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In the art that we produce, we enter into a process of creation.
What we want to express, how we want to express it and the characters
we are creating unfolds before us, revealing to us, in layers, that
which leads to what we manifest and demonstrate in our theatrical productions.
Upcoming Events
Spring with Dramadogs into our summer production:
STOOP…
3 ONE ACTS ABOUT WOMEN
 CENTER STAGE THEATER, SANTA BARBARA: DramaDogs presents this high quality theatrical production that touches the heart and soul of all of us. Integrating 3 thought provoking pieces you will contemplate with us as we sit on a stoop discussing the day, the taste of fruit, our aches and pains and what is really floating in the river. Sit with us at the counter of a local diner where we get the inside scoop on what truly inspires the women that serve us. Wait with us inside a liposuction clinic and find out who and what motivates us to do what we do.
DramaDogs crafts challenging theatrical productions with dynamic relationships. In the art we produce, we enter into a process of creation. What we want to express, how we want to express it and the characters we are creating unfolds blossoming before us.  “Stoop…3 One Acts About Women” is the next gem with Lives of the Great Waitresses by Nina Shengold, The Most Massive Woman Wins by Madeline George, and Stoop by Lanford Wilson. Says E. Bonnie Lewis, co-artistic director of DramaDogs:These entertaining one acts are filled with humor and pathos providing insights into the many ways we stoop physically, mentally, emotionally.”
“Stoop…3 One Acts About Women” features many of Santa Barbara’s finest actresses, Deborah Helm, Carol Metcalf, Lauren Parsons, Suzi Bodine, and Michelle Osborne. Making their DramaDogs and Santa Barbara debut are Ethel Scar, Dana Halverson, and Michelle Wilcox.
E. Bonnie Lewis and Ken Gilbert, the Co-Artistic directors of DramaDogs, have been active in the local arts community for over 13 years. Their mission continues to bring diverse material and provide cutting edge theatrical experiences to our community. |
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| WHO: |
DramaDogs, a Theater Company |
| WHAT: |
STOOP – 3 ONE ACTS ABOUT WOMEN |
| WHERE: |
Center Stage Theater |
| WHEN: |
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 26,27,28 @ 8PM
Saturday Matinee @ 2 PM |
| TICKETS: |
Thursday preview $10.00
Friday and Saturday $20.00 |
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Box Office: 805-963-0408 or Online @ www.centerstagetheater.org |
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Who We Are
DramaDogs is a multidisciplinary and project driven theater production
company that celebrates the creative process of performance through
collaborative dialogues between the director, performer, technical and
administrative segments of each production or event. It is the intention
of DramaDogs to develop theatrical pieces, training programs, and educational
outreach activities to touch the human spirit.
DramaDogs recognizes that theater arts provide the environment for a rich
creative and collaborative process. This process allows artists of various
disciplines to work toward the inception, development, and production of
theatrical pieces. These performances in turn enrich and entertain the
artists and the audience at large. The company is concurrently dedicated
to outreach programs and experiences for youth in public and private schools.
Different from the autocratic director/producer artistic vision practiced
by most professional companies, DramaDogs utilizes the self as the artist.
It is the artists' experiences, in life and in rehearsal, that are the most
viable creative tool toward performance. DramaDogs crafts challenging
theatrical productions and workshops that provide opportunities for actors
to explore and discover their own creativity through their personal
experiences, discoveries and awareness. Within the collaboration and dialogue
at production meetings, rehearsal and in the final performances, the director,
designers, actors and technicians are involved on two levels. Their voiced
ideas are heard and are then applied to the overall vision of the theater
piece. The artists working together reveal and bring forward an artistic
statement that potentially becomes art.
Previous Productions
Ken Gilbert and E. Bonnie Lewis began their collaborative work in the theater
in Pasadena during the summer and fall of 1991. Following several successful
productions, DramaDogs was established in 1998 and registered as a non-profit
in 2000. Continuing to work with and develop original material, DramaDogs
stimulates and provokes personal and social responses from its audiences.
Visage II
Presented by Daughter of Zion Dance Company & DramaDogs, A Theater Company
Studio DoZ, March 4-5 2007
A performance integrating dance, theater and low flying aerial dance.
Visage
Presented by Daughter of Zion Dance Company & DramaDogs, A Theater Company
Studio DoZ, March 17 2007
A performance integrating dance, theater and low flying aerial dance.
Visage
Presented by Daughter of Zion Dance Company & DramaDogs, A Theater Company
Center Stage Theater, January 12 - 14 2006
A performance integrating dance, theater and low flying aerial dance.
The Divorce Museum by Terre Ouwehand
Center Stage Theater, April 21 - May 7, 2005.
A poem cycle about a sister and brother having survived the divorce
of their parents from when they were 5 and 7 years old.
Choir by Bradley Smith
October 31, 2003 @ Northrup-Grumman Corporate Headquarters in Los Angeles, CA @ 12 noon.
An original one-woman theater piece about diversity in the work
place of a multi-billion dollar, multi-national corporation.
Out
November 1st and 2nd, 2002, Friday & Saturday @ 8 PM.
A montage of scenes and monologues from our past productions.
Stoop . . .
May 4 - 19, 2001, Fridays & Saturdays @ 8PM, Saturdays 12th & 19th @ 2 PM
Four one-act plays on Women (Bedtime by Mary Gallagher, Lives
of the Great Waitresses by Nina Shengold, The Most Massive Woman
Wins by Madeleine George, and Stoop by Lanford Wilson).
Cardinal Sin, an Indulgence
January 19 & 20, 2001 Friday and Saturday @ 8 PM
A movement/theater piece as part of the New Works (choreographers'
showcase) Santa Barbara Dance Alliance based on the recipe of
Julia Childs - Cardinal Slice.
The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco
March 9 - 18, 2000 Thursday-Saturday @ 8 PM
An absurd piece about an old man and woman at the end of their lives.
Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
New Year's Eve 2000-01 @ 7:15 and 8:00 PM
An original theater piece using the text of Dr. Seuss's work, weaving five
monologues into the narrative. Part of First Night Whittier -
Whittier, CA. New Year's Eve 2000-01 @ 7:15 and 8:00 PM
Infinite Notion by Michelle Osborne & Erica S. Connell
Preview: August 10 @ 8 PM
August 11 - 12, 2000 Friday & Saturday @ 8 PM and Saturday @ 2 PM
An original theater piece about looking back at our lives to discover who we
are and what we are becoming.
Out of Context
July 23 & 24, 1999 - Friday & Saturday @ 8 PM/Saturday @ 2 PM
Working in Process in collaboration with Julie McLeod and Terre Ouwehand. An
evening of monologues woven together by improvisational movement segues.
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