written and directed by Gary Graves NOW PLAYING THRU AUG 3! World Premiere #77: An Odyssey
Produced in:
4 more performances on July 31, Aug 1, 2 & 3
“Are you … a Goddess?”
On the Greek island of Kasos, in the distant past, Kori lives in an old family farmhouse with only her grandmother to keep her company. They are the last two surviving inhabitants on the island, eking out a meager existence through the backbreaking work of subsistence farming. Kori longs to escape the desperate isolation of the island, and see the world, but that would mean abandoning her grandmother to solitude and destitution. When a young man staggers into the old house, claiming he was shipwrecked on the island, tradition demands they offer the wayfarer hospitality. But can he be trusted? He claims to be the son of a wealthy landowner on another island. Kori wonders if he might be her ticket to freedom. Her grandmother believes he’s after the farm, or Kori–or both! Is Kori falling in love? Or is she just using the handsome young stranger? Or is he using her?
Mask required performances:
July 5, 13, 19, 27
The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle says:
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Andre Amarotico* (Nikolis)
Liris Robles (Kori)
Jan Zvaifler (Melina)
Stage Management: Liora Jacob, Tiana Hanson
Costume design: Tammy Berlin
Lights: Gary Graves
Sound design: Gregory Scharpen
Production Sponsors: Michelle Barbour & Christian Baudry, Erica Nietfeld, The Rheinheimer Family, and Ann Singer
* appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Gary Graves (playwright/director) has been a resident playwright and company co-director at Central Works since 1998. He has been a part of developing 76 world premiere productions with the company, many of which he has either written and/or directed. Some of the other productions he has directed for the company include The Contest, Boss McGreedy, Dreaming in Cuban, Bamboozled, King of Cuba, Chekhov’s WARD 6, Into the Beautiful North, and Machiavelli’s The Prince. He directed the company’s first collaboratively developed script, Roux, at the Berkeley City Club in 1997. He also heads the Central Works Writers Workshop, and he teaches playwriting year-round at the Berkeley Rep School of Theater.
Andre Amarotico* (Nikolis) is an actor, collective member, and board president at the Tony Award winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. He was also recently featured in several world premieres, including Central Works’ Push/Pull by Harry Davis, Jewel Theatre’s Under Ben Bulben by Kate Hawley, and in Neighborhood Stories in a piece by Pulitzer-nominated playwright Amy Freed. He was nominated for a TBA for his role in Ross Valley Players’ The 39 Steps, and a BATCC Award for his portrayal of John Wilkes Booth in Hillbarn Theatre’s Assassins. Favorite past roles include Anthony in Sweeney Todd, and Shakespeare’s Romeo, Hamlet, and Macbeth. He has also performed at The Mountain Play, 6th Street Playhouse, Cutting Ball Theatre, Word for Word, and Stanford Repertory. He received his BA in Theatre at Stanford University. andreamarotico.com *member AEA
Liris Robles (Kori) is delighted to make her debut with Central Works in The Last Goat. A lifelong performer, she began acting at age five and has since appeared in over 20 theatrical productions and short films. Favorite roles include Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (Korsa Musical Theater), Maria in West Side Story (Throckmorton Theater), and Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods (Tomorrow Youth Rep). Most recently, she appeared in the short film Offsides. This fall, Liris will enter her second year at Laney College while continuing her theater training through Studio A.C.T. When off the theatrical stage, you can find her (still on stage!) performing as a musician/singer/songwriter or teaching acrobatics in her hometown of Alameda.
Jan Zvaifler (Melina) is delighted to be on stage again, after last year’s final appearance as Valeria Hunter in Patricia Milton’s Accused! Ms. Z. is a founding member of the company and co-director of Central Works along with Gary Graves. She has participated over the past 34 seasons as an actor, designer, director and/or producer. She has also worked with many other local theater companies including the Berkeley Rep, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, Marin Theater Company, San Francisco Playwrights Foundation, and San Francisco Shakespeare Festival.
Kori (Liris Robles) finds an intruder in her home on an otherwise isolated Greek island.
Central Works presents world premiere #77: the Last Goat by Gary Graves, June 28-July 27 at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley.
Photo by Robbie Sweeny
Nikolis (Andre Amarotico*) describes the astounding circumstances that left him shipwrecked on the isolated island of Kasos.
Central Works presents world premiere #77: the Last Goat by Gary Graves, June 28-July 27 at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley.
Photo by Robbie Sweeny
Melina (Jan Zvaifler) will stop at nothing to protect her home and her granddaughter, Kori.
Central Works presents world premiere #77: the Last Goat by Gary Graves, June 28-July 27 at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley.
Photo by Robbie Sweeny
Nikolis (Andre Amarotico*) and Kori (Liris Robles) are inevitably attracted to one another…or is each using the other for their own ends?
Central Works presents world premiere #77: the Last Goat by Gary Graves, June 28-July 27 at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley.
More photos HERE
Photo by Robbie Sweeny (*member AEA)
“fine acting, writing, direction, and taut plot”-E. Mendel, Theatrius
“an absolutely enthralling chamber play…a night of theatre worth seeking out.” -C. Lewis III, 48 Hills
“bold and innovative…the acting is superb…be sure to see it!” -P. Morin, Front Row Review
“from the first quiet moment to the final reckoning, this drama never lets go.” -J. Cillo, For All Events
“a tense narrative and outstanding execution” -V. Cordell, Berkshire Fine Arts
“a delightfully alluring new work that deserves nightly packed audiences” -E. Reynolds, Theatre Eddys
Read the script HERE
Read the East Bay Times article featuring Liris Robles HERE
More photos:
Kori (Liris Robles) is lonely and desperate to escape the “paradise” of her isolated existence.
Nikolis (Andre Amarotico*) makes a toast to the gods in thanks for his good fortune in landing on the island that Kori believes is cursed.
(l-r) Nikolis (Andre Amarotico*), Kori (Liris Robles) & Melina (Jan Zvaifler) are stranded together on the isolated Greek island of Kasos. Can they survive together?
Professor Bull ( Andre Amarotico*) describes the phenomenon of the Late Bronze Age Collapse.
