Photo Coverage: MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION Arrives at Theatre Palisades
By: Shari Barrett Apr. 11, 2016
Theatre Palisades opened George Bernard Shaw's social commentary "MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION" on Friday, April 1 at Pierson Playhouse with performances continuing through Sunday, May 8, 2016. The production is 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
The cast of Mrs. Warren's Profession: From left: Frank Krueger, Ken MacFarlane, Susan Hardie, Jenna Tovey, Brooks Darnell, Craig Jessen
The cast of MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION - Standing from left: Frank Krueger, Ken MacFarlane, Brooks Darnell, Craig Jessen. Seated from left: Susan Hardie, Jenna Tovey
Vivie overhears a most intriguing conversation in the garden. From left: Susan Hardie, Ken MacFarlane, Brooks Darnell, Jenna Tovey, Craig Jessen, Frank Krueger
Sir George Crofts (Frank Krueger) pleads his case to Vivie (Jenna Tovey).
Vivie is a woman of business and isn't to be bothered with romance or art. From left: Jenna Tovey, Brooks Darnell, Craig Jessen
Mrs. Warren uses her business savvy to persuade her daughter Vivie to come away with her. From left: Jenna Tovey, Susan Hardie
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