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Posted by:	Richard Connema 11:13 am EDT 09/27/15
In reply to:	re: ALSO CURRENTLY PLAYING - Richard Connema 11:11 am EDT 09/27/15

CLOSES NEXT SUNDAY: ------------------------- SHOTGUN PLAYERS PRESENTS Eurydice By Sarah Ruhl Directed by Erika Chong Shuch— On the day Eurydice is to marry her true love Orpheus, a misstep sends her to the surreal depths of the Underworld. There she has a surprising reunion and must decide whether to follow Orpheus back to the land of the living. This tenderhearted love story has solidified Ms. Ruhl as one of the most important new voices in American theatre. Eurydice runs through September 27 at the Ashby Stage .Eurydice features Set Design by Sean Riley, Costume Design by Christine Crook, Sound Design by Matt Stines, Light Design by Allen Wilner, and Properties Design by Devon LaBelle. The cast of Eurydice features Shotgun Company Members Megan Trout, & Beth Wilmurt, as well as James Carpenter, Jeannine Anderson, Nils Frykdahl, Peter Griggs & Kenny Toll. WHEN: – It runs thru – September 27 WHERE: The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley TICKET PRICES: Regular performance nights $20 - $30. Advance reservations strongly advised – shows will sell out!For more information go to www.shotgunplayers.org or call 510.841.6500 IT RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER 4TH Spreckels Theatre Company presents "Treasure Island"* Based on the book by Robert Louis Stevenson Adaptation by Ken Ludwig Yo-ho-ho-ho landlubbers! Come aboard for the special theatrical voyage "Treasure Island," a swashbuckling adventure for the entire family sailing from Spreckels in Rohnert Park. Featuring a host of legendary scallywags, Ken Ludwig's stage adaptation captures Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island," the legendary pirate tale of treachery, mayhem and the quest for gold and treasure. At the center of the story are two loveable characters - 14-year old Jim Hawkins, who longs for adventure and parental love - and - the infamous, unscrupulous buccaneer-rogue, Long John Silver.This stage production is presented with the new Paradyne projection system, developed by Spreckels Performing Arts Center, combining still images and animations to create multiple backdrop effects - creating a visual aesthetic that's exciting and visually surprising for audiences of the 21st Century.Directed by David Yen WHEN: It runs to Oct. 4, 2015 8 p.m. Sept. 25 and Oct. 2 8 p.m. Saturdays, Sept. 26 2 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 27 and Oct. 4 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1 TICKETS: $16 to $26 $16 students; $22 youth; $24 seniors; $26 general. TICKETS ONLINE: http://www.rpcity.org/index.aspx?page=19&recordid=6290 WHERE: Spreckels Performing Arts Center, Bette Condiotti Theatre 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, CA 94928 PHONE: 707-588-3400For tickets, call the Spreckels Box Office at 707-588-3400. Box Office hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 12 to 5 p.m. and one hour before showtime. WEBSITE: www.spreckelsonline.comVIDEO: Playwright Ken Ludwig talks about his stage adaptation of "Treasure Island" at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aGF4hJNXI TALK LIKE AT PIRATE DAY Sept. 19, 2015: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html IT RUNS THRU OCTOBER 4TH Pear Theatre opens its 2015/2016 season with the World Premiere of The Walls of Jericho. Based on the story “Night Bus” by Samuel Hopkins Adams, which also inspired the classic film “It Happened One Night.” WHEN: Closes: Sunday, October 4, 2015 SHOWS: Previews: 8:00 PM Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays: 8:00 PM Sundays: 2:00 PM WHERE: Pear Theatre (the new space) 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View TICKETS: $10 (Previews) - $35; savings available for seniors & students. Small processing fee at time of purchase.INFO: For information or to order tickets visit www.thepear.org or call (650) 254-1148) IT CLOSES OCTOBER 4TH -------------------------- CLOSES SATURDAY: --------------------------- Aurora Theatre Company opens its 24th season with the Bay Area Premiere of award-winning playwright Marisa Wegrzyn’s (Hickorydickory, The Butcher of Baraboo) MUD BLUE SKY. There was a time when air travel was considered glamorous, but when three middle-aged flight attendants reunite during a layover near O’Hare Airport, it’s enough to make anyone question their aspirations in life. Joined by an unlikely fourth companion, a teenage boy adrift on his prom night, the women are poised on the brink of looking back and moving ahead. A comedy about finding common ground, MUD BLUE SKY offers an edgily humorous and tender look at work, motherhood, and missed connections, and how the small kindnesses we afford each other can inspire us to grab onto life before it flies by. DATES: Closes: September 27 SHOWS: Tuesday at 7pm; Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm and 7pm WHERE: Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA TICKETS For subscriptions ($99-$305) and single tickets (Previews $35; Regular Performances $32-50; Limited Opening Night Seating $60) the public can call (510) 843-4822 or visit auroratheatre.org. Half-off tickets for Under 35, student, and group discounts available. IT NOW RUNS THRU OCTOBER 3RD The Marsh announces Karen Ripley’s new show OH NO, THERE’S MEN ON THE LAND will open in The Marsh Berkeley Cabaret this May. Called “One of the funniest comics out there today” by KQED, Ripley will take audiences on a wild ride through her mishaps, adventures, and self-discovery in 1970s Berkeley. OH NO, THERE’S MEN ON THE LAND originally enjoyed a four week run at The Marsh Berkeley Cabaret this spring. WHEN: It runs thru– October 3, 2015 SHOWS: 5pm Saturdays WHERE: The Marsh Berkeley Cabaret 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley TICKETS: $15 - $35 sliding scale, $55-$100 reserved seating For tickets, visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-282-3055 IT RUNS THRU OCTOBER 3RD The Marsh announces, due to popular demand, Don Reed’s solo show Stereotypo: Rants and Rumblings at the DMV, which enjoyed three extensions at The Marsh San Francisco, and transferred to The Marsh Berkeley last month, will now extend with performances through August 17. In Stereotypo, Reed takes on nine characters who experience the prejudgments made based on race, class, physical handicap, gender/transgender, and more, in a series of monologues, ranging from moving and sometimes laugh out loud funny to dangerous – all set in America’s ultimate melting pot, the DMV. The show opened in early April and was hailed as “Hilarious! Amazing. The most fun you will ever have at the DMV,” by KQED. SHOWS: Fridays at 8:00p Saturdays at 8:30pm WHERE: The Marsh Berkeley 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley Parking: Allston Way Garage, 2061 Allston Way between Milvia & Shattuck The Downtown Berkeley Bart station is one block away on ShattuckTICKETS: $20-$35 sliding scale; $55-$100 Reserved Seat For tickets, visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-282-3055 IT RUNS THRU OCTOBER 3 NOW Don’t Be EvilDirected by: Gabriel MontoyaProduced by: Robin Fontaine Starring: Eric Reid (Lee in Theater MadCap's True West, PianoFight alum, artistic director of Theater MadCap, and co-founder Inner Mission), SF-based drummer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Daria “Shani” Johnson in her stage debut, Steven Cloyes, (filmmaker, race car driver, and Saul in Theater MadCap's True West) and Justin Liszanckie (of Boxcar Theater's runaway immersive hit The Speakeasy). Don't Be Evil runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, It runs through October 3, at PianoFight, 144 Taylor St in San Francisco. Tickets are $28 general admission and can be purchased here.The Department of Badassery is an SF-based production house focused on delivering new ways of experiencing the world through storytelling using the oldest methods combined with new technologies. Everything is on the creative table, from traditional live theater, films, virtual reality, immersive storytelling and site specific performance. In the ever-free and cutting edge spirit of San Francisco, The Department hopes to blend the old and the new into something that audiences and performers alike have yet to experience. Follow us on Twitter @DeptofBadassery for news, updates, and tasty morsels from the DBA Research Department.IT RUNS THRU OCTOBER 3RD -------------------------------- CLOSES TODAY ------------------------------ : Marin Shakespeare Company presents.. "Richard III" By William Shakespeare Directed by Robert Currier Marin Shakespeare Company, Marin County's professional, awarding-winning outdoor summer Shakespeare festival, continues its 2015 season with "Richard III."With the recent royal burial of his remains at Leicester Cathedral, the timing couldn't be more appropriate for a Marin Shakespeare Company production of "Richard III." Robert Currier directs the Bard's masterpiece, which paints a portrait of "Richard III" as a calculating, ruthless titular king driven by political ambition.Aidan O'Reilly of Santa Rosa stars as the maniacal Richard III, arguably Shakespeare's most introspective, sardonic and enthralling character. The cast includes Michael Ray Wisely, Elena Wright, Phoebe Moyer, Michael Schaeffer, Nick Sholley and Steve Price. Marin Shakespeare Company 2015 summer festival will feature a non-repertory schedule, with designated performance runs for each production. Performances are presented outdoors at Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, located on the campus of Dominican University of California in San Rafael, Calif. The amphitheater opens one hour prior to show time for picnicking. Audiences are encouraged to bring picnics or purchase snacks at the Theatre Cafe. Warm clothing, jackets and blankets are recommended for evening performances. Parking is free.New this year is a $10 youth price which applies to anyone age 25 or younger; "Pay Your Age" is offered to audience members between the ages of 26 and 34 when purchasing tickets at the Box Office on the day of any performance, with valid identification. Marin Shakespeare Company also offers those 65 and over half-price tickets at Senior Matinees and those ages 18 and under are admitted free at Family Matinee performances. WHEN: to Sept. 27, 2015 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and select Sundays;. Sunday, Sept. 13 Senior Matinee: 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20 COST: $10 to $35 Preview performances $12 per person. Admission at the door is $35 general, $32 senior; and $10 youth for anyone age 25 or younger.TICKETS: http://marinshakespeare.org/tickets/ WHERE: Forest Meadows Amphitheatre 890 Belle Avenue, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, Calif. 94901 PHONE: 415-499-4488WEBSITE: www.marinshakespeare.org IT RUNS THRU SEPTEMBER 27TH REVIEW IS UP ON SF REGIONAL Between Riverside and Crazy by Stpehen Adly Guirgis A.C.T.'s Geary Theater 415 Geary Street IT RUN THRU SEPTEMBER 27TH “This is the kind of rich, dynamic theater you almost never see anymore—fresh, savage and original.” New York ObserverIn this outrageous new dark comedy from Stephen Adly Guirgis (The Motherfcker with the Hat, Jesus Hopped the A Train), ex-cop and recent widower Walter “Pops” Washington is desperately trying to hold on to his prime piece of real estate—one of the last great rent-stabilized apartments in New York City—while simultaneously battling his inner demons. His landlord wants him and his newly paroled son out; his cop friends are begging him to back down from a lawsuit against City Hall; the local liquor store has closed; and a beautiful, mysterious Santeria practitioner promises salvation in the midst of all the chaos. A hilarious and timely story that tackles gentrification, recovery, faith, sketchy houseguests, and the saving grace of family, Between Riverside and Crazy is “a genuine original that deserves to be seen by anyone hungry for a smart, exuberantly funny urban dramedy” (Newsday). TICKETS 415-749-2228 or on line at www.tickets.act-sf.org IT RUNS THRU SEPTMEBER 27 REVIEW IS UP ON SF REGIONAL The Gun Show* written by E.M. Lewis, directed by Melissa Hillman • Runs through Oct 10 Thu–Sat 8pm Where: La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709 Admission: $15–25 impacttheatre.com Box Office:impacttheatre.com • 510 224-5744In five true stories that are by turns humorous, touching, harrowing, and heartbreaking, The Gun Show makes audiences on either side of the aisle realize there are no easy answers in the gun debate. “We have a problem with guns in America,” Lewis writes. “The problem is, we really, really like them.” In stories ranging from a nostalgic look at growing up in rural Oregon — where having a gun around the house is as normal as anything and learning to shoot is a familiar rite of passage — to life-changing episodes of gun violence, Lewis offers an unflinching look down the barrel at the America we live in today. The show received rave reviews and played extended runs in its two previous productions, in Chicago and Los Angeles IT RUNS THRU OCTOBER 10TH Dead Man's Cell Phone It runs thru- September 27, 2015 Los Altos Stage Company Bus Barn TheaterAn incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man-with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man's Cell Phone, a surrealistic comedy that confronts our assumptions about morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world. Tickets: $18-$36 On the Web: http://www.losaltosstage.org Contact: Box Office: 650- IT RUNS THRU SEPTEMBER 27TH ----------------------------------

re: correction the above productions are closing

Posted by:	Richard Connema 11:16 am EDT 09/27/15
In reply to:	PRODUCTIONS TODAY AND THIS WEEK - Richard Connema 11:13 am EDT 09/27/15

Sorry trying something new here. The above production will close this week and today

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