Central Works 2018 Season features four plays, all new, all world premieres beginning February 17, and running through November 2018.
This is a season where boundaries, national and otherwise, are no barrier to laughter and genuine engagement with three comedies, two adaptations and one new play inspired by a classic.
Central Works 2018 season, launches in February with a new comedy about family valuables. The show Bamboozled by Patricia Milton (Feb 17-Mar 18), inspired by a true story, looks at what we value and what it costs when a Daughter of the Confederacy is defrauded out of family Civil War heirlooms worth over $1M. Milton has developed several hits and award winning plays with Central Works.
Spring brings COMEDY with a vengeance with the a new Central Works Method play, Palace Wreckers, Inc by Gary Graves (May 12-Jun 10). Then in July, award-winning writer Cristina García will premiere an adaption of her hilarious and often touching comic novel King of Cuba (Jul 21-Aug 19).
The season closes in the fall with a tale of madness, alienation and moral responsibility Chekhov's WARD 6 by Gary Graves (Oct 13-Nov 11).
CENTRAL WORKS 2018 SEASON:
Bamboozled
Written by Patricia Milton
A New Comedy about Family Valuables
Previews Feb 15 & 16
Feb 17-Mar 18
World Premiere #58 from the Central Works Writers Workshop
Palace Wreckers, Inc
Written by Gary Graves
COMEDY with a vengeance!
Previews May 10 & 11
May 12-Jun 10
World Premiere #59:
A new Central Works Method comedy
King of Cuba
Written by Cristina García
Adapted From Her Comic Novel
Previews July 19 & 20
July 21-Aug 19
World Premiere #60 from the Central Works Writers Workshop
Chekhov's WARD 6
Written by Gary Graves
A Tale Of Madness, Alienation
& Moral Responsibility
Previews Oct 11 & 12
Oct 13-Nov 11
World Premiere #61 from the Central Works Writers Workshop
Subscriptions Start At ONLY $56. Use any ticket anytime! Performing at the Berkeley City Club 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley. Tickets: $30 - $35 online at centralworks.org or $35 - $15 sliding scale at the door. Previews and Thursdays are pay-what-you-can at the door. For more information call 510.558.1381 or visit centralworks.org.
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