True West

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2019-2020 Season

Produced on Oct. 10, 12, 13 and 18, 19, 20 of 2019.

Directed by Michael McVey
The first production of our 2019-2020 season was a dark comedy from award winning Playwright Sam Shepard. This American classic explores alternatives that might spring from the demented terrain of the California landscape. Sons of a desert-dwelling alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. Austin, the achiever, is working on a script he has sold to producer Sal Kimmer when Lee, a demented petty thief, drops in. He pitches his own idea for a movie to Kimmer, who then wants Austin to junk his bleak, modern love story and write Lee’s trashy Western tale. Finalist, 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Cast:
Austin – Sam Martini (making his OxACT Debut!)
Lee – Jeff Douglass
Mom – Cathy McVey
Saul – Michael McVey

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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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2018-2019 Season

This comedy revolves around the relationships of three middle-aged single siblings, two of whom live together, and takes place during a visit by the third, Masha, who supports them. They discuss their lives and loves, argue, and Masha threatens to sell the house. Some of the show’s elements were derived from works of Anton Chekhov, including several character names, the play’s setting in a cherry orchard, and the theme of the possible loss of an ancestral home. Winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play.

Cast
Vanya: Jeremie Korta
Sonia: Deb Richardson
Masha: Claire Squance
Spike:
Cassandra: Natasia Reinhardt
Nina: Hannah Zmuda

The Other Place

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2018-2019 Season

Part medical thriller and part domestic drama: Juliana Smithton is a successful neurologist whose life seems to be coming unhinged. Her husband has filed for divorce, her daughter has eloped with a much older man and her own health is in jeopardy. But in this brilliantly crafted work, nothing is as it seems. Piece by piece, a mystery unfolds as fact blurs with fiction, past collides with present and the elusive truth about Juliana boils to the surface.