Season Information
08/09 Season
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
Written by Donald Margulies
Directed by Matthew Wiener
Extended through March 22!
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies’ wonderfully entertaining new play explores the seductive power of the tall tale and the desperate need that drives the taleteller. Flying wombats, giant sea turtles, and a monstrous man-eating octopus all add to the hijinks and adventure. “What does a man leave behind but his name and the story he told?” Sail away with us toward this wild escapade that explores the real nature of truth. San Diego Premiere!
"Magically celebrates the art of storytelling ... An amazing adventure...classic theatre ... marvelous" |
“Irresistible...hilarious...thought provoking...amazing ... a seagoing yarn the likes of 'Treasure Island' or 'Robinson Crusoe'" |
“Superb ... True magic” - SanDiego.com Read More >> |
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Donald Margulies
Donald Margulies (born 1954) is an American playwright and professor of English literature at Yale University. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2000 for his play, Dinner With Friends. His other work includes Shipwrecked! An Entertainment — The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) (opening at South Coast Repertory in September 2007), Brooklyn Boy (2004), Sight Unseen (1991) and Collected Stories (1996) all of which were commissioned and originally produced by South Coast Repertory. Sight Unseen and Collected Stories were also both finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Dinner with Friends, which originated at Actors Theatre of Louisville, went on after its West Coast premiere at South Coast Repertory to win numerous awards, including the 2000 Pulitzer Prize, long runs Off-Broadway and in Paris, and productions all over the United States and around the world. His other plays include Two Days, God of Vengeance adapted from the classic Yiddish drama by Sholem Asch, The Model Apartment (Obie Award), The Loman Family Picnic, Found a Peanut, Luna Park and What’s Wrong with This Picture? produced on Broadway in 1994. Margulies is the recipient of the 2000 Sidney Kingsley Award for outstanding achievement in the theatre by a playwright and a member of the council of the Dramatists Guild of America. He teaches playwriting at Yale University. He attended Purchase College where he majored in visual arts. He also attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn, New York.Yetide Badaki* Player 1
Ron Campbell Louis De Rougemont
David McBean Player 2
*Member of Actors' Equity Association
| Director Matthew Wiener | Costume Designer Michelle Hunt Souza |
| Scenic Designer Marty Burnett | Sound Designer |
| Light Designer Matt Novotny | Prop Designer Bonnie Durben |
