March 17th 2011 - ActorsE Chat Show with "Meanwhile, Back at Cafe Du Monde..." Creator Peggy Sweeney

"Meanwhile, Back At Café Du Monde…” a unique and festive monologue event about the 2nd Universal Language – FOOD – and how our lives revolve around the satisfaction of it. The show is created around a collection of FOOD monologues - stories about food, relationships around food, experiences in our lives that revolve around food, including love affairs, break-ups, careers, the highs and lows of our lives. The common thread is FOOD –an important part of our lives, our culture, and our personal stories! The event is a little bit of theatre, a lot about cuisine and a true cultural celebration.

The event begins with a festive cocktail party with a fabulous buffet of great food followed by local personalities as “headliners” sharing their personal life stories around food. Headliners have included The Food Network personalities, chefs, restaurant and business owners, actors, writers, musicians, singers, TV anchors and more.

The show premiered May 16, 2010, at The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana and has gone on to sold out performances at restaurants in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Los Angeles and Santa Monica. A coffee table book of the monologues with pictures and recipes is in the works with Pelican Publishing and a TV pilot has been recently shot.

Monologues should be approximately 5-7 minutes. These monologues would not necessarily need to be memorized; however, you should be very familiar with your story. The show will include 8 monologues and would run approximately one hour and 15 minutes. These events will begin with a dinner before the show. All headliners get to bring a guest with them. There are no rehearsals. We arrive one hour before the doors open to go over the logistics and to take pictures. We look forward to hearing from you! For more information, please check out our website at http://www.meanwhilebackatcafedumonde.com. Please let us know asap if you are interested in participating in upcoming dates. If you have any questions or need further information, please contact the producers, Peggy Sweeney-McDonald at (310) 709-2851 or Jay Basist (225) 733-4016

Beth Schnitzer
Hailing from the East Coast, Beth has had a successful 20+ year career in the hospitality, sports, and entertainment sectors. Beth is Co-Founder and Partner of Spritz Marketing, an interactive marketing company that specializes in brand strategy and digital marketing solutions. Beth also oversees Partnership Marketing for PIER 39, Northern California’s most visited Tourist Attraction. Beth is actively involved in the San Francisco Community through various Non-Profit Boards and fundraising events and is also a Foodie and Wine lover. And her brothers have restaurants in Cape Cod, MA and South Beach FL. Beth received her business degree from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and resides in San Francisco.

Nikki Thomas - A native of New Orleans (and fan of Cafe Du Monde) and resident of San Francisco. Radio Host for KBLX in San Francisco and broadcast live at the popular jazz brunch on Sunday's at Restaurant Anzu a the Hotel Nikko. http://www.thenikkithomasnetwork.com

The upcoming Santa Monica "Meanwhile, Back At Cafe Du Monde..." event on Sunday, Feb. 20th at Sonoma Wine Garden made the front page today of the Westside Times! Tickets going fast for this red carpet event! Lots of great headliners sharing their amazing stories, fabulous food and wine - see y'all there! Call for reservations 214-424-4560. Tickets $60 and include dinner, show, glass of wine, tax and gratuity!
http://www.westsidetoday.com/n4483/

Peggy and Chef Vinni Villicano (co-host of the upcoming tv pilot) walked the red carpet of The Tasty Awards - celebrating food, life style and fashion in TV, Internet and Publications on Thursday night at The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood! It was an amazing night meeting all the stars of the food shows and more! Pic provided by Dissarry Magazine.

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Listen to Peggy being interviewed by the Fabulous Susan Irby - The Bikini Chef on 790 KABC - 790 AM this Saturday, Feb. 12th at 8:00pm Pacific Coast Time talking about the upcoming Santa Monica Show! Chef Nathan Lyon is also being interviewed. Both will be headliners in the Sonoma Wine Garden show - Feb. 20th. We are pleased to announce that Susan Irby - The Bikini Chef will be joining our live stream video network at Livestream!