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ShortBurst Theatre® at
ShortBurst Theatre® at
ShortBurst Theatre® at The Cast
The Cast
The Cast
Santa Monica Playhouse
Santa Monica Playhouse
Santa Monica Playhouse
Created by Playhouse Co-Artistic Directors Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie as
a tool for local, national and international theatrical and cultural exchange,
ShortBurst Theatre® allows non-performers through professionals to address Club Open-Mike
issues of concern and discover their artist's voice, combining movement, MITZIE...........................................................................Linda Kohn
speech, performance art, text, ensemble work, improvisation, research and MIKE JR., her son.........................................................Sergei Stern
writing to create intense original productions in a short amount of time SVETLANA (but everyone calls her Lana), his girlfriend.......Ulyana Sharkina
(hence the name), performed for the public, with the goal of fostering a sense
of community, gaining a deeper understanding of the similarities and
differences in our shared and diverse traditions and cultures, and providing Oh, Brother!
audiences and participants with dynamic tools to make a difference in their ROHAN..................................................................Berkeley Sanjay
lives and the health and well-being of their community. RAHA.......................................................................Theda Weston

ShortBurst Theatre® has created more than 50 productions locally, nationally
and with companies from 11 countries, 20 in the last five years alone - Give Up the Ghost
including several zoom productions during the lock down, a modality that HUSTON.....................................................................Marty Cohen
helped us pivot to a new, hybrid paradigm. Many of these productions have MARJORIE (never Marge).............................................Louise Kerr
become main stage and touring shows, all fostering cultural exchange and
understanding and making a tangible difference across the city and around
the world. A Remote Possibility
SIMONE....................................................................Christie Evans
Themes have included disenfranchisement, gangs, women's issues, broken MITCHELL...........................................................Peter Gueracague
homes, media intimidation, self-esteem, divorce and death. A ShortBurst
Theatre® play inspired Northridge, Ohio to build a rec center, 20 female All Work and No Play
students at Nara Women's University to change their major from secretarial
to medicine, 2500 people in Fairfield, Iowa to develop a city-wide annual play- APRIL........................................................................Sidne Barnett
making event, and more. (“The performances and collaborations are MAY........................................................................Parris Kaspszak
excellent. Their work is brilliant!” Fusami Sugimine, International Human JUNE.........................................................................Haleigh Byers
Network, Japan)

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Want to join us on stage for the next ShortBurst Theatre Project, a project
you help to create? THE TIME: Time to shine
THE PLACE: Club Open-Mike
CONTACT US TO PARTICIPATE
1-310-394-9779 ext 3
theatre@SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com The 70-minute production will be performed without an intermission