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The Brothers Size
BY Tarell Alvin McCraneySep 09 - Oct 17, 2010
Or,
BY Liz Duffy AdamsNov 04 - Dec 05, 2010
What We're Up Against
BY Theresa RebeckFeb 02 - Mar 06, 2011
The Lily's Revenge
BY Taylor MacApr 21 - May 22, 2011
The Virgin Play Series
Mar 01 - Apr 01, 20112010-2011 Season of New Plays
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It gives me great pleasure to introduce our 2010-2011 Season and the vibrant, heartbreaking, hilarious, fantastical, and wildly entertaining work of these four deeply talented writers. I believe theatre is essential. Especially now. It feeds our souls by offering a sacred communion between writer, actor, and audience. In our wonderfully intimate space, its simplicity yields grace. Subscribe today for an adventure you won’t soon forget! See you at the theatre, ………………………………………………………………………………………. The Brothers Size (West Coast Premiere)September 9 – October 17 Am I my brother’s keeper? After a homecoming in the bayous of Louisiana, the Size brothers, Ogun and Oshoosi, try to start fresh. This haunting, funny, and heartbreaking tour-de-force by Tarell Alvin McCraney probes sexuality, coming of age, and the bonds of family. The Brothers Size marks the emergence of a major new voice in American theatre. The Brothers Size is the second play of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays, a trilogy presented across the Bay Area by Magic Theatre, A.C.T., and Marin Theatre Company this fall. More info at www.brothersisterplays.org. It’s what people must have felt during productions of the early works of Eugene O’Neill in the 1920′s or Sam Shepard in the 1960′s… It is said of one character in this gorgeous trilogy…that she “breathes like the wind.” So do Mr. McCraney’s plays, which are pumped full of a senses-heightening oxygen that leaves you tingling. - Ben Brantley, The New York Times (read the full article here)
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Thoughts from Director Octavio Solis:
The deeply American plays of Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s Brothers/Sisters Trilogy could not have taken place anywhere else than the disaster-stricken state of Louisiana. Yet they feel so elemental, so utterly mythic and primal. They stand out of time, in that long second between the thought and the deed, between past and future, between life and the life beyond. The Brothers Size is the second play of this trilogy and it seems smaller and simpler in scope in comparison to the other two plays. But it is in fact the nexus of the series, the heart of McCraney’s thesis on Black American brothersistermotherfatherloverhood. Three men, two brothers and a lover, or two lovers and another, struggle to understand the unspoken bonds between them, the ties of blood tangled in the ties of love, as expectation collides with desire. The play is set in an auto mechanic’s garage but the fine blend of Yoruban folklore, ancient Greek myth, Garcia-Lorcan sense of tragic inevitability and good ol’ Louisiana git-down convert the garage into an altar for the ceremony of manhood.
Or, (West Coast Premiere)
November 4 – December 5
a cross-dressing contemporary restoration comedy
written by Liz Duffy Adams
directed by Loretta Greco
Aphra Behn is getting out of the spy game and into showbiz. If she can finish her play by morning, she’ll become the first professional female playwright. All that’s standing in her way are King Charles II, actress Nell Gwynne, and double agent William Scot, who may or may not be trying to murder the king. Double-crossing, cross-dressing, sex, art, and politics all collide in playwright Liz Duffy Adams’ hilarious bodice-ripper that peers into the life and times of the literal first lady of the stage.
Her verbal dexterity and dark humor pack a provocative and entertaining punch.
- Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle
…A playful, funny and inventive comedy… Her language has a natural period flavor and a formidable wit; her characters possess the spark of fully animated spirits…
- Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
What We’re Up Against (World Premiere)
February 2 – March 6
a laugh-out-loud comedy
written by Theresa Rebeck
directed by Loretta Greco
In the world of architecture, there’s a system. Stu and Ben get it; they’ve paid their dues. Webber gets it. Even Janice gets it. But Eliza, the new woman at the firm, just won’t play by the rules. This is What We’re Up Against. Theresa Rebeck, one of America’s master playwrights, returns to Magic after her hit show Mauritius with this laugh-out-loud world premiere comedy about men, women, and survival in the workplace.
Theresa Rebeck returns after her hit show Mauritius:
- Top 10 List – San Francisco Chronicle
- Best show of 2009 – San Francisco Bay Times
- 7 Critics Circle Award nominations
…ingenious, ferociously funny, emotionally dynamic
- Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle
The Lily’s Revenge (Rolling World Premiere)
April 21 – May 22
a flowery fantasia
written by and starring Taylor Mac and featuring dozens of Bay Area artists
When a flower falls in love with a blushing bride, can he complete a quest to become a man and win her love? Should he? Playwright and burlesque performer Taylor Mac, along with dozens of local Bay Area artists, tackle love, marriage, and Prop 8- using vaudeville, haiku, drag queens, ukuleles, feminist theories, dream ballets, public dressing rooms, and everything else in Mr. Mac’s theatrical arsenal. A fantastical cornucopia of theatre, party, circus, and social experiment, The Lily’s Revenge cross-examines with humor, heart, and irreverence one of our oldest institutions.
The Lily’s Revenge is a rolling world premiere with Magic Theatre, HERE Arts Center (New York), Southern Rep Theatre (New Orleans), and The National Theatre of Scotland.
In its bravery, scope, creativity, extremity, and sheer generosity of spirit, The Lily’s Revenge, to my mind, surpasses any American theatre in New York this year… [Taylor Mac] is one of the most exciting theatre artists of our time.
–Adam Feldman, Time Out NY
Watch Taylor Mac sing ‘The Palace of the End’
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