Heebs and Dweebs

Written and performed by Amy Salloway
Awkward Moment Productions

Minneapolis Fringe fave Amy Salloway (”So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz!”, “Circumference”) breaks her solo-show-with-a-plotline tradition for a moment to offer up a casual and eclectic batch of Jewish, true-ish stories that changes nightly - no two “Spirit in the House” performances exactly alike! You definitely don’t have to be a Yid to relate to these reflections on life at the “Math Boys” lunch table… a bipolar Israeli tour guide…and Linda, the psychic cleaning lady.

“Salloway is an equally talented writer and performer: hilarious, honest, and unsparing, with a great sense of pace.”
- Calgary Herald

“…has a dead-on instinct for finding humor where others might mine only darkness.”
- City Pages

“…smart, funny, fearlessly candid, and generously endowed with talent.”
- The Georgia Straight

“An A for chutzpah!”
- Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Location:

Church of Youth

Schedule:

Saturday, February 28, 8:30 pm
Monday, March 2, 7:00 pm
Tuesday, March 3, 8:30 pm
Wednesday, March 4, 7:00 pm
Sunday, March 8, 5:30 pm

Intended Audience:

Ages 16 and Up

Cautions:

Adult Language and Situations

Performance Genre(s):

Comedy, Drama, Solo Show, World Premiere, Storytelling, Poetry

Running Time:

60 minutes

This project was made possible in part with the support of Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, an initiative of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation.

Contact:

Amy Salloway
Email: awkwardmoment@mindspring.com
Phone: 612-298-5772
Artist/Company Website: www.amysalloway.com, www.myspace.com/awkwardmomentproductions

Cast Bio(s):

Actor, writer and storyteller Amy Salloway is the creator of the award-winning solo productions “Does This Monologue Make Me Look Fat?” (2003), “So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz!” (2005), and “Circumference” (2006-2007), all of which began their lives at the Minnesota Fringe Festival and have gone on to tour to Fringes, theatres, colleges, organizations, festivals and events all over the US and Canada (and beyond!), including stops like the UNO Festival in Victoria, BC; Cape May Stage’s Flying Solo Series; Open Stage Theatre in Harrisburg, PA; Oh Solo Mio in London, Ontario; the Baltimore Creative Alliance; the Jewish Museum of Maryland; StageNorth in Washburn, WI; the Manhattan JCC; The Columbus GLBT Festival; the Her-icane Festival of Women’s Theatre in Saskatoon; the International TeatroNetto Festival of Solo Theatre in Jaffa, Israel, and Six Figure Theatre’s Artists of Tomorrow series in NYC. Amy’s performed her work on MPR’s “In the Loop” and CBC radio, and as part of the popular Twin Cities monologue collective Rockstar Storytellers. She’s also been an instructor and playwright for Interact Center for the Arts, where she served as lead writer for two company-developed musicals: “Future Perfect”, and “The Broken Brain Summit”. Amy is excited to be a part of Spirit in the House, and thanks Rimon for their generous assistance. For still more words about Amy and upcoming performances, please visit www.amysalloway.com or www.myspace.com/awkwardmomentproductions.

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3 Reviews for Heebs and Dweebs

  1. Amy Salloway is not to be missed! Her stories are funny, sad and she has a great ability to turn difficult events of her life into humor. She is an engaging and accomplshed performer. Get your tickets now because once word gets around there will probably be a full house.

    Comment by Joan Calof — March 1, 2009 @ 6:43 pm

  2. Amy Salloway doesn’t perform very often in town (because she’s in so much demand all over the north American continent), so you should catch her when you can.

    She’s adept at finding humor in the most unlikely places, and painting a compassionate picture of some mostly unlikeable people.

    Comment by Jeanne — March 2, 2009 @ 6:35 pm

  3. Every time Amy puts together her material what emerges is different, and a delight. She has the rare ability to create a coherent, new performance each time she walks onto the stage. There is an ongoing semi-serious artistic rivalry betwen spoken word artists (generally younger) who use scripts and “traditional” storytellers (generally older) who do not. Traditional storytellers argue that you can’t interact with the audience, make eye contact, and respond to them, when you have a script. Spoken word artists point to vague, rambling performances that go past time and are rude to other performers and say no thanks. Amy is the rare artist whose script never gets in the way of her audience connection, who is disciplined and spontaneous at the same time, and who gives me something new, beautiful and rewarding every time I attend a performance. On Tuesday night, I heard two stories about two fathers, told with humor, courage and yes, there’s that word again - compassion. I needed this. Thank you.

    Comment by Paula — March 7, 2009 @ 5:44 pm

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