FIRST LOOK: Theatre Palisades Opens MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION on 4/1
Theatre Palisades presents George Bernard Shaw's social commentary "MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION" opening Friday, April 1 through Sunday, May 8, 2016, directed by Sabrina Lloyd and produced by Martha Hunter and Sherman Wayne by special permission with Samuel French. The cast features (in alphabetical order) Brooks Darnell, Susan Hardie, Craig Jessen, Frank Krueger, Ken MacFarlane and Jenna Tovey
In Shaw's controversial attack on society's hypocrisy, Young Vivie Warren is intelligent and self-sufficient, but astounded to learn how her mother rose from poverty to riches through the world's oldest profession. Mrs. Warren ably justifies her past, attacking a hypocritical society that rewards vice and oppresses virtue, stating that poverty and the society that fosters poverty are the real villains. Certainly her profession is preferable to life in a 19th century factory.
Vivie, respecting her mother's courage, accepts her past but not her present. After careful consideration, she cuts herself off from her mother, rejects all suitors, and against all odds, throws herself into the independent life of an emancipated career woman.
"MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION" performances are from Friday, April 1 to Sunday, May 8, 2016, on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. at the Pierson Playhouse, located at 941 Temescal Canyon Road (south of Sunset Blvd.) in Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.
Ticket Prices: Adults $20, Seniors and Students $18. For more information or to order tickets, please call our box office at (310) 454-1970 or visit our website at www.theatrepalisades.org. Free onsite parking is available at the Pierson Playhouse.
Please note: The California Incline, connecting Ocean Ave and the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica approximately 3 miles south of Theatre Palisades, has been closed for renovation. Please allow for extra time or plan an alternate route when driving to the theater.
Photos by Shari Barrett
Vivie is uncomfortable with her mother's advice. (from left: Susan Hardie, Jenna Tovey)
Mrs. Warren's jokes are not appreciated by her daughter Vivie. (from left: Jenna Tovey, Susan Hardie)
Mrs. Warren and her daughter Vivie are as different as oil and water. (from left: Susan Hardie, Jenna Tovey)
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