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Teresa Avia Lim has the title role in the B Street Theatre production of "Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them." (Image by: Barry Wisdom)

Each year, B Street Theatre Producing Director Buck Busfield and his consiglieri head to the Humana Festival of New America Plays in Louisville, Ky., to check out the freshest and fiercest that U.S. playwrights have to offer.

At 2011's festival, among the works at which Busfield took aim was A. Rey Pamatmat's "Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them."

Jason Edward Cook as Benji in "Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them." (Image by: Barry Wisdom) The drama concerns three kids: 16-year-old Kenny and his 12-year-old sister Edith, and their friend Benji. Kenny and Edith are "all but abandoned on a farm in remotest Middle America," but the siblings care for each other with more devotion than offered by their parents.

Teresa Avia Lim has the title role in "Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them." (Image by: Barry Wisdom) As Benji and Kenny's relationship evolves into something more than friendship, and the protective Edith makes a tragic error in judgment, their world is forced open by an intrusive outside world.

Jason Edward Cook and Jon Norman Schneider in "Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them," opening May 19 at the B Street Theatre. (Image by: Barry Wisdom)

Recipient of a 2012 Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association Citation, "Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them" opens on the B Street Theatre's B3 Stage at 8 p.m. May 19, 2012, and runs through June 17, 2012.

Directed by May Adrales, the show features Teresa Avia Lim as Edith, Jon Norman Schneider as Kenny, and Jason Edward Cook as Benji.

Jon Norman Schneider and Teresa Avia Lim in "Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them." (Image by: Barry Wisdom)

JUST THE FACTS

WHAT: B Street Theatre production of "Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them"

WHERE: B Street Theatre B3 stage, 2727 B St., Sacramento, Calif.

WHEN: Opens 8 p.m. May 19, 2012, and runs through June 17, 2012, with performances at: 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays; 2 and 7 p.m. Thursdays (May 31, June 7 and 14); 7 p.m. Fridays; 8 p.m. Saturdays; and 1 p.m. Sundays (June 10 and 17)

WHO: Written by A. Rey Pamatmat; directed by May Adrales; featuring Jon Norman Schneider (Kenny), Teresa Avia Lim (Edith), Jason Edward Cook (Benji)

HOW MUCH: $23-$35 ($5 student rush)

MORE INFORMATION: (916) 443-5300; www.bstreettheatre.org