Cutting Ball Presents EPICOENE At EXIT Theatre 12/5
By: Gabrielle Sierra
Cutting Ball Theater presents the second installation of this season's Hidden Classics Reading Series, playwright Ben Johnson's EPICOENE, OR THE SILENT WOMEN. A man with a pathological hatred of noise seeks to disinherit his nephew by marrying a quiet woman named Epicoene. Little does he know that the entire marriage was orchestrated to make him go mad in a hilarious cacophony of chaos. Michael Sexton directs this play penned by Shakespeare's greatest literary rival.
This season, Cutting Ball's Hidden Classics Reading Series explores a variety of extraordinary works ranging from the ancient Greeks and Romans to the Elizabethans, and from 18th century France to modern experimentalism. The series offers a rare look at some of the greatest authors ever to write for the stage in a program that continues to be one of San Francisco's best-kept secrets.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. Cutting Ball Theater has partnered with Playwrights Foundation, 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.Sunday, December 5, 1pm
WHERE:
The Cutting Ball Theater in residence at EXIT on Taylor
277 Taylor St., San Francisco
Free and open to the public. For more information, visit cuttingball.com or call
(415) 419-3584
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