MARIN THEATRE COMPANY 2018/2019 SEASON
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MARIN THEATRE COMPANY 2018/2019 SEASON
You will not want to miss this award-winning season of New American plays. SEPTEMBER 27 – OCTOBER 21, 2018 | WEST COAST PREMIERE
Oslo
By J. T. Rogers
NOVEMBER 15 – DECEMBER 9, 2018 | WORLD PREMIERE
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley By Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon
JANUARY 10 – FEBRUARY 3, 2019 | BAY AREA PREMIERE
August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned FEBRUARY 28 – MARCH 24, 2019 | BAY AREA PREMIERE
The Who & The What
By Ayad Akhtar
APRIL 25 – MAY 19, 2019 | WEST COAST PREMIERE
Jazz
Adapted by Nambi E. Kelley | Based on the book by Toni Morrison
JUNE 13 – JULY 7, 2019 | WORLD PREMIERE
Wink
By Jen Silverman
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Keri Kellerman | MANAGING DIRECTOR
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2018/2019 SEASON MARIN THEATRE COMPANY
Six New American Plays. MTC’s 2018/2019 season. We have an unparalleled commitment to discover, develop, and promote the most compelling and urgent new American writers. These playwrights and their plays are fresh, intelligent, award-winning, and courageous. A political thriller that won the Tony Award for Best Play, the world premiere companion play to the holiday hit Miss Bennet, a new musical score and staging of Toni Morrison’s classic novel, August Wilson’s autobiographical last play—and that is just the beginning of what's next at MTC. Look inside this brochure to discover more, then join us in the audience for what promises to be a landmark season of new American plays.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR This season is brought to you in part by the following Executive Producer level and above sponsors: Anonymous (1), Terry Berkemeier and Lori Lerner, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Gage Schubert, Christopher B. and Jeannie Meg Smith, Vickie Soulier , The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Norton J. "Sky" Cooper, Marin Community Foundation, Edgerton Foundation, Stacy Scott Fine Catering, T. Dixon Long, Diana Gay Catania and David Catania, Buffington Clay Miller - Clay Foundation West, Fred and Kathleen Taylor, Bob and Paula Reynolds, H. Hugh Vincent, M.D. and Joan Watson, John and Shelley Chesley, Brian and Tracy Haughton, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Foundation, The Haughton Family Fund, National Endowment for the Arts, Barbara and Jim Kautz, Kathy King and Gerald Cahill, Kiki Pescatello, Ivan and Lochiel Poutiatine, Janet Brown, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Venturous Theatre Fund, The Bernard Osher Foundation, Capital Group Companies, Koret Foundation, Josh Floum and Maggie O'Donnell, Gerry Goldsholle and Myra Levenson, Susan and Russ Holdstein, Melanie and Peter Maier, Ken and Vera Meislin, Michael and Jean Strunsky - Ira and Lenore Gershwin Philanthropic Fund, Suparnara Vohra, D.D.S. and Antonio Plutino
ANNE BOLEYN | 2016 Photo by Kevin Berne
MARIN THEATRE COMPANY 2018/2019 SEASON
SEPTEMBER 27 – OCTOBER 21 WEST COAST PREMIERE
Oslo
By J. T. Rogers Directed by Jasson Minadakis This Tony Award-winning political thriller tells the true and widely unknown story of how two Norwegian diplomats planned and orchestrated secret negotiations that led to the 1993 Oslo Accords. Through unlikely friendships, common ground is carefully unearthed. Set against a complex historical canvas, Oslo is a story about the individuals behind world history and their all too human ambitions. J.T. Rogers’ most recent play, Oslo (Lincoln Center Theater, then Broadway; National Theatre, London, then West End) has won the Tony, New York Critics, Outer Critics, Drama Desk, Drama League, Lortel, and Obie awards. Mr. Rogers’ other plays include Blood and Gifts (Lincoln Center Theater; National Theatre), The Overwhelming (National Theatre, then UK tour with Out of Joint; Roundabout Theatre), White People (Off Broadway with Starry Night Productions), and Madagascar (Theatre 503, London; Melbourne Theatre Company). His works have been staged throughout the United States and in Germany, Canada, Australia, and Israel. He is a Guggenheim fellow, member of the Dramatists Guild, alumni of New Dramatists, and recipient of three NYFA fellowships in playwriting.
“ A thrilling, rich drama
— THE NEW YORK TIMES
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TINY ALICE | 2011 Carrie Paff, Mark Anderson Phillips Photo by Kevin Berne
”Gripping, provocative, wrenching, funny and altogether riveting” — HUFFINGTON POST
2017 TONY Award Best Play
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MARIN THEATRE COMPANY 2018/2019 SEASON
NOVEMBER 15 – DECEMBER 9 WORLD PREMIERE
The Wickhams:
Christmas at Pemberley By Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian This holiday season, MTC revisits Jane Austen’s world of Regency romance with Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley—a companion piece to the duo’s smash hit Miss Bennet—both continuations of Austen’s popular novel, Pride and Prejudice. Lauren Gunderson was the most produced playwright in America of 2017, winner of the Steinberg/ ATCA New Play Award, finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and is a recipient of the Mellon Foundation’s 3-Year Residency with Marin Theatre Company. For The Wickhams, Ms. Gunderson reprises her partnership with Margot Melcon—previously the Director of New Play Development at MTC, and currently the Program Executive for Promoting Culture at the Zellerbach Family Foundation. Ms. Melcon has developed plays with TheatreWorks, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Crowded Fire Theater, Shotgun Players, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor, the Kennedy Center, and the Playwrights' Center.
”A new Christmas classic!” — S. F. CHRONICLE (FOR MISS BENNET )
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MISS BENNET | 2016 Adam Magill, Erika Rankin, Laura Odeh Photo by Kevin Berne
” Gunderson and Melcon’s script is a delight” — MARIN IJ (FOR MISS BENNET)
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MARIN THEATRE COMPANY 2018/2019 SEASON
JANUARY 10 – FEBRUARY 3 BAY AREA PREMIERE
August Wilson’s
How I Learned What I Learned Directed by Margo Hall In his one-man autobiographical play, Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright August Wilson takes us on a journey from his days as a young poet through the completion of his acclaimed American Century Cycle. Beautifully raw, poignant, and humorous, How I Learned What I Learned gives audiences a detailed look at the man behind some of the most celebrated plays of the twentieth century. August Wilson is author of the acclaimed American Century Cycle, including Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Fences, Two Trains Running, Jitney, King Hedley II, and Radio Golf. These works explore the experience of African Americans, over the course of the 20th century. In 2003, Wilson made his professional stage debut in his one-man show, How I Learned What I Learned. His plays have been produced at regional theatres across the country and all over the world.
“ Complex and surprisingly funny” – PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
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FENCES | 2014 Steven Anthony Jones Photo by Ed Smith
” Wilson’s pride, humor, eloquence, anger, storytelling gifts, and general eagerness to soak up experience: It’s all there... — BOSTON GLOBE
Bay Area legend Margo Hall will direct How I Learned What I Learned.
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FEBRUARY 28 – MARCH 24 BAY AREA PREMIERE
The Who & The What By Ayad Akhtar Directed by Hana S. Sharif Brilliant Pakistani-American writer Zarina is finishing a novel about women and Islam when she meets Eli, a young convert who bridges the gulf between her modern life and her traditional heritage. But when her conservative family discovers her controversial manuscript, they are all forced to confront the beliefs that define them. Ayad Akhtar’s play Disgraced won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, ran on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, and was nominated for the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play. His plays The Who & The What and The Invisible Hand received Off-Broadway runs and are currently being produced around the world. His most recent play, JUNK opened on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theatre in the fall of 2017. Akhtar was listed as the most produced playwright for the 2015/2016 Season by American Theatre magazine. He is the recipient of an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, two OBIE Awards, and the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award. Akhtar is also a Board Trustee at PEN/ America and New York Theatre Workshop.
“ An affecting and richly comic portrait”
– WASHINGTON POST
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SWIMMERS | 2016 Jolly Abraham Photo by Kevin Berne
” Optimistic, funny and particularly endearing!” — WASHINGTON POST
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MARIN THEATRE COMPANY 2018/2019 SEASON
APRIL 25 – MAY 19 WEST COAST PREMIERE
Jazz
Adapted by Nambi E. Kelley Based on the book by Toni Morrison Directed by Awoye Timpo
”A highly nuanced narrative intricately interwoven with music and dance.” — DC METRO THEATRE ARTS
Young and in-love, Violet and Joe move to Harlem at the turn of the century. As time passes, Joe begins an affair with a young woman, setting off a series of shocking events. Adapted from Toni Morisson’s stunning novel and musically underscored by 2018/2019 SFJazz Resident Artistic Director Marcus Shelby—Nambi Kelley’s Jazz is a beautiful theatrical composition. Nambi E. Kelley has penned plays for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Court Theatre/ American Blues Theater, Lincoln Center Theater Director's Lab, and companies in South Korea, Italy, and Singapore. Her adaptation of Richard Wright’s Native Son had its world premiere at The Court Theatre in Chicago to rave reviews and is included on the Kilroys List, 2015. Ms. Kelley’s other works include Xtigone (Chicago Danz Theatre Ensemble; African American Shakespeare Company) and For Her As A Piano (a Goodman Theatre/Chicago Dramatists/Pegasus co-production). Also an accomplished actress, Kelley has performed at theatres across the country and internationally.
“A lyrical, richly textured love story” – DC METRO THEATRE ARTS
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SEVEN GUITARS | 2011 Tobie Windham, Omoze Idehenre Photo by Kevin Berne
Bay Area jazz musician Marcus Shelby will compose an original score for Jazz .
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MARIN THEATRE COMPANY 2018/2019 SEASON
JUNE 13 – JULY 7 WORLD PREMIERE
Wink
By Jen Silverman Directed by Mike Donahue Sofie is an unhappy housewife. Gregor is her breadwinning husband. Dr. Franz is their strange psychiatrist. Wink is the cat. And Gregor has just skinned the cat. Violent desires, domestic anarchy, and feline vengeance at any cost make Wink a dark comedy about the thin, thin line between savagery and civilization. Jen Silverman is a New York-based playwright and writer. Born in the U.S., she was raised across the U.S., Europe and Asia. Her theatre work includes The Moors, The Roomate, and Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties. Jen is a member of New Dramatists, a Core Writer at the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis, an affiliated artist with SPACE on Ryder Farm, and has developed work with the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, New York Theatre Workshop, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, The Ground Floor Residency at Berkeley Rep, and the Royal Court in London. She is the 2016/2017 Playwrights of New York (PoNY) Fellow, a two-time MacDowell fellow, recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts grant, the Helen Merrill Award, and the Yale Drama Series Award.
“ An emerging talent to be reckoned with” – LOS ANGELES TIMES
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STRAIGHT WHITE MEN | 2018 Seann Gallagher, Christian Haines Photo by Kevin Berne
”Silverman’s work is funny, form-breaking and feminist.” — AMERICAN THEATRE
2016-17 Playwrights of New York Fellowship
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MARIN THEATRE COMPANY 2018/2019 SEASON
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Previews (Thu, Fri, Sat & Sun Matinees)
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$252
Sat Evenings & Opening Nights
$324
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PREVIEWS
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Day & Time
Series code
Oslo
Wickhams
HILWIL
The Who
Jazz
Wink
THU 7:30PM
1-THU-P
SEP 27
NOV 15
JAN 10
FEB 28
APR 25
JUNE 13
FRI 7:30PM
1-FRI-P
SEP 28
NOV 16
JAN 11
MAR 1
APR 26
JUNE 14
SAT 7:30PM
1-SAT-P
SEP 29
NOV 17
JAN 12
MAR 2
APR 27
JUNE 15
SUN 4PM
1-SUN-MP
SEP 30
NOV 18
JAN 13
MAR 3
APR 28
JUNE 16
TUE 7:30PM [i]
2-TUE-O
OCT 2
NOV 20
JAN 15
MAR 5
APR 30
JUNE 18
WED 7:30PM [1]
2-WED
OCT 3
NOV 21
JAN 16
MAR 6
MAY 1
JUNE 19
THU 7:30PM
2-THU
OCT 4
JAN 17
MAR 7
MAY 2
JUNE 20
FRI 7:30PM
2-FRI
OCT 5
*
NOV 23
JAN 18
MAR 8
MAY 3
JUNE 21
SAT 2 PM**
2-SAT-M
OCT 6
NOV 24
JAN 19
MAR 9
MAY 4
JUNE 22
SAT 7:30PM
2-SAT-E
OCT 6
NOV 24
JAN 19
MAR 9
MAY 4
JUNE 22
SUN 2PM
2-SUN-M
OCT 7
NOV 25
JAN 20
MAR 10
MAY 5
JUNE 23
SUN 7:30PM
2-SUN-E
OCT 7
NOV 25
JAN 20
MAR 10
MAY 5
JUNE 23
TUE 7:30PM
3-TUE
OCT 9
NOV 27
JAN 22
MAR 12
MAY 7
JUNE 25
WED 7:30PM [1]
3-WED
OCT 10
NOV 28
JAN 23
MAR 13
MAY 8
JUNE 26
THU 1PM** [p]
3-THU-M
OCT 11
NOV 29
JAN 24
MAR 14
MAY 9
JUNE 27
THU 7:30PM
3-THU-E
OCT 11
NOV 29
JAN 24
MAR 14
MAY 9
JUNE 27
FRI 7:30PM
3-FRI
OCT 12
NOV 30
JAN 25
MAR 15
MAY 10
JUNE 28
SAT 2PM**
3-SAT-M
OCT 13
DEC 1
JAN 26
MAR 16
MAY 11
JUNE 29
SAT 7:30PM
3-SAT-E
OCT 13
DEC 1
JAN 26
MAR 16
MAY 11
JUNE 29
SUN 2PM
3-SUN-E
OCT 14
DEC 2
JAN 27
MAR 17
MAY 12
JUNE 30
TUE 7:30PM
4-TUE
OCT 16
DEC 4
JAN 29
MAR 19
MAY 14
JULY 2
WED 7:30PM [1]
4-WED
OCT 17
DEC 5
JAN 30
MAR 20
MAY 15
JULY 3
THU 7:30PM
4-THU
OCT 18
DEC 6
JAN 31
MAR 21
MAY 16
JULY 4
FRI 7:30PM
4-FRI
OCT 19
DEC 7
FEB 1
MAR 22
MAY 17
JULY 5
SAT 2PM**
4-SAT-M
OCT 20
DEC 8
FEB 2
MAR 23
MAY 18
JULY 6
SAT 7:30PM
4-SAT-E
OCT 20
DEC 8
FEB 2
MAR 23
MAY 18
JULY 6
SUN 2PM
4-SUN-M
OCT 21
DEC 9
FEB 3
MAR 24
MAY 19
JULY 7
*Due to Thanksgiving, we will not have a Thursday 11/22 performance for The Wickhams. Subscribers should contact the box office
after July 2, 2018 to reschedule their performance. **Senior subscription discount available (65 and up). Performance dates & showtimes subject to change. Please check our website for up-to-date performance schedule. Program Key:
[i] OPENING
[1] WED PRE-SHOW TALK AT 7PM
[p] PERSPECTIVES
MARIN THEATRE COMPANY 2018/2019 SEASON
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2018/2019 SEASON SEPTEMBER 27 – OCTOBER 21, 2018 | WEST COAST PREMIERE
Oslo | By J. T. Rogers NOVEMBER 15 – DECEMBER 9, 2018 | WORLD PREMIERE
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley By Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon JANUARY 10 – FEBRUARY 3, 2019 | BAY AREA PREMIERE
August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned FEBRUARY 28 – MARCH 24, 2019 | BAY AREA PREMIERE
The Who & The What | By Ayad Aktar APRIL 25 – MAY 19, 2019 | WEST COAST PREMIERE
Jazz | Adapted by Nambi E. Kelley | Based on the book by Toni Morrison JUNE 13 – JULY 7, 2019 | WORLD PREMIERE
Wink | By Jen Silverman