IMPOSSIBLE PRODUCTIONS presents
PRINCESS BRIDE: the Play
All we need is a Miracle.

WHEN:
Fridays and Saturdays @ 8pm and Sundays @ 4pm
January 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30, 2005
AND EXTENDED FOUR MORE SHOWS!!!
February 4, 6, 11, and 12, 2005
Fridays and Saturdays @ 8pm and Sunday's @ 4pm

WHERE:
The Dark Room Theater
2263 Mission Street, SF, between 18th & 19th

TICKETS:
$15 at the door; $12.50 at www.acteva.com/go/impprod

INFO:
http://www.darkroomsf.com
http://www.princessbride.4t.com
info@darkroomsf.com
415.401.7987

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — What happens when the Most Beautiful Woman in the World marries the Bravest Prince in the World—and he turns out to be a son of a bitch? Fencing, Fighting, True Love, Strong Hate, Harsh Revenge, Lots of Bad Men, Lots of Good Men, Some Beautiful Women, Beasties Monstrous and Gentle, Some Swell Escapes and Captures, Death, Lies, Truth and a little Sex abound in PRINCESS BRIDE the Play, Impossible Production’s tribute to the hottest fairy tale ever written. All we need is a Miracle.

The impossibly lovely Buttercup falls in love with Westley, a poor perfect farm boy who dies at the hands of the Dread Pirate Roberts. The fabled hunter, Prince Humperdinck, convinces Buttercup to marry him, but not before the land’s most notorious criminal ensemble, Vizzini the Sicillian, Fezzik the giant and Inigo the fencer, kidnap her—with the mysterious Man in Black hot on their trail. They face the Cliffs of Insanity, traverse the Fire Swamp, rage against the Machine and go to the Chapel of Love; but they’ll need a Miracle before this inconceivable epic of passions ends happily ever after. PRINCESS BRIDE: the Play is inspired by the classic tale of high adventure and true romance by William Goldman.

PRINCESS BRIDE: the Play is extended four shows in February 4, 6, 11, and 12, 2005; shows are Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday @ 4pm. The Dark Room is at 2263 Mission Street, SF, between 18th and 19th. For more details, check www.darkroomsf.com.

PRINCESS BRIDE: the Play is an Impossible Production, directed by Cameron Eng & Jim Fourniadis and produced by Erin Ohanneson & Cameron Eng, and stars Don Wood, Nancy Bower, Josh Lenn, John Filgas, Mark Para, Cameron Eng, Jim Fourniadis, Seanetta, Laura Drus, and introducing Patrick Biggs.

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IMPOSSIBLE PRODUCTIONS, and our new home The Dark Room, is a comfortable place for anyone to come to when they have ideas—big or small—and nowhere to realize them. We're a tad more off-beat than community theatre and a skosh more accessible than many artist cooperatives. We welcome both high concepts and low brow sensibilities; we try hard to not to take ourselves too seriously and invite you to do the same. Come join us for an hour or two and forget for a minute how troublesome the world can be. We're saving a seat for you.

CAMERON ENG
director, producer, Inigo
December 2004 marks Cameron’s one year anniversary of his induction into Impossible Production and the most memorable year of his life. He’s helped bring you KLUBSTiTUTE KOLLECTiVE’s annual Faux Queen Pageant and IP’s black box versions of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Twilight Zone and his beloved, high-school pipe-dream CLUE. He has nothing but complete adoration for IP team and the countless others who have put their heart into this endeavor. Most of all, he’d like to thank Terrance Alan for being both his True Love and a Miracle.

ERIN OHANNESON
producer, art director, costume designer
Having worked in the film industry and on Broadway as a Set Decorator, Prop Master and sometimes Costumer, she has had the joy of doing many humiliating things in the name of art. Her most recent work can be seen in the feature film, The Station Agent, where she did both props and sets...and was thrilled to find they spelled her name correctly in the credits. On Broadway she ironed shirts and washed underwear for such shows as Oklahoma, Movin' Out and the triple Tony winner, Urinetown, The Musical. Ask her if you want to hear details and amusing anecdotes from her past. Since moving back to the Bay Area, she has become smitten with Jim Fourniadis and done several other projects with him including Dr. Strangelove: the Play and The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy: the Play. Opening The Dark Room Theater has been LOTS of very hard, dirty work...but it's been worth it. She and Jim started Impossible Productions because it feels like together we can do almost anything. The future looks bright. Sigh...

JIM FOURNIADIS
director, sound designer, Fezzik
Jim Fourniadis spends his time serenading his sweetheart Erin, feeding the Darkroom cat: Chicken, updating the website, building and rebuilding the crumbling infrastructure, fixing and cursing out the mischievous computers, listening to hordes of helpful, well meaning advice and desperately finding some spare time to direct plays. When he's not busy doing that, he continues work on his long term project: a cure for stupididty. Please send donations to www.redstates.com.

DON WOOD
Grandfather
Don has been a Bay Area actor for 20 years and early member of Bindlestiff Theatre Company and Paducah Mining Company. Don has been recently been seen as Tracy Chapman in Pipe Dreams and Paper Trails at Bindlestiff and Reginald Denny in Toni Press-Coffman's Trucker Rhapsody and Ehrlend Swift in E.Hunter Spreen's 611 $upreme at Exit Theatre. Two months ago in NYC, he was Dads in a play never staged before called A-21, a translation of Plautus's The Rope by poet Louis Zukofsky. (Costumes by Erin OHanneson!) Film and TV credits include playing Inmate #1 on Fox TV's Americas Most Wanted: Escape From Alcatraz and Spool in the independent feature Goodbye Guy Guy.

NANCY BOWER
Buttercup
Nancy is happy to be back at The Dark Room, working with Cameron, Erin and Jim. She last had a blast playing Mrs. White in CLUE, also at the D room. In Sept/Oct, in NY and SF, Nancy starred in a funky poetic translation of Plautus's The Rope—playing a shipwrecked-abducted-girl and horny-young-slave-man. This summer she also wrapped up two independent films: Alice in Storageland and The Church of Fat Tony the Archangel. She's looking forward to what's next? In the meantime, it's all about the Buttercup...

JOSH LENN
Westley
Princess Bride was one of Josh’s favorite movies growing up, so he’s very excited to be a part of this project, and to work with such a fun and creative group of people. Recent shows are A-21, Backyard Players, Getting Lucky, BoA Festival, The Garden of Jezebel, Crowded Fire. He spent the summer hosting a sports and adventure TV show airing on CBS in the Central Coast. He wants to thanks his True Love, Maria and the rest of his family and friends for all your support.

JOHN P. FILGAS
Prince Humperdinck
John has been doing theater for almost 38 years. After performing 21 musical and several non-musical shows, he moved to San Francisco and attended ACT, graduating in Dec ’93. He has performed in over 200 improvisation shows. He has worked with Church of the Moment, BATS workshop, Improv Works, Dojo Fabuloso, and All-Out Cast, among others. Presently, he is working with the Mirth Makers and the SF Improvisation Co-op. PB is his first scripted show in 10 years.

MARK PARA
Count Rugen
Mark is pleased as all get-out to be doing his first non-musical alongside such talented folks as to be found in this amazing production. Mark comes from modest musical theatre roots and finds himself enjoying his first villainous stage role...(well, perhaps too much--but don't tell him we said that). Mark would like to dedicate his performace to amazing friends and family, to Cameron Eng (thank you!), and the memory of Michael Ballou.

SEANETTA
a Viking, a Gorilla, Vizzini, the Albino
Seanetta is both honored & proud to grace the boards of the Darkroom, her home away from home. An extended & deserving thank-you to Cammy, Erin, Jim, ad naseau, (yes, Chicken, this includes you). With this production, it appears as if the curse of “box office poison" has been lifted. Many years ago, in a land far away, a wee li'l seanetta was attending mime school. There, an evil clown instructor placed a hex upon her head. From this moment on, she would be unable to maintain the good graces of any production company she chose to act with. This held true for numerous ensembles, (not limited to the following): The Sick N' Twisted Players, The SF Buffoons, The Thunderbird Theater Co. et al. Now with the back to back roles of the odious Mr. Toad, (Zippy) & effeminate Mr. Green, (Clue: the Play) under her belt, Seanetta is convinced the role of Vizzini the Sicillian, will set her free. Three is the magic number. Tonight, dear audience member, you are about to witness true theatrical magic. Believe.

LAURA DRUS
Eva, a Farm Girl, a Lackey, a Booing Ancient, Valerie
Laura holds a BA in Theater Arts and a Graduate Certificate from UC Santa Cruz. This is her first production in San Francisco, and she is thrilled to be part of the cast of the Princess Bride. When she’s not onstage doing funny voices, she can be found turning people to goo on her massage table, wrangling her four cats, professing love for her partner Micharel, and spreading mischief and mayhem to everyone she meets.

JAMES PATRICK BIGGS
Aluthra, an R.O.U.S, Yellin the Castellan, Miracle Max, the archdean Priest
Twenty-three years old and he's never acted before--but now that he's gotten a taste for the theather, Look out World!! From Arizona, film student at the Academy of Art University where he hopes to pursue a lucrative career in producing and directing.

MELINDA ADAMS
stage manager, superhero
Melinda came to San Francisco from New Orleans in 1988 to study Communications Arts/ Broadcasting and just fell in love with the arts scene in SF. Since 1988, she has worked a bit in radio, television, theater, publications, and series of short and odd jobs. She has done such things as been a hostess for Popcorn Anti Theater, made a documentary Why Should I Live? for the 72 hour project, done some an erotica writing for insidebay.com, been a board member of Footloose, and run independent artist how to workshop series and a Rough Cut Film Festival. One of her true loves is event producing and that Melinda has shown this in event assistance for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, drag queen and drag king groups, burlesque troupes, sex workers, and underground art. She has produced and stage managed for over 100 events and mothered and nagged 1,000s of artist. She has never meet a creative person she didn't like.

TY MCKENZIE
lighting designer and op
We last left Ty at Spanganga where she was gettin’ down and dirty in the now historical Blue Room. Her relentless desire to overextend herself has brought her to The Dark Room where she has taken on the reoccurring role of Technical/Light Director. As usual, this relationship is not exclusive and she would love to illuminate your world sometime soon.

BETH ORR
sound tech
Beth moved 2642 miles to California from her comfortable life in Michigan to be involved in theatre. She does not believe in miracles.

MR. ANTHONY
wig styling
Mr. Anthony is thrilled to be involved with such a talented cast and fun story. Past projects include countless magazine layouts, fashion shows, television and film and a whole lotta glamour for his many drag and tranny friends. A swimsuit model that solves small crimes, he can be found at Glamarama hair salon Tuesdays through Saturdays.

SPECIAL THANKS to the Inigo-approved Golden Gate Fencing Center for their pointed contributions (sign up for a class at at www.gofencing.com!) And a heartfelt thank you to the lovelies for their fantastic help: the uber-stylish Aimee, the helpful Emily, the bubbly Rhiannon, the passionately fashionable Heather McAllister, the graceful Francine, the talented Timothy Brown, the enchanting Jen Surprise, the wigged out Glamarama, Tracy (for her gorillific hirsuite suit), the creative folk at General Bead and the uberhandy Micharel. Thanks for being our Miracle.

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