Tobias Wolff
photo by Elena Seibert
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Bay
Area
Tour Information
UP NEXT:
Julia
Morgan Center for the Arts
March 18-22, 2009
Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 2:30pm
1-800-838-3006
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Tickets Online
Stanford
University
January 10, 2009 - 8pm
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
(650)725-ARTS
Chabot
College (Hayward)
March 9, 2009 - 8pm
Little Theater
Limited Seating, tickets not available until February
(510)723-6830 for reservations
142
Throckmorton Theater (Mill Valley)
March 11, 2009 - 8pm
(415)383-9600
The
Dance Palace (Pt. Reyes)
March 13, 2009 - 8pm
(415)663-1075
France
Tour Information
27-28
March, 8 pm
NANCY
Theatre de Mon Desert
71 bis, rue de Mon Desert
Sponsored by the Friends of the American Library
Reservations: 03.54.50.54.61
odile.this@univ-nancy2.fr
30-31
March, 8 pm
NANTES
Théâtre de l'Externat des Enfants Nantais
rue Col. Desgrées du Lou
Sponsored by Ecole Centrale
Reservations: 02.40.37.25.68
2
April, 8:30 pm
ANGERS
Universite Catholique de
l'Ouest
Amphi Brazin
3, place André-Leroy
Sponsored by the English-language
Library in Angers
Reservations: www.ellia.org
4 April, 8:30 pm
AVRILLE
Theatre Allee Georges
Brassens
Centre Georges Brassens
Reservations: 02.41.24.97.07
www.ellia.org
9
April, 8 pm
PARIS
Salle
Adyar
4, square Rapp, Paris 7eme
Sponsored by the American
Library in Paris
Reservations: 01.53.59.12.60
rsvp@americanlibraryinparis.org
10 April, 8 pm
PARIS
Salle
Adyar
4, square Rapp, Paris 7eme
Sponsored by the Lycee
Honore de Balzac
Reservations required
06.89.33.54.39
info@balzac-apesa.org
For all performances we ask for a suggested
donation at the door (no one will be turned away for lack
of funds).
This project is funded by generous grants from the Florence
Gould Foundation, the Search Foundation, and the Bernard
Osher Foundation.
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NOW
ON TOUR
Throughout the Bay Area and France
a world premiere from
WORD FOR WORD |
directed by
JOEL MULLENNIX |
REVIEWS ARE IN!
 "The
acutely observed, dryly comic and deeply humane stories of
Tobias Wolff are a perfect fit for Word for Word, the company
that stages stories exactly as written with slyly inventive
touches." -SF
Chronicle |
| "The
particular alchemy of Word for Word and author Tobias Wolff
is undeniable." - SF Examiner |
Six years after the smash hit world premiere Stories by Tobias Wolff broke all records for Word for Word, the company that turns great literature into great theatre pairs back up with the short story master for More Stories by Tobias Wolff.
Of Word for Word, Tobias Wolff says:
"I wish that Word for Word would do all my stories.
Their brilliant inventiveness in performance, choreography, and
staging has created a new art form, and a deeply affecting experience.
I honestly believe that you could not find a more imaginative, energetic,
and emotionally well-tuned ensemble."
"Sanity," "Down to
Bone", and "Firelight"(Best American Short Stories)
comprise the evening, with Wolff's typical exploration of moral
ambiguity and the small, life-altering shifts that he investigates
with such grace and compassion.
From the desperate hilarity of teenage
April's attempt to create stability in her disintegrating family,
to the implausible possibility of a sultry interlude while keeping
a parental deathwatch, to a young boy's jaunty, buoyant search
with his single mother for refuge, "Sanity," "Down
to Bone," and "Firelight" prove once again
the mastery of Tobias Wolff's life-affirming storytelling.
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