Sophistry, a Shocking and Funny Coming-of-Age Tale
Off-Market Theater (965 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103)
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The last date listed for Sophistry was Saturday September 12, 2009 / 3:00pm.
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Goldstar Member Tips
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Goldstar Member on Where to Eat
Small theatre, so what do you expect? It's a cozy nook with a few snacks.
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Barry Feigelman on Where to Park
Off-street after 6pm
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Barry Feigelman on What to Wear
Casual
Goldstar Member Reviews
tinkerbell
Uneven play and performance. Some strong acting, but overall confusing in terms of play's message and impact. Production very rough.Written on Sep 07 2009
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Goldstar Member
Very interesting and thought provoking play. Particularly strong acting performance by Steven Arce (Willy) who was able to bring a comic lightness to the stage without taking away from the impact of the subject matter.Written on Sep 07 2009
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Very controversial and thought-provoking topic, good acting and a great way to spend the evening - producing many stimulating conversations afterward the show is over! Another great production by Jerica Productions and The Royal Underground Theatre.Written on Sep 07 2009
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Goldstar Member
It was great! I think old folks like that last review won't get it though since Jonathan Marc Sherman's writing tends to speak to younger audiences. Very engaging, thought-provoking and in-your-face. It's definitely not a "nice" night out in the theatre but it definitely raises some valid questions. Kudos to this production!Written on Sep 07 2009
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More Information About Sophistry
Website
http://www.jericaproductions.com/sophistry
Description
The producers recently caught up with playwright Jonathan Marc Sherman about his play, Sophistry. The play was a well-received, off-Broadway comedy done in 1993. Set at an American college, Sophistry begins when a male professor is accused of seducing a male student. The play takes us from there to the hearing, to the disgraced professor's dismissal, and to the cover-up that follows. The word “sophistry," from the ancient Greek, originally referred to a teacher of philosophy and rhetoric, but it came to apply to a person who was clever at proving a point, and not necessarily imparting the truth. Here are a few highlights from a recent interview with the playwright.
"At heart it’s a play about sexual confusion, and how subjective sexual experience is. And that hasn’t seemed to change a bit. People seem to be just as confused about all that stuff as I was when I was in college, or when my parents were in college. That’s a universal place of confusion for young people. The things I was most interested in were, how can you be present for an event and there can be two different sides to the situation, and both of them plausible. That is the overriding thing that got me interested in writing it. Colleges are hot-beds for this stuff, because someone can tell a story about sex and then you hear another person tell the story, and both sound real, and maybe the details are the same, but the crux of the story is different. And, this might be the case even if you could see the event. What amazed me was how quickly [this play] became a period piece. For one, college in the early ‘90s was pre-Internet and pre-cell phones. And it’s a play about a moment when colleges were just starting to figure out what “sexual harassment" was. How was it pronounced? What it meant? Now a decade and a half later, the superficial things are different, but people are still trying to figure those questions out."
About The Royal Underground Theatre Company
Started in 1997 as a youth theatre company and in 2002 acquired by Jerica Productions, a local media group in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Royal Underground is dedicated to producing groundbreaking, live entertainment presented in grand, theatrical style. Presenting musicals and plays that are challenging, engaging and exciting--shows that often need to find a new voice or a fresh perspective.