Written and directed by Gary Graves World Premiere #55: A Central Works Method Play
Produced in: 2017
EXTENDED FOR 4 MORE PERFORMANCES:
June 15, 16, 17 at 8pm and June 18 at 5pm!!!
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Ed King is a mail carrier for the US Postal Service. He’s been married to his wife, Jo, for almost twenty years. She works the swing shift at the local Bob’s Big Boy. They’re a hard working couple, struggling to maintain a modest home in the San Bernardino Valley. And they’ve gone deep into debt in order to get their daughter into college.
But there’s a problem in the house. There’s something growing in the basement. Some kind of mold? Whatever it is, it’s spreading. And it’s eating away at the foundation of the house, threatening ultimately to bring the whole place down. Ed vows to figure out what the hell this hideous blight on his home is, and to get rid of it –whatever it takes.
God save us from the hapless enmity of Fate.
Edward King: a new comedy about finding your roots.
Production sponsors:
Erica Nietfeld
Ann Singer
“a superbly intelligent farce guaranteed to delight” –George Heymont, HuffPost
Actors
John Patrick Moore*
Michelle Talgarow
Jan Zvaifler
Stage Management: Vanessa Ramos
Costume design: Tammy Berlin
Lighting design: Gary Graves
Prop design: Debbie Shelley
Sound Design: Gregory Scharpen
*member AEA
Edward King is a SF Chronicle pick!
“…full of funny, solid social satire for our times.” –Theatrius
“a rollicking good time…a superbly intelligent farce guaranteed to delight” –HuffPost
“The play walks a fine line between goofy comedy and psychological thriller” –SJ Mercury News
“Central Works seems to be channeling the deadpan senselessness of a dark comedy by the Coen brothers” –Edge Media
Watch the trailer!
Want to read the full text of Sophocles play (warning: this one’s not a comedy!)