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Next season starts off with a production of Romeo and Juliet that I will be directing. I am hungry to explore that play’s visceral passion, survey its deep emotional landscape. Following that, I am thrilled to bring to our stage Noel Coward’s smart, sparkling romantic comedy, Private Lives, directed by Associate Artist Mark Rucker. Our third show will bring Academy Award-nominated actress Marsha Mason to Cal Shakes in Samuel Beckett’s brilliant Happy Days, an astounding portrait of a woman buried up to her waist in sand, and in the comically painful toil of her life. And for our final production, we’ll be making a vibrant, surprising new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Aaron Posner, Artistic Director of New Jersey’s Two River Theater Company.
I can’t wait to see what our 2009 season brings—the depth of feeling, vital theatricality, intelligent comedy, and continuation of this community of artists and audiences who are all connected by our love of bringing Shakespeare and the classics alive for everyone in our great Bay Area.
Best,
Jonathan Moscone, Artistic Director
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Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jonathan Moscone
May 27–Jun 21
Shakespeare’s passionate tale of young lovers caught in a dangerous and threatening world comes to vivid, urgent life in Artistic Director Jonathan Moscone’s uniquely theatrical production.
Private Lives
By Noël Coward
Directed by Mark Rucker
Jul 8–Aug 2
A divorced couple find themselves booked into adjoining honeymoon suites, igniting dangerous sparks. The exes lunge and parry their way through Noël Coward’s wicked, witty best. Associate Artist Mark Rucker (Twelfth Night, Richard III) helms this scorchingly smart romantic comedy.
Happy Days
By Samuel Beckett
Directed by Jonathan Moscone
Starring Marsha Mason
Aug 12–Sep 6
Our third show brings renowned theater and Academy Award-nominated actress Marsha Mason (Cinderella Liberty, The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two, Frasier) to Cal Shakes in Samuel Beckett’s brilliant Happy Days, an astounding portrait of a woman buried up to her waist in sand, and in the comically painful toil of her life. Artistic Director Jonathan Moscone directs.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Aaron Posner
Sep 16–Oct 11
Young lovers, human and fairy royalty, and an amateur theater troupe reel through romance and spellcraft in one of Shakespeare's most hilarious and enchanting works. Cal Shakes welcomes Aaron Posner—Two River Artistic Director and co-founder of Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre—in his Cal Shakes directorial debut.
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