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2011-2012 Season of New Plays
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Welcome to Magic Theatre, San Francisco’s home for adventuresome new plays and audiences. It is with great excitement that we introduce our 2011-12 season: five groundbreaking plays from five wildly talented writers. Don’t miss the chance to help us launch four important new plays and one re-imagined Magic revival in our intimate space.
Become a subscriber now for insider access, our Virgin Play Series, and special behind the scenes programming. Applaud the return of Luis Alfaro (Oedipus el Rey), Claire Chafee (Why We Have a Body), and Lloyd Suh (American Hwangap), and help us celebrate the Magic debut of the brilliant Sharr White and leading Scottish playwright Linda McLean.
Magic plays have gone on to productions in Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Washington DC, Minneapolis, New York, and even Manila! Join us now for a season of vibrant work and say you saw it here first!
See you in the Fall,
Loretta Greco, Producing Artistic Director
Revival/Begins August 31
WHY WE HAVE A BODY
The comedy that rocked San Francisco
by Claire Chafee
directed by Katie Pearl
Lili is a lesbian P.I. who stalks men cheating on their wives. When she’s not channeling Joan of Arc, Lili’s little sister Mary holds up a 7-Eleven and directs traffic. Their mother Eleanor, an archeologist, specializes in—what else?—the female brain. Claire Chafee’s comedy returns to Magic as sparkling as the day it premiered to packed houses in 1993.
World Premiere/Begins November 2ANNAPURNA
A breathtaking story about the longevity of love
by Sharr White
directed by Loretta Greco
After twenty years apart, Emma tracks Ulysses to a trailer park in the middle of nowhere for a final reckoning. What unfolds is a visceral and profound meditation on love and loss with the simplest of theatrical elements: two people in one room.
Playwright Sharr White’s wit is razor sharp, his insight deep, and his poetry spare. Nothing could be more epic.
JESUS IN INDIA
A Biblical prequel about the world’s most famous rebel—before he found his cause
by Lloyd Suh
directed by Daniella Topol
Two years after his hit play, American Hwangap, Lloyd Suh is back with a contemporary parable imagining a wild stretch in the lost years of Jesus Christ. Teenaged and wayward, Jesus of Nazareth journeys to the east with his friend, Abigail of Galilee towards a spiritual haven full of Maharajas, music, and some really good weed.
“The Magic Theatre unveiled a truly original new voice with the world premiere of Lloyd Suh’s quirky and affecting American Hwangap . . . Missed connections stalked the stage with beguiling ingenuity in a tale of a long distance family reunion.”
Top 10 Best of Bay Area Theatre in 2009 – Rob Hurwitt, Chronicle Theatre Critic
American Premiere/Begins March 29
ANY GIVEN DAY
A story about the moment when everything changes
by Linda McLean
directed by Jon Tracy
It’s 2pm in the East Side of Glasgow: Bill and Sadie are preparing for the arrival of their favorite person. It’s all going like clockwork until they discover they’ve forgotten the bread. Buying bread means going outside. Uh oh.
It’s 2pm in the West Side of Glasgow: two people are closing up the bar for the afternoon. A chance call opens up the opportunity for a future which they have stopped imagining. Leading Scottish playwright Linda McLean explores the fleeting nature of love and happiness set against a backdrop of violence and disappointment.
World Premiere/Begins May 24
BRUJA
A reimagining of Euripides’ Medea
by Luis Alfaro
directed by Loretta Greco
From the critically acclaimed writer of Oedipus el Rey comes a contemporary story so haunting and sensual, it explodes one of the ancient myths most firmly embedded in our culture. A sizzling look at a sorceress scorned.
“Gritty, fierce, tersely poetic . . . Luis Alfaro’s riveting modern barrio retelling of Sophocles’ Oedipus burned up the stage at the Magic Theatre”.
Top 10 Best of Bay Area Theatre in 2010 – Rob Hurwitt, Chronicle Theatre Critic
Winner of the Will Glickman Playwright Award for the best new play to premiere in the Bay Area in 2010