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| 'Drawer Boy' will kick off the San Jose Rep's season |
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| By Dale Bryant |
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For anyone thinking that summer is beginning
to drag, it's good news that the San
Jose Repertory Theatre's 2002-03
season kicks off on Labor Day weekend, with
the West Coast premiere of Michael Healey's
Drawer Boy Aug. 31.
A discussion about the play, featuring
Associate Artistic Director John McCluggage
and a special guest artist, is set for Aug.
12 at 7 p.m. at the theater, 101 Paseo de San
Antonio in San Jose. Admission is free, but
reservations are recommended by calling
408.367.7255.
The season's six scheduled plays run the
emotional gamut, from William Shakespeare's
light-hearted Two Gentlemen of Verona
to Tennessee Williams' raw Orpheus
Descending, starring Mary McDonnell.
Healey's Drawer Boy tells the story of
two Canadian farmers whose lives are
disrupted in ways both strange and wonderful
by a young actor who comes to research farm
life for a play he's writing.
On Oct. 19, the San Jose Rep stages
the world premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda's
The Wind Cries Mary, set in San
Francisco in 1968, when Asian Americans were
first finding their political voice. The play
is based loosely on Ibsen's Hedda
Gabler.
The season also includes Cultural
Clash, a trio that's toured the country
for 14 years observing and commenting on life
in America. The performance at the Rep will
include a new segment on life in San Jose.
Eric Bogosian's Humpty Dumpty is
billed as a contemporary psychological
thriller about two couples who take a break
to a mountain retreat, taking with them their
cell phones and laptops, designer wines and
caviar.
Season tickets are available in a variety
of packages, and single tickets go on sale
Aug. 15. Call the box office at 408.367.7255
or order online at www.sjrep.com.
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