SDAART - Fools for Love

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She loves him...he loves her not...he loves her...she loves him not...

Join us for Sam Shepard's classic one-act that explores the relationship of Eddie and May, set in a motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert. The desperate nature of their relationship becomes apparent--they cannot get along with, or without, one another, yet neither can subdue their burning passion. Shepard's drama tells a tale of obsessive love where past and present, truth and illusion, clash with irresistible force.

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AART, the San Diego Black Ensemble, and the Fritz Theatre are excited to announce a co-production of Sam FOOL FOR LOVE in the initial performance of the San Diego Arts Collaborative. This will be the first co-production endeavor for AART since mounting BEIRUT with Black Ensemble Theatre in 1996. The play opens May 12, 2000 and will run through June 4, 2000 at the Fritz Theatre in downtown San Diego.

"It is all our hope to continue to stretch the boundaries of theatre and cultural acceptance in this exciting collaboration with the commendable artists of the San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre and the Fritz Theatre. AART is excited to be involved in co-presenting this non-traditional, intercultural, inter-company joint production, representing a new unity within San Diego's theatre community," says Andy Lowe, artistic director for AART.

Fool for Love will be directed by Patrick Stewart, Associate Artistic Director of the San Diego Black Ensemble. Patrick has served as the assistant director and production manager for SDBET's world premiere production BODACIOUS AND BLACK SWALLOW , and director of the productions GROOMED, IAGO ,SLAVE TRADE, BOESMAN AND LENA , and VOICES . He is also a classroom instructor for the La Jolla Playhouse, The North Coast Rep, The San Diego State Foundation, and the National Institute for Arts in Education.

The cast for FOOL FOR LOVE will feature SDBET Artistic Director Rhys Greene as Eddie; AART co-founder Jyl Kaneshiro as May; Charlie Riendeau as the Old Man; and SDBET Managing Director Walter Murray as Martin. Set design will be provided by Dave Weiner and Christopher Wylie will design lighting. Fwamay Sullivan continues her work as AART's Resident Costume Designer and George Ye will provide sound design.

The San Diego Arts Collaborative is an endeavor to unite theatre companies around San Diego. By continually striving to join culturally diverse theatre companies and performance artists, the San Diego Arts Collaborative encourages the coming together of different voices and viewpoints. This new unity will provide other theatre and arts organizations the structure and support to diversify and grow their audiences as well as their repertories.

AART is San Diego's only contemporary Asian American theater company. In existence over four years, AART has garnered both critical praise and audience approval. With plans to enhance education outreach programming and raise production levels, AART continues to provide San Diego and the region with the Asian Pacific American perspective.

The award winning San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre's purpose is to illustrate the richness and diversity of the African American culture through performance art. SDBET engages primarily African American actors, directors, stage managers, design artist and technical staff, as well as other ethnic performance art professionals and amateurs from other ethnic groups. SDBET continues to showcase new and classic works reflecting artistic integrity, cultural openness and social consciousness.

The Fritz Theater's mission is to bring San Diego audiences a year-round season of theatrically innovative, challenging, yet accessible new work, using the collaborative talents of local theatre artists. Now in its ninth year, the Fritz Theater produces a mainstage season of seven plays in its 95-seat performance space in downtown San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. Since it was founded in 1991, the Fritz has enjoyed popular success with audiences and substantial critical acclaim. The Fritz has staged the San Diego premieres of many important new voices in American drama, among them Nicky Silver, Suzan-Lori Parks, Edwin Sanchez and Naomi Wallace.

FOOL FOR LOVE will play May 12 through June 4 at the Fritz Theatre, at 420 3rd Avenue in downtown San Diego. FOOL FOR LOVE runs at 8 P.M. on Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays, and 7 P.M. on Sundays. Tickets are $12 general admission, $9 for students/seniors/military. AART is also pleased to present a special "Pay What You Can/Actor's Night" on Monday, March 15, 2000 at 8 P.M. Discounts are available for advance group sales. For reservations and information, call the Fritz box office at (619)
233-7505.

WHO

San Diego Asian American Repertory Theatre
A Program of PASACAT Asian Pacific Arts
San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre
The Fritz Theatre

WHAT

FOOL FOR LOVE by Sam Shepard
Directed by Patrick Stewart

Eddie and May are everything to each other, filled with secrets that pull them together and apart. Realism and ritual combine in this story of a fiery love-hate relationship at a rundown desert hotel, and the ethereal wanderer who holds the key to their past.

WHERE

Fritz Theatre, 420 3rd Avenue, downtown San Diego

WHEN

Runs May 12 through June 4, 2000 at 8 P.M. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays,
and 7 P.M. Sundays "Pay What You Can/Actor's Night" at 8 P.M. Monday,
May 15, 2000

TICKETS

General Admission: $12
Students/Seniors/Military: $9
Discounts available for advance group sales.
For reservations and information, call (619)233-7505.
No reservations will be taken for the "Pay What You Can/Actor's Night."

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San Diego Asian American Repertory Theatre
PO Box 17025
San Diego, CA 92177
619-283-6411
888-568-AART
email: sdaart@juno.com
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