is a fundraiser for Hawk & Wayne, freeFall Theatre Company, Bag of Beans Productions and Economic Stimulus Productions ("Live Theatre Fully-Funded by the United States Government. Thanks for the Cash, George!"). See 20-minute tidbits of three shows (The Dumb Show, an off-the-cuff, long-form improv show; Oddlie, Aleshea Harris' one-woman story of a nearly-mute girl who lives on a garbage heap and rarely speaks but loves to sing; and T. Scott Wooten's Reefer Madness! The Play!, based on the 1936 cult classic where "Marijuana is Public Enemy #1!"). There's also a silent auction, with all proceeds to defray the costs of traveling to and participating in the Orlando International Theatre Fringe Festival. 7 p.m. Mon., May 17, The Studio@620, 620 First Ave. S., St. Petersburg, $15, studio620.org. —Franki Weddington
This article appears in May 13-19, 2010.
