Photo Flash: The Little Foxes Opens at ACT

The revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes opens Nov. 1 at the American Conservatory Theatre, to run through Nov. 26 under the direction of Laird Williamson.

"In Regina's wealthy family, the only thing that runs thicker than blood is cold, hard cash.  When a prospective business deal could guarantee them even greater riches, Regina and her brothers, Ben and Oscar, scramble to secure the spoils for themselves – by any means necessary. The Little Foxes is Hellman at the top of her dramatic form," states press notes.

Show times are Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8:00PM; Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00PM (no matinees Nov. 1 and 22). Additional performances Nov. 5 and 26 at 7:00PM.

The American Conservatory Theatre is located at 415 Geary Street, San Francisco.  Tickets ($12-$80) are available through ACT Ticket Services (box office), by calling 415-749-2228, and online at www.act-sf.org.

Photos by Kevin Berne

Promising to invest in the family's cotton mill, Chicago businessman
William Marshall (Stephen Klum, center) toasts the Hubbard family.
l-r: Regina Giddens (Jacqueline Antaramian), Regina's brother Oscar
Hubbard (Robert Parsons), Oscar's son Leo (John Bull), and Ben
Hubbard (Jack Willis)

As Birdie (r, Julia Gibson) looks on suspiciously, Ben
(Jack Willis) convinces his determined sister Regina
(Jacqueline Antaramian) that the only way she will be
able to afford to move to Chicago is by convincing her
husband Horace to invest in the cotton mill.

Oscar (Robert Parsons) forbids his wife Birdie (Julia Gibson)
from preventing the marriage between their son Leo
and Regina's daughter Alexandra, a union that would
keep the wealth in their family.

Birdie (Julia Gibson) welcomes Regina's ailing husband
Horace Giddens (Nicholas Hormann) home from Baltimore.

As Alexandra (Grace Heid) observes their scheming,
Ben (Jack Willis) informs Regina (Jacqueline Antaramian),
unable to convince Horace to invest, that she has been cut
out of the deal in favor of one of Leo's associates.

A weakened Horace (Nicholas Hormann) calls out for
help in retrieving his medication as his embittered
wife Regina (Jacqueline Antaramian) sits by
silently letting him struggle.

Leo (John Bull) informs his father Oscar (Robert Parsons) that Horace
knows of the bonds Leo stole. Oscar devises a plan to deny the family's involvement.

Regina (Jacqueline Antaramian) tries to convince her daughter Alexandra
(Grace Heid) to come with her to Chicago, while Alexandra vows
to fight the Hubbards and all the "people who eat the earth."

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