PERFORMANCE ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Importance of Being Earnest
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
A new adaptation from the Cardboard Box Theatre Project
March 26-28, 2010 at WORKS/San Jose
Join us for an evening of intellectual slapstick with a modern twist as the Cardboard Box Theatre Project presents a seriously silly interpretation of Wilde’s delightfully absurd masterpiece with a cast of four!
Cardboard Box Theatre Project’s The Importance of Being Earnest takes the theatre company into new territory. CBTP’s first two productions, A Box of Strange and Season’s Greetings, were new works written by company members. This time, CBTP ventures into the second half of its mission to present new works and old works in new ways as director, Maren Lovgren, breathes new life into Oscar Wilde’s infamous work. Playing with the ideas of shifting surfaces and perspectives, the logistics of identity, and British pop culture, Lovgren has created a surrealistic and slapstick vision of this otherwise manner-driven world as only four actors perform the entire work.
The Importance of Being Earnest – In this timelessly witty world where style, not substance, is the rule, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrief spend their days concocting alternate identities and fictional friends. But when the town and the country converge and romantic hijinks escalate, both men must discover how to be honestly Earnest.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Time: Friday, March 26 at 8PM (doors 7:30)
Saturday, March 27 at 8PM (doors 7:30)
& Sunday, March 28 at 7PM (doors 6:30)
Location: WORKS/San Jose
451 South 1st Street,
San Jose, CA 95113
Price: $5 Student. $10 General. At the door.
You can also reserve tickets by emailing: tickets@thecardboardbox.org
Company Website: www.thecardboardbox.org
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FUTURE SHOWS:
This spring Cardboard Box Theatre Project will present a playwrights festival
featuring new works by local writers.
Check back for more information.
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PRODUCTION HISTORY:
Season's Greetings
December 12 & 13, 2009
Enjoy the fun and chaos of the season at a safe distance
as couples bicker, strangers empathize, friends argue, siblings reconcile and drunken co-workers sing holiday tunes!
Season’s Greetings offers a new fun, and dysfunctional, holiday tale. The show begins as Nick and Meg, who are spending their first Christmas together, arrive at the office party. Nick’s adverse reaction to the holiday festivities grows throughout the evening until Meg is concerned that he might even be afraid of Santa Claus. At the party, we meet Nick’s coworkers along with their friends and family. Graphic designer Juliet, who is getting over the death of Mama, tests the limits of her friendship with Leslie after revealing that she has told everyone that they are in a romantic relationship. Charlie, the boss’ introverted teenage son, finds himself on an arranged date with the administrative assistant, Maureen – however, the purpose of the set-up might be different than Maureen first imagined. All the while, siblings Jeff and Sarah avoid addressing concerns about Sarah’s recent engagement. While tension and laughter erupt between the couples, Carol and an otherwise quiet intern prove ill-timed in their several attempts to join everyone together in party activities. A night of tender moments and a lot of fun, Season’s Greetings is the perfect anecdote for the fast approaching holidays.
In true CBTP spirit, the play challenges the possibilities and expectations of theatre as four writers collaborated to produce the script.
A Box of Strange
an evening of quirky and humorous scenes!
Cardboard Box Theatre Project presented its first production, A Box of Strange, on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at WORKS/San Jose to a sold-out crowd. The production received an article in the Silicon Valley Resident paper by Mary Gottschalk and was mentioned in Sal Pizarro's column in the San Jose Mercury News as well as the Metro's weekly calendar. The performance was also reviewed online at the San Jose Examiner.
Due to its success, A Box of Strange was invited back to the works for 2 encore performances in July. On Saturday, July 25 & Sunday, July 26, 2009 the quirky cast of characters returned to downtown San Jose, bringing in new and returning patrons.
A Box of Strange features a world populated by unique, odd, and engaging characters, including tree actors, lawn gnomes, and a breast-enhancing chorus. This production explores the line between reality and absurdity, asking the tough questions, such as: What would happen if Shakespearean characters came together to discuss their sexual afflictions? How wrong can a first date go before lunacy sets in? And, who can resist the desire to turn a traditional dream ballet into a hip-hop/bollywood-inspired extravaganza?
All scenes are original and written, directed, and performed by company members.
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ABOUT Cardboard Box Theatre Project:
Remember when you were little,
and your parents got something in a big cardboard box,
and you got to play with that box?
It could be anything. It could be a fort, or a rocket ship, or even a tepee.
Remember when all you needed was your imagination?
The Cardboard Box Manifesto:
·We believe theatre is essential.
·We believe theatre builds community and should be accessible.
·We believe theatre is a conversation between audience and performer.
·We believe theatre can be cheaper than the movies, and we’re already in 3D,
so no special glasses.
·We believe in theatre by the people, for the people, and about anything.
·We believe theatre offers a story, any story, wrapped in a box.
And we believe that a cardboard box can be anything…
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