San Francisco's Theater Of Others Presents ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM

If the National Enquirer had been published in 1592, the story of Arden and April Faversham and her lover Moseby would have been ripped from its pages. Even without the tabloids, the juicy details were the talk of London for years.

Theater of Others www.theaterofothers.org is producing this popular Elizabethan black comedy by an anonymous author (latest research advises putting your money on Shakespeare and one other collaborator.) Glenn Havlan directs a cast of fourteen as they romp through the comedy, mystery, and suspense that is Arden of Faversham.

The show runs for eleven performances, April 26 - May 12 at the Theater of Others' home, the Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium, 220 Golden Gate Avenue (between Leavenworth and Hyde) in San Francisco. As with all Theater of Others' productions, admission is Pay-What-You-Will. The Civic Center BART Station is three blocks from the theater.

Director Havlan says Arden of Faversham is "a weird play, unlike anything else I know of." This outrageous (and anonymous) Elizabethan black comedy is about a gentleman merchant named Arden. His wife Alice is openly carrying on an affair. When Alice and her lover plot to kill Arden, she hires two street ruffians to carry out the murder. But their competence is questionable. And Arden seems to be amazingly lucky...

CAST:
Savanna Benedetti - Susan
Marc Berman - Shakebag
Nathan Bogner - Black Will
Caitlin Britton - shopkeeper, Reede, guard
Heather Cherry - Alice
Sheila Cress - Lord Mayor
John Frediani - Greene
Glenn Havlan - Bradshaw
John Holst - Michael
Jeffrey Trescott - Franklin
Mason Waller Moseby
David Weiner - Adam, ferryman, guard
Evan Winet - Arden
Myles Wynn - Clarke, guard

CREATIVE TEAM:
Glenn Havlan - producer, director
Steve Brownfield - stage manager
Lisa Claybaugh - costume designer
Irina Dianova - marketing
Steven Forth - stage combat director
James Goode - sound designer
Richard Gutierrez - graphic designer, creative services
Joji Koyuri - production assistant
Adam Lopez - board operator
Paul Seliga - technical director, lighting designer
Jeffrey Trescott - dramaturg, assistant director
Lewis Campbell - administration
Gary Carr - publicity

WHEN:. Opens April 26.. Runs Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 8:00 pm; Sundays 2:00 pm through May 12. (April 26, 27, 28 / May 2, 3, 4, 5 / May 9, 10, 11, 12)

TICKETS: Pay-What-You-Will. For reservations, click on https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4189720

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