— 2017 – 2018 SEASON --
Buried Child
by Sam Shepard May 3 – 20, 2018 The Cabaret Theatre at the Temple of Music & Art Buried Child won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and launched Sam Shepard to national fame as a playwright. The play depicts the fragmentation of the American nuclear family in a context of disappointment and disillusionment with American mythology and the American Dream, the 1970s rural economic slowdown, and the breakdown of traditional family structures and values. Buried Child premiered at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco on June 27, 1978, directed by Robert Woodruff. Its New York premiere was at Theater for the New City on October 19, 1978. |
Theatre critic Harold Clurman wrote, in The Nation: "What strikes the ear and eye is comic, occasionally hilarious behavior and speech at which one laughs while remaining slightly puzzled and dismayed (if not resentful), and perhaps indefinable saddened. Yet there is a swing to it all, a vagrant freedom, a tattered song."
This production is directed by Eva Tessler and features Chad Davies, Rosanne Couston, Gabe Nagy, Brian Taraz, Brie Zepeda, Cole Potwardowski, and Glen Coffman.
The Fantasticks
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones Music by Harvey Schmidt Feb 1 – 18, 2018 The Cabaret Theatre at the Temple of Music & Art "Try to Remember" a time when this romantic charmer wasn't enchanting audiences around the world. The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in the world, and with good reason: at the heart of its breathtaking poetry and subtle theatrical sophistication is a purity and simplicity that transcends cultural barriers. The result is a timeless fable of love that manages to be nostalgic and universal at the same time. Since its opening in May, 1960, at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York, and its subsequent revival at the Snapple Theatre Center, The Fantasticks has become the longest running production of any kind in the history of American theatre. |
This production is directed by Maria A. Caprile, and features Mark Hockenberry, Kelly Coates, Damian Garcia, G. L. James, Tony Caprile, Chad Davies, Eddie Diaz, and Elena Lucia Terry.
– AWARDS –
2018 Mac Awards
An Iliad
by Lisa Peterson & Denis O'Hare Oct 19 – Nov 4, 2017 The Cabaret Theatre at the Temple of Music & Art An Iliad is a modern-day retelling of Homer's classic. Poetry and humor, the ancient tale of the Trojan War and the modern world collide in this captivating theatrical experience. The setting is simple: the empty theater. The time is now: the present moment. The lone figure onstage is a storyteller—possibly Homer, possibly one of the many bards who followed in his footsteps. He is fated to tell this story throughout history. |
This production is directed by Winding Road Artistic Director Susan Arnold, and features Susan Arnold, Tony Caprile, Chad Davies, Glen Coffman, and Liz Claire Feliciano.