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dr. FAUSTUS
a world premiere written and
directed by David Mamet
February 24 - April 18, 2004
Sam
Shepard Theatre
Faustus has it all... Fame, success, a loving
family. But a careless wager with a beguiling magician threatens
everything. David Mamet’s timeless retelling of a classic
legend explores one man’s discovery of life ’s
most important and fragile treasures.
Considered one of the most important playwrights
of the 20th century, David Mamet has numerous awards and honors,
including the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for his play Glengarry
Glen Ross. In language, scope and theatrical sensibility,
Dr. Faustus represents a big departure for Mamet, who
is most well-known for his strikingly modern works featuring
working class characters and a strong, unique, and poetic
use of language, which has been identified by scholars as
"Mametspeak".
The cast for Dr. Faustus includes
many veterans of Mamet's stage and film works. David Rasche,
who will be playing the title character, has been with Mamet
from the very beginning of their careers in Chicago, and was
a part of Mamet's professional debut, Sexual Perversity
in Chicago and has appeared in numerous Broadway and
Off-Broadway productions of his plays including Edmond
and Speed-the-Plow. Broadway and West-End veteran
Colin Stinton is no stranger to Mamet's works, having worked
with him on Chicago, New York, and London stages for such
plays as Edmond, The Old Neighborhood, Mr.
Happiness, A Sermon, Speed-the-Plow,
The Water Engine, and Lone Canoe. Dominic
Hoffman has just finished an episode FX's hit drama The
Shield, which was directed by David Mamet. Sandra Lindquist,
who will be playing Faustus' wife, has just finished work
on Mamet's upcoming feature film Spartan.
"Mamet, at his finest." - Pat
Craig, Contra Costa Times
Following the matinee performance
of DR. FAUSTUS on Sunday, March 7, there will be a panel discussion
on the Faust legend and its various reincarnations in literature
and the performing arts. Free and open to the public. Panelists
include Dr. Clifford Cranna of the San Francisco Opera, Jungian
scholar Dr. John Beebe, and Volker Langbehn, Assistant Professor
of German Language and Literature at San Francisco State University.
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Loretta Greco, Artistic Director | David Jobin, Managing Director
