[Vision2020] Press release from Sirius Idaho Theatre

[John Dickinson]

For immediate release:
October 31, 2006
Contact: Bev Wolff (509) 336-9664, bevw at adelphia.net
Sirius Idaho Theatre   www.siriusidahotheatre.com

Billed as The Best Little Theatre in Moscow, Sirius Idaho Theatre and the 
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre are teaming up on Friday, November 10th 
for an evening of music, food and theatre. With live music and reception at 
the Kenworthy, beginning at 7:00 PM, the evening features a staged reading 
of The Oldest Profession, by Paula Vogel. Tickets are priced at $20 each, 
with proceeds split between Sirius Idaho Theatre and the Kenworthy 
Performing Arts Centre. An encore performance of the play will be held in 
Pullman on Saturday, November 11th, at the Gladish Little Theatre. Tickets 
for Saturday’s show are $12, with a staged reading beginning at 7:30 PM. 
Tickets for both events are available at BookPeople of Moscow and Neill’s 
Flowers and Gifts in Pullman.

The Oldest Profession, a comedy by Paula Vogel, focuses on the lives of 
five older prostitutes working in New York and facing the problems of an 
aging clientele, competition from younger street walkers, rising rent 
prices . . . and all without the safety net of social security or health 
insurance.  The play is set in the eighties, just before Reagan is elected, 
and so is relevant to today - a backdrop of the upcoming elections, 
trickle-down economics, rising gas prices, high rents, and social security.

Barbara Kirschner, in her eighties, and considered one of the grande dames 
of Palouse theatre, plays the part of Mae, the madam.  Bev Hyde plays the 
part of Ursula, next in line for management, while Martha Godchaux plays 
the part of Lillian, the rose of Mae's stable.  Karen Rogers is Edna, 
hardworking and good at her job, while Phyllis Van Horn is Vera, the baby 
of the group. Kirschner has been involved with Lewiston Civic Theatre, 
Pullman Community and Civic Theatre, and starred in major roles in 'Who's 
Afraid of Virginia Wolf', 'Trip to Bountiful' and 'On Golden Pond'.  All of 
the rest of the cast, except one, are retired. The staged reading is 
directed by Bev Wolff of Pullman and Terri Schmidt of Moscow.

For more information contact Bev Wolff at bevw at adelphia.net, or call 
509-336-9664
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