FINDING OUR VOICE World Premiere to Continue B Street's Family Series, 3/9-4/14

The B Street Theatre, Sacramento's Resident Professional, New Works Theatre, has announced its next offering in the Family Series, the world premiere of Finding Our Voice: Susan B. & the Women's Suffrage Movement By: David Pierini.

The B Street Theatre explores the dramatic history of the women's suffrage movement in David Pierini's new, original play. Pierini depicts suffragists' crusade for the 19th Amendment from the perspective of one young woman torn between freedom and family. Along the way, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Woodrow Wilson and others inspire her to pursue her dreams as they work to bring equal voting rights to America's women.

B Street audiences have enjoyed David Pierini's work for over two decades. He has appeared on stage in countless roles, written for and directed 20 B Street School Tour Shows, and written such memorable titles for the Family Series as Pinocchio, A Christmas Carol, Tom Sawyer, and The Princess and the Pauper. Finding Our Voice will be his seventh play to have its world premiere in the Family Series to date.

Finding Our Voice: Susan B. & the Women's Suffrage Movement is the third show of B Street's 2012-2013 Family Series. Recommended for children age 8+.

Featuring Ed Claudio, Rick Kleber, and others, the show includes work by lighting designer Ron Madonia and stage manager Tracy Prybyla.

The production will run March 9-April 14, 2013, playing 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. Saturdays & Sundays. There will be one preview at 1 p.m. Saturday, Mar 9, 2013. Opening is set for 4 p.m. Saturday, Mar 9, 2013. All performances play the B Street Theatre's B3 Stage, 2727 B St., Sacramento. COST: $18-$27*; $12-15* preview tickets. For more information, call (916) 443-5300 or visit www.bstreettheatre.org.

B Street Theatre is a non-profit, professional theatre company producing primarily new work for adults, families and children. The two-theatre playhouse on B Street in Midtown Sacramento is home to the Mainstage Series, B3 Series and Family Series, each created to feature intimate, quality theatre for audiences year-round. Recognized as one of Northern California's top professional theatres, B Street Theatre has produced more than 100 new plays, 60 of which are world, national, West Coast or regional premieres.

B Street Theatre was originally founded in 1986 for the purpose of bringing the excitement of live performance to children through the B Street Theatre School Tour. This educational outreach program serves over 200,000 students in Northern California annually.

Other B Street Theatre programs include the B Street Theatre Family Series and Family Series Student Matinees (for school field trips), the B3 Series, B Street Acting Conservatory and Studio for Young People, and the B Street Theatre Internship program for pre-professional/post-college training. B Street Theatre has produced over 250 professional productions since 1986. More information at www.bstreettheatre.org.