Aurora Theatre Company presents LUNA GALE This September

Aurora Theatre Company opens its 26th season with the Bay Area Premiere of Rebecca Gilman's (Blue Surge, Spinning Into Butter, The Sweetest Swing in Baseball) powerful and arresting LUNA GALE. The challenges facing foster youth are real. Veteran social worker Caroline thinks she has a typical case on her hands when she meets two teenaged drug addicts accused of neglecting their baby. She will do whatever it takes to protect baby Luna Gale, but when she moves the child out of one dangerous situation, she fears she may have placed her in another. Unraveling a tangle of buried secrets, hidden motives, and mistakes, LUNA GALE questions who decides what's best for a child when there are no good choices, only good intentions.

Called "smart and absorbing... an engrossing exploration of the tough choices welfare workers contend with daily" by The New York Times, one of the "most valuable additions to American drama" by the Los Angeles Times, and "brilliant...not to be missed" by The Hollywood Reporter, LUNA GALE asks whether the end justifies the means in a human drama about how we fail our children when right and wrong are not always self-evident.

Aurora Artistic Director Tom Ross directs. Featuring Jamie Jones (Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance, Mud Blue Sky, Gideon's Knot), Laura Jane Bailey (Mud Blue Sky), Devin S. O'Brien (Mud Blue Sky), Joshua Marx (TheatreWorks), Kevin Kemp (Shotgun Players), Alix Cuadra (Theatre of Yugen).

For single tickets ($33-$65) or subscriptions ($99-$360), the public can call (510) 843-4822 or visit auroratheatre.org. Half-off tickets for Under 35; student, and group discounts available.