THE CUTTING BALL THEATER NEWSLETTER
December 1st, 2006 - Volume 3, Issue 4

This Monday
The Cuttingball Ball will be a part of The Monday Night Marsh Series presenting A work-in-progress reading of

Bone to Pick
or Ariadne

Paige Rogers in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Ariadne by Eugenie Chan directed by Rob Melrose December 4 @ 8pm The Marsh 1062 Valencia San Francisco , CA 94110 www.themarsh.org No reservations necessary.

In a war-torn nation, in a diner at the end of the world, Ria the Waitress serves a cup o' Joe to famished regulars, while guarding the last piece of meat on earth. What happens when a handsome soldier bursts through the door and commands, "Gimme the beef"? What happens when demand outstrips sacred supply? Find out in this not-so-regular exploration of ancient Cretan myths.

Commissioned by The Cutting Ball to be fully produced in the 07 – 08 season.
Co-commissioned by Magic Theatre / Z Space New Works Initiative.

The Hidden Classics Reading Series
at Modern Times Bookstore

Quartet is Müller’s riff on Les Liaisons Dangereuses set in the surprisingly combined spaces of a drawing room before the French Revolution and an air raid shelter after World War III. The Task follows the course of a letter from its haphazard delivery during the French Revolution to its appearance in a modern office building where a nameless employee works for a boss named Number One. Two of Müller’s most interesting pieces in the same evening. Both plays were strongly influenced by Büchner’s Danton’s Death (read at Modern Times on Oct. 3, 2006).

Now in its second year, The Hidden Classics Reading Series is a great way to get to know fascinating classic plays just on the edge of regional theater offerings. It is a rare opportunity to hear them read and to have a chance to discuss these plays with directors, dramaturgs and actors from The Cutting Ball company.

365 Days/ 365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks World Co-Premiere December 17 @ 7pm Various Directors at the EXIT on Taylor 277 Taylor St . San Francisco , CA 94102 Please visit our website to reserve tickets. This event is free-of-charge. From November 13, 2006 to November 12, 2007, over 600 theaters in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Denver, Seattle, Austin, Washington D.C., the Carolinas, Mississippi River towns, and university campuses will create the largest theater collaboration in U.S. history by simultaneously producing the same play each day for an entire year.

Justin Chu Cary, Robert Henry Johnson, & David Wesley Skillman in The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World by Suzan-Lori Parks

365 Days/365 Plays was written by Pulitzer prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks, who began on November 13, 2002, to write a play a day for one whole year. The Cutting Ball Theater is co-anchoring the San Francisco hub of the project with the Z Space and The Playwright's Foundation and will be producing seven of the 365 plays on December 17 at the EXIT on Taylor.

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