MEET THE SAMSAS at San Francisco's Boxcar Theatre Opens 10/12

Boxcar Theatre will continue its fourth season Monday, October 12th with the opening of MEET THE SAMSAS. The show, inspired by Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, is 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.

Following MEET THE SAMSAS, the season will continue with MUSEUM by Tina Howe from 11/2 through 11/22, I <heart> SF created and performed by The Boxcar Players from 12/3 through 12/19, THE MARK TEN'S FANTASTIC PARADE, a new play by Maria Breaux, from 1/12 through 1/30, PROJECT V, inspired by Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, from 2/3 to 2/14, SOPHOCLES' ANTIGONE from 3/25 to 4/17, RHINO, adapted from Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros from 5/6 to 5/29, Tennessee Williams' A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE and THE GLASS MENAGERIE from 7/27-8/28.

Dedicated to high visual concepts and transformative theatre, Artistic Directors Nick A. Olivero and Peter Matthews, provide San Francisco with its most innovative and thought-provoking theatrical experiences through its "Boxcar" and "Sidecar" productions. Boxcar's commitment is to produce "Experiential Theatre" and is proud to be known as a "Directors' Theatre." This next season Boxcar re-imagines the familiar by taking well-known plays and turning them on their head.

For more information, visit www.boxcartheatre.org.