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Abydos Theater presents THE FALSE SERVANT OR THE BUSINESS OF LOVE by Pierre Marivaux, with a new translation/adaptation by Ann and George Crowe. EXIT on Taylor Saturday, November 5 – Saturday, December 17, 2005 (Preview: Friday, November 4, 2005 -- no shows Thanksgiving weekend, November 25 & 26) Tickets: $25 general admission ($18 for seniors over 62, youth under 21, students, Half-price for November 4 Preview.) Buy tickets at www.TheaterMania.com or at the theater 7:30pm on showday. Reservations and group discounts: 415.386.2373 or theatreabydos@aol.com http://www.abydostheater.org/ The False Servant, by Pierre Marivaux seen in a brand new translation/adaptation by local writers, Ann and George Crowe, specially commissioned by Abydos Theate, directed by Jessica Heidt, associate artistic director of Magic Theater. Lust, greed, and cross-dressing are on display in this French comedy about a young girl who dresses as a man to find out more about her husband-to-be. Her discoveries challenge our most cherished notions of love and gender. The False Servant is a play with many layers of complex sexual and commercial ambiguity that have a very modern flavor. Today we are every bit as conflicted by motives of love and money as were the characters of Marivaux's era. Set in Dauville, France in the 1920’s, within a jazz world where Paris moves to the country. The set is inspired by a Marcel Duchamp sculpture “Rotary Demishpere." It will be a physical piece that includes dancing and memory of commedia. The style will be heightened, but not extreme. Our False Servant explores the implications of ambi-sexuality and attraction between people of the same gender. A world of flirtation, sex and money. Pierre Marivaux (1688-1763) is considered the most important French playwright of the 18th century, creating many works for la Comédie-Française and Théâtre-Italien of Paris. Like other great French dramatists such as Moliere, Beaumarchais, and Anouilh, Marivaux possesses the greatest of dramatic gifts — the ability to wrap social critique in exuberant coomedy. The audience is hardly aware that it is being ridiculed because the audience itself is so often laughing. Director Jessica Heidt is the Associate Artistic Director at Magic Theatre where she recently directed the world premiere of Betty Shamieh’s The Black Eyed. The SF Weekly praised her "sensitive use of space and movement" to convey majesty, irony, and lyricism. Ms. Heidt has directed numerous premieres, developmental workshops and readings with Bay Area playwrights. She was a member of the 2002 Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, and the founder and Artistic Director of Once upon a Playhouse. She is also a casting director for Bay Area theatres and films including Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Zoetrope Live Story, Family Stories, Marines Memorial, and Theatre On the Square. Ms. Heidt's other directing credits include A Gentler Place by Jeff Carter, Apocrypha by Ignacio Zulueta, Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill, Pericles, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. She teaches at the University of San Francisco and holds a BA in Theater Arts from UC Santa Cruz. The Abydos False Servant was translated and adapted from the 18th century French by Ann and George Crowe. Ann has an M.A. in French from the University of Glasgow and a Diplome Superieur de francais des affaires, Paris. She is a retired French teacher, a freelance translator and co-author of A Dictionary of French Faux Pas. George Crowe is a playwright and architect originally from New Zealand. His plays include Starkey's Back produced in The Directors Cut at Abydos Theater, Journeyworker Jones at Tale-Spinners, The American at The Julian, Knock at S.F. Repertory, and Separate Beds at the Asylum Theatre in Las Vegas. His other scripts have received several awards as well as staged readings in San Francisco, Berkeley, Santa Rosa, Chicago and New York. His play Parable for a Dark Time is included in Golden Thread Productions "Re-Orient 2005". George is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Artists Development Lab at Z Space Studio where he is currently developing the play Tailings, about silver-mining millionaire John Mackay. Abydos Theater was founded in 1999 to extend the range of directorial expression and to further the public’s understanding and appreciation of the director’s role in creating live theater and related media arts. The soul and passion of Abydos Theater is nourished by individual directors through their artistic vision, skill, knowledge and originality. We seek texts that offer noteworthy opportunities for true theatricality—plays that insspire and require the art of the director. Abydos contributes to the vibrant theatre scene in the Bay Area, working in collaboration with a range of artists such as writers, actors, designers, musicians, choreographers and our audiences. We provide opportunities for new and emerging directors to find their voices, develop their craft, and create exciting live theater. ABYDOS takes its name from the ancient Egyptian theatrical ritual enacted
at the sacred site of Abydos on the Nile. Dating from 2,500 BCE, the ceremonial
drama of Osiris and Isis was performed annually for an audience of thousands
of pilgrims. Scholars believe this to be the first documented instance
of theatre in human history. As a long-term developmental project, we plan
a site-specific work based on the Osiris/Isis myth as it might have been
presented in the Egyptian Passion play at the ancient city of Abydos. |
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Dan Carbone PHOTO CREDIT: Mike Kuchar |
"A Forgotten Man and a Gremlin Chorus present a passionate excursion
into unseen realms, descending a dark staircase to a land that falls somewhere
between a Pre-School Easter Pageant and a Murderous Nightmare!" "... a one-man collection of irreal characters, including a monkey
astronaut, a sleeping pig, a dead Elvis waiting on the Highway of Eternity
in a limousine, and Jesus, paired with a hallucinatory, evil monkey named
Jungle Belle... It's hilarious and elegant and really, really weird. Dan
Carbone has rare gifts as an actor and writer; even his oddest noises,
chants, and stories seem logical..." "One of the funniest show's
you'll ever see!" "The Billy Bob Thornton of San Francisco!"-
(Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly, San Francisco Magazine) |
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Risk is This…The Cutting Ball Experimental
Plays Festival
the evolutionist's club by Kevin Oakes directed by Rob Melrose.
In a remote field house on the edge of a wilderness, a research scientist
lives with his emotionally fragile wife. Into their tainted eden a mysterious
stranger appears. But is he there to help, or hurt? So begins a battle
as they seek to control not only each other, but reality itself. Oct. 28
& 29 Featuring Felicia Benefield, Ty Blair, Alexaendrai Bond, Ted D'Agostino, Daveed Diggs, Daniel Krueger, Carolyn Joy Lenske, Ryan Oden, Danielle O'Hare, Mia Paschal, Garth Petal, David Skillman, David Sinaiko, Ian Walker and Valerie Weak Workshop designs by Claire Calderwood, Cliff Caruthers, Liliana Duque, Erik Flatmo, Robert McPhee, Micaela Neus, and Luiza Silva. Stage Managed by Robert McPhee Graphic Design by Debra Singer For reservations to Risk Is This... Cutting Ball's Festival of Experimental Plays go to www.cuttingball.com. |
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BEST OF THE FRINGE 2005. Four Fringe Favorites return for one performance only to benefit the San Francisco Fringe Festival. Tickets $20 to each performance and all proceeds benefit the SF Fringe 2006!!! CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE
21/One: Twenty-One Shows in One Hour, by The Boxcar Players of San Francisco, BOXCAR THEATRE. Poets, Yuppies, Hippies, Lovers, Dreamers, and the Homeless all collide in a collage of twenty-one distinctive pieces. Each piece dedicates itself to a separate and unique district of one of America's most happening and diverse cities: San Francisco. Returning to a collaborative troupe style form where all artists work together in the writing, directing, and performing aspects of the creation process, Boxcar Theatre is on the fringe of developmental theatre. So, take a ride on the Boxcar, Theatre on the move! Green Bamboo Hermitage by The Visible Theater of BERKELEY. FOR CHILDREN OVER 12. On the eve of the Japanese Occupation, a young couple flees Shanghai for the home of an eccentric aunt. There, they become enmeshed in the story of her tragic romance and how she came to be a widow before she was ever a bride. To the sounds of traditional opera and 1930's jazz, Green Bamboo Hermitage witnesses a clash of classical and nouveau in China's struggle for a modern identity. A 20th century ghost story from the director of last year's chilling psychodrama, Cincinnati. Show Me Where It Hurts by Annie Larson
& Karen Ripley of San Francisco, Live Music Accompaniment by The Galimaufrey
Orchestra. RIPLEYLARSON. MUSICAL COMEDY. Lounge-Zilla! by Dennis T. Giacino & Fiely A. Matias of Orlando, Florida, THE OOPS GUYS COMEDY TROUPE, COMEDY CABARET, NOT FOR CHILDREN, MATURE CONTENT, COARSE LANGUAGE, X-RATED 3D SEGMENT. A bawdy spoof of really bad lounge acts hailed as "an atomic blast of twisted songs, politically-incorrect humor and an outrageous 3D finale that must be seen to be believed!" Best Comedy & Musical '04 National GLBT Theatre Festival. Best Of Fest nominee at the Orlando Fringe Festival. "Laugh so hard you nearly wet your pants!" -Seattle Gay News. "A+! The most out-of-control cabaret act in town is here...so be prepared to laugh!" -EdgeBoston.com |
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Holly Brown & Nena St. Louis |
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Sally Clawson as Zahrah and Juliet Tanner as Leyla |
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| The 12th Annual LaborFest is a cultural festival with Plays, Film, Song, Poetry, Readings, Workshops and other events celebrating the creativity and power of working people to make a world of justice and peace and to take these traditions forward. EXIT Theatre is pleased to present these performances and workshops as part of LaborFest 2005. | |||||
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by Kerry Reid in collaboration with Christina Augello and John Warren, live musical accompaniment by Jack "Applejack" Walroth directed by John Warren and starring Christina Augello Based on the legendary depression era hobo, feminist,
and anarchist Bertha Thompson, this one woman show features Christina Augello.
Boxcar Bertha received its first staged reading at the DIVAfest 2003. This
depression era saga follows Bertha, a rugged hard living woman who rode
the rails in the 1930s, on a journey from hobo to grifter, from prostitute
to activist.
Funding for Boxcar Bertha has been made possible by the Puffin Foundation.
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| Los Vientos de Marzo / March Winds with Lynn Werner An original solo theater piece with poetry and prose based on her eight years documenting human rights abuses in Colombia, Torture, assassination, disappearance in Colombia
"I was deeply moved by Lynn Werner in "Los Vientos
de Marzo." Every North American should see this performance to learn
more about the reality of our sisters and brothers in Latin America."
"A powerful and inspiring performance that needs to be experienced. Do not miss this incredible testimony of pain and courage." Edwina Gately, Author, poet
"Conferees were spellbound by Lynn Werner's moving one-woman performance... which recounts her experience in Colombia in the popular struggle for human rights and justice. May in the audience were seeing it for the third time, and still were deeply
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with Jay Martin
Upton Sinclair ran for governor of California in 1934, with a plan to provide work for the Depression's unemployed. Supported by thousands of volunteers, he won the primary but lost the election. Hear the story in the author's own words, when Jay Martin performs excerpts from Upton Sinclair's memoir I, Candidate for Governor, and How I Got Licked.
Jay Martin has performed in the San Francisco Fringe Festival in his own pieces, underhope and Candistan. He is a member of the Custom Made Theater Company, whose next season will include The Heidi Chronicles. Jay first presented Upton Sinclair in Fresno at the Rogue Festival.
Tickets: $10 EXIT Theatre 7pm Friday July 22 Saturday July 30 |
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Dan McHale in Will Draw for Food PHOTO: Steve Savage | ||||
| EXIT Theatre is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, San Francisco's Hotel Tax Fund Grant for the Arts, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, the San Francisco Art Commission Cultural Equity Grants Program, the Mary Wohlford Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Fund, the Bernard Osher Foundation, San Francisco's Voluntary Arts Contribution Fund, the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, the Damatists Guild Fund, the Puffin Foundation, Individual Contributions and other donors. | |||||
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Garth Petal, Andrew Harkins, Jack Sale, & Daniel Krueger in Macbeth PHOTO: Rob Melrose |
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| DIVAfest a theatrical collage of the female creative April 20 - 30, 2005 |
The Abortion Show...or Uhh...bortion show... |
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| The fourth annual DIVAfest blossoms forth in San Francisco on all 4 EXIT Theatreplex stages with two weeks of the female creative, from Wednesday April 20 through Saturday April 30. This year's DIVAfest includes two new commissioned pieces, both EXIT Theatre world premieres, two newly developed solo shows, an exhibit, workshops and readings. | |||
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| EXIT Theatre and DIVAfest 2005 are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, San Francisco's Hotel Tax Fund Grant for the Arts, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, the San Francisco Art Commission Cultural Equity Grants Program, the Mary Wohlford Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Fund, the Bernard Osher Foundation, San Francisco's Voluntary Arts Contribution Fund, the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, the Damatists Guild Fund, the Puffin Foundation, Individual Contributions and other donors. | |||
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CASSIE BECKas Cassoulay and ADAM CHIPKIN as
Arne |
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SteinBeck Presents FAMILY JEWELS - The Making of Veronica Klaus. STARRING VERONICA KLAUS! Named Best Chanteuse 2004 by the SF Bay Guardian. Created with and directed by Jeffrey Hartgraves. Veronica Klaus is a San Francisco performance icon. Since 1989 she has been a featured artist in Concerts, Theatre and Cabarets. While this, combined with her glamorous personae would be enough, there is the added detail of her transformation from Midwestern small-town schoolboy to Bay Area Diva. A personal revolution from "husky" boy to "voluptuous" Chanteuse; is a story worth telling. A world premiere production, Family Jewels will be the comprehensive account of Veronica's life adventure. Largely untold until now, the performance will use story and song to illustrate the humor, passion and human drama of her unique story. The music will be selections of original pieces, written by Veronica and various covers of songs that augment the aspects of the material at hand. The music and monologues will be woven together, giving the play an emotionally "layered" effect. MEDIA & REVIEWS THURS/FRI/SAT 8PM FEB 17 - MAR 12 EXIT Theatre. Tickets $20 General Admission, $18 Seniors/Students, $17 TBA Members. Reservations: 415-820-1565 or www.steinbeckpresents.org. "The best gender-bending live shows since David Bowie donned mascara" -- SF Weekly |
