A Thousand Variations on a Lie Told Once - Opens July 19th in NYC

Hi, Gang!

Well, it's the time you've been hearing about, I've alluded to, and now I'm asking you to come and see: Dianna is in a play again, for the first time in over three years. I've done other things during that time, from teaching teen acting to independent acting/directing/stage managing projects, but in terms of being back on a NYC stage in front of an audience...well, let's just say lil' Dianna is a wee bit nervous (VERY)...but elated, delighted, and trying not to pass out from shock.I have been fortunate enough to be cast by the Oberon Theatre Ensemble in a really great original play, with four other actors who are amazing to work with, and a fantastic director, in a great space. It has been a bit unsettling not being involved in something with EMST; but now that my father has retired officially, I am trying to get back in the acting game.

Please come out and see me in this show (which is going to be at the fantastic Abingdon Theatre! how awesome is that?) and support your family member/friend/acquaintance/fellow actor/person you met on the sidewalk looking for spare change. In all honesty, I could use the rah-rah-rah...and if I drag in enough folks to the show, maybe these folks will cast me in something in the future! This is for a theatre festival, so it's a bit of guerilla theatre so to speak...spartan set, etc - hopefully the work will speak for itself.

There are only 6 shows. We open July 19th and over a period of two weeks the shows are performed at the Abingdon Theatre (312 W. 36th St) for the Midtown International Theatre Festival. Tix are $18 (a lot less than lots of o-o-bdwy theatre shows out there!)

Check out the info from the forwarded email below for some info about the show and where to get tickets; you can also go to www.OberonTheatre.org for all the info you need. You'll see some really...um, interesting pics of me with my fellow castmates. You can try to use the code VARI - when they ask for a discount code online...it might still work, and you'll get $3 off the ticket (I dunno if the discount is still working....shhhh...) Sorry I can't get comps for anyone - it's a festival and they don't give those to us. I had to buy tickets for my parents!

I hope you are well and promise to come back to the land of one-on-one hanging out once the show is over. Please forgive the mass emails - sometimes it seems to be the only way to communicate when you're working, rehearsing, and running around. At least you're not getting a spam text message - that would cost you!

Much Love, Respect and Appreciation,
Diánna





A THOUSAND VARIATIONS ON A LIE TOLD ONCE

By Stacey Lane

Directed by Brad Fryman

Starring
Jane Cortney+
William Laney+
Diánna Martin
Linda S. Nelson+
Laura Siner+
+Appearing courtesy of the Actor's Equity Association

Part of MITF at

Dorothy Strelsin Theatre in the Abingdon Theatre Complex
312 W 36th St. b/w 8th and 9th Ave

Sat, July 19th -- 6:45 pm
Sun, July 20th -- 2:30 pm
Wed, July 23rd -- 6:30 pm
Thurs, July 24th -- 8:30
Sun, July 27th -- Noon
Wed, July 30th -- 8:30pm

Tickets available at Ticketcentral.com
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A Thousand Variations on a Lie Told Once By Stacey Lane


How many times do you have to tell a lie before it becomes the truth? Three daughters return to their childhood home on Christmas Eve to meet their mother's new beau, with hopes of finally resolving an issue involving their deceased father. In this serio-comic family drama, memories are hazy, truth is often a matter of convenience, and trying to mend fences could finally bring the family down, room full of frogs and all!

Lost Chi: The Screening

Lost Chi, a film written, produced, and directed by my dear pal Robert Michaels (who also stars in it) is premiering tonight at the New Filmmakers Series at Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave., corner of 2nd Street in NYC.

The film stars a myriad of fun actors, including my pal David Robinette, who has an improvised part of the film that literally made me almost wet my pants in laughter when it was being filmed. I was hired by Robert to be an acting coach and second pair of eyes on the set - I'll be interested to see if I get any billing (I'm such a narcissistic chick).

The film is really brilliant; it's the day in the lives of a group of friends who are trying to find themselves. It's full of male humor, but very accurate - like you're sitting in someone's living room. It's poignant, about the dissolution of relationships, the lies we tell ourselves and others, and why we 30-and 40-somethings sometimes just don't want to grow up because nobody told us that we wouldn't be able to play anymore if we had to.

The screening is at 9:45pm - $5 at the door. Come on and check it out; you'll be glad you did.