The Bird Club: Letter to Sandra Bernhard
Darren Patrick Blaney

Dboyflare Productions
Written in NYC, 1st produced in San Francisco
60 minutes
Multi-media Solo Performance Art
Children over the age of 16 could enjoy it.
Not for young children
Some mature content & coarse language
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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
ALL IN THE TIMING
ANOTHER FEMME FATALE FREAK SHOW
BEAVERZILLA
BILL'S FAMILY FUNTIME
BIRD CLUB: LETTER TO SANDRA BERNHARD
BRACE YOURSELF
BY A THREAD
CHARLIE'S ANGEL
CONDOM, THE CUCUMBER AND THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA
DAY TRIPPERS IV: PLAY- IN-A- DAY MARATHON
DIAMONDS
DUET
FAMILY TREE
FANTASTIC PRODUCT
FAREWELL TO FLESH
FINAL EXAM
FRANKENSTEIN: THE MODERN PROMETHEUS
GILD THE LILY
GOD COMPLEX
HEART OF DARKNESS
HOW TO BE A SECRET AGENT GIRL…
HUNTING OF THE SNARK
INGRATITUDE
INTERSTATE ZERO: A MONO/TRAVELOG
KITY ULTRASOUND HITS THE ROAD
KRESKINNED
LAST SMOKER IN BERKELEY
LISTEN, I'M ONLY ONE WOMAN…
LITTLE BIT PREGNANT
LOOSE WOMAN
LUCID
MACY'S ACCOUNT
MEET JOHN W.T.O.
MIDAIR: ODES TO EASYCOMEASYGO
MOCK NAVAL BATTLES!!!
MOTHER'S MILK
ONE OR TWO THINGS
PILGRIM PROJECT
QUEENS RAIN
QUEENS!
SEARCHING FOR THE 60'S
SHANDYLAND MCVII: SHANDY IN THE FLESH…
SHARED SKITLESS
SISTERS OF SATURN
STORE ONE BLOCK EAST OF JEROME
STRANGER AND STRANGER
TOASTED
UNDERHOPE
WARZONE
WHAT BIG TEETH YOU HAVE
YOGA OF MOBY DICK
ZOO STORY
 

Revealing more than a handful of subtle character monologues and folk songs, in "The Bird Club: Letter to Sandra Bernhard", Darren shows us a collection of wistful and melancholy, yet at the same time optimistic, people who challenge the viewer to come along for the ride of his sanguine daydreams. Playing everything from a former stripper turned bored Brooklyn housewife, to a transgendered lesbian pining for true love, to a visionary anthropologist, to an optimistic HIV+ housecleaner, Darren gives us real life in sixty-five minutes without the commercials of prime-time television. His vision is one that moves from despair to hope in an attempt to inspire!

$8.00

PHOENIX II (UPSTAIRS)

Saturday 8 5:30 PM
Wednesday 12 10:00 PM
Thursday 13 7:00 PM
Saturday 15 8:30 PM

Directed by Kristina Goodnight and Marilee Talkington
Slides and Freedom by Glenna Allee
Voice Overs recorded by Andrew Leavitt
Attitude Coaching by Tommy Strong
Inspiration by Querida, Ramona, Strid, Mom, Dad, and a phalanx of other amazing humans...

Past regional and community theater credits include Chorus Member in "Cymbeline", Sebastian in "The Tempest", Montano and First Senator in "Othello", Medvedenko in "The Seagull", Joe Pitt in "Angels in America", Henry Bell in "The Revenger's Comedies", and Toni Stasio in "The Art of Dining". Darren made his off-off-Broadway debut in 1995, playing assorted characters in the original cast production of "My Own Private Eyeshadow" at the CrowBar Theater in the East Village. Darren has also performed as a solo artist at The Marsh, City College's Solo Performance Festival, Kvetch, and Gay Comedy at Piaf's.
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