[accessibleimage] 'Women Who Drink' takes the stage Friday night

Sawyer County Record, WI, USA
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

'Women Who Drink' takes the stage Friday night (features Leslye Orr)

This Friday night, Hayward audiences will get a chance to experience the St. Paul theater 
scene, when the Park Theater presents "Women Who Drink," a comedy performed by 
Dreamland Arts of St. Paul.

In this show, the outrageous Leslye Orr conjures up 16 ladies named after their 
favorite drinks, while bartender Kathleen Sullivan sets up each barfly with 
comic twists.

Now in its 17th year, the play has delighted audiences in Minneapolis, Saint 
Paul, St. Cloud, Stillwater and in New Richmond. It is recommended for mature 
audiences.

Actress Leslye Orr is a playwright, performer and teacher with an extensive background in theater education 
for children and adults. She is the creator of the acclaimed "Hand in Hand," the comedy "Women 
Who Drink," and "The People on the Corner," a children's book on inclusion and disabilities.

She was a company member and voice coach at The Children's Theatre Company of 
Minneapolis for ten years. She was a member of Ballet of the Dolls, and has 
written scripts and performed with Illusion Theater, Jungle Theater Outreach 
Series, Dudley Riggs and The Arkansas Children's Theater.

Orr was awarded a Jerome Fellowship and a Jones Commission through the 
Playwrights' Center and a 2004 Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State 
Arts Board.

Born legally blind, Orr has for the past 20 years taught workshops nationally 
in which she upholds the possibilities of disabilities. Orr and her husband, 
Zaraawar Mistry, are the owners of Dreamland Arts, a 40-seat theater attached 
to their house in St. Paul.

Tickets for the Park Theater performance of "Women Who Drink" are $15 in 
advance, available at Art Beat on Second Street, or $18 at the door. Doors open at 7 
p.m.; curtain is at 7:30.
For more information, call Art Beat at 934-2780 or go to www.parktheaterproject.com

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