belatedly, from May’s end.
June 23rd, 2009at times, i like to post the stuffs emails i send out as part of my ongoing, inconsistent, and underwhelming ”promotional efforts”. so, below is what i sent out on May 29th. a fairly good summary…
in the meantime, T minus ten. crap…
From: Samantha Chanse <schanse@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Subject: this weekend & more stuffs.
To: sam@whiskeyandacigarette.org
hey all,
yet another email this month, but it’s May & API heritage month, or something like that, and you know how we Asians get when heritage is involved (i don’t even know what that means; the day still feels early yet, just bear with me, or nod and smile, & let’s move on).
i have a few announcements of stuffs upcoming. then i won’t send another email out for a few weeks, huzzah! so, i feel quite justified in tapping this one out:
1. Friday & Saturday, May 29 & 30th; 8pm (tonight & tomorrow, yes)
Story Jam @ SomArts (934 Brannan Street, bet 8th & 9th sts, SF)
featuring Eth-Noh-Tec, Noemi Sohn, Samantha Chanse, Brenda Wong Aoki & Mark Izu of First Voice, Coke Tani Nakamoto
some tales told, in various formats, including but not limited to: kinetic storytelling, dance, performance, music, &reading shit off a few pieces of paper on a music stand.
we like music stands, though; they have that whole stillness quality about them, and they suggest order & discipline, even in the absence of both.
$14 at door, $10 in advance
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/66338
2. Friday & Saturday, June 19 & 20th; 8pm
Back to the Graveyard @ Shotwell Studios (3252-A 19th Street, @ Shotwell, SF)
part of an Artist In Motion residency with Footloose at Shotwell Studios
a solo show - comedy with embedded tragedy, tragedy with embedded comedy, etc.
my last Graveyard performance before i move my shit cross-country! and the bay area breathes a collective sigh of relief…
$10-15
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68708
3. Saturday, June 20th; 9pm-1am (following 6/20 performance of Graveyard)
Laundry Party Public & Celebration of Impending Transition to My Bicoastal Lifestyle
Featuring performances/readings/presentations by Mahru Elahi, Isaac Hill, The Matinees, Cathlin Goulding, Daniel Heath, The Invisible Cities, Dan Weil, and others
Also featuring drinking & eating & celebratory goodness.
Free, although donations of drink and/or cold hard cash and/or cold hard checks to underwrite the celebratory goodness and/or my move/graduate education much appreciated.
stop by and say “happy cross-country driving” or “don’t fuck this up” or “good riddance” or your send-off greeting of choice to me.
Info: http://www.whiskeyandacigarette.org/calendar/index.php?op=view&id=288
4. Tuesday, June 23rd; 8pm
Love, Death & Comedy @ KSW (PariSoma, 1436 Howard St., bet 10th & 11th sts)
Featuring Allan Manalo, Linda Park, Yasmine Gomez, Jon Yang, Chuck Lacson, and Cathlin Goulding
An evening of readings, performances, & presentations developed in KSW’s comedy workshop with Samantha Chanse.
Aiya, my students reading! so proud, so proud (i am NOT reading/performing at this event, although i’ll be introducing peoples, so i’m sure i can fuck something up, at some point in the evening).
Cost: unsure; i suspect it’s a suggested donation of $5, though.
Info eventually here: http://www.kearnystreet.org
5. Friday, June 26th; 8pm
Comedy Marathon @ the Purple Onion (140 Columbus Ave, SF)
Night of standup comedy featuring Susan Alexander (Host), Nancy Lee, Caitlin Gill, Sandy Stec, Samantha Chanse, Chris Burns.
$20
Email: reservations@5funnyfemales.com; info: http://www.5funnyfemales.com
6. Wednesday, August 26th; 7.30pm
Lydia’s Funeral Video @ The Marsh (1062 Valencia St, SF)
A solo play. oh, and look, i’m in SF again; guess that collective sigh of relief in (2) was premature.
even if you already saw this, please to come & help me sell out this show; i have gained incalculable Wisdom and Experience in the year since the 2008 production, so it will be As If You Never Saw It Before. or something like that.
$10 - 15
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/57749
thanks for reading. hope you’re all well -
and if you’d like to be removed from this list, feel free to send me a passive aggressive email suggesting i reconsider the content/tone/frequency of my stuffs emails without actually mentioning that you’d like to be removed. or you can be direct about it, your choice. in any case, i’ll be offended and hurt, but after promptly removing you, will eventually get over it and move on; know that your rejection will have contributed immensely to my ongoing Character Building Project (CBP).
happy weekend,
sam

in other news: i’m participating in a series of new play readings! including my own! in North Beach! i’m a bit frightened, and am still writing the script, but i will be joined by theater artists extraordinaire Acquenetta Summers-Wong, Leon Goetzen, and Dan Weil, who will make me look good. 
