triptych
a world premiere by Edna O'Brien
directed by Paul Whitworth
december 2, 2003 - january 4, 2004
Sam Shepard Theatre

Three women (mistress, wife, and daughter) uncover their passion for the same man and confront the ways that love can simultaneously liberate and entrap. This lyrical and captivating drama weaves together their stories to construct the portrait of a man through the eyes of the women who love him.

Irish novelist Edna O'Brien, who caught the public’s eye with her critically-acclaimed The Country Girls Trilogy, has had an impressive nine books banned in her native country, but has won multitudes of admirers and numerous awards (including the Kingsley Amis Award for fiction, the Yorkshire Post Novel Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize) around the world for her explorations of sex, marriage, religious upbringing, and predatory relationships. Triptych is her first world premiere in the US since 1985.

SF CHRONICLE'S HIGHEST RANKING: "intriguingly original… emotionally brave and engagingly clever... Brothers gives a galvanizing performance... Bruneau is luminously magnetic." – R. Hurwitt, SF Chronicle (Read the review)

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SPECIAL EVENT:
THE WRITER MEETS THE DIRECTOR: An intimate conversation with Edna O’Brien and film director Philip Kaufman (Quills, The Right Stuff, Henry & June, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and Rising Sun), hosted by Larry Eilenberg. Tickets for this special December 8th event on sale now. (more information)

december
MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
1	2 Preview 8:30pm pay-what-you-can	3 Preview 8:30pm	4 Preview 8:30pm	5 Preview 8:30pm	6 Opening 8:30pm	7 2:30pm
8	9 8:30pm pay-what-you-can	10 8:30pm	11 8:30pm	12 8:30pm talkback	13 8:30pm	14 2:30pm
15	16 8:30pm pay-what-you-can	17 8:30pm	18 8:30pm	19 8:30pm talkback	20 8:30pm	21 2:30pm
22	23	24	25	26 5:00pm 8:30pm boxing day celebration	27 5:00pm 8:30pm	28 2:30pm
29	30	31
january
			1	2 5:00pm 8:30pm talkback	3 5:00pm 8:30pm	4 2:30pm

CAST/CREW
Julia Brothers* - Wife
Lise Bruneau* - Mistress
Tro Shaw - Daughter

Paul Whitworth - Director
Kate Edmunds - Set Design
Kurt Landisman - Light Design
B. Modern - Costume Design
Michael Woody - Sound Design
Sarah Ellen Joynt - Properties
Sabrina Kniffin - Stage Manager
Mark Routhier - Assistant Director/Dramaturg
Kenny Bell -- Production Manager
Jessica Heidt -- Casting Director

BIOS
Edna O’Brien (Playwright) Ms. O’Brien’s novels include The Country Girls Trilogy, Night, Down By The River and, most recently, In The Forest. Plays include A Pagan Place (Royal Court Theatre); Virginia (Haymarket Theatre); Our Father (Almeida); Iphigenia (Crucible Theatre).