Ashes to Ashes April 16, 2010

Apr 16, 8-9pm; Apr 17, 8pm-9pm; Apr 18 2pm-3pm; Apr 22, 8pm-9pm; Apr 23 8pm-9pm; Apr 24 8pm-9pm; Apr 25, 2pm-3pm; Apr 29, 8pm-9pm; Apr 30 8pm-9pm; May 1, 8pm-9pm; May 2, 2pm-3pm; May 6, 8pm-9pm; May 7, 8pm-9pm; May 8, 8pm-9pm

A husband seemingly casual conversation unearths his wife's sadistic affair, embarking the pair on a mysterious and sinister journey into the past. "Playful and ominous," writes the Australian Stage.

Second Wind rips into Pinter's frightening and political exploration of atrocity and the impact on the human psyche. Devlin, an academic, is trying to get to the bottom of his wife's possible infidelity. Her lover--past? present?--is a violent, powerful man who's hold on Rebecca reaches deep into her psyche. So deep that it connects with a shared memory of the Holocaust. As Devlin drills down into Rebecca's memory, struggling to separate illusion from reality, he begins to become the monster she fell in love with. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Pinter has been hailed as "the most influential and imitated dramatist of his generation" by the NY Times. Steve Winn of the SF Chronicle says, "Pinter writes with disturbing power, corrosive humor, and unnerving silences." ASHES TO ASHES is presented as a double feature with Conor McPherson's ST. NICHOLAS.

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