MORE STORIES BY TOBIAS WOLF Runs 3/18-3/22 At Julia Morgan
By: Gabrielle Sierra Jan. 27, 2009
Word For Word transfers the hit 15TH Anniversary show following an extended fall run at the Magic Theater
MORE STORIES BY TOBIAS WOLFF
March 18-22, 2009
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
2640 College Avenue, Berkeley
WORD FOR WORD a program of THE Z SPACE STUDIO transfers MORE STORIES BY TOBIAS WOLFF following its extended San Francisco run and regional tour to the legendary Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, in Berkeley from Wednesday, March 18 to Sunday, March 22.
"The acutely observed, dryly comic and deeply humane stories of Tobias Wolff are a perfect fit for Word for Word, the company that stages stories eactly as written with slyly inventive touches." -SF Chronicle
One of the Ten Best Productions of 2008!
-SF Chronicle
"The particular alchemy of Word for Word and author Tobias Wolff is undeniable." - SF Examiner
"Score another one for Word for Word..."
-Contra Costa Times
"Word for Word - Perfection!" -BeyondChron.com
Six years after the smash hit world premiere Stories by Tobias Wolff broke all records for Word for Word, the company that turns great literature into great theatre pairs back up with the short story master for More Stories by Tobias Wolff.
Of Word for Word, Tobias Wolff says: "I wish that Word for Word would do all my stories. Their brilliant inventiveness in performance, choreography, and staging has created a new art form, and a deeply affecting experience. I honestly believe that you could not find a more imaginative, energetic, and emotionally well-tuned ensemble."
"Sanity," "Down to Bone", and "Firelight"(Best American Short Stories) comprise the evening, with Wolff's typical exploration of moral ambiguity and the small, life-altering shifts that he investigates with such grace and compassion.
From the desperate hilarity of teenage April's attempt to create stability in her disintegrating family, to the implausible possibility of a sultry interlude while keeping a parental deathwatch, to a young boy's jaunty, buoyant search with his single mother for refuge, "Sanity," "Down to Bone," and "Firelight" prove once again the mastery of Tobias Wolff's life-affirming storytelling.
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