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A Steady Rain

2011-09-28T20:59:55Z

In this West Coast Premiere, Denny and Joey are two of Chicago’s less-than-finest – one’s a racist bully, the other, a spineless drunk. In this uncompromising crime drama, these two beat cops confess to the misdeeds and mistakes that have tipped their lives into violent chaos. Their lifelong friendship, their badges and Denny’s family come under fire after a bitter street hustler gets shaken down one too many times.

Written by a writer/producer of the AMC series Mad Men, the original Chicago production won the 2008 Jeff Award for Best New Work. It went on to receive a star-studded New York run featuring Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, which TIME MAGAZINE named one of the “Top 10 plays of 2009.”

God of Carnage

2011-09-28T20:10:59Z

The hysterical hit Broadway comedy is finally coming to the North Bay! Following an altercation between their 11-year-old sons in Cobble Hill Park, Annette and Alan Raleigh agree to meet Veronica and Michael Novak to discuss the situation civilly – practice the art of co-existence rather than slaughter each other with insurance claims and lawsuits. However, the veneer of polite society soon falls away as the couples begin to regress to childish accusations, bullying and bickering.

Othello, the Moor of Venice

2011-09-28T18:40:16Z

Experience Shakespeare at his most taut and tense as we pit two of the best actors in the Bay Area against each other in psychological single combat. Don’t miss Aldo Billingslea as Othello and Craig Marker as Iago on our intimate stage.

The Glass Menagerie

2011-09-27T17:53:02Z

Awarded Best Play in 1945 by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle and acclaimed as Williams’s first great Broadway success, this emotionally devastating portrait of hope is a memory of Saint Louis during the 1930s. Aspiring poet Tom Wingfield reluctantly works in a warehouse to support his overbearing mother and debilitatingly shy sister, Laura. Pushed by his mother, he finds Laura a gentleman caller to try to coax her from her fragile private world. Don’t miss this beautifully reimagined modern classic from award-winning director Jasson Minadakis (2010 San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Award for Director, Equivocation).

Bellwether

2011-09-21T21:29:51Z

Bellwether was a nice, safe place to live. People knew each other. They looked out for each other. Bad things didn’t happen there. That was until six-year-old Amy Draft went missing. As the police investigation progresses, speculation in the media and the neighborhood becomes critical and suspicious of Amy’s parents. But her disappearance is not what it seems and is only a glimpse of what lurks below the gated suburban community’s perfection.

Seven Guitars

2011-09-21T14:13:33Z

Prepare to be bewitched by August Wilson’s lyrical 1940s entry into his Pittsburgh Cycle, a remarkable decade-by-decade exploration of the African-American experience in the 20th century. Kent Gash, director of the musical theater and acting studio at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, directs this moving epic that finds abundant spirit in the everyday and overflows with music, mystery and humor.