Zero Tolerance, Sex, Math and Seizures

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Friday, August 24th, 2012
5:30-6:40 pm on Friday the 24th, Sunday the 26th and Friday the 31st. 7:15-8:25 on Monday the 27th. 7:45-8:55 on Saturday, Sept 1. 6:00-7:10 on Sunday, Sept 2.

In "Zero Tolerance: Sex, Math and Seizures" Barbara Selfridge, at age 49, is asked to institutionalize her somewhat-estranged and more-than-somewhat-strange mathematician father. Selfridge the daughter, however, has never forgiven her father for the institutionalization, at age 11, of her brain-damaged sister. Yikes! The story also includes Selfridge's surprisingly witty sister, surprisingly racy mother, and two conferences: one for number-theorists and the other for social workers dealing with "Abandoned Daughters" like Selfridge. Double-yikes!

"Barbara Selfridge is what a writer should be: truthful and brazen and attentive to pain" -- Grace Paley.

"Zero Tolerance" is Barbara Selfridge�s first Fringe effort. She is a writer & performer from Oakland, CA. She works with Theatre Unlimited, a troupe that features actors and playwrights with developmental disabilities; Stagebridge, a troupe featuring senior story-tellers; and the Marsh, a Bay Area Theatre for developing new work. Her sister, Margaret Selfridge, sings back-up with the Magic Makers, a special needs rock band. Barbara says that she aspires to match her sister�s on-stage enthusiasm. She also hopes to shine a light on our medical system�s unspoken need for family advocates.

"Zero Tolerance" was developed with and directed by David Ford, artist-in-residence at the Marsh.

The 26th Annual International Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival runs August 23 to September 2, with previews of many shows -- including "Zero Tolerance: Sex, Math and Seizures" -- on Wednesday, August 22nd.