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It's Murder, Mary! will play the Emerald Theatre in Memphis, TN in September. This killer comedy was a hit in San Francisco in its premiere at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in June 2008.
Andrew's two-act drama, Second Weekend in September, has been added to the City Lights Theatre's 2010-2011 Season. Andrew's play, Another Man's Slingbacks was awarded First Prize in the New Works of Merit Playwriting Competition.
Patricia's two-act comedy, Solving Sunflowers, won Third Prize in the 2009 Eudora Welty New Play Competition in Jackson Mississippi, from 225 entries. Her short play, In the Silence of Tangerine Groves, is a Finalist in the 2009 Estrogenius Festival.
Our new musical, Not Without Our Women, with music by Caroline Altman, will had a successful staged reading on August 17 at 7 pm at the SF Community Music Center.Porn Yesterday was a hit at Thorny Theatre in Palm Springs to kick off 2009.
"The Thorny Theater continues its tradition of presenting new LGBT comedies and dramas with its production of Porn Yesterday . . . (with) just the right mix of poignancy and laughter in this saucy tale of one man's struggle toward redemption." -- MyDesert.com
It's Murder, Mary! Andrew and Patricia's third collaboration was quite a hit! Its world premiere was part of the 2007/08 season of the New Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
"Hilarious, high-spirited fun for everyone. . . Irresistible!" "The Playwrights Andrew Black and Patricia Milton bring back the lost art of Story Telling. Can’t wait for their next one." FOUR GLASSES OF CHAMPAGNE!!!! (highest rating) - Lee Hartgrave in BeyondChron.
". . . an unqualified success to lift your spirits." - Kedar Adour, TheatreWorld Internet Magazine
Bloody Good MARY: "Intentional camp is tough to pull off. But the minor genius of this show—commissioned by NCTC and written by Andrew Black and Patricia Milton—is that it's smart enough to know exactly how stupid it is." - S.F. Gay Examiner
Killer World Premiere at NCTC: "Gay who-dunnit charms the pants off during a dark and stormy night!" - Seán Martinfield, S.F. Sentinel
"Co-authors Andrew Black and Patricia Milton put the camp into their whodunnit set on the Russian River." - SF Bay Guardian
Andrew Black and Patricia Milton, co-authors:
- Porn Yesterday
- Strange Bedfellows
Patricia Milton
976 Collier Drive
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 614-5775 pat@playwrightscentersf.org
Andrew L. Black
584 Castro Street #129
San Francisco, California 94114
415-565-0225 andrewblacksf@gmail.com