2009/2010 Season Announced
In 2009/2010 we will reimagine the familiar as we tackle classic Greek, contemporary favorites, and the brand spanking new.
Next season marks our shift into becoming a Director's Theatre. We will bring you 11 full-lengths and 4 children's plays all of which will touch the heart, soul, and sometimes funny bone.
You may have seen some of these shows before, but we guarantee you will have never seen them done like this!
Boxcar Theatre Season - $115
Sidecar Season - $50 add on
Hear what the Artistic Directors have to
say about the 2009/2010 season.
Romeo & Julien
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Adapted by Nick A. Olivero
Directed by Wolfgang Wachalovsky and Peter Matthews
Shakespeare's ill-fated tale of two star-cross'd lover's takes a new spin with a transgendered young man as the female ingénue. With the bitter passing of Proposition 8, this adaptation couldn't be more timely and expressive, displaying an enduring love story maligned by Fate. You may think you know this classic tragic story about forbidden love, but you've never seen it like this before.
Museum
By Tina Howe
Directed by Stephanie Renée Maysonave
Aficionados, snobs, obnoxious college girls, and a disgruntled security guard scrutinize a modern art exhibit on its final day. Performed in actual museums throughout San Francisco, 42 actors grace the "stage" prodding conceptual art as they observe three seemingly blank canvases and paper human figures hanging from a clothesline accompanied by a bowl of clothespins, which no one can seem to keep their hands off of.
Project V
Inspired by Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues
Creative Director: Sarah Savage
Directed by: Claire Zawa
Over a decade ago Eve Ensler's sensational hit revolutionized society's views of the female body. Women everywhere were empowerment to shed light on their personal stories of challenge, despair, and triumph. Enlisting the talents of various female artists across the country, Project V offers an updated perspective on the monologues that shook a nation and changed a world.
Sophocles'
Antigone
Featuring Pi: The Physical Comedy Troupe
Directed by: Paul Cello
Nothing short of hilarity comes from the family of a man who kills his father, marries his mother and ends up plucking out his eyes. Doesn't sound all too funny? Wait until seven clowns get their hands on the Oedipus cycle. Enter Antigone, she directly disobeys her Uncle's decree and finds herself buried alive in a cave. Absurdity ensues with a string of suicides starting with Antigone, followed by her fiancé and ending with her soon to be mother-in-law hanging herself... trust us, it's funny.
Meet the Samsas
Inspired by Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis"
Directed by Sarah Beth Parks
Told with hand-carved wooden string puppets, the Samsa family finds itself at the center of a reality television show. Under constant surveillance, acquiescing to the whims of the ever-present but unseen Director, the eldest son awakes to find himself transformed into a monstrous bug. Inspired by Kafka's novella, the ordeal unfolds and the family unravels in front of millions of viewers in an absurd world where the camera is always watching and the TV is always on.
I <heart> SF
Created and performed by The Boxcar Players
Directed by Nick A. Olivero
Poets, Yuppies, Hippies, Lovers, Dreamers, and the Homeless collide in a collage of wildly entertaining and sometimes moving pieces dedicating themselves to one of America's most happening and diverse cities: San Francisco. With over 30 San Francisco neighborhoods to choose from, the audience will determine the sequence of the show by calling out their names, making each performance as unique as the city they live in!
The Mark Ten's Fantastic Parade
Directed by: Katja Rivera
A new play by Maria Breaux
An ailing 1960's pop band decides to stop touring and hit the recording studio. Trying every means at their disposal to create a masterpiece, they use all the latest off the wall musical technology—plungers, basketballs, teakettles, tap shoes, and other "instruments." As brilliance eludes them, an indiscernible go-go girl provides the album's true, unaccredited genius.
Rhino
Adapted from Eugène Ionesco's Rhinoceros
Directed by Evren Odcikin
When Berenger's friends, colleagues, and loved ones begin turning into rhinoceroses one by one, he is left with a choice to conform to society or maintain his individuality. Originally written during the insurgence of Fascism and Nazism, this theatrical installation takes on new meaning as it holds the social magnifying glass against itself, exploring one individual's attempts at holding onto his identity and creating meaning out of a world that no longer makes sense.
Tennessee Williams'
A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Directed by Jeffrey Hoffman
Clawing hopes for the future and haunting sins of the past spar with one another at a Pollitt Family birthday party. Swarming around Brick, the beloved alcoholic son, are his conniving siblings and estranged wife, Maggie, all hoping to get a piece of Big Daddy’s fortune. Love, fortitude, and passion can set things right by evening’s end, but only if everyone agrees to believe their own lies.
Tennessee Williams'
Streetcar Named Desire
Directed by Rebecca Longworth
Fading Southern Belle debutante Blanche du Bois arrives at her sister's dingy French Quarter apartment, becoming entangled in an explosive sultry world she is unaccustomed to. Set on a collision course, her brutish animalistic brother-in-law, Stanley, captivates and ultimately destroys the fragile woman. With chunks of text stripped away and reconstructed as dance and movement pieces, this gritty American classic paves the way for industrial urbanization leaving the Old South in ruins.
Tennessee Williams'
The Glass Menagerie
Directed by Jessica Holt
Lost hopes and memories of despair are all that remain for Tom who is trapped in a mundane warehouse job. Cajoled by his overbearing mother to find a suitor for his crippled sister, Tom brings a gentleman caller home for dinner. Inflated dreams are quickly dashed as the evening crumbles under the pressure of the moment.