The
Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
March 20 – April 21
In Voyage, we met our young heroes in the first
blushes of revolutionary thought and love. Now we find
them in their 30s. The optimism of their early years has
hit the rocks of marital infidelity, social anarchy, and
a Tsar that has no intention of stepping down. The stakes
go up dramatically in this next great duel between the
heart and mind.
By
and By
May 22 - June 23
Imagine that you're a newly wed and madly in love. Suddenly
your partner killed in a tragic accident. Now imagine
you are the leading doctor in the science of human cloning.
What might you do? The World Premiere by one of America's
most exciting young (and local!) writers.
Sea
of Reeds
A new play commissioned by Shotgun Players
July 2 - August 4
Shotgun Players is proud to announce that Josh Kornbluth,
Berkeley's favorite provocateur and intellectual comedian,
is creating a new play for our 2013 Season. Sea of
Reeds takes inspiration from his experience of practicing
the oboe and from the epic adventure stories found in
the book of Exodus. Impediments by damned! It's going
to be an incredible show.
Josh Kornbluth comments:
"It is extremely hard to blow sufficient air through
the oboe, and oboists must devote much of their days to
making delicate, tissue-thin double reeds, which often
last only a day or two. And yet these very idiosyncrasies
seem to connect the oboist’s experience to that
of the ancient Israelites — who, in their flight
from slavery, were blocked by a Sea of Reeds, until a
strong wind made it passable. I believe their obstacles
to freedom were internal as well as external — and,
in Sea of Reeds, I hope, with humor and drama
and beautiful music, to capture the joys and pains and
ironies of facing our own Seas of Reeds, both without
and within."
Bonnie
& Clyde
August 27 - September 29
(Not a part of the Mainstage Subscription Series)
Over one feverish night in an unnamed southern town, a
mythic couple comes to terms with their own mortality.
With humour, desperation and tenderness, these icons are
made human again, resolving their issues and getting their
affairs in order. This potent blend of romance and violence
echoes the power of the ancient Greeks. Based on a true
story.
Strangers,
Babies
October 15 - November 17
May is a woman with a haunted past. Through interwoven
encounters with her husband, her father, her brother,
a one-night stand, and a stranger just doing his job,
May's secrets are slowly and gorgeously revealed. What
evolves is an unforgettable tale of hope and redemption.
Edward Gant's
Amazing Feats of Loneliness
December 4, 2013 – January 12, 2014
For those of you who love how dark and sexy and bizarre
we can get for the holidays - this show is for you. Master
Gant leads us and his troupe of traveling performers into
the sensual Edwardian world
of top hats, fantastical puppets and flash powder. Damsels
pop pimples to reveal pearls; a young soldier gets a lobotomy
to forget a lost love. It is a feast for the senses and
a song for the heart.
