=lpt We appreciate the support we have received and look forward to bringing you exceptional theater performances for years to come. Thank you, Lambda Players Board of Directors board@lambdaplayers.com

Donated: Village Scene Productions raises $1,700 for charity August 26, 2008 Village Scene Productions announced that their “Bathhouse: the Musical” show raised $1,700 playing to sold-out houses. The critically acclaimed Canadian cast production performed nine times in Montreal at the Sky Cabaret, and once in Ottawa at the Bronson Center Theatre. Both runs were official events of the Montreal and Capital Pride 08 celebrations. $300 was sent to La Maison Plein Coeur, $300 to the Bronson Center, $400 to Capital Pride, and $700 to Bruce House. Village Scene Productions mounts the yearly Harvest: Montreal LGBT International Theatre Festival in October. Plans are underway to remount the hugely popular Bathhouse production for an extended Canadian tour in 2008-09. Info: Davyn Ryall info@villagescene.com

News: Jason Stuart Gets DVD Deal August 19, 2008 “Jason Stuart: Making it to the middle” will be released on DVD in November 2008. The show was filmed in the middle in the country, the middle of his career and the middle of his life. Because of the popularity of his first comedy stand-up special, Ariztical Entertainment has bought the rights to release it on DVD. Currently, Jason and Ciara Parsons co-host a radio show called “Sex.com Radio” on National Lampoon Comedy Network (XM #154), which airs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4pm. Jason has appeared on “Everybody Hates Chris” and “House, MD.” 2008 Roles: in the comedy “Ping Pong Playa” - September 2008 as Buck, a former club kid who is now a leather daddy and mentor to a young actor in the drama “One Degree;” - fall 2008 as Professor Kean in the coming-of-age drama “Casebook” as Father Reilly in the drama “Twisted faith” - on here! TV as the rudest waiter in the west in the comedy “Doesn’t Texas Ever End” as Nathan in “Family of Four” - already filmed in “Drop Dead Gorgeous” - already filmed as millionaire Dylan Clay in “San Saba” - already filmed For further information on Jason, see our article: Touring Performers

News: New Managing Artistic Director for Celebration Theatre July 17, 2008 Celebration Theatre announced that associate artistic director, Michael A. Shepperd will succeed Michael Matthews as new the managing artistic director of the 26-year old Los Angeles institution. Mr. Matthews will remain resident director of the theater, and devote his full-time attention to directing, including shows in Celebration’s upcoming season.

News: Stonewall Stories - a success story July 1, 2008 Report from David Gaard (who “felt honored to be part of such a project.”): Carol Polcovar’s play “Stonewall Stories” gave two sell-out performances at the New York LGBT Community Center during 2008 Gay Pride Week. The performances resulted in cheering audiences, a standing ovation that would not end, as well as raising more than $2,500 for Sylvia’s Place, a shelter for homeless LGBT and Questioning Teenagers, which is run by NYMCC’s Homeless Youth Services.

Donate: from Legion Arts - re Iowa floods June 19, 2008 The good news is that today we gained access to CSPS. We can now tell you that the upper floors, where Legion Arts is located, suffered very little damage from the flood. The building as a whole appears to be sound. The bad news? The ground-floor businesses of CSPS (the century-old, former Czech social hall near downtown Cedar Rapids) all of New Bohemia, and block after block in every direction, are an utter and heartbreaking disaster. We’ve been so encouraged by the messages of support we’ve received, from all around Iowa, across the U.S. and Canada, and as far away as Argentina, Italy and the Netherlands. Now we’re asking for your help. Here are three things you can do. GIVE: Support local artists. If you’re able, make a contribution to the Iowa Artist Relief Fund. You can donate online at legionarts.org, or send a check to Legion Arts, 1103 Third St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401. Mail is reaching us at this point, though in somewhat roundabout fashion. VOLUNTEER: We need to very quickly clean and disinfect the staircases at CSPS; remove all the carpet from the artist dressing rooms behind the stage; and empty and clean the lower level of the firehouse next door, which housed, among other things, a number of artworks by Mel Andringa. Cleaning will take place from roughly 8am to 7pm, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Maybe longer. It’s hot, dirty, not very pleasant work, but if you’re willing we could sure use your help. We ask that you call Mel (cell 389-6238), or John (721-8484) before coming by. We also strongly advise that you get a tetanus shot. We have masks and rubber gloves, but if you can bring your own rubber gloves and your own boots, that would be helpful. DOCUMENT: If you’re an artist — visual, performing, or other — who’s been impacted by the flooding, send us your name, city, email address and a brief description of what happened. We’re limited in the amount of help we can provide, but we’ll do what we can to attract resources and get them to the artists who need them. The more information we have, and the sooner, the better. We’re gonna get through this together. info@legionarts.org

Play: News Boy - Re-issued April 2008 A young man finds his orientation broadcast on the news because his parent (can be a woman or a man) is running for political office on an anti-gay platform. Beneath all the laughter is the genuine conflict between a loving parent and child who find their basic beliefs suddenly destroying their lifetime relationship. Equally a charming love story and political comedy, “News Boy” utilizes one set and a small, youthful cast. Besides being great fun to read, it offers a view of coming out in the late 70s. Arch Brown’s “News Boy” is a gay, political comedy, first published in the late 70s as one of the former JH Press gay play script series. Brown co-founded the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, which awards gay-themed historical literature. $9.95 paperback TnT Classic Books, 360 West 36 St. #2NW, New York, NY 10018-6412 Information on a price break for YAHOO group and Purple Circuit subscribers: tntclassics@aol.com

Award: Doric Wilson recipient of 2007 Artistic Achievement Award September 24, 2007 Doric Wilson received an Artistic Achievement Award from the New York Innovative Theater Awards (IT Awards) for significant artistic contribution to the Off-Off-Broadway community. Wilson, was one of the first resident playwrights at Caffe Cino, a Greenwich Village coffeehouse and theater space. According to playwright Robert Patrick, Wilson “established the Cino as a venue for new plays and materially contributed to the then-emerging concept of Off-Off Broadway.” Wilson became a pioneer of the alternative-theater movement, and later was a founding member of Circle Repertory Theater and the TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence) Theater Company, as well as TOSOS II. In 1994, Wilson won the first Robert Chesley Award for “Lifetime Achievement in Gay and Lesbian Playwrighting.” He has also recieved honors from The Villager and the Chambers-Blackwell Best Play citations for “Street Theater” (1982), the OOBR Award for “A Perfect Relationship” (2002-3), and a nomination of the Lambda Award for the revival of “And He Made a Her” (2007). The IT Awards are presented annually and were founded to honor excellence in Off-Off-Broadway Theatre and to help nuture the Off-Off-Broadway community. Note: Paperbacks of Doric’s “Street Theater,” “A Perfect Relationship,” and “Forever After” are available at discount prices to Purple Circuit readers. Put “buddy buddy” in subject line of an email to: tntclassics@aol.com

Awards: 19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards March 1, 2007 Finalists for DRAMA/THEATER “Questa” by Victor Bumbalo (Broadway Publishing Inc.) “Confessions of a Mormon Boy” by Steven Fales (Alyson) “1001 Beds” by Tim Miller (University of Wisconsin) Eighty-seven judges selected from a pool of 381 nominated books in 26 categories. Lambda Literary Foundation

Film: Southern Baptist Sissies to be filmed Writer, director, producer Del Shores and his Del Shores Productions have partnered with Funny Boy Films to transform his GLAAD award-winning stage production of “Southern Baptist Sissies” to film. “Southern Baptist Sissies” is a dramatic portrayal of the experiences of four gay boys growing up in the Baptist Church. The critically acclaimed play recently touring with Emmy Award-winner Leslie Jordan and Delta Burke, both of whom will star in the film. Also attached to the project are Beth Grant, Dale Dickey, Rosemary Alexander, Scott Presley, Rich Delia, and Newell Alexander. Pre-production begins late February 2007, with principal photography slated for the spring. Shores will direct. Kirkland Tibbels of Funny Boy and Shores first worked together developing the upcoming half-hour TV series based on Shores’ play “Sordid Lives” for MTV’s LOGO channel. One of Shores other plays has also been made into fim: “Daddy’s Dyin’ … Who’s Got the Will” (MGM). Shores has also written and directed the Showtime feature film “The Wilde Girls.”

Film: “Ugly Ducklings” Campaign $25,000 challenge grant The Ugly Ducklings Campaign is a national campaign to prevent lesbian and gay teen suicide. The project is based around production of Carolyn Gage’s play “Ugly Ducklings,” which focuses on homophobic harassment and its devastating effects at a girls’ summer camp. A documentary film is slated to be made about the production. The film will explore the connection between teen suicide and homophobia, and will be nationally marketed along with an educational kit. River Rock Foundation gave a $25,000 challenge grant to the Ugly Ducklings Campaign. Donation will be doubled. Also, donors are able to get film credits, special invitations, free tickets, and other benefits. For further information on the campaign, please see this PDF document: www.carolyngage.com/prospectusfinal.pdf For further information on Carolyn, see our article: Touring Performers

Museum: “Perform” Exhibit The Museum of the City of New York has a permanent exhibit called “Perform.” An exhibit of the “collaborative and thrillingly diverse art of theater-making, and the stories of the entrepreneurs and ingénues, the performers and the producers, the designers, songwriters, and others behind the curtain, how each has helped to shape, enliven, and habitually reinvent — compulsively and competitively — live performance in New York City” Among the featured items:       TOSOS / TOSOS II - theater       “The West Street Gang” - play       Doric Wilson - author       Charles Busch - writer, performer Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Ave. (103rd St.), New York, NY 10029 $7 adults; $5 seniors, students, children; $15 adults with children 212-534-1672

Search: Sidney Morris Plays Missing “The Demolition of Harry Fay” “Six O’Clock Boys” If anyone has a copy of either of these — or a solid lead as to someone who was involved in a production of either play — please contact Francine L. Trevens of TnT Classic Books, literary executor for pioneer playwright Sidney Morris. Contact: shelleyft@aol.com

Play: “Hey, Citizen” A two-minute play for use in rallies and protest marches. Two speaking parts, designed for use with two over-sized puppets. The play is available at: Sweet Corn Productions: Hey, Citizen As well as at: Poets Against the War

Film Script: “Gilgamesh & Enkidu” — seeks producers, literary agent The Oldest Love Story Ever Written The Oldest (Same-Sex) Love Story Ever Written An arrogant ruler is transformed by love. And transformed, once again, by its loss. This feature-length action/fantasy is based on the oldest epic poem on the planet — “The Epic of Gilgamesh.” King Gilgamesh’s heavy rule brings prosperity and social unrest. No one challenges his strength or intelligence, until the gods create Enkidu. As comrades and lovers, they are invincible and conquer all. Terrified by Enkidu’s death, Gilgamesh leaves his throne, and goes on a quest for immortality. He finds something greater.         Demian         Sweet Corn Productions         Box 9685, Seattle, WA 98109         206-935-1206         demian@buddybuddy.com