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Thursday–Saturday @ 8pm
Wednesday @ 8pm
July 16, 23, 31; August 6
Sunday @ 7pm
July 6, 27; August 24
Sunday Matinees @ 2pm
July 10, 11, 16;
July 27; August 15
Friday for $15
July 17, 23, 31
July 10, 11, 16; August 15
Wed/Thurs/Fri: $25.00
Sat/Sun: $30.00
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The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents
ROSE
Written by Martin Sherman
Produced by Ron Sossi
Starring:
Naomi Newman co-founder of San Francisco's Traveling Jewish Theatre
Olivier Award - Best New Play (nomination)
“Rose is an exercise in pure storytelling.” –The Washington Post
Full Reviews: LA WEEKLY This sweeping journey across the life of one woman — and, through her, the life of Old World Jews — treats us to a handful of clear-eyed ideas that are both beautiful and rarely tackled on stage. What do the survivors of World War II, now old men and women, do with the anger that once protected them and now haunts their lives? Who, if anyone, gets to decide who is "Jewish enough" to lead Israel into the future? That these issues are so pressing makes it all the more frustrating that this 2 1/2-hour solo show is at least a half-hour too long. Bay Area favorites Naomi Newman and director Joan Mankin bring out many of the lovely, arresting little moments created by playwright Martin Sherman (wisely cutting out many more), and the final twist in Rose's tale packs a punch. –San Francisco Weekly
NAOMI NEWMAN (Founding Member of the Traveling Jewish Theatre) is a singer, actress, writer and director. Naomi co-authored and directed ATJT’s first three ensemble pieces (/Coming from a Great Distance, A Dance of Exile, /and /The Last Yiddish Poet/). With the company’s fourth piece, /Berlin, Jerusalem and the Moon/, she returned to performing. In the early 70’s, she was director of two important improvisational theatre companies in Los Angeles. Naomi co-created and performed in /Crossing the Broken Bridge/, a collaborative theatre piece on Jewish/Black relations created with John O’Neal of Junebug Productions. She has also written and performed three acclaimed solo pieces: / Snake Talk: Urgent Messages from the Mother,/ /Old, Jewish and Queer /and /Fall Down Get Up./ She directed Corey Fischer's /See Under: Love, / the/ /1998 revival of/ / /Berlin, Jerusalem, and the Moon//, Cherry Docs/ by David Gow, conceived and directed, /Come My Beloved/, based on the /Song of Songs, /and has acted in many other TJT productions. Naomi's play, /Torn Ribbons /is being developed in workshop readings in San Francisco and New York, sponsored by the Magic Theatre, the Z Space and TJT and, in New York, by the Actors' Studio.
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