Aurora Theatre Company Presents PALOMINO, Closes 12/5

Aurora Theatre Company continues its 19th season with PALOMINO, written, directed, and starring David Cale in its Bay Area Premiere, October 29 - December 5, 2010.

A brilliant writer and actor, David Cale, best known for his solo works Somebody Else's House, Deep in a Dream of You, Smooch Music, The Redthroats, and the OBIE-winning Lillian, brings his new solo play PALOMINO to the Aurora Theatre Company. In this beautifully-realized play written for one actor, Cale inhabits seven different characters, both male and female, to tell the story of Kieren McGrath, a handsome, literate, Central Park carriage driver who dreams of writing a great novel. When he is offered the opportunity to become an escort to a number of lonely, wealthy women in New York City he believes he has finally found his subject. Or has he?

David Cale's monologues have been featured on NPR's "This American Life" and "The Next Big Thing;" as a lyricist, his words have been performed by Elvis Costello, Deborah Harry, and The Jazz Passengers. PALOMINO received its World Premiere in 2009 at Kansas City Repertory Theatre after undergoing development at the Sundance Theatre Lab, where Cale was writer-in-residence. PALOMINO recently played at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, where the run of the production sold out.

DATES: Previews: October 29, 30, and November 3 at 8pm; October 31 at 2pm; November 2 at 7pm

Opens: November 4, 2010

Closes: December 5, 2010

SHOWS: Tuesday at 7pm; Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm and 7pm

WHERE: Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA

TICKETS: For tickets (Students $10-15; Previews $34; Regular Performances $34-45; Limited Opening Night Seating $55) or subscriptions ($145-$235) the public can call (510) 843-4822 or visit auroratheatre.org. Half-off tickets for Under 30 and group discounts available.

Aurora Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges Associate Sponsors Ellen and Barry Levine, Alison Teeman and Michael Yovino-Young, and Carol Emory and John Wingate for their support.

Aurora Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges the following foundations and government agencies for their support: Actors' Equity Foundation, Alameda County Arts Commission, Berkeley Civic Arts Program & Civic Arts Commission, Dramatists Guild Fund, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Koret Foundation, Norway House Foundation, Bernard Osher Foundation, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, The Shubert Foundation, The Tournesol Project, The Wood Foundation, and The Zellerbach Family Foundation.