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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Artistic Director Adriana Baer discusses the play BUENA VISTA (part of our In Dialogue Series staged readings)
BUENA VISTA
by Edith Freni
directed by Desdemona Chiang
April 12 – 13, 2014
Playwright Edith Freni discusses her play BUENA VISTA (part of our In Dialogue Series staged readings).
BUENA VISTA
by Edith Freni
Directed by Desdemona Chiang
April 12 – 13, 2014
Playwright Amy Claussen discusses her play Hungry
HUNGRY
by Amy Claussen
Directed by Adriana Baer
March 15 & 16, 2014
In the first in our series of video blogs, Artistic Director Adriana Baer discusses the In Dialogue Series and the first staged reading in that series.
HUNGRY
by Amy Claussen
Directed by Adriana Baer
March 15-16, 2014
Sam Shepard, the featured writer of our 17th season, is one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th and 21st century.
From the plays of Athol Fugard*
Afrikaans – one of the official languages of South Africa, developed from the seventeenth century Dutch
Afrikaner – Descendants of the original Dutch settlers who arrived in 1652
aikona – no!
baas – boss or master
bakgat – great
Bantu – official term for black South Africans and their language, disliked by black people
Base Camp Oshakati – principal camp of South African defense during the Border War; near the border of what used to be South West Africa and is now Namibia
Basutoland – territory of South Africa
boer – farmer
boet – brother; used to address a friend colloquially
bosbefok – rude term meaning “shell-shocked”
bosak – wild shit
braaivleis – barbecue
broek – pants; trousers
buitengewoon – out of the ordinary
Coloreds – defined in South Africa as anyone of mixed racial descent
dom book – passbook, ID book for black people under apartheid
Dominee – a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church; reverend or minister
donner – to beat up; bastard
dop – a swig of hard liquor
Dopper – strict religious sect of the Dutch Reform Church
dwaal – daze
eina – ouch!
ek is moeg – I’m worn out
gat – ass
gat-full – up to my ass
haai – no
handlanger – handyman
Here! – Lord! Christ
hok – cage for pigeons
ja – yes
japie – dolt; bumpkin
kak – shit
Karoo – a vast semi-deset region in the heart of South Africa; “karoo” is a Khol word meaning “place of little water”; few plants grow on the dry mountains, but farms thrive in the valleys and lowlands
kêrel – fellow; chap
kierie – fighting stick
klaar – finished; ready
klaarstaan – be ready or cautious
lekker – nice
location – township; black ghetto; segregated area on outskirts of town or city
naar – nauseated
New Brighton – a black ghetto in Port Elizabeth
ou – common mode of address to man or boy; chap
ou bollie – old man
oubaas – old man
outjie – boy; little guy
poephol – farthole
pondok – shanty
rand – South African money
se gat – ass’s
skeel oog – squint eye
skelm – rascal
skollies – bums
sommer – just; simply
staats – states
stoep – porch
suka – stop!
tjorrie – old, small car
veld – plains; countryside
verkrampte – narrow-minded
vervloekte – cursed
verneuk the baas – rip-off the boss
voetsek – rough commands to go, usually to a dog, offensive to a person, equivalent to “fuck off”
volk – people
* definitions collected from the works of Athol Fugard, published by Theatre Communications Group and Samuel French, Inc.
