Directors Cut: a Feast of One Page Plays - November 2004

Directors Sheila Balter Erica Blue Mei Ann Teo Tracy Ward Featuring Patrick Alparone Donna Dahrouge D. Anthony Harper karen hirst Joel Mullennix* Rebecca Noon Joseph Rende Phil Sheridan Karuna Tanahashi Artistic Director Paul Draper

No. 11 (Blue and White) - January 2004

Alexandra Cunningham’s intense new play No. 11 (Blue and White) opens January 15, 2004 at the Phoenix Theater near Union Square in San Francisco under the direction of Paul Draper.

No. 11 brings us into the world of a clique of affluent teens in their senior year of high school. The two central characters, Alex and Reid, share the throne in the school’s pecking order and when Reid is accused of rape, Alex rallies to clear his name with fierce and ruthless loyalty.  No. 11 (Blue and White) is a hip drama with lots of attitude and humor, spiced with frank situation and language. The play asks starkly, “how far would you do to defend the devil you know?”

The show was first presented at the Humana Festival of Louisville in 2000 and has received wide critical acclaim in New York with a 2002 production by The Play Company. ABYDOS Theater’s production is the West Coast premier of this important new work.  ABYDOS’ production moves from a hot run at Sonoma State University, and is performed by a vibrant ensemble from the University’s Actor Training Program. Pamela Walker of Chicago and LA joins the cast in the role of Reid’s mother for the San Francisco run.

CAST: Brian Mackey, Pamela Walker*, Patrick Alparone, Joe Rende, Kelly Campbell, Jennifer Luker, Catherine Morse, Kelly Rose Anderson, Jennifer Gelbert.            

*Member Actors Equity Association