NOAH JOHNSON...
BAY AREA PREMIERE
Written by Jon Bastian
Directed by Jenn BeVard

      
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"To love Renegade Theater Experiment is to love characters who can carry a conversation and a severed head at the same time" - Marianne Messina of The Metro

"It's a ghoulish story, but an effective reminder of the ghoulish business world we sometimes live in, where we'd prefer not to look to closely at the economic skullduggery that takes place, because its truths are too horrifying and too painful." - John Angell Grant of The Palo Alto Daily News

Noah has discovered, on the corpse of a dead Union officer, a locket with a rather revealing picture of a lady. Finding the locket starts to unravel a series of mysterious events in Jon Bastian's NOAH JOHNSON..., a Civil War dark comedy that explores war, race, and profiteering.

Performed:

13-Jul-2007, 14-Jul-2007, 15-Jul-2007, 19-Jul-2007, 20-Jul-2007, 21-Jul-2007, 22-Jul-2007, 26-Jul-2007, 27-Jul-2007, 28-Jul-2007

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AMERICANA ABSURDUM
WEST COAST PREMIERE
Written by Brian Parks

      
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AMERICANA ABSURDUM celebrates the comic, vertiginous thrill of America in its many, fun-house mirror guises. A family-run funeral home business, a high-stakes courtroom arena, Irish lawyers, leprechauns, and a talking wolverine make up this bracing, comic work.

Performed:

7-Sep-2007, 8-Sep-2007, 9-Sep-2007, 13-Sep-2007, 14-Sep-2007, 15-Sep-2007, 16-Sep-2007, 20-Sep-2007, 21-Sep-2007, 22-Sep-2007

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WILEY AND THE HAIRY MAN
Written by Suzan Zeder
Directed by Barbara Murray


      
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Out of the mists of the mysterious Tombigbee Swamp, comes a tale of magic, dreams, and courage. WILEY AND THE HAIRY MAN centers on Wiley, a young fatherless boy, who must triumph over the spooky, supernatural Hairy Man in an exciting battle of wits. With the help of his conjure-woman Mother and his faithful hound dog, Wiley learns to rely upon his own resources and conquers two villains: the Hairy Man and his own fear.

Performed:

10-Nov-2007, 11-Nov-2007, 17-Nov-2007, 18-Nov-2007, 24-Nov-2007, 25-Nov-2007, 1-Dec-2007, 2-Dec-2007