New Conservatory Theatre Center Adds Performances of SONS OF THE PROPHET

Due to incredible demand and sold-out houses, New Conservatory Theatre Center has added two additional performances for the regional premiere of Stephen Karam's Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Sons of the Prophet, directed by NCTC Artistic Associate Ben Randle.

Sons of the Prophet will now play Saturdays, December 10 & 17 at 3pm, in addition to the regular schedule of Wednesdays - Saturdays at8pm, Sundays at 2pm through December 18.

Tickets are $25-50 and available at nctcsf.org or by calling (415) 861-8972.

Karam, who recently won the Tony Award for his play The Humans, was named a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Sons of the Prophet, his refreshingly honest take on how we cope with wounds that just won't heal. If to live is to suffer, then Joseph Douaihy is more alive than most. With unexplained chronic pain and the fate of his reeling family on his shoulders, Joseph's health, sanity, and insurance premium are on the line. Sons of the Prophet is the funniest play about human suffering you'll ever see.

In addition to its Pulitzer honors, Sonsof the Prophet received Best Play awards from New York Drama Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel Awards, and Outer Critics Circle Awards, hailing the discovery of an "important playwright in Stephen Karam" (New York Magazine):

"Explosively funny," hails The New York Times. "Written with insight and compassion."

"Ravishing is the best word to describe [it]," declares The New Yorker. "Karam's nuanced, comic storytelling-a delicate weave of the spoken and the unspoken, the outrageous and the unconscionable-holds pain and pleasure together in startling equipoise, never trivializing either."

The cast of Sons of the Prophet features Donald Currie, Nancy French, Stephen Kanaski, Eric Kerr, Cheryl Smith, JD Scalzo, Marcus Drew Steele, and Loralee Windsor.

The creative team of Sons of the Prophet includes scenic design by Devin Kasper, costume design by Jorge R. Hernandez, lighting design by Virginia Herbert, sound design by Sara Witsch, prop design by Daniel Yelen, and stage management by Kaitlin Rosen.