Two Cities
Written by Geetha Reddy
Based upon A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Directed by Jon Tracy
July 10 & 11, 2017, doors at 6pm; performance at 7pm
A first for the Champagne Reading Series! Shotgun Players has commissioned local rising star Geetha Reddy to create a play for our 2018 season. You have the chance to help the development of this modern adaptation inspired by Dicken’s A Tale of Two Cities. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Playwright Bio
Geetha Reddy a five-time recipient of PlayGround’s Emerging Playwright Award. Her play Safe House premiered in 2010 at SF Playhouse. At Central Works she and Aaron Loeb collaborated to create Blastosphere! She was awarded PlayGround’s June Anne Baker Prize in 2005 and has since received three Playground Alumni commissions. Her plays have also appeared in the San Francisco Fringe Festival, the Santa Rosa Quickies festival, and the Best of PlayGround Festival. Geetha is a member of the Dramatist’s Guild and Resident Playwright at the Playwright's Foundation.
Cast
Mary Baird, Lucie
Jeunee Simon, Jacques/Therese
Courtney Walsh, Jacques/ensemble
Aaron Murphy, Jacques/ensemble
Carlos Aguirre, Bartender
Ben Euphrat, Jacques/ensemble
Miyaka Cochrane, Jacques/ensemble
Crew
James Ard, Sound Designer
Mitchell Jakubka, Lighting Designer
Heather Kelly-Laws, Stage Manager
Michelle Talgarow, Coordinator
Series Coordinators
Leigh Rondon-Davis
Michelle Talgarow
Series Sponsors
Mark Chaitkin & Cecilia Storr
Kathleen Kahn
Richard Nelson & Jan Berman
Stanley & Miriam Schiffman
Jon Wagner & Lynne Hollingsworth
Alex, Electra, and Lucy White
