Warriors, Written by Will Marchetti October 20, 2008

Warriors
Written by Will Marchetti
Monday, October 20 7:30pm

Can you teach an old dog new tricks? Or is group therapy only for the Boomer generation? A new comedy, Warriors by Will Marchetti, explores group dynamics among several senior citizens involved in weekly therapy sessions led by their ultra-humanistic shrink. The colorful and diverse characters discuss life, modern times and common challenges of aging in a youth culture as they face their past and present concerns with alcoholism, often with hilarious results. Warm, funny and often moving, Warriors brings insight and a spirit of optimism to the audience as we root for these battle-scarred veterans of life who are practicing this new-fanagled form of communication called “therapy”.

Will Marchetti is an award-winning actor from the Bay Area who has worked professionally in most of the local theatres and established companies as well as in many films, television and industrial's shot in the area. Further from home, he has acted in theatres in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia and Kansas City, Mo. Most recently, he was in a new play, The Shaker Chair by Adam Bock for Shotgun Players and Encore Theatre’s joint production at the Ashby Theatre.

Will has also begun writing plays in recent years. In September 2005, his play The Agreement was produced at the Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco. His domestic comedy, Lil Darlin’, was the opening play for the ’06-‘07 Season at San Jose Stage Company garnering enthusiastic reviews. Will’s play, Late Arrival, received a staged reading in February 2008 as a commission from Marin Theatre Company’s Nu Werks series where it was received enthusiastically.

In addition to his work as an actor, Will has been Artistic Director for two local theatres; The Gate Theatre in Sausalito and Marin Theatre Company during two different eras of its evolution. Lately Will has also returned to directing doing a staged reading at the Magic Theatre of Lynne Kaufman’s new play Anais.

Official Website: http://www.142throckmortontheatre.org