Drama THE STORY Previews 3/18-20 At SF Playhouse

THE STORY makes its West Coast Premiere opening March 21st through April 25, 2009, previews March 18, 19 and 20. 

Written by TRACEY SCOTT WILSON
DIRECTED BY MARGO HALL

"A riveting drama about race, reporting and the truth"-Associated Press

Inspired by real-life events, an ambitious newspaper reporter goes against her editor to investigate a murder and finds the best story...but at what cost? Wilson explores the elusive nature of truth as the boundaries between reality and fiction, morality and ambition become dangerously blurred.

Originated at the Public Theatre featuring Phylicia Rashad and directed by Loretta Greco the NY Times called it "conscientious and absorbing". The Story is inspired by the Janet Cooke scandal at the Washington Post in 1981 where Cooke won The Pulitzer Prize for writing about an inner city child, Jimmy, only to later admit the story was fraudulent.

The Story is directed by Margo Hall and features Afi Ayanna, Dwight Huntsman, Halili Knox, Awele Makeba, Craig Marker*, Allison L. Payne*, Ryan Peters, Rebecca Schweitzer, Kathryn Tkel *Courtesy of Actor's Equity.

DATES: Previews: March 18, 19, 20, 2009
Open: March 21, 2009 Close: April 25, 2009

SHOWTIME: Tuesday 7pm, Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., plus Saturdays 3p.m..

WHERE: The SF Playhouse
533 Sutter Street (one block off Union Square, b/n Powell & Mason)

TICKETS: For tickets ($30 previews, $40 regular) or more information, the public may contact The SF Playhouse box office at 415-677-9596, or www.sfplayhouse.org.

 

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