March 6 - March 23, 2003
SomArts Theatre, San Francisco
Starring:
Tori Hinkle, Matt Leshinskie, Charlie Reaves, Sarah
Neal,
and many nuns!
"Though Barker is prolific, his work is rarely
staged in America. In this regard the pairing with Last
Planet Theatre is a kind of offstage match made in heaven
– the company gives Ursula a robust and lavishly
detailed Bay Area premiere. Director John Wilkins proves
he's at home in Barker's world with a production that
complements the playwright's sensibilities while giving
the play a puckish personality of its own....James Flair
and Paul Rasmussen's set design exploits a vast stage
with a beautifully blue estuary of undulating fabric,
interrupted by an enormous looming image of, varyingly,
an eye or a pair of lips. Michael Ditmore's elegant
lighting, Andrew Jones's hip sound design, and Horace
Ray's serendipitous costuming further enhance a style
that seems to cross pop art with 16th-century mannerism.
" Robert Avila, San Francisco Bay Guardian
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