Capital Stage Company Announces GLBT Pre-Show Reception 4/2

Capital Stage is proud to announce the next OUT & BOLD! Night for the GLBT community and their friends on Friday, April 2, 2010. OUT & BOLD! Night is an opportunity for members and friends of the GLBT community to meet new people, connect with other theatre-goers, enjoy refreshment and experience Capital Stage's brand of bold and intimate theatre.

OUT & BOLD! will feature a complimentary pre-show wine reception starting at 7:15 pm aboard the Delta King. Following the reception will be a performance of Capital Stage's current production Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness at 8:00 pm. Tickets for the show are $25 and may be purchased by calling the box office at 916-995-5464 or online through the web site at www.capstage.org.

The Story
In the late 1980's Brian Keenan, John McCarthy and Terry Waite were taken hostage in Beirut. They were all held, together or separately, for over four years. Someone Who'll Watch Over Me is Irish playwright Frank McGuinness's version inspired by these actual events.

An American doctor, and English academic, and an Irish journalist are taken prisoner in the Middle East. Having little contact with their unseen captors -- and none whatsoever with the outside world -- the men use dark humor and their vivid imaginations to forge their own reality within the walls of their cell. As victims of political action, powerless to initiate change, what can they do? How do they live and survive? Filled with humor and pathos, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me is ultimately a remarkable celebration of the human spirit.

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me features a power house cast with returning Capital Stage favorite K. Scott Coopwood (The Scene, Dirty Story) playing Edward, the Irishman. Sacramento Theatre Company member Matt K. Miller makes his Capital Stage debut as Michael, the Englishman, and Bay Area actor Michael Wiles (Fat Pig) rounds out the cast as Adam, the American. Capital Stage Artistic Director Stephanie Gularte (Speech & Debate, The Scene) directs.

(Mr. Coopwood, Mr. Miller and Mr. Wiles appear courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the professional union for actors and stage managers in the U. S.)
The Playwright
Since his debut on the Irish theater scene with The Factory Girls (1982), Frank McGuinness has been one of his generation's most prolific and significant playwrights, earning applause and awards throughout the world for such plays as Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (1985) and Someone Who'll Watch Over Me (1992). Later works include Dolly West's Kitchen (1999), Gates of Gold (2002) and There Came A Gypsy Riding (2007). His most recent play, Greta Garbo Came to Donegal premiered in London in January 2010. He has also written new versions of classic dramas, including works by Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, and Euripides, adapting the literal translations of others. In addition, he wrote the screenplay for the film Dancing at Lughnasa from Brian Friel's stage play.

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