MAURITUS Opens New Season at Cap Stage, 9/23

September 23, 2010 Capital Stage prepares for its sixth season with the opening of the Sacramento Premiere of Theresa Rebeck's Mauritius (maw-rish-uhs). The sixth season will also mark Capital Stage's final season performing on board the Riverboat Delta King. The company recently announced plans for a move to midtown in the Spring of 2011.

Performances for Mauritius will begin with five previews on Friday, October 8 at 8pm; Saturday, October 9 at 7pm; Sunday, October 10 at 2pm; Wednesday, October 13 at 7pm; and Thursday, October 14 at 8pm, and will open on Friday, October 15, 2010 at 8pm. Performances continue through November 7, 2010. Showtimes will be Wednesdays at 7pm, Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 7pm and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets range from $26-$33. Discount tickets are available as follows: Preview Tickets: $15; Student Rush Tickets are $12 purchased in-person 45 minutes before the show (excluding Saturdays); Senior Tickets on Sunday Matinees: $22; and Group Rates available for parties of 12 or more. Tickets are currently available at the Capital Stage Box Office, by phone at 916-995-5464 or online at www.capstage.org. The Pilothouse Restaurant offers a specially priced $29 three-course dinner for theatre patrons; Pilothouse reservations can be made through the box office.

The edge-of-your-seat, gripping dark comedy focuses on two estranged half-sisters who inherit a book of extremely rare stamps. Like the infamous Maltese Falcon, the Mauritius stamp becomes the fraught object of desire for an assortment of shady characters with different and mysterious backgrounds and motives.

Mauritius is the third Sacramento premiere of a Theresa Rebeck production produced by Capital Stage. Previous Rebeck plays at Capital Stage include The Scene and Bad Dates. Ms. Rebeck also writes for TV, film and has published the book, "Free Fire Zone."

Capital Stage co-founder and artistic associate Jonathan Rhys Williams (Hunter Gatherers, American Buffalo) as Sterling, leads the stellar cast that includes B Street Theatre veterans Kurt Johnson (Dennis) and John Lamb (Phillip) along with Sacramento actress Kristine David (Jackie) and Bay Area actress, Lauren Bloom (Mary). Michael Stevenson (Erratica: An Academic Farce, Les Liaisons Dangereuses) will direct. The creative team will include Stephen Charles Jones (scenic design), Nancy Pipkin (costume design) and Ron Madonia (lighting design).

Capital Stage Company's mission is to be a dynamic leader in the evolution of the contemporary live theatre landscape in the Capital region and to passionately engage audiences in the art of live storytelling with bold, innovative plays performed by professional artists, in an intimate, up close setting. With a strong commitment to expanding the base of working artists in the greater Sacramento region, we shall develop a company of actors, directors, writers, designers, and technical staff who are dedicated to bringing bold, lively productions of contemporary and classic plays to our community.

While part of the mission of any theater company is to entertain its audience, we at Capital Stage feel strongly that the productions we mount address issues that are vital to understanding the society we live in and ourselves as human beings in that society. We address themes of power and manipulation in relationships between men and women, children and parents, and organizations and individuals. We invite audiences to question the ethics and meaning of art, the definitions of sanity and intelligence, and the line between exploitation and legitimate relationship. We believe that in a large and growing urban environment, where individuals and groups are constantly bombarded with information and demands for decisions, the need for thoughtful examination of our interactions in society has never been greater.

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