My Profile: Designing BURIED CHILD
BURIED CHILD Scenic Designer, Alan E. Schwanke, discusses his process and final design for the production.
BURIED CHILD
by Sam Shepard
directed by Adriana Baer
May 29 – June 15, 2014
Photos: Buried Child
Production photos of Buried Child, featuring Tobias Andersen*, Tim Blough*, David Bodin, Foss Curtis, Jane Fellows, Ty Hewitt*, and Garland Lyons.
Photos by David Kinder.
BURIED CHILD
by Sam Shepard
directed by Adriana Baer
May 29 – June 15, 2014
*Member Actors’ Equity Association, the professional union of actors and stage managers.
My Profile: BURIED CHILD In Dialogue Events
Watch Lauren Bloom Hanover, Profile’s Director of Education and Community Engagement, share the details about the In Dialogue events taking place throughout Buried Child.
BURIED CHILD
by Sam Shepard
directed by Adriana Baer
May 29 – June 15, 2014
2015 Season: Sarah Ruhl
DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE
directed by Adriana Baer
1.29.15 – 2.15.15 | Morrison Stage
When Jean takes possession of the cell phone of a dead man, she is thrown into a mysterious journey of self-discovery and awakening. Through this small modern device, she finds adventure, purpose and even love – but at what cost? This hilarious and paradoxical treatise on the digital world probes at the thin line between reality and fantasy, privacy and openness, and even life and death.
IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY
directed by Adriana Baer
6.11.15 – 6.28.15 | Morrison Stage
Enter the home of Dr. Givings; husband, doctor, inventor, and healer of feminine hysteria. As this man of science pioneers new therapies for women in the dawning age of electricity, his young wife Catherine begins to wonder what exactly is going on behind the closed door of his operating theatre. In the Next Room, or the vibrator play is a wickedly humorous tale of sex, intimacy, and the discovery of pleasure.
FALL FESTIVAL: PASSION PLAY
directed by Samantha van der Merwe
9.9.15 – 9.13.15 | Morrison Stage
Traveling through time and around the world, centuries of religion, faith, and politics collide through performances of the Passion of the Christ. This sweeping exploration of the “greatest story ever told” exposes its transformative effect on the small communities that enact it, while asking big questions about humanity, faith, and doubt. Join us for Parts One and Two of this epic journey.
Produced in collaboration with Shaking the Tree Theatre who will present Passion Play: Part 3 as their Fall production.
ORLANDO
directed by Matthew B. Zrebski
11.5.15 – 11.22.15 | Alder Stage
Orlando, a young Englishman, sets out to encounter love and adventures with Queens and Kings, princesses and archdukes, historic poets and fictional sea captains. Riding waves that transcend time and space, Orlando transforms again and again. This epic tale of discovery, based on Virginia Woolf’s novel, crashes through the ages as a whimsical, gender-bending fantasy.
In Dialogue is our series of lectures, pre-show talks, post-show discussions, concerts and other supplemental programming that explore our featured writer’s world. Profile Theatre is committed to providing our audiences with opportunities to engage with our featured writer in unique and varied ways. Through our In Dialogue programming, we extend the event of a Profile production beyond the bounds of what is onstage, bringing the community together for an exciting, provocative and inspiring experience.
In Dialogue readings include new and contemporary plays in conversation with Sarah Ruhl’s body of work.
In Dialogue Staged Readings
FREE ADMISSION
THREE SISTERS
by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Sarah Ruhl
in collaboration with Reed College
3.2.15 – 3.3.15 | Alder Stage
THE REVOLUTIONISTS
by Lauren Gunderson
5.4.15 – 5.5.15 | Alder Stage
THE LADY ONSTAGE
by Erin Bregman
7.13.15 – 7.14.15 | Morrison Stage
STAGE KISS
by Sarah Ruhl
10.5.15 – 10.6.15 | Morrison Stage
My Profile: Rehearsing BURIED CHILD
Actors Foss Curtis and Tobias Andersen discuss rehearsing BURIED CHILD.
BURIED CHILD
by Sam Shepard
directed by Adriana Baer
May 29 – June 15, 2014
In Dialogue Book Club: Just Kids
May 5, 2014 6-7:30
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Just Kids is an autobiography of Patti Smith, whose look at New York in the 1960s and 1970s paints a very clear picture of the world in which Sam Shepard wrote and produced his first plays. Smith and Shepard had an affair, chronicled in the book, during which time they cowrote and premiered the play Cowboy Mouth.
About our guest leader:
David Sumner is professor of English and environmental studies at Linfield College. He specializes in American nature writing, rhetoric, Western American literature, and the connection between literature, landscape, and ethics. He teaches various courses in American Literature, philosophy and literature, and American nature writing. He also directs Linfield’s writing program and oversees the Linfield writing center. Professor Sumner has published in the fields of literature and the environment, rhetoric, and writing pedagogy including a series of interviews with contemporary nature writers such as Terry Tempest Williams, Barry Lopez, and David Quammen. His most recent article, “Eco-terrorism or Eco-tage: An Argument for the Proper Frame” appears in the fall 2013 issue of ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment.
My Profile: Adriana’s thoughts on BURIED CHILD
Artistic Director Adriana Baer shares her thoughts on our upcoming production of BURIED CHILD.
BURIED CHILD
by Sam Shepard
directed by Adriana Baer
May 29 – June 15, 2014
Backstage Photos: Buried Child first rehearsal
First rehearsal photos of Buried Child, featuring Tobias Andersen*, Tim Blough*, David Bodin, Foss Curtis, Jane Fellows, Ty Hewitt*, and Garland Lyons.
Photos by David Kinder.
BURIED CHILD
by Sam Shepard
directed by Adriana Baer
May 29 – June 15, 2014
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*Member Actors’ Equity Association, the professional union of actors and stage managers.
In Dialogue Staged Reading: Buena Vista
by Edith Freni
Directed by Desdemona Chiang
April 12 & 13, 2014
Featuring: Tim Blough*, Chris Murray*, Jenny Newbry, Vana O’Brien*
Stage Managed by D Westerholm*
When Noah shows up at his family’s isolated Colorado cabin, he discovers his estranged mother has been squatting there for months. Then Dad walks in—questioning the reason for his son’s retreat—and Noah’s weekend getaway turns into a bizarre, snowed-in family nightmare. A series of revelations ignite Buena Vista’s surreal conclusion, unfolding in a frozen wooden box at 12,000 feet above sea level.
Edith Freni [Playwright] Edith’s work has been produced, and developed at theatre across the country including Steppenwolf Theatre Company, New York Theatre Workshop, LAByrinth Theatre Company, The Public Theatre, Williamstown Theater Festival, and Ensemble Studio Theater. Current commissions include a trilogy of classics adaptations for the University of Miami—where she is on faculty—and a new play for Steppenwolf. Ms. Freni is a former competitive amateur boxer and received her BFA and MFA in Dramatic Writing from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
Desdemona Chiang [Director] Desdemona’s directing credits include Playmakers Repertory Company, Aurora Theatre, Crowded Fire Theatre Company, Azeotrope (co-founder), FringeNYC, Playwrights Foundation, Golden Thread Productions, Washington, Ensemble Theatre, SF One Minute Play Festival, among others. Additional theatre credits include the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Intiman Theatre, ACT Theatre (Seattle), California Shakespeare Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, Mark Taper Forum, Magic Theatre, Theatreworks, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, among others. Intersection for the Arts Triangle Lab Artist-Investigator. SDC Sir John Gilgeud Directing Fellow. Drama League Directing Fellow. BA: UC Berkeley. MFA Directing: University of Washington.
Playwright Events:
April 11: Stop in to La Bonita (on N. Killingsworth) around 8pm, where Playwright Edith Freni will be enjoying taco’s and and conversation. If you can’t make it at 8pm, still stop by La Bonita on April 11th to grab breakfast, lunch or dinner, as 20% of ALL SALES on Friday will be donated to Profile.
April 12: Pre-show discussion at 7pm with Edith Freni on Morrison Stage.
April 13: Join us ten minutes before the performance for a quick discussion with Edith Freni and a little background on the play. Following the performance, the playwright and members of the reading will answer questions from the audience.
*Member Actors’ Equity Association, the professional union of actors and stage managers.
Buried Child Press
May 29 – June 15, 2014
Production photos are provided for use by the working media and for editorial use only, and are not intended for advertising, illustrative, or any other purposes.
| Tobias Andersen as Dodge and Tim Blough as Tilden Photo by David Kinder |
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| Tobias Andersen as Dodge and Ty Hewitt as Vince Photo by David Kinder |
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| Foss Curtis as Shelly and David Bodin as Father Dewis Photo by David Kinder |
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| Tobias Andersen as Dodge, Jane Fellows as Halie, and Garland Lyons as Bradley Photo by David Kinder |
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| Ty Hewitt as Vince Photo by David Kinder |
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