Lesbian playwright
survives midwest
A Shower of Stars
benefits CCSM
Terri Baum reasons that, since 10% of the
population is gay, it would follow that 10% of
all plays should reflect a gay theme. Thank
fully for us, she seems determined to keep
creating until that quota is filled.
Those of you who saw her award-winning
play Dos Lesbos at Judy’s Tavern in June can
testify to Baum's ability as a playwright If you
were also fortunate enough to catch her per
formance in her new one-woman play
Death s Angel (also at Judy’s during
Lesbian/Gay Pride ’84), you will recognize
her ability as a dramatic actress. If you witnes
sed the Baum and Tufo Revue: Dykes,
Drugs and Rock h Roll, you will know Terri
as an excellent comic and musician. And
soon, the Portland Community will have the
opportunity to view Baum as a weathered
touring performer, as she is returning to close
the Baum and Tufo Midwest Tour where it
opened, at 1431 NE Broadway (formerly
Judy’s) in a special four-day engagement
September 13,14,15 and 16.
Two different original shows will be pre
sented during this appearance. The first, Ego
Trip, or I’m Getting My Shit Together and
Dumping It All on You, is a revival of Terri’s
A special all live musical and comedy
evening to benefit the Counseling Center for
Sexual Minorities will be held on Sunday,
September 23, at the Embers/Avenue.
Doors open at 800 p.m. and the show will
begin promptly at 900 p.m.
The C.C.S.M. is the parent group of the
“Gay Hotline’’ which offers community infor
mation and medical referrals each night of
the year from 7.00 until 1100 p.m. Staffed by
volunteer counselors, it is entirely self sup
porting and relies on donations and the pro
ceeds from the annual benefit for its con
tinual operation.
Highlights of the evening will be musical
selections by Tim Bowman, Jeff Ditzler, and
Paul Schamberg of “The Basic Lounge Act,”
Joe Anderson, musical director. From Salem
will be Chris Fletcher, who won recent ac
claim at Dobie’s for her interpretation of '30s
and ’40s songs. Other entertainers are cur
rently being contactacted, but a feature of the
evening will be a special appearance of ’The
Other Side” of the Portland Gay Men’s
Chorus. “The Other Side” performs lighter
music and is noted for its great audience
appeal.
Tickets for the two-hour show are available
at the door for $5.00 and are tax-deductible.
For further information, contact the Hotline at
228-6785, or Benefit Chairman Michael at
281-9647.
Plenty opens
at YWCA
Plenty was first staged successfully at
London’s National Theatre and then moved
to Broadway in a highly acclaimed produc
tion starring Kate Nelligan. In counterpoint
ing the experiences of Susan Traherne, an
Englishwoman helping the French Resistance
during the war, with her life in the following
twenty years in England, David Hare offers a
unique view of postwar history as well as
making a powerful statement about chang
ing values and the collapse of ideals
embodied in a single life.
ARTs production of Plenty is directed by
Rebecca Adams and stars Nyia McCarthy as
Susan, with Joseph R. Cronin, Marilyn Stacey,
Arthur Harold and David Beetham-Gomes.
Plenty opens September 7th at the Wilson
Center for the Performing Arts in the down-
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original one-woman show, which played to
, large houses and excellent reviews in the Bay
Area during 1982. In Ego Trip, Baum portrays
characters from her internal and external en
vironment in sketches which explore realities
ranging from her own experience of life as a
Kelly Girl, to the musings of a 5,000 year-old
virgin bag-lady’s view of world history. Ego
Trip will play Thursday, Sept 13, and Sunday,
Sept 16, at 830 p.m.
In the second show, Baum and Tufo:
Dykes, Drugs, and Rock h Roll, a Revue,
Terri Baum and her partner Margo Tufo com-
bine their genuine love and talent for Rock 'n
town YWCA, 1111 S.W. 10th, and plays Friday,
Saturday and Sunday nights through October
13th, with a special matinee on Sunday, Oc
tober 14th. General admission is $6 for adults
and $5 for students and seniors. For tickets
call TicketLink, 227-4080.
Don’t miss this Northwest Premiere! It’s
sure to be one of the most exciting theatre
events of the season.
Behan's "The
Hostage"
Continuing on its well-established path of
theatrical excellence, Sirius Productions will
open its 1984-85 season on September 7th
at the Eastside Performance Center, 514 SE
14th, with Brendan Behan's The Hostage:
the terrorist musical comedy.
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Roll with an ongong rebellion against its pri
marily heterosexual context The show cov
ers a wide range of music, from Presley to
Motown, and relates a “slightly different ver
sion of The Game of Love’ ”, The revue was
presented at Judy’s as part of Lesbian/Gay
Pride '84, and has been received with great
success across the Midwest An Excellent
show in June, Baum and Tufo has been
undergoing transition and refinement
througout the Midwest tour, and should be a
very special treat when it arrives for its finale
in Portland. Baum and Tufo will play Friday,
Sept 14, and Saturday, Sept 15, at 830 p.m.
The action takes place in a lower-class
brothel in Dublin where Pat, Meg, and an
endless cast seem far-removed from the
world, yet take the world on in story, song,
and dialogue. While the main plot of The
Hostage bears down on the evils of war and •
nationalism, the characters also pay their re
spects to the hydrogen bomb, the Royal
Family, the FBI, and a host of others.
Featured in the cast will be Gaynor Sterchi
and Richard Willis, with Corey Brunish in the
title role. Peter Fomara will direct this rollick
ing warfare between life and death, between
lively, extroverted human energy and the mis
cellaneous barriers that keep humanity in
check.
Esplanade at Echo
Portland dancer/choreographer Josie
Moseley is joined by four other Portland
dancers in "Esplanade,” a concert of modem
dance. The concert will be presented at Echo
Theatre, 1515 SE 37th Ave., 8 p.m., Friday
through Sunday, Sept 14,15 and 16. Among
the works performed will be three choreo
graphed by Moseley: "Containment Conver
sation with a Sharp Edge,” a solo danced by
Moseley to music by Brian Eno; “Secrets,” a
group piece with original music by J. Michael
Kearsey and costumes by Robin Chilstrom;
and a major work for four dancers inspired by
Moseley’s study with modem dance pioneer
Anna Sokolow. Tickets, available at the door,
are $5 or $3 for seniors and children under
12; wheel chair accessible. Call 287-1984 for
more information.
The Hostage opens September 7th and
runs through September 29th. Performances
are Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., with a
special matinee performance on Sunday,
September 23rd, at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are
available through TicketLink, 27-4080, or at
the door.
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