Photo Flash: First Look at HEISENBERG at Rubicon Theatre Company
By: Stephi Wild Feb. 02, 2019
Rubicon Theatre Company opens the 2019 season with HEISENBERG by playwright Simon Stephens, a quirky romance starring Ovation Award-winner Faline England and Emmy and L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award-winner Joe Spano. Sweet, sexy and full of surprises, the story follows two strangers whose lives intersect in a bustling London train station. Free-spirited Georgie, an American in her 40s, unexpectedly plants a kiss on the neck of Alex, an Irish butcher in his 70s. She doesn't really know why. Or does she? When Georgie turns up in Alex's shop a few days later, full of contradictions, his conventional life becomes chaotic, uncertain and undeniably richer. Peeling away the many layers of everyday relationships with subtle humor and quiet poeticism, HEISENBERG brings to poignant theatrical life the uncertain and sometimes comical sparring match that is human connection.
HEISENBERG opens February 2, with low-priced previews beginning January 30. The production continues through February 17 at Rubicon's home in Ventura's Downtown Cultural District, 1006 E. Main Street (the corner of Main and Laurel). HEISENBERG is helmed by Brit KATHARINE FARMER, who recently directed Rubicon's acclaimed productions of South Pacific, Gulf View Drive (Ovation for Best Production of a Play), and the West Coast Premiere of Incognito. Faline England (Rubicon's Gulf View Drive, Crimes of the Heart, All My Sons and Turn of the Screw) plays Georgie Burns, whose motives are a mystery, perhaps even to her. And Emmy Award-winner Joe Spano, best known for his recurring role as Tobias on "NCIS," plays the reserved Alex Priest, who finds Georgie confusing and captivating. Spano's many Rubicon credits include A Christmas Carol, R. Buckminster Fuller... and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Sets and lights for HEISENBERG are designed by multi-Ovation nominee MIKE BILLINGS. The show is produced by Rubicon in association with Laguna Playhouse and DEAD POSH PRODUCTIONS. For tickets, call 805.667.2900 or go to www.rubicontheatre.org.
English playwright Simon Stephens was originally commissioned to write HEISENBERG by Manhattan Theatre Club. HEISENBERG premiered Off-Broadway at New York City Center in June of 2015 under the direction of Mark Brokaw with Mary Louise Parker and Dennis Arndt, transferring to Broadway in October of 2016.
New York Times' reviewer Ben Brantley described the show as, "A soaring, suspenseful, thrilling and wondrously stealthy play...vibrant and emotionally charged."
Brantley further called the play, "One of the most emotionally complex and fulfilling plays to grace a New York stage...it resonates in your mind long after it's over...a probing work that considers the multiplicity of alternatives that could shape our lives at every moment."
The Associated Press reviewer wrote that the play is "quirky, lovely, powerful and special;" while Newsday appreciated the play's "enchanting, offbeat brilliance."
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