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Underneath the Lintel by Glen Berger Directed by Sharon Graci PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES Fri. May 26 - 5:00 PM Sat. May 27 – 8:00 PM Sun. May 28 – 6:00 PM Mon. May 29 – 8:00 PM Tues. May 31 – 8:00 PM Thurs. June 1 – 8:00 PM Fri. June 2 – 6:00 PM Sat. June 3 – 2:00 PM Sun. June 4 – 9:00 PM Sat. June 10- 9:00 PM Sun. June 11- 6:00 PM TICKETS $15.00 LOCATION PURE Theatre 701 East Bay Street Downtown Charleston SYNOPSIS “On an inauspicious morning at a Dutch
library, a librarian makes an unexpected find in the overnight return
box. ...a much mistreated Baedeker's guidebook 123 years overdue. Even
without compound interest, this tardiness merits a tidy fine, and in
UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL, playwright Glen Berger's latest, our librarian
hero determines to track down the miscreant. Berger's monologue, subtitled The Mystery
of the Abandoned Trousers, hardly slacks. Mailing a fine to the long-lived
scofflaw in question proves difficult, as the borrower listed his name
only as `A.’ In an effort to run him to earth, the librarian, who
has never left his native town of Hoofddorp, zips to China, Australia,
Germany, and America. He eats sweets, greases palms, sees Les Miserables
in three languages, and fritters away all his accumulated vacation days.
He has the time of his life, or perhaps for the first time actually
has a life.” Alexis Soloski,
The Village Voice CAST Rodney Lee Rogers - The
Librarian BIOS Rodney Lee Rogers (The Librarian)
– is the cofounder of PURE Theatre, and brings over 15 years experience
as a writer/director/actor in film, television, and theater. Highlights
include playing Dr. Kyle Smithton on FOX's Medicine Ball, One Tree Hill,
The Mercy Seat, American Buffalo, and Fully Committed at PURE.
Winner Best Director and Best Actor awards for Steaming Milk at the
1997 Seattle International Film Festival. Best Fest List: L.A. Weekly,
Seattle Times, Seattle P.I., The Stranger. Ones to Watch: Moviemaker,
Filmmaker magazines and Charleston City Paper. 701
East Bay Street Suite 1017 Charleston South Carolina 29403 BIOS Continued Sharon Graci (Director) - is
the artistic director and cofounder of PURE. She studied Glen Berger (Playwright) - Glen
Berger’s Great Men of Science, NOS. 21 & 22 won the 1998 Ovation
Award for Best Play, as well as the A.S.K. Playwriting Award. His Underneath
the Lintel ran Off-Broadway for over 15 months, and the Los Angeles
production won the Ovation Award for Best Play. His O Lovely Glowworm
won the 2005 Portland Drammy Award for Best Script. He was a recipient
of a Children’s Theater Company/New Dramatists “Playground” commission,
as well as a Manhattan Theatre Club/Sloan Foundation Grant, with which
he wrote the musical, On Words and Onwards (work shopped at the 2001
A.S.K. Theater Projects Writers Retreat). Mr. Berger has also written
the book and lyrics to A Night in the Old Marketplace, a musical that
received a National Foundation for Jewish Culture grant and the 2004
Frederick Loewe Award. He was nominated for three Emmys for his work
on the PBS children’s series, Arthur and Postcards from Buster. He
has also written episodes of WGBH’s Time Warp Trio and Peep, and is
the head writer for Fetch, which will debut on PBS in June, 2006. QUOTES:
UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL “One of the best performances
Charleston audiences have seen in quite a while. This is what acting
can be…a mind-bending, heart-bursting, beautiful production handled
gracefully by PURE Theatre. It will leave you recognizing the power
of theatre,”
Jennifer Corley, Charleston City Paper “It is the sheer beauty of the language
matched by the sheer beauty of this performance that makes this an extraordinary
evening in the theater.” Carol Furtwangler Post & Courier “Underneath the Lintel" is required
viewing for every actor, techie, author, director and theater lover
in the city. The state. The world.” Carol Furtwangler Post & Courier “…one of a handful of great plays
written in the last five years…it's an astonishingly beautiful piece
of writing…” Steve Wiecking,
Seattle Weekly “Berger has shown a penchant for men
obsessively investigating truths that blind them to more ordinary pursuits
of happiness. This one-man show is no exception. It's a satisfying mix
of intelligent writing and quirky humor in a package that isn't neatly
wrapped up with pat answers.” Jana
J Monji, Los Angeles Times
“Glen Berger's work feels like what an entire generation of playwrights
have been struggling to write.” AWARDS:
UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL “Best One Person Play 2005” Charleston
City Paper Ovation Award for “Best Play” (2001); Time Out New York’s “Ten Best Plays
of 2001.” 701
East Bay Street Suite 1017 Charleston South Carolina 29403 PURE THEATRE PURE was founded in 2003 by Rodney Lee
Rogers and Sharon Graci. In its first three seasons, PURE Theatre
has produced nineteen plays, and two short play festivals including
three world premieres, seven southern premieres and three South
Carolina premieres. We have received audience and critical acclaim
and been named “Best Realized Theatre Concept,” receiving both “Best
Play” and “Best One Person Play” awards from Charleston theatre
reviewers. The company has been featured for our dedication to quality, professional
theatre and has garnered such praise as, “producing contemporary theatre
at its best.” (Charleston Magazine) QUOTES:
PURE THEATRE “producing contemporary theatre at
its best.” Charleston
Magazine “Buy tickets early: PURE’s last
three shows have enjoyed mostly sold-out funs packed with return audience
members excited to see what unique new direction the theatre’s taken
this time.” Jennifer
Corley Charleston City Paper “The folks at PURE Theatre seem more
interested in serving up themes than in spoonfeeding audiences predictable
fare at their intimate Cigar Factory home, and that risk is admirable.
Combine it all with great talent, and PURE has a winning formula in
its hands.” Jennifer
Corley Charleston City Paper “After less than three years of existence,
PURE Theatre has swiftly become Charleston’s go-to spot for avant-garde,
challenging productions.” Nick
Smith Charleston City Paper “no slick editing or special effects,
just great acting…We feel privileged t be there for this transient,
remarkable moment…If you missed it…you missed a hell of an evening.” Patrick Sharbaugh Charleston City Paper “known for staging plays with shocking
situations that precipitate disagreements among patrons on how a show’s
subject can be interpreted.” Dottie
Ashley Post and Courier “smart, stimulating theatre.” Nick Smith Charleston City Paper “From two-person casts in talking-head
plays, to racial dramas, to avant-garde pieces and movement theatre,
PURE Theatre presents the most diverse slate of offerings in town.” Jennifer Courley Charleston City Paper AUDIENCE AND CRITICS AWARDS: PURE
THEATRE Best Realized Theatre Concept Best Play Best Actor/Actress Best Theatrical Diversity Best One-Person Play ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Sharon Graci Artistic Director 843.723.4444 - ENDS - 701
East Bay Street Suite 1017 Charleston South Carolina 29403 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PURE Theatre Presents A Number
by Caryl Churchill Directed by R.W. Smith PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES Fri. May 26 - 8:00 PM Sat. May 27 – 6:00 PM Sun. May 28 – 9:00 PM Mon. May 29 – 6:00 PM Tues. May 30 – 8:00 PM Thurs. June 1 – 6:00 PM Fri. June 2 – 9:00 PM Sat. June 3 – 9:00 PM Sun. June 4 – 6:00 PM Sat. June 6 - 5:00 PM Sun. June 8 - 5:00 PM TICKETS $15.00 LOCATION PURE Theatre 701 East Bay Street Downtown Charleston SYNOPSIS Part psychological
thriller, part topical scientific speculation, and part analysis of
the relationship between fathers and their sons, it combines elegant
structural simplicity with an astonishing intellectual and emotional
depth... A Number
is a brilliantly conceived play that explores the issue of human cloning
through the relationships between a father and his three sons. It is
also a philosophical investigation into free will and the question of
whether we are genetically or environmentally determined. The
play asks the questions “What sort of a person are you if you have
the same genetic identity as someone else? What sort of a person are
you anyway?” CAST Mark Landis - Salter David Mandel – Bernard (B1) &
Bernard (B2), Michael Black 701
East Bay Street Suite 1017 Charleston South Carolina 29403 BIOS R.W. Smith (Director) is finishing
his second year as an ensemble Mark Landis* (Salter) has been
a member of Actors' Equity Association David Mandel (Bernard [B2],
Bernard [B1], Michael Black) has appeared at PURE in Thom Pain (based on nothing), This Is How It Goes, American Buffalo, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, A Perfect Ten, Polish Joke, and Jesus Hopped the "A" Train. Professional theatre work outside of Charleston includes three seasons with the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival (Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth); a year
in residence at George Street Playhouse; nine years in Los Angeles at venues including The MET Theatre, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Theatre Center, and the Egyptian Arena Theatre. 701
East Bay Street Suite 1017 Charleston South Carolina 29403 1958 Sunday Times/National Union
of Students Drama Festival Award Downstairs 1961 Richard Hillary Memorial Prize 1981 Obie Award for Playwriting
Cloud Nine 1982 Obie Award for Playwriting
Top Girls 1983 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
(runner-up) Top Girls 1984 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Fen 1987 Evening Standard Award for Best
Comedy of the Year Serious Money 1987 Evening Standard Award for Best
Comedy of the Year Serious Money 1987 Obie Award for Best New Play
Serious Money 1987 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Serious Money 1988 Laurence Olivier/BBC Award for
Best New Play Serious Money 2001 Obie Sustained Achievement Award QUOTES:
A NUMBER “In one hour at the Pure Theatre
production that opened Friday night, you get more real theater than
you might reasonably expect during another company's whole season.” Carol Furtwangler
Post & Courier “It is the quality of the performances,
however, that make this piece a must-see for audiences interested in
professional theater.” Carol
Furtwangler Post & Courier “…quick fix of smart, stimulating
theatre.” Nick Smith
Charleston City Paper "Rarely... has a new play conveyed
such a disturbing or enthralling impression. A Number is the
first true play of the 21st century."
- The London Evening Standard “What a tremendous
play this is, moving thought-provoking and dramatically thrilling” Daily Telegraph Caryl Churchill is "the greatest
living English language playwright"
- Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America “One of the most spell-binding -
and challenging - theatrical events of the year... What makes this play
so special is that ideas of the cutting edge of scientific experiment
and philosophical inquiry are turned into gripping, at times emotionally
shattering, drama." -
The London Daily Telegraph 701
East Bay Street Suite 1017 Charleston South Carolina 29403 PURE THEATRE PURE was founded in 2003 by Rodney Lee Rogers and Sharon Graci. In its first three seasons, PURE Theatre has produced nineteen plays, and two short play festivals including three world premieres, seven southern premieres and three South Carolina premieres. We have received audience and critical acclaim and been named “Best Realized Theatre Concept,” receiving both “Best Play” and “Best One Person Play” awards from Charleston theatre reviewers. The company has been featured for our dedication to quality, professional
theatre and has garnered such praise as, “producing contemporary theatre
at its best.” (Charleston Magazine) QUOTES: PURE THEATRE “producing contemporary theatre at
its best.” Charleston
Magazine “Buy tickets early: PURE’s last
three shows have enjoyed mostly sold-out funs packed with return audience
members excited to see what unique new direction the theatre’s taken
this time.” Jennifer
Corley Charleston City Paper “The folks at PURE Theatre seem more interested in serving up themes than in spoonfeeding audiences predictable fare at their intimate Cigar Factory home, and that risk is admirable. Combine it all with great talent, and PURE has a winning formula in its hands.” Jennifer Corley Charleston City Paper
“After less than three years of existence,
PURE Theatre has swiftly become Charleston’s go-to spot for avant-garde,
challenging productions.” Nick
Smith Charleston City Paper “no slick editing or special effects, just great acting…We feel privileged t be there for this transient, remarkable moment…If you missed it…you missed a hell of an evening.” Patrick Sharbaugh Charleston City Paper “known for staging plays with shocking
situations that precipitate disagreements among patrons on how a show’s
subject can be interpreted.” Dottie
Ashley Post and Courier “smart, stimulating theatre.” Nick Smith Charleston City Paper “From two-person casts in talking-head
plays, to racial dramas, to avant-garde pieces and movement theatre,
PURE Theatre presents the most diverse slate of offerings in town.” Jennifer Corley Charleston City Paper AUDIENCE AND CRITICS AWARDS: PURE THEATRE “Best Realized Theatre Concept” Best Play Best Actor/Actress Best Theatrical Diversity Best One-Person Play ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Sharon Graci Artistic Director 843.723.4444 - ENDS - |
