Marlene Nichols
does it again this spring! She cannot help herself, she is incorrigible, she simply will not stop! Watch the exhibitionista extroardinaire on stage at Stage Left Studio in an encore presentation of her latest play, No Change Given, and the solo extravaganza hit Dress Kiss Me. April 28-30, May 5-7 and May 14. Ticket info coming soon.

No Change Given was conceived in Hong Kong during Nichols' latest jaunt to the other end of the earth. Strangers to the city and each other, a man and woman meet on a ferry boat crossing Hong Kong harbor and are confronted with a reminder that every chance encounter leads to a point of no return. Will they trust each other blindly, or turn and walk away? In a world that keeps getting smaller, can we still be shocked by a stranger's secret?

Dress Kiss Me... M wants it all: beauty, fashion, the perfect Hollywood kiss. But when her pants are stolen at a sample sale, she's forced to buy a dress with more attitude than she bargained for.

Writer and solo performer Marlene Nichols conjures a glimpse at life in the big city, where everything has a mind of its own and everyone has attitude to spare. Well, don’t just stand there, Dress Kiss Me!

Part writer, part showman,
part Southern belle, part
New York City wisecracker,
Marlene Nichols believes
if you’re not laughing,
you’re not really living.

Nichols works the stage from
front and back ends as author
and solo performer of the
hilariously heartbreaking
(and heartbreakingly hilarious)
shows Dress Kiss Me
(in medias res of its current run),
Just Back from Dreaming
and Seeing Voices. Ensemble casts bring life to the characters in
Nichols' plays No Change Given (currently in development)
and Rum Boogie.

More Marlene...

Recent Productions...

Rip off your girdle and turn up the blues with Rum Boogie! Set against the backdrop
of Memphis, Tennessee, with its grand hotels and down ‘n dirty blues clubs, the play
profiles six bawdy and irreverent characters, each clinging to dreams of freedom
as they come to terms with the cost of always wanting more.



“If you can’t play with the big dogs,
better stay on the porch with the pups.”