Marin Theatre Presents West Coast Premiere of LYDIA 3/19 - 4/12

Marin Theatre Company presents the West Coast premiere of award-winning Bay Area playwright Octavio Solis's new work, Lydia, March 19 through April 12, 2009. The play will be directed by Jasson Minadakis.

Press notes state, "A 1970s Mexican immigrant family is mired in grief, rage and guilt over a daughter's debilitating accident on the eve of her quinceanera. When the undocumented Lydia arrives in El Paso from Mexico to work as a maid for the family, her nearly miraculous bond with the brain-damaged girl elates, then angers, and finally threatens to destroy the troubled family-and Lydia herself.

A poetic, magical, shocking new play by award-winning Bay Area playwright Octavio Solis, Lydia amazed audiences and drew critical comparisons to O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night and Miller's Death of a Salesman in its premiere at the Denver Center Theatre Company earlier this year. Don't miss the play that critics are calling the newest addition to the canon of great American family epics".

FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY: This play contains nudity and extreme situations. It is not appropriate for children.

Featuring Wilma Bonet*, Elias Escobedo*, Gloria Garayua*, Adriana Gaviria*, David Pintado*, Luis Saguar* & Lakin Valdez.

BOX OFFICE 415.388.5208

LENGTH OF SHOW: 2 hours, 45 minutes (with one intermission).

In its 42nd year, Marin Theatre Company is one of only five LORT theaters in the Bay Area, and is the largest professional regional theater company located in San Francisco's North Bay. It produces an annual season of more than 200 performances on its two stages. MTC provides a forum for contemporary, classic and emerging playwrights and, through the new Expanded Programs forum, an environment that introduces people of all ages to the transformative power of theater. Through its public performances, school tours, and various educational programs, MTC serves more than 40,000 people annually.