American Hwangap & Mauritius Added to Magic Theatre Season

Founded in 1967, Magic Theatre is one of the most prominent theatres in the nation solely dedicated to development and production of new plays. Magic Theatre plays and playwrights have won numerous awards, including Pulitzer Prizes, Kennedy Center Award, NAACP Image Award, Obie Awards, Pen-West Awards, Bay Critics Circle Awards and Los Angeles Drama-Logue Awards. The list of playwrights whose works have premiered at the Magic reads like a "Who's Who of American Theatre": David Mamet, Sam Shepard, Paula Vogel, Nilo Cruz, Charles Mee, Anne Bogart and Rebecca Gilman.

In addition to its production calendar, Magic Theatre is also instrumental in the development of works in the Bay Area and beyond, with its Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Initiative (now in its second three-year cycle, the program is developing and commissioning over 25 new works), Magic/Z Space New Works Initiative (also in its second three-year program, a consortium of fourteen Bay Area theatres commissioning, developing and producing 18 new plays), Martha Heasley Cox Raw Play Series, New Voices West Workshop Productions, education program Young California Writers Project amongst others.

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April 4 - May 3*
American Hwangap
a new comedy by Lloyd Suh
directed by Trip Cullman
*First preview: April 4
* Press Opening: April 11
Runs Wednesday through Sunday

On the momentous occasion of his 60th birthday, a Korean immigrant returns to the U.S. to reunite with the family he abandoned 15 years ago. As the birthday celebration unfolds, his wife and three grown children expose the family's troubled past and discover a promising future. American Hwangap is the quintessential homecoming story. Directed by Off-Broadway's "It Director," Trip Cullman, the play has its world premiere at Magic Theatre on April 4, 2009.

May 30 - June 28*

Mauritius
a new play by Theresa Rebeck
directed by Artistic Director Loretta Greco

*First preview: May 30

* Press Opening: June 6

Runs Wednesday through Sunday

Who knew stamp collecting could be so dangerous? A young woman unknowingly discovers the rarest of stamps in her dead mother's inheritance. Can she maneuver her way past scheming collectors, greedy dealers, and her own sister all the way to the bank? Pulitzer Prize nominated and Emmy Award winner Rebeck weaves a wickedly smart thriller that will keep your eyes on the prize!