50 Shades of Perfect (or) How I Spent My 50th Birthday

If you think your butt’s too flat or your boobs are too small, your nose is too long or your legs are too thick, your waist is too round or your hair is too dull, this is the play for you. How do we compete with the perfection of Instagram Beauty? How incredible it would be to be free of the pressure to appear magazine airbrushed, of youth being the benchmark for perfection, but rather accept that the ideal body, the perfect body, is simply…what we already have. Perhaps our imperfections are what make us perfectly unique. Turning 50 is finally the time to accept reality, verses expectation… right?!
Join us for Linda’s 50th Birthday celebration, as Repertory Actors Workshop (RAW) Shortburst® Theatre presents a one-night-only production exploring the differences between perseverance and stubbornness, frustration and acceptance. Why is perfection so important? Is perfection desirable? And perfect to whom? When is good enough good enough?
Helmed by Playhouse co-artistic director Chris DeCarlo, written by Playhouse Playwright-in-Residence Evelyn Rudie, crafted and performed by Patricia Burgos, Martin Cohen, Shannon Conlon, Serena de Stella, Bob Hucul, Heather Jones, Linda Kohn, Alexandra Lambrakis, Eleonore Nebot, Elena Pinto and Berkeley Sanjay, who does double duty as assistant director. One performance only – Friday, March 23, at 8:00pm.
Creado por los codirectores artísticos de Playhouse, Chris DeCarlo y Evelyn Rudie, como herramienta para el intercambio teatral y cultural internacional, y desarrollado posteriormente para su uso a nivel local y nacional por la directora asociada Serena Dolinsky, ShortBurst® Theatre permite tanto a personas sin experiencia como a profesionales abordar temas de interés y descubrir su voz artística, combinando movimiento, expresión oral, arte escénico, texto, trabajo en equipo, improvisación, investigación y escritura para crear intensas producciones originales representadas ante el público, con el objetivo de fomentar el sentido de comunidad, obtener una comprensión más profunda de las similitudes y diferencias de nuestras tradiciones y culturas compartidas y diversas, y proporcionar al público y a los participantes herramientas dinámicas para marcar la diferencia en sus vidas y en la salud y el bienestar de su comunidad.
50 Shades of Perfection is supported in part by grants from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, the Cotkin Family, Pearl and Bill Bordy, and Playhouse PALS.
$20 ticket price includes a post-show wine and birthday cake reception with the cast.