B Street Theatre to Present THE BEST BROTHERS, 8/2-9/13

B Street Theatre, Sacramento's Resident New Works Theatre, is excited to present The Best Brothers by Daniel MacIvor.

The Best Brothers is the kind of play that B Street Theatre patrons love. It is smart-funny but also sweet; the kind of story everyone can relate to. This is a show about family, the complexities of sibling rivalry and how we love and hate the people closest to us. It's about human emotion and the struggle to get through each day and each task when the unthinkable happens.

The play's central theme is relationships - the brothers to each other, each to their mother and to her dog. Each actor plays both his role and that of their eccentric mother creating a fascinating, ethereal theatricality.

For playwright Daniel MacIvor, the comedy started with Buddy, an Italian greyhound who came into his life as a puppy who tormented him. "I lived on the 25th floor and it was February and I was trying to house-train him," MacIvor says during a recent interview. He would take Buddy out into the cold in the middle of the night just to return to the apartment and have him pee on the floor. Buddy also chewed and destroyed everything in sight.

However, "the dog changed my life," MacIvor says, "and that's the case in the play."

IF YOU GO:

THE BEST BROTHERS

Runs August 2 to September 13, 2015

SHOW TIMES: Tuesdays at 6:30pm & Wednesdays at 2:00pm & 6:30pm, Thursdays & Fridays at 8:00pm, Saturdays at 5:00pm & 9pm and Sundays at 2:00pm
PREVIEW: August 1, 2015 at 5:00 pm & August 2nd, 2015 at 2:00pm
OPENING: Sunday, August 2nd, 2015 at 7 pm

WHERE: B Street Theatre Mainstage Stage, 2711 B St., Sacramento

TICKETS: $23?$35*, $5 Student Rush, $15* Preview tickets
INFO: (916) 443?5300, www.bstreettheatre.org

*Please note this price includes a $5 Facility Fee.

About the Playwright - Daniel MacIvor is originally from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and currently lives in Toronto and Avondale, Nova Scotia. From 1987 to 2007 with Sherrie Johnson he ran da da kamera, a respected international touring company that brought his work to Australia, Israel, Europe, the UK, and extensively throughout Canada, as well as the United States. He has written numerous award-winning theatre productions including See Bob Run, The Soldier Dreams, You Are Here, Arigato, Tokyo, The Best Brothers and his work has been translated into Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, German and Japanese and most recently his play His Greatness was translated into French by the celebrated Quebec playwright Michel Tremblay. With Daniel Brooks he created the solo shows House, Here Lies Henry, Monster, Cul-de-sac, This Is What Happens Next and currently they are working on Who Killed Spalding Gray? based on MacIvor's personal connection to the American monologist. MacIvor received the Governor General's Literary Award for Drama in 2006 for his collection of plays I Still Love You and in 2008 he was awarded the Siminovitch Prize for Theatre. He is also the recipient of an Obie Award and a GLAAD Award for his play In On It. MacIvor is currently playwright-in-residence at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.

About The Director - Buck Busfield has worked for B Street since its creation in 1986. He selects and casts all plays and has directed more than 200 of them, working with some of the nation's finest actors and playwrights. As a playwright himself, Buck has written more than 20 plays; many having received productions at B Street Theatre. He is the recipient of the Arts and Business Council of Sacramento's Executive of the Year award and a senior fellow of the Mountain Valley chapter of the American Leadership Forum, Class IX. He makes his home in Sacramento with his wife Mehera, and their daughter, Priya.

About Hamilton Best: Christian Martin was born in Denver, Colorado but spent most of his childhood split between France and England. He studied acting at the Chrysalis Theater in London. His recent credits include Epitaph for George Dillon, in the role of Colwyn, at the 45th street Theatre in New York, directed by Larry Moss, Stanley in Richard III, at Porters Theatre in Los Angeles, and a European tour of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. His Film and TV credits include CSI: Miami, Rendition, and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is thrilled to be making his debut at the B Street Theatre in Sacramento.

About Kyle Best: Will Springhorn Jr. is ecstatic to make his B Street debut. Favorite roles include Kent in Reasons to be Pretty and Frederick Wentworth in the world premiere of Persuasion at San Jose Stage Company, Will in Coronado at SF Playhouse, and Edmund in King Lear with San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. In the San Francisco Bay Area Will has worked with TheatreWorks, Pacific Repertory Theatre, Center Rep, SF Playhouse, 42nd Street Moon, The Magic, Berkeley Rep, Theatre Rhino and San Jose Stage Company, where he is an Artistic Associate. Upcoming shows include Incidents in the Wicked Life of Moll Flanders (Pacific Repertory Theatre - World Premiere), Scrooge in Love (42nd Street Moon), and Rock of Ages (Center Repertory Theatre). Will teaches Theatre at Notre Dame de Namur University and Diablo Valley College and is a proud member of Actor's Equity Association. MFA Mountview Theatre School, London - BA University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. www.willspringhornjr.com

B Street Theatre is a non-profit, professional theatre company producing primarily new work for adults, families and children. The two-theatre playhouse on B Street in Midtown Sacramento is home to the Mainstage Series, B3 Series and Family Series, each created to feature intimate, quality theatre for audiences year-round. Recognized as one of the nation's top professional theatres, B Street Theatre has produced more than 100 new plays, 60 of which are world, national, West Coast or regional premieres.

B Street Theatre was originally founded in 1986 for the purpose of bringing the excitement of live performance to children through the B Street Theatre School Tour. This educational outreach program serves over 200,000 students in Northern California annually.

B Street Theatre programs include the Mainstage Series, B Street Theatre Family Series and Family Series Student Matinees (for school field trips), the B3 Series, B Street School Tours, Sketch Comedy, B Street Acting Conservatory and Studio for Young People, and the B Street Theatre Internship program for pre-professional/post- college training.

In 2014, B Street brought its most popular play ever, Around the World in 80 Days, to India. The original cast performed in 3 Indian cities, furthering the organization's mission by bringing high quality theatre to an international audience, while also raising money for Indian educational enrichment and schools and partnering with an overseas performing arts center with the hope of future international collaboration.

B Street Theatre has produced over 250 professional productions since 1986. More information at www.bstreettheatre.org.

The mission of B Street Theatre is to promote education and literacy, social interaction, and cultural enrichment by engaging children and adults in the highest quality theatre arts and playwriting.

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