A.C.T. (San Francisco, CA)
A dark satire by Pulitzer Prize winner and Academy Award nominee Sam Shepard, Curse of the Starving Class is at once hilarious and profound, frighteningly true and delightfully surreal. The story follows a malnourished and rather bizarre family searching for freedom, security and their piece of the American pie.
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The last date listed for Curse of the Starving Class was Sunday May 25, 2008 / 2:00pm (Closing Night). (view all dates)
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wonderful cast
even the water sports in the 1st act works
don't miss this Shepard play
- It moves you and is so very topical to whats happening
in 2008 -- Loved this show
No doubt that Sam Shepard is talented, but one very sharp character with great comedic value does not a great night of theater make. The language and nudity warnings seem like a lot of dramatic fluff for a story that is familiar at best and boring at worst. Maybe it turned out better than I thought, but I was so uninterested that I left at intermission. Another disappointing choice for Ms. Perloff and A.C.T., despite great efforts by the cast. I suppose it was "OK" considering Goldstar's great price but I was more than underwhelmed.
Solid production, as always, from ACT. Recent economic/political issues have rendered it a bit dated, but the performances were outstanding.
The Geary Theater, built in 1909, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a San Francisco City Landmark. The theater's neo-classical brick and terra cotta facade on Geary Street opens to a monumental 1,500 seat auditorium trimmed with ornamental stenciling and gilded plaster.
Website: http://www.act-sf.org/cursestarvingclass/index.html
Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class is given a newly revised staging by bold, young American director Peter DuBois, the new artistic director of Boston's Huntington Theatre Company.
A farmhouse somewhere in the American West is inhabited by a mysterious refrigerator, a redemptive kitchen table and the members of the Tate family, each of whom has plans to sell the house and pursue their dreams. They may have more than enough to eat, but not enough to satisfy their hunger for the elusive American Dream.
Sam Shepard is one of America’s finest playwrights. He has won the Obie Award (11 times), the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and Outer Critics Circle Award, and has been inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame for his achievements as a playwright, screenplay writer and actor. He has written 45 plays and four screenplays, and has appeared in nearly 20 films.