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2008-09 SEASON OF NEW PLAYS
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Join us for the inaugural season of our new artistic director Loretta Greco. Compelling stories and theatrical storytelling are at the heart of our selection of plays. Each play has its own brand of theatricality, perfectly suited to the intimate and muscular spaces at our Fort Mason Center home.
This season features new works by Craig Wright and Theresa Rebeck, two of the most acclaimed writers working today and introduces the country’s hottest newcomers to the Bay Area. We are the home for the country’s most exciting writers, giving you pure and raw creative energy from the best artists offered up-close and personal in our intimate spaces.
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September 20 – October 19, 2008
THE K OF D,
a new play by Laura Schellhardt
directed by Rebecca Novick
One young girl embodies the entire population of her small town to spin the story of the summer that inexplicably changed her life. From one of the brightest emerging voices in American Theatre, this quirky and touching play offers the unexpected perspective of a child on the big questions of life and death. |
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November 8 – December 7, 2008
EVIE’S WALTZ
a new play by Carter W. Lewis
directed by Artistic Director Loretta Greco
Gloria and Clay are living every parent's nightmare - their son has been expelled for bringing a gun to school. As they wrestle with their predicament, an unexpected visit from their son's girlfriend turns their backyard barbecue into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. |
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January 24 – February 22, 2009
TOUGH TITTY
a new play by Oni Faida Lampley
directed by Robert O’Hara
Eat healthy, workout, and think positive thoughts! When Angela’s routine cannot keep breast cancer at bay, she must learn to face the disease, her family, and her community with equal doses of tenacity and humor. Richly emotional, Tough Titty is a boisterous exploration of one woman’s willful search for grace. |
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February 28 - March 29, 2009
AMERICAN HWANGAP
a new play by Lloyd Suh
This touching and surprisingly funny world premiere play is a quintessential homecoming story. On the momentous occasion of his sixtieth birthday, a Korean immigrant returns to the U.S. to reunite with the family he abandoned 15 years before. As the birthday celebration unfolds, his wife and their three grown kids must traverse their own broken past to allow for the promise of a future. |
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April 18 – May 17, 2009
MAURITIUS
a new play by Theresa Rebeck
directed by Artistic Director Loretta Greco
Who knew stamp collecting could be so dangerous? A young woman unknowingly discovers the rarest of stamps in her dead mother’s inheritance. Can she maneuver her way past scheming collectors, greedy dealers, and her own sister all the way to the bank? Pulitzer Prize nominated and Emmy Award winner Rebeck weaves a wickedly smart thriller that will keep your eyes on the prize! |
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May 23 – June 21, 2009
MISTAKES WERE MADE
a new play by Craig Wright
As the hold lines on his phone keep blinking, how long can Felix ignore the explosions outside of his office? This world premiere play explores the extremely precarious and darkly humorous side of modern existence as one formidable force attempts to balance his voracious appetite for creation with his quest for atonement. From the award-winning writer of the play The Pavilion and the TV series Six Feet Under. |
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Loretta Greco, Artistic Director | David Jobin, Managing Director