various authors various directors

Opened: Saturday, August 2, 1997
Performed: Friday & Saturday at 8:00 pm
Performed At: La Val's Subterranean Theatre, 1834 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley
Closed: August 30, 1997

Cheap Shots was probably one of the most important things we have ever done, because it gave us an opportunity to venture into the realm of original work. While we have occasionally performed new stuff, we have never done a full evening of pieces written by us. The success of that project convinced me to ask Jonathan Bender to write a full length play for the '98 season to share a weekend slot with Susan Weigand's Approach. Jonathan Bender appeared in Baal, directed Beckett's Shorts for Subterranean Shakespeare, and contributed two pieces to Cheap Shots.

Ego Rites written & performed by Anne-Liese Juge

Minotaur written & directed by Dylan Kussman
Rich Reinholdt as Minotaur
Michael Storm as Daedalus
Karen Goldstein as Ariadne

Bugs written & performed by Jonathan Bender

Dark Pony with Richard Silberg & Carmen McNall, directed by Patrick Dooley
Richard Silberg as Father
Carmen McNall as Daughter

Why I Take My Clothes Off written & performed by Karen Goldstein

Cigars with Richard Reinholdt and Jonathan Bender, written & directed by Jonathan Bender
Jonathan Bender as Man One
Rich Reinholdt as Man Two

Night Care written & performed by Geoff Pond

Disturbing the Dust with Fred Smith, Michael Storm, Judy Phillips & Anne-Liese Juge, written & directed by Fred Smith
Michael Storm as Paul
Fred Smith as Axel
Judy Phillips as Kate
Anne-Liese Juge as Susan

[the staff of each play created the costume, sound, and scenic design for its own production]
Alexander Lopez, lighting design & light board operator
Benjamin Lovejoy, graphic design
Patrick Dooley, artistic director