CUTING BALL Presents BONE TO PICK and DIADEM, 5/21-6/20

Back by popular demand, Cutting Ball Theater presents playwright Eugenie Chan's BONE TO PICK. Re-imagining the myth of Ariadne, Theseus, and the Minotaur in a postmodern exploration of love, war, and complicity, this incendiary play, nominated for the 2008 Glickman prize for Best New Play, received its World Premiere in Cutting Ball's Avant GardARAMA!, becoming a stand-out of the 2007-08 season. The San Francisco Chronicle dubbed the production "richly rewarding right down to its marrow," noting Paige Rogers' performance as "riveting;" Rogers will reprise her tour de force role for this re-staging.

Accompanying BONE TO PICK is a newly commissioned companion piece, also by Chan, called DIADEM, a romantic re-telling of the earlier parts of Ariadne's myth, when she was a giggling teenage Minoan princess in love, dreaming of the return of her hero husband to Naxos. Together, these two original works convey the complete story of Ariadne's epic romance.

Co-founded in 1999 by theater artists Rob Melrose and Paige Rogers, Cutting Ball Theater presents avant-garde works of the past, present, and future by re-envisioning classics, exploring seminal avant-garde texts, and developing new experimental plays. In addition to Playwrights Foundation, Cutting Ball Theater has partnered with the Magic Theatre and Z Space New Plays Initiative to commission new experimental works. The company has produced a number of World Premieres, West Coast Premieres, and re-imagined various classics. Recipient of the 2008 San Francisco Bay Guardian Goldie award for outstanding talent in the performing arts, Cutting Ball Theater earned the Best of SF award in 2006 from SF Weekly and was selected by San Francisco Magazine as Best Classic Theater in 2007. Cutting Ball Theater was recently featured in the February 2010 issue of American Theatre Magazine.

WHEN:

Previews: May 21, 22, at 8pm, May 23 at 5pm

Opens: May 27 at 8pm

(Press opening: Thursday, May 27, 8pm; Gala Opening: Friday, May 28, 8pm)

Closes: June 20

All performances Thursday-Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 5pm

WHERE:

The Cutting Ball Theater in residence at EXIT on Taylor, 277 Taylor St., San Francisco

TICKETS:

For tickets ($15-30) and more information, the public may visit www.cuttingball.com or call

800-838-3006; discounts available for students and seniors