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Coward on the Coast: eNews January 18, 2016
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Along with much-needed winter rain and snow, Northern California is welcoming a pair of Noël Coward plays, which open this month:
Fallen Angels at the Jewel Theatre Company in Santa Cruz, January 28th - February 21st. With his history of many fine productions of Coward's work, Director Art Manke is bringing more joy to the Jewel.
A Song at Twilight at Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco - press preview January 20th; opens Saturday, January 23rd at 8 pm. John Fisher directs and stars as Sir Hugo Latymer.
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Fallen Angels
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Jan 28 - Feb 21, 2016
Jewel Theatre Company, Santa Cruz, CA
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Fallen Angels
Directed by Art Manke
January 28 - February 21, 2016
Jewel Theatre Company The Colligan Theater Tannery Arts Center 1010 River Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831-425-7506
The Jewel's second production in the new Colligan Theater, FALLEN ANGELS continues a heavenly history. Join the cast for champagne and chocolate truffles after the opening performance on Friday, Jan. 29th.
Two best friends who are now happily married - to husbands Willy and Fred, who are also best friends - Julia and Jane both once counted the dashing Frenchman Maurice as their lover. Guess who's back in town and requesting the pleasure of the Ladies' company? Coward at his inimitable best; the story is a champagne cocktail of wit and charm.
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Director Art Manke
returns to the Jewel Theatre where he directed What the Butler Saw and Enter the Guardsman. Recent Bay Area credits include The Monster Builder (Aurora Stage in Berkeley) and Liar Liar (Shakespeare Santa Cruz). In 2009, he was mentor for The Young Idea Project (3-year intensive work on Coward for young actors and directors) at the Antaeus Theatre Company in LA. In the last decade, Manke directed seven Coward plays in S. California - all hits! - including the Laguna Playhouse and Pasadena Playhouse productions of Fallen Angels.
Nike Doukas (Julia)
returns to Santa Cruz, where she appeared at Shakespeare Santa Cruz. She lives in Los Angeles; her LA theater credits include regular appearances at South Coast Repertory, most recently in the Pacific Playwrights Festival and the world premiere of The Prince of Atlantis. She is a 2011 recipient of the Lunt Fontanne Fellowship and is a member of the Antaeus Theatre Company.
Marcia Pizzo (Jane) returns to the Jewel Theatre where she last performed in Enter the Guardsman. Her most recent appearance was as Masha in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Center REP in Walnut Creek. Other Bay Area credits include productions at A.C.T.: Round and Round the Garden, Rock 'n' Roll, and A Mother (with Olympia Dukakis).
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Featuring: J. Paul Boehmer*, Shaun Carroll*, Nike Doukas*, Marcia Pizzo*, Diana Torres Koss*, Kit Wilder*
*Member, Actors' Equity Association.
Production Team: Tom Buderwitz (set design), David Mickelsen (costume design), Kent Dorsey (lighting design), Steven Cahill (sound design), Shaun Carroll (properties design).
Tickets: Adults $38 / Seniors & Students $32 / Preview $24 all tickets
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Shrug off that fur, have a cocktail and dish the dirt with "Fallen Angels," Art Manke's irresistible production of a rarely seen Noel Coward comedy.... Given the play's fascination with female pleasure, it's hard to believe this delicious 1925 romp hasn't been revived more often. Startlingly modern, the play makes the hedonism in "Fifty Shades of Grey" seem so, well, earnest.
- Los Angeles Times (Charlotte Stoudt, Feb. 04, 2013)
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A Song at Twilight
Directed by John Fisher
January 20 - 31, 2016 (two weeks only!) Theatre RhinocerosZ Below 470 Florida St. (at Mariposa)San Francisco, CA 94110 800-838-3006 Theatre Rhinoceros Part 1 of The Rhino's 2016 Coward Celebration.
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Fallen Angels
Directed by Art Manke Jan 28 - Feb 21, 2016 Jewel Theatre CompanyThe Colligan Theater - Tannery Arts Center 1010 River StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95060 831-425-7506 Jewel Theatre CompanyStarring Nike Doukas and Marcia Pizzo.
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Words (and Images) to End All Wars
Compiled and Directed by Rush Rehm
April 29 - May 1, 2016
Stanford Repertory TheatreOshman Hall - McMurtry Building
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
650-725-5838
SRT web site
Includes a selection from Coward's Post-Mortem as part of the reading.
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Present Laughter
May 21 - June 19, 2016 Theatre RhinocerosEureka Theater 215 Jackson Street San Francisco, CA 94111 866-811-4111 The RhinoPart 2 of The Rhino's 2016 Coward Celebration.
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For information on becoming a member of the Noël Coward Society in the U.S. or Canada, please contact Ken Starrett . Cheers, Kathy Williams U.S. West Coast Liaison The Noël Coward Society |
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