Marin Theatre Presents IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER, 9/9

Marin Theatre Company is proud to kick off its 2010-11 season with Part One of The Brother / Sister Plays trilogy, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by MTC Producing Director Ryan Rilette, September 9 through October 3, 2010. The opening night performance is Tuesday, September 14 at 8 pm.

In the Red and Brown Water tells the story of Oya, who can run faster than anyone but not fast enough to escape her fate. When pressed to choose between her dying mother and her own future, she makes a life-changing decision. Her journey from the promise of youth to the complicated yearnings of womanhood is a joyous, raucous, brazenly theatrical experience.

Director Ryan Rilette has a longstanding artistic partnership with McCraney, having commissioned, developed, and directed the world premiere of The Breach, the celebrated play about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina-written by McCraney, Catherine Filloux, and Joe Sutton-at New Orleans' Southern Repertory Theater. "When Jasson and I first read In the Red and Brown Water and experienced its richly poetic, haunting Bayou world, we knew it was a play that we wanted to stage at MTC," says director Ryan Rilette. "Tarell's story of love, desire, and betrayal centered around a young girl who can run like the wind is a beautiful combination of the Louisiana Bayou and Yoruban mythology."

McCraney's celebrated The Brother / Sister Plays trilogy will receive its West Coast premiere in an unprecedented partnership between MTC, Magic Theatre, and American Conservatory Theatre. This collaborative event brings all three parts of the play cycle to Bay Area audiences with each company producing one part of the trilogy. Magic Theatre presents Part Two, The Brothers Size, directed by Octavio Solis, September 9 through October 17. A.C.T. presents Part Three, Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet, directed by Mark Rucker, October 29 through November 21.

"Marin Theatre Company is thrilled to be part of our region-wide celebration of the work of the amazingly talented Tarell McCraney," says MTC Artistic Director Jasson Minadakis. "That three theaters could agree to mount a trilogy together speaks to the sheer genius, relevance and importance of Tarell's voice and vision. Not since the arrival of Sam Shepard and August Wilson has such universal praise been heaped on such a young playwright and his work."

Tarell Alvin McCraney's plays include Wig Out! produced in New York by Vineyard Theatre and in London by The Royal Court Theatre, Without/Sin and Run, Mourner, Run, both of which premiered at the Yale Cabaret, and The Breach with Catherine Filloux and Joe Sutton, commissioned by Southern Repertory Theatre, where it premiered in August 2007 to mark the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. He is currently the Royal Shakespeare Company's international writer in residence, and is under commission at Manhattan Theatre Club and Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Director Ryan Rilette is in his third season as Producing Director for MTC where he has directed boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb and Magic Forest Farm by Zayd Dohrn. From 2002 to 2008, he served as Producing Artistic Director of Southern Repertory Theatre.

In the Red and Brown Water cast includes Ryan Vincent Anderson, Daveed Diggs, Nicole Foster, Jalene Goodwin, Isaiah Johnson, Jared McNeill, Lakisha May, Joe Sofranko, and Dawn L. Troupe.

As a result of the three-theater partnership, subscribers to each theater will have access to $40 tickets to the other two shows in the trilogy. For more photos and information about McCraney, the trilogy, and ticket offers please visit www.brothersisterplays.org.

FACTS & CALENDAR INFORMATION
For more information visit www.marintheatre.org or call 415.388.5208.
Marin Theatre Company is located at 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley CA 94941.

Previews-Thu Sept 9 through Sun Sept 12, 2010
Opening Night Gala -Tue, Sept 14 at 8:00 pm

Performance Schedule September 9 through October 3, 2010
Tues, Thu, Fri & Sat 8:00 pm
Wed 7:30 pm
Sun 7:00 pm
Matinees: Thu Sept 23, 1:00 pm | Sat Sept 18 and Oct 2, 2:00 pm | Every Sun 2:00 pm
Please check www.marintheatre.org or call box office at 415.388.5208 for exact performance dates and times.

Ticket Prices
Previews: $32
Opening Night: $48 & $53
Tues: $33 & $35
Wed, Thu, & Sun Evenings: $37 & $42
Fri: $43 & $48
Sat Evenings: $48 & $53
Wed, Thu, Sat & Sun Matinees: $37 & $42

Discounts available:
Under 30: $20, all performances
Senior discounts, varies by performance, please call
RUSH tickets $15, available one-half hour prior to show, based on availability
For group sales, contact Julie Knight, 415-388-5200 x3302

Marin Theatre Company is the Bay Area's premiere mid-sized theater and the leading professional theater in the North Bay. We produce a five- to six-show season of provocative plays by passionate playwrights from the 20th century and today in two intimate theaters-a 231-seat proscenium and a 99-seat thrust. We are committed to the development and production of new plays by American Playwrights, with a comprehensive New Play Program that includes at least one world premiere each season, two nationally recognized annual playwriting awards, numerous new play readings and workshops by the nation's best emerging playwrights, and a leadership position in the National New Play Network. Our numerous educational programs serve more than 6,000 students each year.