Feb 25 & 26 | One Night Stand: Six Short Plays On Love & Dating
Date Night China and Middle Kingdom Creatives are teaming up to take you to the theatre in this very special performance in Beijing! It will be perfect for a night out with friends or a unique date night that will certainly give you a lot to laugh about on the way home.
‘One Night Stand’ will be an evening of high-octane comedy, with six 10-minute plays about dating and love. The plays are comedies that range from poignant to zany, dramatic to droll, and have been selected from collections of the best US and UK short plays of the last 12 years.
One Night Stand: Six Short Comedic Plays About Love and Dating will have two performances, the first on Friday, Feb. 25 and the second on Saturday, Feb. 26 at the Shang building starting at 8 PM.
Performance Schedule for both nights:
7:30 PM – Doors open
8:00 PM – Show starts
8:45 PM – INTERMISSION
9:00 PM – Second Half
9:45 PM – Show Ends
Location: Shang Building in Beijing
Alexandria Hall Event Space B1
金尚Shang(朝阳区新源里西20号楼)
REFUND POLICY:
Ticket is ONLY valid for the performance date you purchased for. Not valid for another date. No refunds will be given after Feb. 24. Tickets can be transferred to another person. For any questions please contact Rachel (WeChat ID: rachelweiss22).
Note: Mature themes in the plays may not be suitable for younger audience members
Celebrate with our sponsor QMEX!
1 free drink for patrons at the show
40 RMB Margaritas and mohitos available for purchase at the show
10% off food/drink at Q Mex Taqueria in the SHANG building the day of the performance you attend IF you show your ticket receipt
About The Plays:
Middle Kingdom Creatives reviewed over 300 short plays and decided on 6 brilliantly funny and entertaining ones for your viewing pleasure. These 6 plays feature 18 performers from the Beijing community!
1. Check Please by Jonathan Rand
Dating can be hard. Especially when your date happens to be a raging kleptomaniac, or your grandmother's bridge partner, or a mime. Check Please follows a series of blind dinner dates that couldn't get any worse -- until they do. Could there possibly be a light at the end of the tunnel?
2. 44 Hours by Charles Zito
Victor and Ian meet and hook up on Friday night. Come Sunday evening they are still together. Ian thinks there is something here that’s worth pursuing; Victor is worried about a hidden truth. They’ve had 44 intense and beautiful hours... but will they make it to 45?
3. Misfortune by Mark Harvey Levine
Ian Thal, playwright and theater critic, gives a brilliant review of Levine’s mini-masterpiece: “ A dark comedy about fate, coincidence, chance, and (possible) vengeance, and the mysteries that connect a table at a small Chinese restaurant with the factory where fortune cookies are made. It's fun and suspenseful, with joke after joke even as the tension continues to ratchet up to the conclusion. ”
4. Mrs Jansen Isn’t Here Now by Steven Korbar
A woman is totally disinterested in a man she meets at a bar... until she learns he's recently left the priesthood.
5. Saguaro by Philip Dawkins
Dating can be pretty brutal. When Wren has exhausted all of her options to find a mate, she turns to.....get ready for it....plant life!! While at a wedding for her bosses, Wren meets prickly, stable, and dry bachelor: Saguaro. Saguaro is the perfect boyfriend at first, but Wren soon learns that her new romance is not bug-free. Saguaro is a witty and funny spectacle of dating gone wrong.
6. Off the Map by Rich Orloff
In a very cold place, a penguin helps a lost couple find direction. "Clever comedy. Consistently funny dialogue.” Columbus Dispatch
MEET THE DIRECTORS
Laurel Burns is a theater artist from Oceanside, California. She has a varied background as a performer, director, stage manager and designer. She has been in Beijing for 5 years working as a drama and music teacher. Laurel is the artistic director for Drunk Shakespeare Beijing, which had its debut performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in December 2021. You can also find Laurel performing with Beijing Improv.
Ryan Usher is a director, actor, writer, improviser and all around goofy person. He has used these talents all over the United States From LA to NYC and is ecstatic to be working with such amazing talent here in Beijing. Outside of “One Night Stand” you can find him hosting Tuesday trivia nights at 4 Corners as well as a multitude of incredible events with the Middle Kingdom Creatives, of which he is proud to be a member of the Creative Core.
Danny’s day job is in cultural relations, in addition to which he’s worked in amateur theatre for over 20 years across six countries. Danny is a husband & dad, theatre lover, writer & director, incinerator trooper for the galactic empire, and lower-league football fan (in that order!)
ABOUT MIDDLE KINGDOM CREATIVES
Middle Kingdom Creatives (MKC) is dedicated to bringing the artistic community is Beijing together. Thus far projects have included a full-cast audio drama, live murder mysteries, and theatrical events (such as the Drunk Shakespeare production of A Midsummer Night's Dream this past December 2021). They are looking forward to producing One Night Stand: Six Short Plays About Love and Dating.
Middle Kingdom Creative's Drunk Shakespeare show in Dec. 2021
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