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A Lie of the Mind
Eurydice
Playwright's Festival

 

 

 

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A Lie of the Mind

by Sam Shepard
directed by Frank Condon

"4 stars" 
     "- Searing...funny...riveting"
              ~ Sacramento Bee

“ … riveting … fascinating
    … dark humor   … an exceptional cast.”

             ~ Sacramento News & Review

 

 

 

Euridice

by Sarah Ruhl
directed by Frank Condon

Four Stars ****

“… trippy, bold, challenging.
A poetic vision unlike any other.”

 
~ The Sacramento Bee

Highest Rating
“Sometimes an artist who has enjoyed a notable, long, successful run decides it’s time to go, and very consciously declares, ‘The end.’
Shakespeare did it with The Tempest.

And that’s what Frank Condon, who has directed an astonishingly strong sequence of shows under the River Stage banner over the past 16 years does with Eurydice … .

 … one of the most aching and memorable expressions of  grief and loss this critic has seen on the stage. …. a vividly clear- and hallucinatory- plunge into the agony and loneliness of the final, unalterable farewell. … powerful … visceral … awesome … .

It is a memorable farewell from a director who’s given us
many fine shows through the years.”

    ~ Sacramento News & Review

 

 

Playwright's Festival

directed by Frank Condon

"Frank Condon’s River Stage is pioneering new works and supporting important artists with exciting results."
            ~ Marcus Crowder, The Sacramento Bee

 

Highly regarded, and gaining a growing national reputation for developing new plays, including seven world premieres to date, among them Gunfighter: A Gulf War Chronicle, Ghost Dance, and The Scottsboro Boys. New plays are work-shopped in rehearsal and given staged readings followed by discussions between playwright, director and audiences.

July 16 and 17, 2010
CONFESSIONS OF A PULPITEER
By Lee Boek
Directed by Peter Kors
In this one-man show with world class musical backup, area local Lee Boek explores the rise and fall of his career as a fundamentalist preacher, from his childhood days traveling through the South as a journeyman preacher. When his autistic son becomes an emblem of what it means to be excluded, Boek reexamines his faith.

Tickets are $7 and $5 for students.

Check thiis Youtube link about our show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-H-38JPMOs

 

July 30 and 31, 2010
THE LITTLE MERMAID
IS NOT FOR CHILDREN

By Alina Trowbridge
Directed by Frank Condon
Our playwright is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Playwright's Center of San Francisco, and has had her work seen often in SF. This intriguing play deals with three sisters of an overbearing, operatic mother, who are dreamed to be mermaids and her mother a sea witch. A fascinating work to end our 15th Anniversary Season.

Tickets are $7 and $5 for students.

 



 

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