Theatre News
The Sullivan Players
The Sullivan Players presents Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” at Swedenborg Hall through November 7, 2011. The play features Michael Bova as the unkempt Oscar Madison and Philip John as the fastidious Felix Ungar. The play was directed by veteran actor/director/teacher D. J. Sullivan.
All performances are at Swedenborg Hall, 1531 Tyler Avenue in University Heights.
For information, call 858-274-1731.
San Diego State Theatre
“Vinegar Tom,” by Caryl Churchill, music by Thomas Hodges, and directed by Peter Larlham will be performed at the Experimental Theatre, November 18 through December 4, 2011.
This 1976 feminist play by British playwright Caryl Churchill about poverty, humiliation and prejudice examines gender and power relationships through the lens of 17th century witchcraft trials in England. A story about oppression and scapegoats, Vinegar Tom challenges the audience to think about their responsibility for the discrimination that exists in today’s world.
For tickets and information, visit ttf.sdsu.edu, or call 619 594-6363.
San Diego Repertory Theatre
“The Great American Trailer Park Musical” runs from November 5 through December 4 at The Lyceum Theatre, located at 79 Horton Plaza in downtown San Diego.
This rousing musical comedy about take-no-prisoners women, their no-account men, and the Florida trailer park they call home, will make you want to crack open a beer, grab a lawn chair and figure out which side of the tracks you came from. Music and lyrics are by David Nehls and book by Betsy Kelso. Sam Woodhouse, co-founder and artistic director, San Diego REP, directs. Choreography is by Javier Velasco and musical direction is by Anthony Smith.
For information, visit www.sdrep.org, or call (619) 544-1000.
The Old Globe and University of San Diego Theatre
William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” directed by Richard Seer, will run from November 6 through 13 in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.
Shipwrecked on the rocky coast of Illyria, the lovely and plucky Viola disguises herself as a man to protect her honor in this strange land and finds employment as a page in the court of the lovesick Duke Orsino. But just as Viola falls in love with her new boss, the beautiful Olivia – whom Orsino is pursuing – finds herself attracted to this new young man, who’s really Viola in disguise. Meanwhile, the servant Maria and the drunken Sir Toby Belch conspire to enact a riotous revenge on the hilariously presumptuous servant Malvolio. This magical comedy is filled with Shakespeare’s most indelible comedic characters and sidesplitting situations.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or at the box office, located at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
Director Richard Seer. Seer will direct The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre Nov. 7 - 14, 2011. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.
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