You are invited to attend two very powerful, contemporary original dramas in San Francisco at 7 PM on December 8, 9, 15, 22 and 23  at the Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, 415-821-1155.

A fundraiser event of art on gay size acceptance themes by Kari Ann will be held on December 7, 7 PM and extending through December 22 at San Francisco's Lone Star Cabaret, 1354 Harrison Street, San Francisco, California 94103, information (415) 863-2009.

These are the original dramas being produced at Mission Cultural Center:

MONEDA
This tragedy depicts the final hours of Salvador Allende, President of Chile, before his probable assassination and what might have happened  had Pres. Allende called Henry Kissinger to plead for intervention on behalf of the Chilean people, particularly those bound for prison, torture and death. This horrifying drama of idealism vs. murderous cynicism also concerns the moral journey of Dr. Kissinger’s aide, a young Jewish man, and the finality of his own decisions amid political crisis and bitterly conflicting loyalties.

FIREHEART-- One Act, 45 minutes -- 5 men, 1 woman.
Set in a Madrid cathedral in 1492, this drama of Inquisition and rebellion portrays a Catholic princess' growing up upon declaring her opposition to bigotry and genocide and her relationships with young Jewish and Muslim heroes of resistance.

For more Information: http://pwp.value.net/penomee/penomee.html

Bio: Kari Ann Owen is a professional playwright whose work has been produced at San Francisco’s George R. Moscone Center and Lab Theatre and many other places. She is also a doctoral level scholar with a Ph.D. in religion and literature from Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union. Kari Ann has written and published poetry, essays and articles in journals as diverse as The Humanist and Abled! Magazine  <ABLEDPubl@aol.com, Editor Andrea Roncalli>, and has taught modern dance to the handicapped in Berkeley, CA and Seattle, WA.

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