Tenderloin: World-Premiere Documentary Play From Cutting Ball
EXIT Theatre on Taylor Street, At Ellis (277 Taylor St. San Francisco, CA 94102)
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The last date listed for Tenderloin was Saturday June 23, 2012 / 2:00pm.
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Reviews & Ratings
Featured review from Goldstar Member
view more less of this reviewUnfortunately, this show ended last weekend; if it ever comes back, do not miss it.
The acting was phenomenal, and the results of getting the material for the script (interviews of folks who live in the Tenderloin, done by the actors themselves) worked to make the audience feel like they were sitting on the street: authentic and REAL.
Great job, Cutting Ball!
star this review starred report as inappropriateCompelling writing, superb acting...an unforgettable evening of theater. Don't miss the food & drinks on the Tenderloin crawl before.
star this review starred report as inappropriateTenderloin is a wonderful love poem to a neighborhood I shunned. Every voice was real because it reflects what the writers and actors heard on the street. The play is very convincing, moving and enjoyable and deserves a prize from the Bay Area Theater Critics.
star this review starred report as inappropriateBeautifully compiled and written, this piece was an engaging, constantly entertaining look at the complexity and depth of soul of the Tenderloin. The cacaphony of the set design punctuated the theme of the play, the discarded, old, disheveled, yet purposeful, beautiful, and functional at the same time. The actors transformed before our eyes from nervous sketchy corner punk to school children to attorneys to fresh-faced high school seniors. A pleasure start to finish
More Information About Tenderloin
Website
http://cuttingball.com/season/11-12/tenderloin/
Quotes & Highlights
- “… a raw and often riveting evening of documentary theater … there’s something particularly potent about a company [Cutting Ball] based in the Tenderloin, going into the streets to interview its neighbors … What finally emerges is surprisingly hopeful.” —SF Examiner
- “[Tenderloin is] a compelling and compassionate piece of documentary theater in the best tradition of Tectonic Theater Project and Anna Deavere Smith. You walk out of the theater with a fresh perspective, not just on the Tenderloin but on the wider world.” —Theater Dogs
Description
Directed by Annie Elias
Written by Annie Elias with Tristan Cunningham, Siobhan Doherty, Rebecca Frank, Michael Kelly, Leigh Shaw, David Sinaiko and David Westley Skillman
About the Ticket Supplier: The Cutting Ball Theater in residence at EXIT on Taylor
The Cutting Ball's mission is to develop productions of experimental new plays and re-visioned classics with an emphasis on language and images.
The Cutting Ball's vision is to produce plays that reveal a poetic truth as opposed to a naturalistic or realistic one. We are committed to finding performance strategies that best release the poetry of the plays we produce.