BASS FOR PICASSO

By Kate Moira Ryan               Directed by Ike Schambelan

Presented by Theater Breaking Through Barriers                  

In BASS FOR PICASSO, amputee and food writer for the 'New York Times' Francesca Danieli throws a dinner party for her friends recreating recipes from the Alice B. Toklas Cookbook. The guest list includes Pilar, her multilingual art detective lover, who has spent time in Guantanamo for visa problems; Bricka Matson, a lesbian widow with a small child and Republican in-laws who are trying to gain custody; Joe, an OB/GYN whose lover is a geographically challenged crystal meth addict; and Kev, a playwright who has recently fallen off the wagon and written a soon-to-open Off-Broadway play about all of them. It's an insanely funny, irreverent 90-minute look at gay and lesbian life in the new millennium.